Echoes from the Dismal Swamp

Lewis Conner was born abt. 1649, in Ireland. He was apprenticed to Thomas Noell in Bristol, England 27 Jun 1668 for passage to Virginia. He settled in Nansemond County and married Elizabeth Daines daughter of Sir William Daines. Lewis Conner and Elizabeth Daines had 7 children, Lewis Jr.; Cader; John; James; Ann; and 2 other [...]

Samuel O’Shields, b. 1799, South Carolina. He arrived 15 August 1845 in Lumpkin County, Georgia, which later became Dawson County, Georgia 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 [...]

John OSheal, you can RIP.  I found the document which gives us your approximate date of death, and I now know your wife was not named, Lucretia. (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 [...]

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.1832, SC, (living in home of Alfred C. Day, b. 1813) 1860 Census, Cass County, Georgia Silas O’Shields, b. SC, [...]

I have written several rebuttals to the preposterous claim Sarah O’Shields was the wife of Jethro O’Shields.  These rebuttals can be found on rootsweb and genforum. I wish now to add one more reason Sarah O’Shields named in the Minutes of Friendship Baptist was NOTt the wife of Jethro O’Shields, who was born between 1761-1762.  [...]

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 [...]

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.   [...]