I believe one of the two unnamed daughters of Lewis Conner, Sr. and his wife, Elizabeth Daines, was the wife of David Osheal, Sr. (b. 1690)
I believe her name was Maria Theresa because I have located sources which say Lewis Conner had a daughter by that name.
Lewis Conner died in 1697 leaving a plantation of 5000 acres; an estate in Virginia and one in England;  part ownership of a Brigantine.

Deed:  1739:  “To John Osheals, 5,000 acres in Nansemond on the Dismal Swamp beginning at a pine about two miles east of a place called Cat Neck…”(Executive Council of Virginia)

This 5,000 acres of land was the same land Lewis Conner, Jr. advertised in the Virginia Gazette, which he acquired from his father’s estate, Lewis Conner, Sr.

April 13, 1739
Virginia Gazette
To be SOLD, very reasonably,
A Tract of Land, containing 10,000 Acres, lying on the North Branches of Nuse (Nansemond) River, in North-Carolina; and another Tract of 5000 Acres, lying on the same Branches, at a Place call’d Catacta Fort, being purchas’d Land, by Virtue of old purchas’d Warrants, and paying but Six Pence per Hundred Acres annually, Quit-Rent. Any Person inclinable to purchase both or either of the said Tracts, may apply to Col. Benjamin Hill, in Bertie County, or to the Subscriber, the Proprietor of the said Land, at Sewell’s Point, in Norfolk County, and know the Terms of Sale.
Also another Tract of Land, containing 750 Acres, at Sewell’s-Point, whereon the Subscriber now lives, with a good Dwelling-house, Kitchen, Barn, Stable, and all other necessary and convenient Out-houses, the Plantation and Houses being in good Repair. Any Person inclinable to purchase it, may apply to the Subscriber at his House, and treat for the same.
Lewis Conner.
April 6, 1739.

Further evidence,  John O’Sheal (son of David O’Sheal) married Ann Boush, daughter of Samuel Boush. Some of this same Boush family were related to Anthony Lawson, who married the widow of Lewis Conner, Sr., Elizabeth Daines Conner.

(Source: “Final Payment Vouchers Index Military Pensions” 1818-1864.)
John Osheal received final payment for his service in the Revolutionary War during the Fourth Quarter of 1844; thus giving us the approximate date of John OSheal’s death.
John OSheal died sometime between 1 October 1844 and 31 December 1844.  I am sure John OSheal’s descendants will be happy to know I located this important document.

Of further interest to the descendants of John OSheal:

After I located the approximate date of death for John OSheal, s/o Daniel OSheal and Sarah Walker, I realized Lucretia O’Shields appearing in the 1846 Minutes of the Friendship Baptist Church could not have been the widow of John OSheal, the Rev. War soldier because in 1861 John OSheal’s grandson, stated when John OSheal died he left NO WIDOW. John OSheal died between 1 Oct. 1844 and 31 Dec. 1844, leaving NO WIDOW.
Lucretia O’Shields who appears in the Friendship Church Minutes in 1846 was not the wife of John OSheal, but she most certainly could have been the wife of Jethro OSheal.

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, Virginia, 1 January 1776.

According to newly uncovered documents I discovered while on a trip to Virginia, the properties of David O’Sheal, grandson of David O’Sheal, the emigrant, were burned during the fire started by Lord Dunmore.  David O’Sheal owned three houses, valued at 397 Pounds.

Living next door to David O’Sheal was James Holt, his step-father, and his mother, Ann Bousch O’Sheal Holt.  James Holt was also an attorney and owned two houses which were valued at 1,842 Pounds.

The street name(s) of David O’Sheal’s and James Holt’s properties are also known to me, but I cannot give this information on the internet because my research is constantly being taken and used on message boards and kept by individuals who intend to publish my findings without giving me credit for my work and for making claims I use stolen research.  It is truly a shame I cannot give the documentation or reference for fear my work will be used for another’s financial gain and/or used to satisfy narcissistic urges.

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 land grants (300 acres and 200 acres); however, he did not take possession of the land but did live on the property.
The O’Sheal family was living in what is now Jenkins County, Georgia, not far from the town of Millen, on the Ogeechee River at Buckhead Creek, near the site of the Old Buckhead Church and the stage coach stop at “The Jones House,” which was built in 1762.

Daniel O’Sheal and his family lived about 50 miles from Augusta, Georgia, and 79 miles from Savannah, Georgia. It is highly probable the O’Sheal family reached St. George Parish by way of ship that sailed into the Port of Savannah. From Savannah, the O’Sheal family would travel the black water Ogeechee River to their destination.

Daniel O’Sheal was named in the Inventory and Appraisal papers in the Estate of  James Anderson, 20 February 1769, St. George Parish, Colony of Georgia.

(James Anderson was a cabinetmaker and carpenter, who originally settled in Christ Church Parish, Savannah, Colony of Georgia.)
TO BE CONTINUED…
Researched and written by Connie Chumley Stringer
Copyright 2003-2009

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 piece for the amusement of his friends in London Society, while the former suppressed personal details and seemed intended for a wider audience. Neither work was published in Byrd’s lifetime, though the manuscript of the Secret Line circulated among Byrd’s London friends amid great approval.”

During William Byrd’s travels, it becomes clear he well knew, David O’Sheal.  According to Colonial American Travel Narratives,

“…a present from Mr. O’Shields of 12 bottles of wine and as many of strong beer” (p. 110, Martin, Rowdanelson, Imbarett).

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 those cases from the O’Sheal book:

“in the said Court was brought by Sir Richd. Everard against Mr. David O’Sheal on a Bond Entered into at Edenton as security for the Faithfull Discharge of a Naval Office…And the said David was fined 50 pounds, and immediately by the Judges order drag’d away to the common Goal in a very rough manner which was broke open on the occasion and with the Judges assistance the said David was thrust into it and another Lock ut on, and he lockt up and kept ’till weary of so Noisome a place the Gentleman was compelled to pay the money to be discharged compelled to pay the money to be discharged which the judge also received himself” (p. 24, O’Sheal and Chumley, 2003; This case was copied from the Colonial Records of North Carolina.)

After publishing the 2003 book, I continued my research into the O’Sheal family.  In 2006, while researching in the Emory University Library, Atlanta, Georgia, I uncovered O’Sheal family news (previously unknown to anyone in our family) concerning Benjamin O’Sheal and David O’Sheal.  A short, fantastic book, Whaling on the North Carolina Coast, 1990, written and published by Marcus B. Simpson, Jr. and Sallie W. Simpson, revealed what was long forgotten by the descendants of David O’Sheal and partially described in one record from the Colonial Records of North Carolina which my cousin quoted and included in the O’Sheal book of 2003, on page 24.

According to (Simpson and Simpson), in 1723, Governor Richard Everard of the Provence of North Carolina, was granted by the proprietors “the power and Liberty of Fishing and takeing (sic) all sorts of Whales” on the Northern coast of what is now the state of North Carolina. (p.12)

Simpson and Simpson (1990) gave a full account of serious theft committed by David O’Sheal’s brother, Benjamin O’sheal:

“Everard requested that the Court of Vice-Admiralty issue a warrant for the arrest of David O’Sheal, originally from Virginia but then practicing law in the North Carolina courts.  David O’Sheal had induced Everard to appoint his brother Ben O’Sheal as naval officer in charge of Port Beaufort in November, 1728, in which capacity he was empowered to “receive the Tenths of Whale Oyl  & Bone Catched  on the Sea Coast of the Said Port.”  During his appointment, Ben O’Sheal had reportedly collected eighty barrels of oil and half a ton of bone, a total value of 500 pound sterling; but after converting the duty to his own use, he fled to Gambia.  David O’Sheal was arrested and ordered to pay the amount owed by his brother, for whom he had earlier posted a bond.”  (Simpson and Simpson cited Vice-Admiralty Papers, CCR 191,  Court Order for David O’Sheal, 3 August 1730.)