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Setting the Record Straight John O’Sheal, Jr. and Charlotte Harrison

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, [...]

O’Shields who lived in Cass County (now Bartow County), Georgia, Calhoun and Jackson Counties, Alabama, and Portsmouth, Virginia

1850 Census, Cass County, Georgia
John A. O’Shields b. SC, abt. 1829; wife, Frances Ophelia, b. GA, abt. 1827 (John A. O’Shields married Frances Ophelia Gaines, 16 May 1850, in Cass County, Georgia.)
Silas O’Shields, b. SC, abt. 1832, (living in home of Alfred C. Day
1860 Census, Cass County, Georgia
Silas O’Shields, b. SC, abt. 1832;  wife, M. [...]

One Line of Descent from Theresa O’Sheal, aka Treecy or Tracy O’Shields, and her Daughter, Elizabeth O’Sheal Hewitt, and Daniel O’Sheal, who was NOT the son of Jethro O’Sheal

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 [...]

Debunking the Myths about the O’Sheal Family

Myth # 1:  David O’Sheal did NOT marry Elizabeth Maria Pugh.  No documentation has surfaced proving the identity of David O’Sheal’s wife.  (David O’Sheal, b. 1690)
Myth # 2:  Jethro O’Sheals’ wife was NOT Sarah.  No documentation has surfaced proving this claim.
Myth # 3:  James Hewitt did NOT marry the daughter of Jethro O’Sheal. No documentation [...]

John A. O’Sheal’s Letter

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, [...]

Elizabeth O’SHIELDS, wife of James HEWITT/HEWETT

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 James HEWETT
26 January [...]

Research on the Possible Children of Theresa/Teresa O’Shields

It has been determined through DNA testing that Wiley O’Shields descends from a male WOOTEN.
Some individuals have said Wiley O’Shields and Elizabeth O’Shields Harrison shared the same mother and the same father.  This is questionable and preposterous because O’Sheal/O’Shields researchers are now asked to believe: (1) Elizabeth O’Shields Harrison was the d/o Teresa O’Shields and [...]

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 two [...]

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 County, Georgia.
+    3    ii.    [...]

Some Chumley Court Records in Spartanburg, South Carolina

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 [...]