John Shields

Other Events:

• AFN: G15N-DV

Notes:

Will dated 23 January 1772.

William Hathaway wrote in 1790, "Uncle John's children scattered. One lived in Pennsylvania. One went to North Carolina. One went to Boone's settlement in Frankland (Tennessee) a few years ago. Some of them still live in Virginia."
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Reference:
Misty Spinelli.
"Kin of my Grandchildren, Vol III", Judge Noble K. Littell, 1992, p 9, 11-12.
"Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 46.

John — Margarette Perry. Margarette (daughter of Robert Perry and Leah Morris) was born 21 Oct 1710. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• AFN: G15N-G7

Notes:

Will probated 23 July 1819, Augusta County, Virgiinia.
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Reference:
"Kin of my Grandchildren, Vol III", Judge Noble K. Littell, 1992, p 12, 15.
"Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 53.

John — Lucinda Bowman. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• AFN: G15N-HD

Notes:

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Reference:
"Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 53.
"Kin of my Grandchildren, Vol III", Judge Noble K. Littell, 1992, p 12.

Thomas — . Unknown [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• AFN: G15N-JK

Notes:

First name may be Margaret or spelled Marrey.
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Reference:
"Kin of my Grandchildren, Vol III", Judge Noble K. Littell, 1992, p 12.
"Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 53.

Other Events:

• AFN: 8S9C-GR

Notes:

Private in Francis Lang's Company and officer in the Revolutionary War. Came to Sevier County, Tennessee in 1784 and built Shields Fort in Sevier County, Tennessee in 1794.
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Reference:"Shields Genealogy", Mary O. Derrick Coleman, 1979.
"Kin of my Grandchildren, Vol III", Judge Noble K. Littell, 1992, p 12, 15.
"Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 53.

Robert married Nancy Stockton 1761, Sevier County, Tennessee. Nancy (daughter of Richard Stockton and A. Agnes) was born Abt 1749; was buried Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

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Reference:
"Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 53.

Notes:

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Reference:
"Kin of my Grandchildren, Vol III", Judge Noble K. Littell, 1992, p 15, 17-18.

Notes:

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Reference:
"Kin of my Grandchildren, Vol III", Judge Noble K. Littell, 1992, p 15.

Notes:

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Reference:
"Kin of my Grandchildren, Vol III", Judge Noble K. Littell, 1992, p 15.

Notes:

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Reference:
"Kin of my Grandchildren, Vol III", Judge Noble K. Littell, 1992, p 15.

Notes:

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Reference:
"Kin of my Grandchildren, Vol III", Judge Noble K. Littell, 1992, p 15.

Notes:

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Reference:
"Kin of my Grandchildren, Vol III", Judge Noble K. Littell, 1992, p 15.

Notes:

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Reference:
"Kin of my Grandchildren, Vol III", Judge Noble K. Littell, 1992, p 15.

Notes:

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Reference:
"Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 53.

Notes:

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Reference:
"Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 53.

Other Events:

• AFN: 8S9C-J4

Notes:

Buried in Riverview Cemetery.
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Reference:
"Kin of my Grandchildren, Vol III", Judge Noble K. Littell, 1992, p 15, 18.
"Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 57.

Jennette married Joshua Tipton Abt 1785, , Sevier County, Tennessee. Joshua (son of John Tipton) died 18 Apr 1793. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• AFN: 8S9C-K9

Notes:

Thomas Shields enlisted in the Revolutionary War under General John Sevier. On
7 October 1780, he fought at the Battle of King's Mountain. After being
mustered out he spent a year hunting and exploring in what is now the Great
Smoky Mouintains National Park. For nearly two years more he wandered through
the area of the mountains returning to his father's home in Sevier County,
Tennessee.

In 1795, Thomas and his two small sons were boiling sap in the sugar maple
orchard on Birch Creek when he was shot from ambush. Ordering his sons to run,
he rolled behind a log within reach of his rifle. He shot one of the Indians
before he was killed. Thomas was the only Shields son killed by Indians. His
death can be fixed fairly accurately by a newspaper clipping found in the Knox
Gazette dated 6 March 1797.

"Just as this paper was going to press we received information that Thos.
Shields was killed by Indians in Sevier County, They cut his head nearly off,
took out his bowells, otherwise shockingly cut and mangled him. The youth lived
with his parents Robert Shields and Nancy Shields at Upper Middle Creek section
of the County."
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Reference:
"Kin of my Grandchildren, Vol III", Judge Noble K. Littell, 1992, p 15, 18.
"Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 58.
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 340.

Thomas married Rhonda 1783, , Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• AFN: 8S9C-LG

Notes:

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Reference:
"Kin of my Grandchildren, Vol III", Judge Noble K. Littell, 1992, p 15, 18.
IGI
"Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 59.

Richard married Abt 1783. Unknown [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• AFN: 8S9C-MM

Notes:

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Reference:
"Kin of my Grandchildren, Vol III", Judge Noble K. Littell, 1992, p 15, 19.
IGI
"Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 60.

David — . Unknown [Group Sheet]

David married Susan Edwards 1786. (daughter of Robert Edwards) [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• AFN: 8S9B-Z7

Notes:

Williams children bitterly opposed his second marriage to his first wife's niece.
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Reference:
"Kin of my Grandchildren, Vol III", Judge Noble K. Littell, 1992, p 15, 19.
"Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 62, 63.

William married Margret Wilson 1789. Margret (daughter of Samuel Wilson) died 1813, Madison, Indiana. [Group Sheet]

William married Amanda Logan 10 Sep 1817, Logans Fort. Amanda (daughter of Ezkiel Logan) died Abt 1824. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• AFN: 8S9C-NS

Notes:

John Shields was the gunsmith with the Lewis & Clark expedition to Oregon in 1804. He subsequently lived in southern Indiana and in Sevier County, Tennessee but little is known of his later life, or descendants.
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Reference:
"Kin of my Grandchildren, Vol III", Judge Noble K. Littell, 1992, p 15, 20.

This biography is from a paper by George H. Yater originally presented at the 1991 annual meeting of the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation in Louisville and subsequently published in "Nine Young Men from Kentucky," a May 1992 supplementary publication of We Proceeded On, the official publication of the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation

We are not sure when John Shields came to Kentucky. Work by earlier researchers shows that he was born near present-day Harrisonburg, Virginia, in 1769, the sixth son of Robert and Nancy Stockson Shields, and one of ten brothers and a sister. Harrisonburg, by the way, located in the lovely Shenandoah Valley, is Louisville's twin city in the truest sense of the word. Both Harrisonburg and Louisville were given corporate life in a single act of the Virginia legislature in 1780.1

By then, young Shields was eleven years old. Shortly after, in 1784, the family emigrated to Pigeon Forge in the Tennessee foothills of the Smoky Mountains. Here he learned blacksmithing at a shop owned by a brother-in-law, Samuel Wilson, and also operated Wilson's grist mill. He was an apt pupil of blacksmithing and his skill proved unusually valuable to the Lewis and Clark Expedition.2

By 1790 he was in Kentucky and about that time married a girl named Nancy, family name unknown. The only reference I have been able to find to a John Shields locally is from a session of the County Court on November 8, 1797, when persons named to appraise the estate of a John Williams, deceased, included John Shields. Was he our man? Perhaps, but there is no way to be certain.3

In any event, he became a private soldier in the Expedition, even though Lewis had earlier called for only unmarried men. He was, at age 34, the oldest man in the party and was the blacksmith, gunsmith, and all-around mechanic. His work as blacksmith brought in badly needed corn during the winter sojourn of 1804-05 at Fort Mandan. On February 5, 1805, Meriwether Lewis noted in his journal that the party was "visited by the natives, who brought in a considerable quantity of corn for the work the blacksmith had done for them … They are peculiarly attached to a battle ax formed in a very inconvenient manner in my opinion, it is fabricated of iron only." There were several such entries. And on April 8, 1806, Clark noted that: "John Shields cut out my rifle and brought hir to shoot very well. The party owes much to the injinuity of this man, by whome their guns are repaired when they get out of order which is very often."

At the conclusion of the Expedition, Lewis wrote of Shields: "Has received the pay only of a private. Nothing was more peculiarly useful to us, in various situations, then the skill and ingenuity of this man as an artist, in repairing our guns, accroutements, &c. and should it be thought proper to allow him something as an artificer, he has well deserved it." There is no record that Lewis's suggestion was acted upon. Shields' skill as a hunter comes through the journals, as well. There are at least seventy references to his hunting accomplishments.4

As an acute observer of anything new that he had come across, Shields proved a "medicine man" to another Kentuckian on the Expedition-William Bratton. Bratton, as one of the saltmakers on the Pacific Coast, came down with back pains so acute that he could scarcely walk. On the return journey Bratton traveled by canoe or horseback. When the Expedition halted in present-day Idaho at "Camp Chopunnish" to wait for the snow to melt in the high Bitterroots, Shields suggested a treatment for Bratton. He said he had seen men with similar complaints cured by violent sweats.

Lewis detailed the process in his journal: Shields dug a circular hole four feet deep, lighted a fire to heat the surrounding earth, put in a seat and willow hoops across the top to hold blankets. Bratton was placed in the hole and given water to sprinkle on the hot earth to create steam. The steam and plunges into cold water cured the back pain. Lewis added that during the treatment Bratton was given "copious draughts" of a strong tea of horse mint. This was also Shields' idea and he told Lewis he had seen "Sinneca snake root" used when mint was not available.5

Following the Expedition's return, Shields spent a year trapping in Missouri with famed Kentuckian Daniel Boone, who was evidently related to him in some way. [Recent research places Shields back home by the spring of 1807.] Upon his return to the Falls of the Ohio area he spent some time with Daniel's lesser-known brother, Squire Boone, in Indiana-in what is now Harrison County some thirty miles west of Louisville. Shields died in December 1809 and is probably buried in the rather neglected Little Flock Baptist Church graveyard south of Corydon, Indiana, in Harrison County. I might note that Squire Boone was, among other things, a Baptist preacher and likely presided at Shields' burial. John and Nancy Shields were the parents of a daughter named Janette who married her cousin John Tipton, a man who became a power in Indiana politics.6


FOOTNOTES

1. Charles G. Clarke, The Men of the Lewis and Clark Expedition: A Biographical Roster of the Fifty-one Members (Glendale, Calif., Arthur H. Clark Co., 1970), 53.

2. Ibid., 53.

3. Jefferson County Minute Book 5:84, November 8, 1797.

4. Donald Jackson, Letters of the Lewis and Clark Expedition (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1962), 367.

5. Lewis's Journal, May 24, 1806.

6. Clarke, Men of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 54.

John — Nancy. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• AFN: 8S9C-P0

Notes:

In 1784 James accompanied his mother and father, and his sister and four
smaller brothers to the Yadkin Settlement in North Carolina. The next year he
helped to bring them on pack animals to Shields Fort in Sevier County,
Tennessee, via the Watauga and Traders Trail. In 1808, he settled in Indiana,
building his own Shields Fort on the present site of Seymour, Indiana.

James is buried in Riverview Cemetery by the side of his wife.
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Reference:
"Kin of my Grandchildren, Vol III", Judge Noble K. Littell, 1992, p 15, 20.
IGI.
"Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 65.

James married Penelope White 1795. Penelope (daughter of Meady White and Sarah Mara "Mary" Raynor) was born Abt 1776; died Abt 1841; was buried Seymour, Indiana. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• AFN: 8S9C-Q5
• Census: 1830, Sevier County, Tennessee

Notes:

Private Indiana Militia in War of 1812.
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Reference:
Misty Spinelli
"Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 66.

Robert married Sabra S. White 1792. Sabra (daughter of Meady White and Sarah Mara "Mary" Raynor) was born Abt 1774, Tennessee; died Aft 16 Sep 1850. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• AFN: G15M-T0

Notes:

Joseph was severely wounded by a party of Cherokee Indians, near Sevierville,
Tennessee on 18 April 1793, at the time his brother-in-law Joshua Tipton was
killed. He lived in the vicinity of Sevier County, Tennessee until about 1808
when he removed to Indiana with his other brothers. He later settled in
Harrison County, Indiana.
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Reference:
"Kin of my Grandchildren, Vol III", Judge Noble K. Littell, 1992, p 15, 20.
"Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 66.

Joseph married Martha Veatch 22 Aug 1799, Sevier County, Tennessee. Martha (daughter of Nathan Veatch and Elizabeth Craig) was born 8 Mar 1781, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 1 Dec 1847, Fulton County, Illinois. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• AFN: 8S9C-SH

Other Events:

• AFN: G15N-BJ

Notes:

Buried in Little Flock Cemetery, near Elizabeth, Indiana.
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Reference:
"Kin of my Grandchildren, Vol III", Judge Noble K. Littell, 1992, p 15, 21.
"Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 67.

Benjamin married Mary Veatch 22 Aug 1799, Sevier County, Tennessee. Mary (daughter of Nathan Veatch and Elizabeth Craig) was born 27 Aug 1783, Sevier County, Tennessee; died Astoria, Illinois. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• AFN: 8S9C-TN

Notes:

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Reference:
"Kin of my Grandchildren, Vol III", Judge Noble K. Littell, 1992, p 15.
IGI

Jesse married Catherine Fox 1803. Catherine (daughter of John Fox) was born 26 Mar 1796; died 18 Jul 1877; was buried , Indiana. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Buried in Old Cross Roads Cemetery about 12 miles from Mauckport, Indiana.
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Reference:
IGI.
"Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 68.

Notes:

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Reference:
"Kin of my Grandchildren, Vol III", Judge Noble K. Littell, 1992, p 18.
"Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 59.

Rhoda — Joshua Shields. Joshua (son of Thomas Shields and Rhonda) was born 1785, , Sevier County, Tennessee; died 22 Jan 1852, Clay Township, Cass, Indiana. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Military service in War of 1812. John Tipton advanced to the rank of major general by 1822. He purchased the Tippecanoe Battleground and gave it to the State of Indiana. Elected Offices included: U. S. Senetor, Indiana Legislator, Harrison County Sheriff. Some sources record his first wife as Martha Shields.

GEN. JOHN TIPTON was born in Sevier County, Tenn.,August 14, 1780. His father, Joshua Tipton, was a native ofMaryland. When quite young, being impelled by a desire toparticipate in the excitements of pioneer life, he removed to Ten-nessee. He was one of the most formidable adversaries of Indianstrategy, to which he finally fell a victim in 1793. In the fallof 1807 John Tipton, with his mother, two sisters and a half-brother, removed to Indiana Territory, and settled near a placeon the Ohio River known as Brinley's Ferry. He purchasedfifty acres of land, for which he paid by chopping and splittingrails at 50 cents a hundred. In 1811 he became a member ofCapt. Spencer's company of mounted riflemen, known as YellowJackets. This company did excellent service in the campaignagainst the Indians on the Upper Wabash. In the battle of Tip-pecanoe, November 7, 1811, all the company officers above En-sign Tipton having, been killed, he was promoted to the captaincyby Gen. Harrison in the hottest of the fight, and by his superiortact and courage maintained the reputation of his men. He con-tinued in service until the close of the war in that locality. Sub-sequently he was promoted, by regular gradations in the Terri-torial and State militia, to the position of major-general in 1822.At the first election under the State constitution; in 1816, he
was made sheriff of Harrison County, and was re-elected in 1818.
In 1821 he was chosen to represent Harrison County in the StateLegislature, and during the same year was one of the commis-sioners that located the State capital of Indiana. In the sessionwhich followed he was appointed commissioner- on the part ofIndiana to meet a like commissioner from Illinois to locate theboundary line between the two States. The duty was satisfacto-rily performed. In the spring of 1824, without his solicitationor knowledge, he was appointed by President Monroe to theIndian agency, then located at Fort Wayne, which embraced thePottawattomie, Miami and other Indian tribes on the Upper Wa-bash and Tippecanoe Rivers. Soon after his appointment he re-moved to Fort Wayne, and remained until March, 1828, when,at his instance, the agency was removed to Logansport. He wasone of the commissioners appointed by John Quincy Adams tosuperintend the treaties with the Indians in his jurisdiction, andto his eminent ability were chiefly due the important provisionsof the treaties of 1826, whereby valuable lands were opened tothe public. He continued in charge of the agency until Decem-ber, 1831, when he was elected United States Senator, to fill thevacancy occasioned by the death of Hon. James Noble. In De-cember, 1832, he was elected for a full term of six years, fromMarch 4, 1833. As a senator he ranked high, distinguishinghimself by his accurate knowledge of men and their relations topublic affairs, and in working for the best good of the nation,without reference to politics. During the summer of 1838 hewas delegated by the President to remove certain disaffected Pot-tawattomie and Miami lndians to the land which had been re-served west of the Mississippi River. Though these Indians haddisposed of their lands, they were unwilling to emigrate, andthe contractor had found it utterly impossible to proceed further.Gen. Tipton, however, readily comprehending the situation, over-came the difficulties by strategy, and, with a celerity scarcelyanticipated, removed the remnants of the once mighty tribes. InMarch, 1839, he returned to his home in Logansport, and com-improving his vast landed estate on the Wabash. Hadhe lived to execute his plans for developing the immense resourcesof that locality, he would have given to Cass County in general,and Logansport in particular, a place in the industrial world un-equaled in Indiana. He died, April 5, 1839, from a sudden ill-ness induced by exposure. Gen. Tipton was twice married-in 1822 to Miss Shields, who died soon after, and in April,1825, to Miss Matilda Spencer, daughter of Capt. Spear Spencer,who was killed at the battle of Tippecanoe. They had four chil-dren, all of whom are now dead, excepting one daughter, who isthe wife of Capt. Thomas S. Dunn, of the United States Army.In 1817 Gen. Tipton received the several degrees of AncientCraft Masonry, in Pisgah Lodge No.5, at Corydon, Ind. Uponthe organization of the Grand Lodge, in 1818, he was electedGrand Senior Warden, and served until September, 1820. Hewas then elected Grand Master of the State, and served duringthe fourth and twelfth sessions. In 1822 he was made a RoyalArch Mason, in Louisville, Ky. In the fall of 1828 he organizedTipton Lodge No. 33, of Logansport, and in 1837 procured acharter and organized Logan Royal Arch Chapter, No.2.
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Reference:
"Kin of my Grandchildren, Vol III", Judge Noble K. Littell, 1992, p 18, 25.
"History of Jackson County, Indiana.", Brant and Fuller, 1886, p 724-726.

John married Martha Janette "Jennie" Shields 1822. Martha (daughter of John Shields and Nancy) was born 1791; died 1850; was buried Little Flock Baptist Cemetery, Crandall, Harrison County, Indiana. [Group Sheet]

John married Matilda Spencer 11 Aug 1825, Harrison County, Indiana. (daughter of Capt. Spear Spencer) [Group Sheet]

Notes:

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Reference:
"Kin of my Grandchildren, Vol III", Judge Noble K. Littell, 1992, p 18.

Agnes — William Edwards. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

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Reference:
"Kin of my Grandchildren, Vol III", Judge Noble K. Littell, 1992, p 18.

Elizabeth married John Denbo 1818. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Said to be the first child of European descent born in Sevier County, Tennessee. Military service in War of 1812, wounded at Tippeconoe.
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Reference:
"Kin of my Grandchildren, Vol III", Judge Noble K. Littell, 1992, p 18.
"Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 58, 59.
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 340.

Joshua — Rhoda Tipton. Rhoda (daughter of Joshua Tipton and Jennette Shields) died 7 Jul 1837. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

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Reference:
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 340.

Other Events:

• AFN: MC7S-VW

Notes:

Born in Shields Fort.
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Reference:
"The Book of Regan/Reagan," Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 416.
Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 42.
"Kin of my Grandchildren, Vol III", Judge Noble K. Littell, 1992, p 18.

Arnet married Mary "Polly" Emert Abt 1798. Mary (daughter of Frederick Emert and Barbara Ann Neidig) was born Abt 1780, , Hampshire, Virginia; died Aft 1843. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• AFN: MC7V-0P

Notes:

Robert was a wealthy farmer in Cade's Cove, Blount County, Tennessee.

Christine Brown lists death as 11 January 1850.
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Reference:
Rosa Lee Downey notes, 16 June 1983, p 42.
"Kin of my Grandchildren, Vol III", Judge Noble K. Littell, 1992, p 18.
"Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 59.

Robert married Margaret Emert 1805. Margaret (daughter of Frederick Emert and Barbara Ann Neidig) was born 9 Mar 1788; died 1862. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

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Reference:
"Kin of my Grandchildren, Vol III", Judge Noble K. Littell, 1992, p 18.

Benjamin married Mary Shahan 26 Feb 1807, , Webster, Missouri. Mary was born 2 Jul 1786, , Delaware; died Abt 1855, , Missouri. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

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Reference:
"Kin of my Grandchildren, Vol III", Judge Noble K. Littell, 1992, p 19.

Notes:

Christine Brown lists Jane as daughter of Robert and Sabra (White) Shields.
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Reference:
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan," Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 280.
"Kin of my Grandchildren, Vol III", Judge Noble K. Littell, 1992, p 19.
"Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 77, 90.

Jane — Curtis Mills. Curtis was born 11 Apr 1804, Tennessee; died 18 Jul 1894; was buried Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

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Reference:
"Kin of my Grandchildren, Vol III", Judge Noble K. Littell, 1992, p 19.

John — Rachel. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

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Reference:
"Kin of my Grandchildren, Vol III", Judge Noble K. Littell, 1992, p 19.
"Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 61.

Joseph — Sarah Adaline Masterson. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Lived in Harrison County, Indiana.
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Reference:
"Kin of my Grandchildren, Vol III", Judge Noble K. Littell, 1992, p 19.
"Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 61.

Robert — Naomi Littell. Naomi (daughter of Jonah Littell and Margaret Davis) was born 12 Dec 1785; died 14 Nov 1854, Canton, Illinois. [Group Sheet]

Robert — Serena Brown. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

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Reference:
"Kin of my Grandchildren, Vol III", Judge Noble K. Littell, 1992, p 19.
"Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 61.

Jacob — Nancy Yates. [Group Sheet]

Jacob — McClatchey. [Group Sheet]

Jacob — . Unknown [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Married in Belfast, Alabama.
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Reference:
"Kin of my Grandchildren, Vol III", Judge Noble K. Littell, 1992, p 19.
"Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 61.

Phoebe married Deer Belfast, Alabama. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Married in Belfast, Alabama.
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Reference:
"Kin of my Grandchildren, Vol III", Judge Noble K. Littell, 1992, p 19.
"Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 61.

Notes:

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Reference:
"Kin of my Grandchildren, Vol III", Judge Noble K. Littell, 1992, p 19.

David — Eliza Onion. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

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Reference:
"Kin of my Grandchildren, Vol III", Judge Noble K. Littell, 1992, p 19.

Notes:

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Reference:
"Kin of my Grandchildren, Vol III", Judge Noble K. Littell, 1992, p 19.
"Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 62.

Robert married Elizabeth Davis Madison, Indiana. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

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Reference:
"Kin of my Grandchildren, Vol III", Judge Noble K. Littell, 1992, p 19.

William — Hannah. [Group Sheet]

William — Aria Evans. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

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Reference:
"Kin of my Grandchildren, Vol III", Judge Noble K. Littell, 1992, p 19.
"Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 62.

James — Sarah J. McCausland. [Group Sheet]

James — Martha Wilson. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

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Reference:
"Kin of my Grandchildren, Vol III", Judge Noble K. Littell, 1992, p 19.
"Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 63.

Elizabeth — Joshua Lindsay. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

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Reference:
"Kin of my Grandchildren, Vol III", Judge Noble K. Littell, 1992, p 19.
"Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 62.

Nancy married James Elliot 1815, Salem, Indiana. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

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Reference:
"Kin of my Grandchildren, Vol III", Judge Noble K. Littell, 1992, p 19.
"Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 62.

Notes:

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Reference:
"Kin of my Grandchildren, Vol III", Judge Noble K. Littell, 1992, p 19.
"Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 63.

Rhoda — Nathan Rose. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

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Reference:
"Kin of my Grandchildren, Vol III", Judge Noble K. Littell, 1992, p 19.
"Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 63.

Rebecca — John Davis. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

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Reference:
"Kin of my Grandchildren, Vol III", Judge Noble K. Littell, 1992, p 19.
"Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 63.

Jeannette — William Williamson. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Christine Brown lists birth as 5 June 1819.
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Reference:
"Kin of my Grandchildren, Vol III", Judge Noble K. Littell, 1992, p 19.
"Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 63.

Sarah — James George. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

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Reference:
"Kin of my Grandchildren, Vol III", Judge Noble K. Littell, 1992, p 20.
"Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 63.

Jesse — Catherine Welton. [Group Sheet]

Jesse — Margaret Robbins. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

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Reference:
"Kin of my Grandchildren, Vol III", Judge Noble K. Littell, 1992, p 20.
"Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 63.

Ezekiel married Elizabeth Jane Elliott 3 Apr 1848. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Died in infancy.
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Reference:
"Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 63.

Notes:

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Reference:
"Kin of my Grandchildren, Vol III", Judge Noble K. Littell, 1992, p 20, 25, 28.

Martha married Gen. John Tipton 1822. John (son of Joshua Tipton and Jennette Shields) was born 14 Aug 1786, Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee; died 5 Apr 1839, Logansport, Indiana; was buried Mount Hope Cemetery, Logansport, Cass County, Indiana. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

William Shields served in the Black Hawk War, served in the Indiana State
Legislature in 1839-1840, was a farmer, millwright, boatsman and a democrat.

Christine Brown lists birth as 1801 and death in Seymour, Indiana.

On the 16th day of September, 1816, the county court metand ordered that the jail at Brownstown, built by John Parker,be received, the contract being complied with agreeably to condi-tions thereof; and John Parker was allowed $60 for buildingsaid jail. And the said John Parker, having suffered loss in thebuilding of said jail, he is allowed $16 extra. The sheriff wasallowed $8.75 for the confinement, receiving and discharging ofWilliam Shields, a prisoner.
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Reference:
"Kin of my Grandchildren, Vol III", Judge Noble K. Littell, 1992, p 20.
"Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 66.
"History of Jackson County, Indiana.", Brant and Fuller, 1886, p 330.
"History of Jackson County, Indiana.", Brant and Fuller, 1886, p 718.

William — Jerusha. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Meedy White Shields served in the Black Hawk War. He served in the Indiana
state legislature; house 1846-1847, Senate 1853, 1855, 1861 & 1863. He was the
founder of Seymour, Indiana.

SEYMOUR derived its name from the chief contractor andcivil engineer, Mr. Seymour, who had charge of and super-intended the construction of the Ohio & Mississippi Railway,from North Vernon, Ind., to St. Louis, Mo. The town was laidout April 27, 1852, by Meedy W. and Eliza P. Shields. The originalplat embraced that part of the present city lying north of ICincinnati Avenue, south of Fifth Street, east of Indianapolis Avenue and west of Broadway. Within the boundary lines it was traversed east and west by Second, Third and Fourth Streets,and north and south by Ewing and Mill Streets, the latter running south only to Fourth Street. The plat included ten blocks and100 lots, and was duly registered at Brownstown, the county seat.The ground on which Seymour now stands was pre-empted or purchased as follows: James Shields, father of M. W. Shields,founder of the town, was granted by the Government 1,200 acresof land at an early day, about 1812, and placed in charge of the"block-house," a rude fortress erected and maintained for several years, on the ground lying just north of the city and now occu-pied by the Catholic cemetery. This grant included all landlying north of Seventh Street, in the present city plat.The ground lying directly south, to what is now known asBruce Street, was pre-empted or purchased from the Governmentby Joshua Moore. Seeing the advantages that would accruefrom railroads, Mr. M. W. Shields purchased from Samuel Moore,his son, this tract of land, which was owned by the latter, aboutthe year 1850. Butler's addition, comprising the greater part ofthe Fifth Ward of the city of Seymour, was purchased direct fromthe Government at a merely nominal price by Charles Butler.The city of Seymour is located on a part of four separate sections,the corners of all meeting at the intersection of Brown and Wal-nut Streets. A parallel line, running south from the east side ofthe city cemetery on the north to Brown Street on the south,shows the northeastern part of the city located in the west half ofSection 17, Township 6, Range 6. All lots and lands west ofsaid parallel and north of Brown Street are located in Section 18,Township 6, Range 6. That part of the city lying south ofBrown Street and mainly west of Walnut and known as Butler'saddition, lies in Section 19, Township 6, Range 6. The fourthdivision is best known as Pfingst's addition, though much morethan this addition is included in or encompassed by Section 20.of Jackson Township.

The second storehouse in Seymour was built byMeedy W. Shields, and was located four or five doors south ofSecond Street, on the east side of Indianapolis Avenue.
The first public sale of lots in Seymour took place Novem-ber 11, 1852, and Mr. Shields, the founder of the town, who hadnothing to show as an inducement to investment but the projectof railroads (on paper) that were soon to come, was most hap-pily surprised at the eagerness of bidders. At that time theground where the Ohio & Mississippi and Jeffersonville,Madison & Indianapolis depots now stand, was a pondon which water stood nearly all the year, to a depth ofseveral feet. The now well-known Jonas House corner wasthen the corner of a field which yielded abundant crops of wheator corn each year. The greater part of what is now known asthe First Ward was a dense forest, which was used as a woodspasture by Mr. Shields, the western boundary of which was de-fined by a rail fence, running about on the present line of EwingStreet.
A saw-mill built by M. W. Shields in the year 1852, and su-perintended by Stephen Adams, furnished the lumber used in theerection of most of the new houses built in Seymour during theyears 1852 to 1855. This saw-mill stood just east ofthe Jeffersonville, Madison & Indianapolis Railway and halfway between Third and Fourth Streets, beside a ra-vine which is now covered by a culvert.

A rivalry had for some time existedbetween M. W. Shields, whose interests were in and near Seymour,and John J. Kester, who was a large property owner in and aboutRockford, a village of 500 inhabitants, two miles north, eachhaving contended for the coming of the then prospective Ohio &Mississippi Railroad through their respective towns. The sur-vey being completed and Mr. Shields being triumphant, it is notsurprising that the denizens of Rockford, taking their cue fromMr. Kester, had no kindly feeling for their new though promisingrival. Such influence as they could exert was brought to bear onthe officials of the road, and, as a consequence trains did notstop at Seymonr for nearly three years after the Jeffersonville &Indianapolis Railroad had been completed through the town."Mule Crossing," as Seymour was derisively called, was tabooedby her jealous rival, and many and bitter were the personal quar-rels that grew out of this jealousy.

ADDITIONS.
The first addition to Seymour was recorded by Meedy W.Shields, August 29, 1854, and embraced that portion of the citylying between the Ohio & Mississippi Railway, and Tipton andits extension, High Street, east of Chestnut Street and west ofBroadway. Shields' addition, recorded February 13, 1856, em-bracing three or four blocks lying south of High Street, and eastof the Jeffersonville, Madison & Indianapolis Railway. Shields'addition, recorded September 23, 1858; twelve blocks west of theJeffersonville, Madison & Indianapolis Railway, and both northand south of the Ohio & Mississippi Railway. Shields' addition,May 15, 1863; six blocks east of the original town plat,and north of the Ohio & Mississippi Railway. Various otherminor additions were recorded by Mr. Shields, on the followingdates: June 13, 1863; June 17, 1863; June 19, 1863; March 7,1864; June 17, 1864; November 9, 1864. Butler's addition,September 24, 1863, blocks A, B, D, E, and F. Various otheradditions have been made to the city.
SCHOOLS.
The first schoolhouse erected for the accommodation of the,children of Seymour, was built by Meedy W. Shields, at the cor-ner of Ewing and Fifth Streets, on the lot now owned by MathiasFreidman. This building was a frame, and contained threerooms, one above being used for church purposes, and two roomsbelow for schools. This town's progress being rapid, and its pop-ulation increasing apace, several other rooms were rented through-out the town for school purposes, between 1853, when this housewas built, and 1860, when the first national census of the townwas taken, which showed a population of 924. The old schoolbuilding was destroyed by fire June 9,1859, and a new, two-storybrick school building was at once erected on the lot now occupiedby John Sansterer's residence.

The Seymour Democrat was first established as the SeymourUnion by Henry M. Beedle. The paper was afterward given its present name, and previous to 1875 was owned in turn by J. H.McCormick, M. W. Shields, A. A. Davison, Shank & Stairs, andperhaps others.

In 1855, M. W. Shields, founder of the town, advertised inthe Cincinnati and Louisville papers that he would give suffi-cient grounds and $100 to any church organization that wouldlocate in Seymour. April 29, 1855, a Presbyterian society ofseven members was organized, with Rev. Charles White, pastor.In September of that year a frame church building was erectedon the corner of Second and Chestnut Streets.

But few if any counties in the State exceeded Jackson in itsfirst enthusiasm at the breaking out of the Rebellion. In oneweek more than a full company had been organized at Seymourand had left for Indianapolis. Before taking the train onMonday evening, April 22, the men were formed in line in thepresence of the immense multitude that had gathered to see themleave. Eloquent and patriotic addresses were made by Dr. Ford,M. W. Shields and S. W. Holmes, and so affecting was the scenethere was scarcely a dry eye to be seen in the vast assemblage ofmen, women and children.

In the early part of October, 1861, a meeting of all the homeguards of the county was held at Brownstown. It was a grandsuccess, and a large. crowd was present from all portions of thecounty. An address was delivered by the Hon. C. L. Dunham.This was perhaps the most successful drill ever held in the countyby the legion. Large numbers of its men had entered the activeservice, and its efficiency greatly impaired. It continued its or-ganization, however, during most of the war, and at the time ofMorgan's raid was called together under Meedy W. Shields, itscommander.

THE MORGAN RAID.
Perhaps nothing ever stirred the people of southern Indianaso deeply, or spread such universal alarm among the inhabitants,as the news that the rebel Gen. John H. Morgan had crossed thethe Ohio River with his regiment of cavalry on a raid throughIndiana. Every community in the southern portion of the Statedeemed itself the object of attack, and was excited to the highestpitch of active resistance. The farmer left the plow and the mer-chant his store, and all united, with whatever weapon could beprocured, to drive the invader back. Jackson County shared theexcitement in the fullest degree. When it became known withsome certainty of the whereabouts of Morgan, two companies ofthe legion were stationed on the road leading to Salem, under thecommand of Capt. M. W. Shields. At that time it was supposed thatthe object of the rebel commander's attack was Indianapolis, andthat his route would be by this road through Brownstown. Greatrelief was afforded when news came that from Salem the courseof the invaders was more to the east. It was later learned thatthe probable course would bring them to Vernon, in JenningsCounty. At that time a considerable force was at Seymour, un-der Gen. Love, and this was ordered to Vernon, where it at onceproceeded by the Ohio & Mississippi Railroad.

MEEDY WHITE SHIELDS, late of Seymour, was born inSevierville, Sevier Co., Tenn., July 8, 1805. He was the son ofJames and Penelope (White) Shields, and a grandson of Stock-ton Shields, of Virginia, a captain in the Revolutionary war.
The subject of this sketch attended school only three months inhis life, but by his own energy attained a thorough English edu-cation. He removed to Corydon, Harrison County, in 1811,using pack-horses in making the journey. In 1816 the familywent to Jackson County and settled on a farm that is now part ofthe city of Seymour. At this time there were only six whitefamilies in the county. From 1820 to 1832 Mr. Shields was en-gaged in running a flat-boat from the White River to NewOrleans, and in managing his farm. In the early part of 1832he enlisted in the army, was made first lieutenant, and in the fallof that year was promoted to a captaincy. At the close of theBlackhawk war, in 1833, he returned to Jackson County, wherehe married Eliza P. Ewing, the daughter of a wealthy farmer of Brownstown, of the same county. He then engaged in farmingon the old homestead. In the fall of 1846 he was elected a mem-ber of the Legislature, and was re-elected in 1848. In October,1852, he was elected State senator from the counties of Jacksonand Scott. In November of that year he laid out the town (nowthe city) of Seymour, and in 1853 opened a general store andalso constructed eleven miles of the Ohio & Mississippi Railroad.
He was a lover of fine stock, and manifested a great interest inthe improvement of the cattle of the county, making the firstimportation of fine stock in the neighborhood. It was mainlythrough his efforts that the Ohio & Mississippi Railroad passedthrough the town of Seymour, as the road had been located twomiles north, through the town of Rockford. In the fall of 1856he was again elected to the State senate from Jackson, and Jen-nings Counties, and there introduced the bill compelling railroadcompanies to bring all trains to a stop at crossings of other rail-roads.

In 1860 he was a delegate to the Democratic Conventionat Charlestown which nominated Douglas for President. He wasthe father of eight children, two of whom, Ewing and Tipton,are deceased; Bruce T. and William H. are now farming; SarahS. married John H. Blish in 1854, and Eliza S. married A. W.Dickinson in 1864. Mr. Shields was not a member of any relig-ious denomination, but gave liberally to several churches in theirinfancy, donating a lot to every church. His wife was a memberof the First Presbyterian Church, and not only was a liberal con-tributor to the church at Seymour, but gave largely of her meansto the support of Presbyterian Churches allover the State. Thecity of Seymour in its rapid growth, its numerous railroadshops, its extensive manufactories, and its high school, whichbears Mr. Shields' name, is greatly indebted to the energy, in-dustry, perseverance and influence of its founder. He died Feb-ruary 6, 1866, of inflammation of the stomach, and in his deaththe city suffered an irreparable loss. His wife departed this lifeNovember 14, of the same year. Mr. Shields left an estate worth$375,000, accumulated by his own energy, sagacity and industry.His brother, William Shields, in the year 1840 was a member ofthe Indiana Legislature, and died during his term of office. Hewas dearly beloved by the people and was followed to the graveby an immense concourse of citizens. Appropriate resolutionsin regard to his sterling worth were adopted by the house.
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Reference:
"Kin of my Grandchildren, Vol III", Judge Noble K. Littell, 1992, p 20, 28.
"Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 66.
"History of Jackson County, Indiana.", Brant and Fuller, 1886, p 459-460, 462, 463, 466, 469, 483, 537, 559-560, 716-718.

Meedy married Eliza P. Ewing 18 Aug 1833, Jackson County, Indiana. Eliza was born Abt 1809, New Jersey; died 14 Nov 1866. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

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Reference:
"Kin of my Grandchildren, Vol III", Judge Noble K. Littell, 1992, p 20.
"Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 66.

Elizabeth married Jacob Baldwin 12 Jul 1820. Jacob was born Abt 1798, Indiana. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

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Reference:
"Kin of my Grandchildren, Vol III", Judge Noble K. Littell, 1992, p 20.
"Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 66.
"History of Jackson County, Indiana.", Brant and Fuller, 1886, p 706.

Nancy — James Mooney. [Group Sheet]

Nancy — Lawrence Woods. Lawrence was born Abt 1804, Kentucky. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

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Reference:
"Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 66.
"Kin of my Grandchildren, Vol III", Judge Noble K. Littell, 1992, p 20.

Polly — McClintock. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Census: 1830, Sevier County, Tennessee
• Census: 1850, Sevier County, Tennessee
• Census: 1860, District 4, Sevier County, Tennessee

Notes:

War of 1812 (Indiana).

Christine Brown lists birth as Sevier County, Tennessee.

Listed in 1840 Sevier County, Tennessee census.

Richard Shields was a farmer and miller and spent his entire lifetime in the Sevier County, Tennessee area.

Will probated 28 March 1865 in Sevier County, Tennessee.
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Reference:
"Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 76.
"Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 308, 339.

Richard married Susanna Thurman Abt 1816. Susanna was born 12 Mar 1801; died Abt 1841. [Group Sheet]

Richard married Emily Ellen Adams 25 Oct 1843. Emily was born 13 Jan 1824, South Carolina; died 27 Sep 1907; was buried Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Cades Cove, Blount County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Listed in 1860 Census of Sevier County, Tennessee age 62.
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Reference:
"Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 77.

Deborah — Aaron Roberts. Aaron was born Abt 1786, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

It is family tradition that Sarah had two illegitimate children fathered by John Marshall whose farm adjoined her father's. This has not been proven.
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Reference:
"Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 87.

Sarah — John Marshall. John (son of William Marshall) was born 1767, Ireland; died 1855; was buried Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Sarah married William "Willis" Ridings Abt 1845. William was born Abt 1798, North Carolina. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Census: 1870, District 5, Sevier County, Tennessee
• Census: 1880, Emerts Cove, Sevier County, Tennessee

Notes:

Listed in 1840 Sevier County, Tennessee census 1 male 15-20, 2 males 20-30, 1 female 10-15, 1 female 15-20, 1 female 70-80.
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Reference:
Misty Spinelli
"Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 77, 92.

Meady — Nancy Floyd. Nancy (daughter of Floyd) was born Abt 1818, North Carolina. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Listed in 1860 Census of Sevier County, Tennessee.
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Reference:
"Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 77.

Nancy — Virgil Pendly. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Will probated 17 January 1878.
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Reference:
"Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 77, 97.

Robert married Eliza Floyd 3 Jan 1844, Sevier County, Tennessee. Eliza (daughter of Floyd) was born Abt 1820, North Carolina; was buried Clark Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Listed in 1860 Census of Sevier County, Tennessee.
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Reference:
"Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 77.

Jesse — Mary Ann. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Listed in 1850 Census of Sevier County, Tennessee.
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Reference:
"Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 77.

Sabra — Elijah Brown. Elijah was born 25 Mar 1817, Virginia; died 2 Mar 1891, Blount County, Tennessee; was buried Old Mount Lebanon Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

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Reference:
"Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 77.

John — Rachel. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

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Reference:
"Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 77.

Notes:

Wheelwright.
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Reference:
"Kin of my Grandchildren, Vol III", Judge Noble K. Littell, 1992, p 20, 28.
"Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 67.

Nathan married Polly Onion 6 Aug 1827. [Group Sheet]

Nathan married Mary Kingery Mar 1835. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

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Reference:
"Kin of my Grandchildren, Vol III", Judge Noble K. Littell, 1992, p 20, 28.

Notes:

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Reference:
"Kin of my Grandchildren, Vol III", Judge Noble K. Littell, 1992, p 20, 28.
"Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 67.

Notes:

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Reference:
"Kin of my Grandchildren, Vol III", Judge Noble K. Littell, 1992, p 20, 28.

Notes:

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Reference:
"Kin of my Grandchildren, Vol III", Judge Noble K. Littell, 1992, p 20.

Notes:

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Reference:
"Kin of my Grandchildren, Vol III", Judge Noble K. Littell, 1992, p 20.
"Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 67.

Notes:

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Reference:
"Kin of my Grandchildren, Vol III", Judge Noble K. Littell, 1992, p 20.

Notes:

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Reference:
"Kin of my Grandchildren, Vol III", Judge Noble K. Littell, 1992, p 20.
"Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 67.

Notes:

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Reference:
"Kin of my Grandchildren, Vol III", Judge Noble K. Littell, 1992, p 20.

Notes:

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Reference:
"Kin of my Grandchildren, Vol III", Judge Noble K. Littell, 1992, p 21.

Notes:

Served in Civil War.
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Reference:
"Kin of my Grandchildren, Vol III", Judge Noble K. Littell, 1992, p 21.

Notes:

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Reference:
"Kin of my Grandchildren, Vol III", Judge Noble K. Littell, 1992, p 21.

Other Events:

• Census: 1850, Harrison County, Indiana
• Census: 1870, Jackson, Sniabar County, Missouri
• Census: 1880, Grand River, Decatur County, Iowa

Notes:

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Reference:
"Kin of my Grandchildren, Vol III", Judge Noble K. Littell, 1992, p 21.

Robert — Juda Brewer. [Group Sheet]

Robert — Lavina. Lavina was born Abt 1818, Indiana. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

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Reference:
"Kin of my Grandchildren, Vol III", Judge Noble K. Littell, 1992, p 21.

Notes:

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Reference:
"Kin of my Grandchildren, Vol III", Judge Noble K. Littell, 1992, p 21.

Notes:

Served in Civil War. Farmer.
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Reference:
"Kin of my Grandchildren, Vol III", Judge Noble K. Littell, 1992, p 21, 31.

Jesse married Rebecca Ann Miner 12 Feb 1836, Fulton County, Illinois. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

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Reference:
"Kin of my Grandchildren, Vol III", Judge Noble K. Littell, 1992, p 21.

Notes:

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Reference:
"Kin of my Grandchildren, Vol III", Judge Noble K. Littell, 1992, p 21.

Notes:

Buried in Miller Cemetery.
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Reference:
"Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 68.

Agnes married Adkinson Hill Watson 6 Dec 1821, , Harrison, Indiana. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

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Reference:
"Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 68.

Ann married Cary Burford 29 Jan 1829. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

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Reference:
"Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 68.

Jane married W. M. Morrison 13 Jun 1837. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Died in St. Cloud?
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Reference:
"Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 68.

Margaret married Aaron Meigs Bean 13 Oct 1830. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

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Reference:
"Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 68.

John married Eliza Marsh 10 Sep 1840. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

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Reference:
"Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 68.

Rachel married William Moore 19 Nov 1850. [Group Sheet]

Rachel — H. G. Barkwell. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

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Reference:
"Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 68.

Notes:

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Reference:
"Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 68.

Elizabeth married Jesse Marsh 12 Jul 1840. [Group Sheet]

Elizabeth — Charles Edward Miller. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

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Reference:
"Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 69.

Catherine married Jonathan Misey 23 Jul 1844. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

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Reference:
"Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 69.

William married Mary Magdaline Miller 3 Nov 1851. [Group Sheet]

William married Mary Jameison 24 Feb 1858. [Group Sheet]

William married Carolina Jameison 22 Jan 1867. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

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Reference:
"Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 69.

Notes:

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Reference:
"Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 69.

Lydia married C. W. Aydelott 21 Sep 1852. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

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Reference:
"Shields Family", Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 69.

Mary — Clark A. Highfill. [Group Sheet]