Peter M. Shaver 
Peter M. was born in 1747 in Pennsylvania or Pendleton County, Virginia. Peter M.'s father was Paul Shaver and his mother was Elizabeth Vogt. His paternal grandfather was Paulus Schaeffer. He had seven brothers and two sisters, named George, Christopher, Paul, Jacob, William, Christian, John, Mary and Eve. He died at the age of 34 in April 1781 in Tygarts Valley Massacre, Randolph County, West Virginia. He was buried in Grave marker between Glady and Alpina Lodge, Randolph County, WV.General Notes
Cause of Death:<CAUS> killed (scalped) by Indians in Tygarts Valley Massacre
Some sources report birthdate at about 1761. Date of death is sometimes
listed as 1782 in Virginia.
According to Mike Shaffer at ancestry.com: "On the side of the road
between Glady and Alpina Lodge in Randolph County, WV, you will find his
grave marker surrounded by a wood fence and a plaque describing how he
was killed by Indians...Peter served in the Virginia Militia during the
Revolutionary War as an Indian Scout and Spy. In 1781, shortly after
returning home from the war, Peter was killed and scalped by indians
along with his Father-in-Law, Francis Riffle, and many others in what was
known as the Tygarts Valley Indian Massacre. Shaver's Mountain and
Shaver's Fork River, in Randolph County, WV, were named in his honor."
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.< 1655 in Baden, Wurtemberg, Germany d.> 1708 in Tulpehocken Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania
- b.< 1670 in Baden-Wurtemberg, Germany d.> 1749 in Tulpehocken Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania
- b.Bet 1699 and 1700 in Baden, Wurtemberg, Germany d.> 1733 in Pennsylvania
- b.< 1670 d.> 1720
- b.~ 1726 in Baden Wurtemberg, Germany d.<18 Aug 1772 in Licking Creek, Banks of the Potomac River,South Branch,Hardy or Pendleton County,Virginia
- b.1747 in Pennsylvania or Pendleton County, Virginia d.Apr 1781 in Tygarts Valley Massacre, Randolph County, West Virginia
- b.21 Nov 1727 in Germany d.06 Nov 1795 in Rockingham County, Virginia
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‌Peter M. and Susan were married in a religious ceremony about 1772 in Randolph County, West Virginia. They had four sons named Francis Riffle, Jacob, James and John.
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Children
Francis Riffle Shaver
Francis Riffle was born in 1781. He died at the age of 76 in 1857 in Mannington, Virginia.
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