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. b. abt. 1834; child, L. b. abt. 1858

1870 Census, Cass County, Georgia

Fanny O’Shields, b. SC, abt. 1827, (widow of John A. O’Shields/O’Sheal); son, Henry J., b. GA, 1851;  daughter, Fannie, b. GA, 1855

Silas O’Shields, wife, Catherine b. abt. 1839; Sidney(male), b. abt. 1862; daughter, Anna, b. abt. 1866, GA

Sidney O’Shields was sent to prison on 10 February 1879, from Bartow County, Georgia.  The nature of the crime  is unknown at this time.

Silas O’Shields served in the Civil War,  Pvt in Co “D”- 10th Battalion,Georgia Cavalry- Bartow County, Georgia

“The Standard Express Newspaper, “  Bartow County, Georgia, OBITUARY

January 4, 1872
SILAS O’SHIELDS, who for a long time has been a resident of our town, died on the 22nd (Dec 22, 1871) after a few days of severe affliction.
He was Kind, in offensive and obliging and had, we suppose, but few enemies.We tender his bereaved family our heart-felt sympathies and invoke upon the blessing of Him, who is the merciful friend of the widow and orphan. (Courtesy of Peggy Sasscer)

The Cartersville American, Cartersville, Georgia, October 21, 1884, page 5
On Wednesday evening, October 15, Mr. J. W. Bridges was married to Miss Annie O’Shields, at the residence of the bride’s mother, in this city. The ceremony was performed by Rev. F. M. Daniel. The happy couple left on Thursday for Pensacola, Florida, where Mr. Bridges is located, as agent for the Southern News Co., and which will be their future home.

OBITUARY of Catherine O’Shields, wife of Silas O’Shields:
“The Courant American Newspaper”
Cartersville, GA
Oct 13, 1887- Pg 3:
Mrs. O’Shields, mother of Mrs. J. Wylie Bridges, died at her home on Erwin Street last week after a long and painful illness. She was one of the first that settled in Cartersville when it was a hamlet and was long a consistent and dutiful member of the Baptist Church. (Courtesy of Peggy Sasscer)

1880 Census, Dawson County, Georgia
Henry J. O’Shields, b. 1851; wife, Sallie E., b. abt. 1855; son, Henry M. b. 1877; mother of Henry J. O’Shields, Ophelia, age 46.

1900 Census, Portsmouth Ward 2, Portsmouth City, Virginia
Henry Jethro O’Shields  b. February 1851 in Georgia; wife, Sarah, b. July 1857;
Children:
Henry M.  b. July 1877, GA (wife, Nonie, b. January 1880)

Notes for–  Henry Meyers O’Shields; married Naomi Crawford. A descendant of this couple, David O’Shields, supplied the maiden name of Henry Meyers O’Shields’ wife.)   Today, I found new information.  They married 11 October 1899, in Haralson County, Georgia, ceremony performed by A. G. Shaw.  Naomi Ruth Crawford was born in Carroll County, Georgia, parents were Augustus A. Crawford, b. abt. 1850 and Artie, whose maiden name is unknown at this time.

Fannie (Frances) M. b. September 1880,GA, married Charles E. Porter

Barbara L., b. December 1882  GA, d. 7 June 1972, married Mitchell Brown

Bernice b. November 1887, born in ALABAMA, married Ollie Russell

Jo (F) b. June 1892, GA

Cornelia (F)  b. June 1896, GA, married William Morecock

Henry Jethro O’Shields was born, 25 February 1851, and died 19 March 1912.  Sarah Elizabeth (Garrison) O’Shields was born, 10 July 1858, and died 15 January 1946. (SOURCE:  Tombstones, Oak Grove Cemetery, Portsmouth, Virginia)

Henry Jethro O’Shields, son of John A. O’Shields and his wife, Frances Ophelia Gaines,  married Sarah E. Garrison.  (Information taken from the death certificate of Henry Meyers O’Shields stated he was the son of Henry Jethro O’Shields and Sarah E. Garrison.  SOURCE: David O’Shields, who is a descendant of Henry Jethro and Henry Meyers O’shields.  David O’Shields lives in Virginia. He sent this information to me due to our communications via internet for the past several months.)

Henry Jethro O’Shields married Sarah Elizabeth Garrison in Cobb County, Georgia, 1 October 1876.  Sarah was the daughter of David Elias Garrison and Mary Ann Tippins. (Marriage Records, Cobb County, Georgia)

Henry Jethro O’Shields was the editor and publisher of Mountain Chronicle in Dawson County, Georgia.  It was established in 1879; printed every Friday; 4 pages; 19×25; Subscription $1.00;  (This information was taken from George P. Rowell & Cos., American Newspaper Directory, published 1882, in New York.)

Henry Jethro O’Shields published “The Stevenson Chronicle” in Stevenson, Jackson County, Alabama.  (1887)

In 1888, Henry Jethro O’Shields was one of the Editors of “The Piedmont Post,” located in Anniston, Calhoun County, Alabama.

Henry Jethro O’Shields was publisher of The Tallapoosa Dispatch, 1891.  This newspaper was located in Tallapoosa, Georgia, about ten miles from Bremen, Georgia, in Haralson County and very near the Alabama border.

“The Bremen Chronicle,” Bremen, Haralson County, Georgia, Established 1893; Editor & Publisher Henry Jethro O’Shields; Wednesdays; 4 pages, 18×24; Subscription $1.00.

OBITUARY of Frances Ophelia Gaines O’Shields, The Atlanta Constitution

Mrs. F. O. O’Shields, Anniston, Ala., 14 April 1905, died here this morning. Mrs. O’Shields was 72 years of age. She is survived by a son, H. J. O’Shields, of Portsmouth, Va., and a daughter, Mrs. J. T. Hemphill.  The interment will take place tomorrow afternoon.

Frances Ophelia Gaines O’Shields died while living with her daughter, Frances M. O’Shields Hemphill of Anniston, Calhoun County, Alabama. Frances M.  O’Shields married James T. Hemphill, 22 October 1876, Bartow County, Georgia. (Courtesy of Peggy Sasscer)

Frances M. O’Shields Hemphill, died 31 August 1918, Calhoun County, Alabama.

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 unknown WOOTEN. AND (2) Wiley O’Shields nee WOOTEN and Elizabeth O’Shields Harrison shared the same unknown WOOTEN father.  Elizabeth was born abt. 1792 and Wiley 1801. There were at least eight years difference in their ages. In 1804, Teresa O’Shields named Joseph Betterton and Wm. Grant in the Bastard Bond of her daughter. So, now we have three men named as having affairs with Teresa O’Shields–Mr. Betterton, Mr. Grant, and Mr. Wooten– Three men between 1801–1804. Since Elizabeth O’Shields was born abt. 1792,and Wiley was born abt. 1801, I find it highly unlikely Elizabeth and Wiley were fathered by the same man. Dudley Wooten was quite possibly the father of Wiley O’Shields. Dudley was born abt. 1775, and owned land on Dutchmen’s Creek.  It is doubtful Dudley Wooten had an affair with Teresa when he was about seventeen, and then, again when he was about twenty-five.
Dudley Wooten’s father was probably, Nathaniel Wooten.

Samuel O’Shields, born abt. 1799, South Carolina, removed to Lumpkin (now Dawson) County, Georgia, in 1845.  As my cousin, J. V. Michael Motes stated in my 2003 OSHEAL book, “Living near to Samuel O’Shields was Wiley O’Shields, who was perhaps his brother.”  If Samuel O’Shields was also the son of Teresa O’Shields, the number of men involved with Teresa increases from three to four between 1798-1801.

I have reported that Samuel’s father was a Mr. Dodson.  This information was taken from legal papers I have in my possession.  A descendant of Samuel’s stated that the O’Shields family “goes back to the Dodson family.”  Whether or not this individual knew the truth of Samuel’s father, I do not know.  I am simply quoting from a legal document.

If Teresa O’Shields had these children–Elizabeth, Samuel, Wiley, and Nancy–then,  there were five possible men having children with Teresa.   Mr. Betterton; Mr. Grant; Mr. Wooten; Mr. ?? (Samuel’s father); Mr. ?? (Elizabeth’s father)

Based on current DNA testing capabilities, no descendant of Elizabeth O’Shields Harrison will be able to confirm the continued assertion that she was the daughter of Maria Theresa/Teresa O’Shields.   The same statement applies to the wife of one James Hewitt.  It cannot be proven through current DNA testing capabilities that James Hewitt’s wife, Elizabeth Allen alias O’Shields/O’sheal, was the daughter of Jethro O’Shields or John Allen.  Perhaps this Elizabeth was the daughter of Teresa O’Shields and sister of Wiley, Nancy, and possibly Samuel.

Based on the evidence presented from relatives living in Spartanburg, South Carolina, area, Jethro O’Shields’  daughter, Elizabeth, was the wife of Tyrie Harrison.

I JUST UNCOVERED NEW INFORMATION TODAY.

Wiley O’Shields married Mary Jane BETTERTON, who was born abt. 1805.  Mary Jane was the daughter of Joseph Betterton and Anna Blassingame.  This same Joseph Betterton was named in the Bastard Bond of 1804 as a possible father of Teresa O’Shields’ daughter.  Based on the ASSUMPTION that Teresa O’Shields was the mother of Wiley O’Shields, Wiley O’Shields married the half-sister of Teresa O’Shields daughter, who was his half-sister.   In other words, Wiley could have married his half-sister’s, half-sister if Joseph Betterton was the father of Teresa’s daughter, born 1804.

Joseph Betterton was the brother of Joshua Betterton, who served in the Revolutionary War under Lieutenant John O’Shields, the brother of Maria Theresa/Teresa/Treecy O’Shields.

I am still looking for primary sources which show Wiley O’Shields was the son of Teresa O’Shields.  I have believed so but believing is not proof.

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.    John Wiliam Neighbors, born Abt. 1836 in Georgia.
4    iii.    Mary Neighbors, born Abt. 1837.  She married John Moses Tesseneer 01 April 1860 in Dawson County, Georgia; born 13 November 1839 in Rutherford County, North Carolina, the son of James Tesseneer and Caroline Nichols; John Moses Tesseneer died while serving in the Civil War. (Confederate Army)
5    iv.    Susan Neighbors, born Abt. 1841.

6    v.    Newton Neighbors, born Abt. 1842.

7    vi.    Millery Neighbors, born Abt. 1849

8    vii.    Amanda Neighbors, born Abt. 1852,
Generation No. 2

2.  Elizabeth2 Neighbors (John1) was born Abt. 18291, and died June 1850 in Lumpkin County/Dawson County, Georgia.  She married Thompson Chumley2 Abt. 1847 in Lumpkin County,  Georgia, son of William Chumley nee O’Shields and Martha Mullinax.  He was born January 1820 in South Carolina, and died 03 June 1902 in Dawson County, Georgia.
Burial: Dawson County, Georgia, Amicalola Cemetery

Children of Elizabeth Neighbors and Thompson Chumley are:
+    9    i.    Amanda Jane3 Chumley, born 08 June 1848.
+    10    ii.    Susan Matilda Chumley, born 07 January 1850; died 28 April 1908.

3.  John Wiliam2 Neighbors (John1) was born Abt. 1836 in Georgia.  He married Mary Jane Blackstock.  She was born February 1850 in Georgia.  Her parents were William and Martha Blackwell.

Children of John Neighbors and Mary Blackstock are:
11    i.    Martha3 Neighbors, born Abt. 1869.
12    ii.    Dora A. Neighbors, born Abt. 1870.
13    iii.    Julia A. Neighbors, born Abt. 1871.
14    iv.    Susan Neighbors, born Abt. 1872.
+    15    v.    John Wesley Neighbors, born 07 April 1873 in Dawson County, Georgia.
16    vi.    Frances Neighbors, born September 1882.
+    17    vii.    William Jones Neighbors, born 13 October 1885 in Georgia; died 19 August 1937 in Pickens County, Georgia.
+    18    viii.    Sophia L. Neighbors, born March 1889.
19    ix.    Richard W. Neighbors, born 29 July 1894 in Dawson County, Georgia; died 12 January 1920 in Pickens County, Georgia.

Generation No. 3

9.  Amanda Jane3 Chumley (Elizabeth2 Neighbors, John1) was born 08 June 1848.  She married Alfred Williams 1873 in Dawson County, GA.  He was born 1860.  They are buried at Hightower Cemetery.

Children of Amanda Chumley and Alfred Williams are:
20    i.    Jesse4 Williams, born 1876.  He married Dovie.
21    ii.    Thompson Williams, born Abt. 1878.
22    iii.    Emory Williams, born Abt. 1879.
23    iv.    John Spear Williams, born February 1880.
+    24    v.    William Brantly Williams, born April 1885 in Dawson Cnty., GA.

25    vi.    Joseph J Williams, born 08 March 1886; died 04 July 1935.  He married Lillie Little 28 August 1904.

26    vii.    Lee Lula Susan Jane Williams, born 04 October 1889.  She married Lewis Bryant.

10.  Susan Matilda3 Chumley (Elizabeth2 Neighbors, John1) was born 07 January 1850, and died 28 April 1908.  She married Joseph Andrew Reed 1871 in Dawson County, Georgia, son of John Reed and Elizabeth.  He was born August 1840.

Children of Susan Chumley and Joseph Reed are:
+    27    i.    James T4 Reed, born 24 June 1872 in Dawson Cnty., GA; died 13 November 1952.
+    28    ii.    Amanda E Reed, born 12 July 1874 in Dawson Cnty., GA; died 27 February 1909.
29    iii.    Mary Anice Reed, born 19 July 1876 in Dawson Cnty., GA; died 1890.
+    30    iv.    George Washington Reed, born 14 May 1878 in Dawson Cnty., GA; died 08 May 1956.
31    v.    Sarah Jane Reed, born 15 February 1880.
+    32    vi.    Andrew Jackson Reed, born 24 May 1882 in Dawson Cnty., GA; died 02 July 1938.
+    33    vii.    Martha Arminda Reed, born 07 April 1885 in Dawson Cnty., GA; died 02 May 1957.
34    viii.    John W Reed, born 04 April 1888 in Dawson Cnty., GA.
+    35    ix.    Joseph Samuel Reed, born 15 July 1889 in Dawson Cnty., GA; died 11 June 1960.
36    x.    Susan Cordia Reed, born 15 June 1892 in Dawson Cnty., GA.  She married (1) Floyd Flanigan.  She married (2) Frank Glenn.

15.  John Wesley3 Neighbors (John Wiliam2, John1) was born 07 April 1873 in Dawson County, Georgia.  He married Alice.  She was born 1876 in Georgia.

Children of John Neighbors and Alice are:
37    i.    William C.4 Neighbors, born 1903.
38    ii.    Charlie T. Neighbors, born 1905.
39    iii.    John W. Neighbors, born 1907.
40    iv.    Mandie M. Neighbors, born 1909.
41    v.    Leslie Neighbors, born 1911.
42    vi.    Edgar Neighbors, born 1913.
43    vii.    Teddie Neighbors, born 1915.
44    viii.    May B. Neighbors, born 1919.

17.  William Jones3 Neighbors (John Wiliam2, John1) was born 13 October 1885 in Georgia, and died 19 August 1937 in Pickens County, Georgia.  He married Artie Mae Brooks 19 August 1905 in Pickens County, Georgia.  She was born 14 March 1890 in Georgia, and died 30 May 1931 in Cherokee County, Georgia.

Children of William Neighbors and Artie Brooks are:
45    i.    Nora4 Neighbors, born Abt. 1906.
46    ii.    John L. Neighbors, born 15 May 1908; died 25 December 1984 in Pickens County, Georgia.
47    iii.    Leara Neighbors, born Abt. 1911.
48    iv.    Bettie Neighbors, born Abt. 1913.

18.  Sophia L.3 Neighbors (John Wiliam2, John1) was born March 1889.  She married Carl Lester Winkler, son of Miles Winkler and Thiney C..  He was born 17 February 18855.

Children of Sophia Neighbors and Carl Winkler are:
49    i.    Mary C.4 Winkler, born 1907.
50    ii.    Garland Winkler, born 1909.
51    iii.    Lillian Winkler, born 1911.
52    iv.    Lurene Winkler, born 1913.
53    v.    Verlan Winkler, born 1916.
54    vi.    E. W. Winkler, born 1918.