Oren A. Shields

Male 1835 - 1877  (42 years)


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  • Name Oren A. Shields 
    Birth 1835 
    Gender Male 
    Death 18 Jun 1877 
    Burial Hardeman County, TN at Wesley Cemetery Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Patriarch & Matriarch
    Reuben Shields   (2 x Great Grandfather) 
    Miriam Phillips,   b. 1807   d. Bef 1900  (Age < 93 years)  (Mother) 
    Notes 
    • 1854, Jul 25 -- 1853-1856 Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Moore County, NC Page173
      Ordered that Lewis S. Phillips be appointed overseer of the new road beginning at the south bank of Deep River at the Island Ford, running thence by Woody & Dixon's Store and Mills thence to the point where it intersects with the old Island Ford road and to the Chatham County line and work the following hands: Enoch Shields, M.D. McNeill and hands, Joshua Phillips, John Hardin, Luther Paschal, Orren Shields, Horace Phillips, Edmond Finison, Bruce Brady, William Brady, Alexander Brady, N.D. Woody, John Stout and James Phillips.

      1860 -- Census, Moore County, NC Page 192
      Orin A. Shields 25 M, Farmer, $300 Personal Property, Born in NC
      Luvina Shields 25 F, Born in NC
      Adlaide Shields 5 F, Born in NC
      Alvis Shields 3 F, Born in NC
      John Cheek 40 M, Black, $200 Personal Property, Born in NC
      Mary Cheek 40 F, Black, Born in NC
      Calvin Cheek 19 M, Black, Cooper, Born in NC
      James Cheek 16 M, Black, Hirling, Born in NC

      1877, Sep 2 -- Article, The Observer [Raleigh, NC] Newspaper
      "North Carolinian Murdered in Tennessee -- A.O. Shields, formerly of Moore County, NC, was murdered in Hardeman County, Tennessee, on Jul 22nd. His body bore 46 wounds. Alvis Phillips, the son of his wife by a former husband, and William Burrow, the husband of one of his step-daughters, have been arrested and committed to jail, charged with the murder. Mr. Shields was the son of Archibald Shields, and emigrated from Moore to Tennessee in 1860"
    Person ID I17304  Moore County Wallaces
    Last Modified 16 Jul 2022 

    Father Archibald Shields,   b. 1800   d. Bef 13 Mar 1881 (Age 81 years) 
    Mother Miriam Phillips,   b. 1807   d. Bef 1900 (Age < 93 years) 
    Family ID F4986  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Lavina,   b. 1835 
    Other Partners:
    Phillips 
    Family ID F18510  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 16 Jul 2022 



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