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, [...]
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, [...]
John Drayton was a very popular, handsome, and well liked man in the state of South Carolina. He was born 1766 and died in 1822. Drayton served in the House of Representatives from 1792-1798; created the University of South Carolina, served as Lt. Governor for South Carolina, and then, served as Governor John DRAYTON, from [...]
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, [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
The following is a partial list of names as they appear in the 1820 Census Records of Spartanburg, South Carolina: Henry White (aka HUGH White, friend of Jethro O’Shields) Tyre Harrison (husband of Elizabeth O’Shields, daughter of Jethro O’Shields) Daniel O’Shields (son of Jethro O’Shields, brother of Elizabeth O’Shields Harrison. This Daniel O’Shields cannot be [...]
I am writing this post to confirm LUCRETIA WOOTEN did in fact marry Jethro O’Sheal. I have personally spoken to a daughter of Mary Ethel Howell Cotterell, who was the great grand-daughter of Tyrie/Tyree Harrison and Elizabeth O’Shields and great great grand-daughter of Jethro O’Sheal and Lucretia Wooten. Mary did extensive family research many many [...]