Generation No. 1 1. Mr. Burkett married Sarah. She was born Abt. 1790 in South Carolina. Children of Mr. Burkett and Sarah are: 2 i. Unknown Female Burkett, born Bet. 1804 – 1810. + 3 ii. Daniel Burkett, born Abt. 1808 in South Carolina. + 4 iii. Willis Burkett, born Abt. 1810. 5 iv. Unknown [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Researched, Complied, and Written by Connie Chumley Stringer copyright 2002 Generation No. 1 John Battle married Rhoda Ricks. Generation No. 2 William Battle, (John 1) born 20 January 1801, Warren County, Georgia, died 16 August 1871, in Warren County, Georgia, near Swainsboro. William Battle married Rebecca Allen, 13 April 1831, Taliaferro County, Georgia. Rebecca Allen [...]