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.

The 1850 Census lists his children:
Elizabeth b. 1824
David  b. 1825
Catherine  b. 1828
Hiram  b. 1835
John b. 1844 (This John could have been the son OR grandson of Samuel O’Shields.)

It appears David O’Shields  was the oldest son of Samuel O’Shields.
David O’Shields married Nancy Neal, 15 December 1850, Lumpkin County, Georgia (Source: Marriage date Extracted from research by B. Kerby via Internet)
1870 Census, Dawson County, Georgia
David O’Shields, b. 1820
Nancy  b. 1830   (maiden name, NEAL, per B. Kerby)
Children of this couple:  1870 Census, Dawson County, Georgia
Elizabeth b. 1852    (1880 Mary E. O’Shields)
Merrady  b. 1856   (1880 Census, Meredith O‘Shields)
Miles  b. 1857       (Miles Frank O‘Shields, 1910 Census, Dawson County)
George  b. 1860    (1880 Census, George W. O‘Shields)
{One additional person was listed, Martin Smith. The census record stated Martin was age 23 and female. This is incorrect. Martin Smith was male, the son of Eli Smith and Nancy, per 1850 Census, Dawson County.)
Why wasn’t Sarah Ann O’Shields listed in this census record as a child of David O’Shields and wife, Nancy?  She was listed in the 1880 Census only.}
{B. Kerby via Internet stated David O’Shields and Nancy Neal had son named James O’Shields, 1859.}

After a careful examination of Census Records, I have concluded David O’Shields’ wife, Nancy, was married first to Eli Smith, who died after 4 November 1850.
1850 Census Dawson County, Georgia (4 November 1850)
Eli SMITH  b. 1823
Nancy Smith   b. 1830
James Smith b. 1844      (He is possibly the James O’Shields named by B. Kerby.)
Martin Smith  b. 1847   (1870 Census with NANCY O’Shields and David O’Shields)
Collin  b. 1849       (I believe his name to have been John Collins Smith.)

1880 Census, Dawson County, Georgia
David O’Shields    (Nancy died by 1880 Census)
One additional child was listed:
Sarah A. b. 1865   (Sarah A. O’Shields)

1900 Census, Fulton County, Georgia, This record stated Elizabeth O’Shields was the mother of 11 and 10 were living.
Hiram O’Shields   b. March 1836   (son of Samuel O’Shields)
Elizabeth (maiden name Manning)   b. May 1832
Children:
Nora b. February 1876

NEXT DOOR  in the same 1900 Census
Henry O’Shields  b. May 1873
Savanna  b. 1875
Children:
Zadia  b. 1894
Ethel M.  b. 1897

I believe Hiram O’Shields, Sr., was the father of these children:
John Hiram  b. 29 June 1864   (married Sarah Elizabeth Dowda)
Benjamin H.  b. August 1870  (married Octavia Palestine Dowda)
Henry  b. May 1873  (married Savannah)
Nora  b. February 1876

Two Brothers who married Two Sisters:
John Hiram O’Shields b. 29 June 1864 in Georgia, married Sarah Elizabeth DOWDA on 3 May 1891, in Cobb County, Georgia.  Sarah Elizabeth Dowda was born January 1869 in Georgia.
Children born to this couple:
Carlos b. June 1892
Pearl  b. April 1897
Clifford b. 1903   (married Bertha Bizzell, 6 July 1935, Cobb County, Georgia)
Henry G.  b. 1909

Benjamin H. O’Shields, b. August 1870, Georgia, and d. 10 April 1930.  He married Octavia Palestine DOWDA, 2 December 1891, in Cobb County, Georgia.  Octavia was born  November 1872 in Georgia and died 1960.
Children born to this couple:
Albert   b. October 1892
Roy B. b. May 1894
Maggie  b. January 1899
Claude  b. 1902

(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

James Sanders to DAVID O’SHEAL of Nansemond Co., Va.   Aug. 13, 1729.  “several covenants and conditions in bond…” For 300 A. plus one negro man called Coffee;  20 head meat cattle.  On condition DAVID O’SHEAL will allow James Sander’s heirs to occupy said land within six months after such heir shall come of age…also James Sanders makes good title to land on west Branch Nansemond river in Virginia “pusuant (sic) to condition of bond…” Wit: Thomas Crew, Thomas Jones. August Court 1729, Thomas Crew D.C/C. (Bertie County, North Carolina)

*Ahotskey Ridge is now Ahoskie, in Hertford County,  North Carolina. It is located about 40 miles from Suffolk, Virginia. (David O’Sheal’s plantation was located on the Nansemond River near Suffolk, Virginia.)

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 by patent” Wit:  Henry Baker, Benajmin Hill, DAVID O’SHEAL.  N.C. Court April 1, 1729, C. Gale, C.J., Test:  Ed. Mashborne  D.C/C.

Elizabeth Lockhart to John Beverly, Nov. 14, 1727. “two cows and calves and their increase…the same I received from Beverly on a former bargain…” Wit: Benjamin Hill, Major DAVID O’SHEAL.  N.C. Court, April 1, 1729.  C. Gale, C.J.

John Lovick of Edenton to John Speir, Aug. 1, 1729, 120 pds. for 640 A.   On SS Morattuck River at Goose Meadow.  Adj. James Turner at Gum Swamp “to the Governons corner tree.”  Wit:  Thomas Jones,  DAVID O’SHEAL.  N.C. Court 1729. C. Gale, C.J.   Test:  Ed. Mashborne

Lewis CONNER of Norfolk Co., Va., to Jno. O’SHEAL(son of David).  90 acres on Loosing Swamp, formerly part of Nansemond Co., Va.  Test, David O’Sheal, March 19, 1720.  Deed renewed so as to run in North Carolina, July 18, 1789.  Test, Jos. Elliott, Caleb Elliott.” (The North Carolina Historical and Genealogical Register, James Robert Bent Hathaway, 1900-1903)

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 advertised in the Virginia Gazette.

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.

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.)