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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. [...]

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 [...]

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.    [...]