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.

I informed Mary’s daughter that a myth has persisted on the internet, and this myth claims Elizabeth O’Shields, the daughter of Jethro O’Shields, did not marry Tyrie/Tyree Harrison.  Mary Howell Cotterell’s daughter replied, “I can only tell you I rely on my mother’s research, and my mother said Jethro O’Sheal married Lucretia Wooten, and their daughter, Elizabeth O’Shields, married Tyrie/Tyree Harrison.”

Mary’s daughter had no knowledge of the distortion of her mother’s research, especially the perverted suggestion Tyrie Harrison’s wife, Elizabeth O’Shields/O’Sheal was the daughter of Maria Theresa/Treecy O’Shields and not the daughter of Jethro O’Sheal.

Over the years I have placed messages at various genealogical websites about the O’Sheal family.  Many of my messages were removed due to the undermining of one individual. Some of my deleted messages were discussions about the wife of Jethro O’Shields.  I have stated Henry O’Sheal’s wife was Sarah, and this Sarah was the Sarah O’Shields named in the Friendship Baptist Church Minutes.  I have also stated Sarah could have been the wife of John or Jeff O’Shields.  Quite frankly, no one has absolute proof– through primary documentation–the true identity of one Sarah O’Shields named in the Friendship Baptist Church Minutes.

If Jethro O’Sheal/O’Shields did not marry Lucretia Wooten, no primary documentation has surfaced to prove this claim.  If Elizabeth O’Sheal/O’Shields, the daughter of Jethro O’Sheal and Lucretia Wooten, did not marry Tyrie Harrison, no primary documentation has surfaced to prove this claim. The ONLY evidence presented to refute the research of Mary Ethel Howell Cotterell has been  speculation and insolent hyperbole.

Finally, after careful examination of land records, I now believe Lucretia Wooten O’Shields was the daughter of Nathaniel Wooten and the sister of Dudley Wooten.