John Wesley Shields

1825 - 1857  (31 years)

• Name	John Wesley Shields
  Birth	25 Dec 1825
  Gender	Male
  Residence	John W. Shields/Martha Stutts Homeplace, Robbins, Moore County, NC
  Death	29 Jun 1857
  Burial	Robbins, Moore County, NC at Mechanics Hill Cemetery   [1]
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Reuben Shields   (Great Grandfather)  Nancy Cheek,   b. 1755   d. 7 Oct 1822  (Age 67 years)  (Grandmother)
  Notes	1845, Oct 28 -- 1844-1847 Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Moore County, NC Page 231 Ordered that Thomas G. Williams be appointed overseer of the road from the center of Bear Creek to Machanics Hill and have the following hands to work: Ashley Parrish, Amos Bridges, Asa Williamson, William W. Williamson, John Moore, George Stutts, John Shields, Cornelius Shields hands, Aaron E. Kennedy, Stephen Shuffield, Henry Moore, Edward Bacon, John Teague, Westley Williamson (of Bailey), K. Williamson, William J. Williamson, Isaac Williams (of Buck), Gideon Moore, James Moore, John A. Kennedy and Isaac Cagle. 1850 -- Census, Moore County, NC Page 237-B Corneilus Shields 71 M, Farmer, $5500 Real Estate, Born in NC Jane Shields 51 F, Born in NC John W. Shields 24 M, Born in NC Martha Shields 23 F, Born in NC James M. Shields 13 M, Born in NC Elizabeth Shields 10 F, Born in NC Casandra Shields 7 M, Born in NC
  Person ID	I02895	Moore County Wallaces
  Last Modified	3 Aug 2022

  
  

  Father	Cornelius Shields,   b. 15 Jan 1779   d. 22 Jan 1857 (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Mary "Molly" Davis,   b. 1784   d. 24 Nov 1832, Moore County, NC (Age 48 years)
  Family ID	F0085	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Martha A. Stutts,   b. 6 Jan 1826   d. 2 Sep 1913 (Age 87 years)  [2]  Other Partners: ▻Powell Person Kennedy,   b. 23 Dec 1840   d. 17 Mar 1864, Moore County, NC  (Age 23 years)  m. 8 Feb 1860    ▻Archibald R. McDonald,   b. 21 Oct 1818   d. 20 Mar 1887  (Age 68 years)  m. Between 1863 and 1867
  Marriage	12 Dec 1849	Moore County, NC
  Children	1. Louisa Jane Shields,   b. 11 Feb 1851   d. 22 Oct 1919 (Age 68 years) ▻ Benjamin W. Isley  (Age 67 years) +   2. Henry Bascom Shields,   b. 25 Mar 1853   d. 16 Apr 1938 (Age 85 years) ▻ Flora Katherine Hartsell  (Age 39 years)  m. 19 Oct 1903     3. Mary Elizabeth Shields,   b. 1 Jun 1857   d. 1936 (Age 78 years)
  Family ID	F0950	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Oct 2010

  
  

• Event Map		Residence - - John W. Shields/Martha Stutts Homeplace, Robbins, Moore County, NC Marriage - 12 Dec 1849 - Moore County, NC Burial - - Robbins, Moore County, NC at Mechanics Hill Cemetery  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S1119] Anthony E. Parker, A Guide to Moore County Cemeteries, (1976, Moore County Historical Association, Southern Pines, NC). [S1110] James Vann Comer, Moore County Bible Project, Volume I, (1987, Moore County Genealogical Society, PO Box 1183, Pinehurst NC 28370), 40. Bible of John Wesley Shields and Martha Stutts In possession of Katherine Shields Melvin, Roseboro, NC