We are indebted to James “Arthur” Shanks (1914-2008) for his exhaustive research into the several men named Michael Frantz in Botetourt County, Virginia. I am indebted to Tom Beardsley (1921-2007) for sharing with Lowell Beachler (1931-2015), and Lowell later shared with me (Lorraine Frantz Edwards). ~~ Although no such identification (I, II, III, IV), this was the great-grandson of Immigrant Michael Frantz. Arthur Shanks researched material identifies one Michael as a descendant of Immigrant Christian Frantz. ~~ See Frantz Families–Kith & Kin, Vol. 1, p. 69.
Description regarding pages from Tom Beardsley
Arthur Shanks research regarding several men named Michael Frantz
Adam Shank query in Evelyn Rosemary Frantz files
Botetourt County, Virginia, marriages with Frantz, Kish (Gish), Stover, Shanks in Evelyn “Rosemary” Frantz files
Letter to Hazel Frantz Turner dated 9 Jul 1993 with printout
Letter from Diane France Hudson dated 7 Oct 1994
Correspondence to and from Arthur Shanks dated July/Aug 1993
France family information from Kathy McKarnin dated 9 Sep 1996
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Mrs. Fred Clarenbach information dated 7 Feb 1966, etc
John Warren Jones correspondence dated 13 Jun 1992
Correspondence to and from Wilma Jean Rees
Letters to Kentucky Genealogy Society dated July 1993
Letter to Hazel Frantz Turner dated 5 Jan 1994, with printout
Diana France Hudson information dated 1994 and 1995
Details about the Wilderness Road
Christian Gish of Virginia with valuable France family information
Digitized Library of Family History 