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Family: John Sheffield, Sr. / Hannah Melton (F6475)  ^[1] 

• Father | Male John Sheffield, Sr.

  
  

  Born	Bef 1740
  Died	Bef Feb 1796
  Buried
  Married
  Father
  Mother

  
  

  Mother | Female Hannah Melton

  
  

  Born
  Died
  Buried
  Father	Robert Melton | F0974 Group Sheet
  Mother

  
  

  Child 1 | Male Mark Sheffield

  
  

  Born	Bef 1753
  Died
  Buried

  
  

  Child 2 | Female Sarah Sheffield

  
  

  Born
  Died
  Buried
  Spouse	Dennis | F6476
  Married

  
  

  Child 3 | Female + Mary Sheffield

  
  

  Born	17 Dec 1759
  Died	11 May 1862
  Buried		Wadesboro, Anson County, NC at Bennett Cemetery
  Spouse	Isaac Dunn | F4767
  Married

  
  

  Child 4 | Male + John Sheffield, Jr.

  
  

  Born	1750-1760
  Died	Bef 14 Sep 1837
  Buried

  
  

  Child 5 | Female Lucretia Sheffield

  
  

  Born	1760-1765
  Died
  Buried
  Spouse	Dunn | F6477
  Married

  
  

  Child 6 | Male Adam Sheffield

  
  

  Born	1770-1780
  Died	1844	Calhoun County, AL
  Buried

  
  

  Child 7 | Female + Rebecca Sheffield

  
  

  Born	1770-1774
  Died
  Buried
  Spouse	Elijah Autry | F6480
  Married

  
  

  Child 8 | Male Isham Sheffield

  
  

  Born	c1774
  Died	Bef 15 Dec 1820
  Buried
  Spouse	Sally | F10832
  Married

  
  

  Child 9 | Male Everet Sheffield

  
  

  Born	Between 1770-1775
  Died
  Buried

  
  

  Child 10 | Female Hannah Sheffield

  
  

  Born
  Died
  Buried
  Spouse	Minyard | F6479
  Married

  
  

  Child 11 | Female + Elizabeth Sheffield

  
  

  Born
  Died	22 Aug 1826	Wilcox County, AL
  Buried
  Spouse	Frederick Autry | F6478
  Married

  
  

  Child 12 | Female Lydia Sheffield

  
  

  Born
  Died
  Buried

  
  

  Child 13 | Female Milly Sheffield

  
  

  Born
  Died
  Buried
  Spouse	Adam Carpenter | F6518
  Married

  
  

• Documents

  Map of John Sheffield's Neighborhood in Moore County, NC on Bear and Wolf Creeks Highlighted tracts include grants to John Sheffield, Sr.[BLUE], John Sheffield, Jr. and III[GREEN] and Isham Sheffield[YELLOW].

  
  

  Histories

  Sheffield Family of Moore County, NC - Miscellaneous Records The enclosed is a timeline and accounting of early Sheffield references in Moore County and Cumberland County. Given the numerous John, Isham, Adam and Everet Sheffields I have tried to denote which one that I believe the reference is referring to.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1005] Jan Bodenheimer [jan_bodenheimer@yahoo.com], 26 Feb 2011. JOHN SHEFFIELD, SR. was born Abt. 1725 in VA, and died Feb 1796 in Moore Co., NC. He married HANNAH "JOHANNA" MELTON Abt. 1748 in Upper Moore Co., NC, daughter of ROBERT MELTON and MARY FARRAR. She was born 1734 in Brunswick Co., VA, and died 1840 in Moore Co., NC. Children of JOHN SHEFFIELD and HANNAH MELTON are: i. DAVID6 SHEFFIELD, b. 1747, Moore Co., NC; d. Bef. 1796. ii. MARK SHEFFIELD, b. 1748, Moore Co., NC; d. Bet. 26 Jun 1806 - 10 Jun 1807, Burke Co., GA; m. ELIZABETH WILLIAMSON. iii. JOHN SHEFFIELD, JR., b. Abt. 1750, Moore Co., NC; d. 1825, Moore Co., NC. iv. ISHAM "ISOM" SHEFFIELD, b. 1756, Moore Co., NC; d. Jan 1827, Wilcox Co., AL; m. SARAH "SALLY" WILLIAMSON. v. MARY ANN SHEFFIELD, b. 17 Dec 1759, Moore Co., NC; d. 11 May 1862, Anson Co., NC. vi. LUCRETIA " LUTECIA" SHEFFIELD, b. 1760, Moore Co., NC; m. JOHN DUNN. vii. REBEKAH "REBECCA" RACHEL SHEFFIELD, b. 1762, Moore Co., NC; m. (1) UNKNOWN (OWBY) OWENSBY; m. (2) ELIJAH AUTRY, Bef. 1774. viii. HANNAH SHEFFIELD, b. 1763, Moore Co., NC; d. Abt. 1796, Hall Co., GA. ix. ELIZABETH SHEFFIELD, b. 1764, Moore Co., NC; d. 22 Aug 1826, Wilcox Co., AL. x. LYDIA "LYDDA" SHEFFIELD, b. 1765, Moore Co., NC. xi. ADAM SHEFFIELD, SR., b. 09 Mar 1765, Moore Co., NC; d. 26 Jun 1844, St. Clair, Benton (Calhoun) Co., AL. xii. AMELIA MILDRED "MILLY" SHEFFIELD, b. 1766, Moore Co., NC; d. Dec 1881, Chesterfield, Edgefield Dist., SC. xiii. SARAH SHEFFIELD, b. Abt. 1768, Moore Co., NC; d. 08 Nov 1850, Posibly Grainger Co., TN. xiv. HENRY EVERETT "AVERETT " SHEFFIELD, b. Abt. 1769, Moore Co., NC; d. 1865, Lumpkin Co., GA.