John Schneider recruited other Teamsters and likely worked as a contractor for the Continental Army which places him at the Delaware Crossing on Christmas eve, 1776. I did not know that anyone would be able to trace the Knife's antiquity back to Washington's time. I did not know that John Schneider was a teamster and that he could be placed at the Delaware Crossing. I did not know my lineage back to John Schneider. All of these improbable circumstances point to the truth concerning the knife.
Circumstantial evidence is enough to convict someone of a crime.
Circumstantial evidence points overwhelmingly to the knife as having belonged to George Washington. At the present time, the second line of descent linking my ancestors to John Schneider is not clear but the investigation is continuing. I have no doubt that the answers will be found and hopefully something turns up in the records that verify the knife's history. As an artifact, the knife is very valuable being the world's oldest Barlow and one of its kind. As an historical artifact the knife is priceless.