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Archive for February, 2009

Jethro O’Sheal married Lucretia Wooten. Their daughter, Elizabeth, married Tyrie Harrison.

I am writing this post to confirm LUCRETIA WOOTEN did in fact marry Jethro O’Sheal.  I have personally spoken to a daughter of Mary Ethel Howell Cotterell, who was the great grand-daughter of Tyrie/Tyree Harrison and Elizabeth O’Shields and great great grand-daughter of Jethro O’Sheal and Lucretia Wooten.  Mary did extensive family research many many [...]

Daniel O’Sheal Lived on This Property in the State of Georgia

Sometime in 1766, Daniel O’Sheal, his wife, and five children removed from Granville County, North Carolina to St. George Parish, in the colony of Georgia. After hours of research in the Georgia Archives, along with a veteran archivist of twenty-five years experience, we found that Daniel O’Sheal was never granted land in Georgia.  Daniel requested [...]

Neighbors Family, Dawson County, Georgia

Descendants of John Neighbors Generation No. 1 1.  John1 Neighbors was born in South Carolina, and died Aft. 1852.  He married Susan.  She was born Abt. 1810 in South Carolina, and died Aft. 1860. Children of John Neighbors and Susan are: +    2    i.    Elizabeth2 Neighbors, born Abt. 1829; died June 1850 in Lumpkin County/Dawson [...]