Among the Revolutionary War Pension papers for Jethro O’Sheal is a letter that was written 12 October 1855 by John A. O’Sheal, who was one of the HEIRS of Jethro O’Sheal. John was living in Cass County, Georgia, near his wife’s parents, Henry and Anna Gaines in Adairsville, Georgia, and approximately ten miles from Calhoun, [...]
I have written several rebuttals to the preposterous claim Sarah O’Shields was the wife of Jethro O’Shields. These rebuttals can be found on rootsweb and genforum. I wish now to add one more reason Sarah O’Shields named in the Minutes of Friendship Baptist was NOTt the wife of Jethro O’Shields, who was born between 1761-1762. [...]
9 February 1811 Ephraim Story sold to Benjamin WOOTON land on Dutchmen’s Creek, Spartanburg, South Carolina Ephraim Story sold “40 acres, more or less” to Benjamin WOOTON for $30.00. This land was “originaly granted to Dudly WOOTON.” Other names mentioned in this deed were William Prewett, Samuel Prewett, and Nathaniel WOOTON. Witnesses: Osburn West and [...]