The following information was taken from OSHEAL-CHUMLEY, Copyright 2003, page 108, published by Connie Chumley Stringer, and this section of the book was researched, compiled, and written by J. V. Michael Motes: 1. Samuel O’Shields was b. aft. 1799 in Spartanburg, SC. Notes for Samuel O’Shields: Although he has been reported to be the son [...]
LORDS PROPRIETORS TO DAVID OSHEAL Aug. 5, 1729. Grant. 440 A. “…according to Our great Deed of grant bearing date the first day of May Anno Domini 1668…” Land on WS *Ahotskey Ridge* at Timber Branch adj. Robert Lanier, Edward Howard, Joseph Jones, John Jones, Jun. Land formerly granted by patent to James Hamelton Aug. [...]
Colonial Bertie County North Carolina Deed Books A-H, 1720-1725, abstracted by Mary Best Bell, 2nd Ed., Southern Historical Press David O’Sheal witnessed the sale of slaves, land, and livestock: Elizabeth Lockhart of Virginia to John Beverly of Ahoskey, November 1727, Two negro women for 500A. One woman named Betty; one named Nann. Land on Ahoskey [...]
22 March 1787 Mary CHUMLEY against John Osheals & others. Dismissed at Pltffs. Costs. Betsy CHUMLEY against Same & Same. Dismissed at Pltffs. Costs. 16 June 1789 The State against John Roebuck & John CHUMLER. Indictment for Petty Larceny. The defendants came into court and acknowledged themselves to owe to the State 20 each and [...]
South Carolina, Pickens County I John H. Stone of the District aforesaid for Thirty Dollars paid by Sarah Burket of said District all that tract of land containing as supposed seventy acres on the branches of the Beaver Dam Creek Waters of Tugalo River joining lands of Charles Hunt, Joseph White, and others situate NW [...]
(VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA BOUNDARY LINE, by Mary M. Root, “Backsights” Magazine published by Surveyors Historical Society) Mary M. Root stated: “Two works emerged from Byrd’s diary: The History of the Dividing Line Betwixt Virginia and North Carolina and The Secret History of the Line Betwixt Virginia and North Carolina. The latter was intended as [...]
Researched, Compiled, and Written by Connie Chumley Stringer, 1996-2009 Generation No. 1 1. Richard1 Marchant, Sr. was born Abt. 1671 in England. He arrived at the Colony of Virginia in 1691. (Cavaliers and Pioneers, Nell Marion Nugent, Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants Volume 2-1666-1695, p. 359) Richard Marchant was granted 84 Acres in [...]
Researched, Complied, and Written by Connie Chumley Stringer copyright 2002 Generation No. 1 John Battle married Rhoda Ricks. Generation No. 2 William Battle, (John 1) born 20 January 1801, Warren County, Georgia, died 16 August 1871, in Warren County, Georgia, near Swainsboro. William Battle married Rebecca Allen, 13 April 1831, Taliaferro County, Georgia. Rebecca Allen [...]
1704 “Lewis CONNER, Jr. was granted 90 acres of land in Nansemond County, Virginia, on Loosing Swamp (near John Powell).” (Powell History, Silas Emmett Lucas, 1961) This same Lewis CONNER transferred his land to John O’SHEAL, son of David O’SHEAL. Lewis CONNER of Norfolk Co., Va., to Jno. O’SHEAL(son of David). 90 acres on Loosing [...]
Copyright 1990-2010 Connie Chumley Stringer Lewis Family of Sharp Top Mountain When the Lewis family arrived in Georgia, they were counted in the 1850 Census in Roswell District, Cobb County. From there they moved into Gordon County and from there to Pickens County, Georgia, in the Sharp Top Mountain District. Sharp Top Mountain lies in [...]