| 1. | Thomas Shields was born 1763, Augusta County, Virginia; died 4 Mar 1797, Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee. Other Events:
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]
Children:
- 2. Joshua Shields
 was born 1785, , Sevier County, Tennessee; died 22 Jan 1852, Clay Township, Cass, Indiana.
- 3. John Tipton Shields was born 1786; died 1839.
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1763 - 1797 (34 years)