On the 1830 Spartanburg Co, SC Census:
Pg 242:
JOHN Osheals, “Jr” (Son of John O’Sheal, grandson of Daniel O’Sheal)
1 male 0-5 (b:1825-1830)= JOHN A. O’SHEALS b:1829
1 male 20-30 (b:1800-1810)= JOHN O’SHEALS, Jr.- b:bet 1803-1808
1 Female 15-20 (b:1810-1815) = CHARLOTTE (nee Harrison) O’SHEALS b:1812
(Neighbors were: Enoch H. Smith, John J. Jenkins, MEADOWS OSHEALS, [...]
John Drayton was a very popular, handsome, and well liked man in the state of South Carolina. He was born 1766 and died in 1822. Drayton served in the House of Representatives from 1792-1798; created the University of South Carolina, served as Lt. Governor for South Carolina, and then, served as Governor John DRAYTON, from [...]
Theresa O’Sheal, b. sometime between 1756-1775, had a daughter, Elizabeth. This Elizabeth, b. bet. 1790-1793, married James Hewitt in Spartanburg or Union Counties, South Carolina. James Hewitt and Elizabeth O’Sheal moved to Gordon County, Georgia, and lived near Ranger, Georgia. They had a daughter, Sharlotte Letitia (Lettie) Hewitt, who married William Cowan. William was born [...]
David O’Sheal followed in his father, John O’Sheal, and his grandfather, David O’Sheal’s footsteps. He was an attorney in the Portsmouth and Norfolk, Virginia, area.
David O’Sheal owned properties and lived in Norfolk, Virginia. He married Catherine Veale, daughter of George Veale, in 1773.
The last Royal Governor of Virginia, Lord Dunmore, burned the town of Norfolk, [...]
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 [...]
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 two [...]
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 Swamp “as [...]
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 William Bracher and [...]
(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 a literary [...]
Researched, Compiled, and Written by Connie Chumley Stringer
Copyright 2006
During the winter, spring, and summer of 2003, my cousin, J.V. Michael Motes, and I researched, compiled, and published the Colonial history of the O’Sheal family. J.V. Michael Motes compiled the law cases of David O’Sheal, who was an attorney in Virginia and North Carolina. One of [...]