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Name	John Sheffield
Born	1816
Gender	Male
Notes	1850 -- Census, Moore County, NC Page 249-B 1860 -- Census, Moore County, NC Page 206-B
Person ID	I07505	Moore County Wallaces
Last Modified	26 Apr 2009

	Test Type	Taken by	Haplogroup	Test Information
DNA Tests	2 people have linked a DNA test to John Sheffield
	atDNA	L. Gilpin
	atDNA	R.J. Cockman

Father	John Sheffield, III, b. 1770-1775, d. Bef 31 Oct 1845 (Age 70 years)
Mother	Catherine Comer, b. 1785
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.
Family ID	F10834	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Sallie Comer, b. 1812 [1]

Children

+	1. Martha Sheffield, b. 1838, d. Bef 1870 (Age < 32 years)
+	2. Mary Sheffield, b. 1840
+	3. Delilah Sheffield, b. 1843
	4. Lydia Sheffield, b. 1844
	5. Hannah Sheffield, b. 1846
	6. Rebecca L. Sheffield, b. 18 Jan 1847, d. 18 May 1919 (Age 72 years)
+	7. Martisha Jane Sheffield, b. 28 Oct 1849, d. 26 Dec 1941 (Age 92 years)
	8. William Sheffield, b. 1853
+	9. John W. Sheffield, b. Aug 1855

Last Modified 10 Mar 2011

Family ID F2395 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Histories		1845 Tax List, Moore County, NC - District 8 Located in the McKeithan Papers at the Moore County Historical Association. Courtesy of James V. Comer.
		1847 Tax List, Moore County, NC - District 8 Located in the McKeithan Papers at the Moore County Historical Association. Courtesy of James V. Comer.
		1851 Tax List, Moore County, NC - District 8 Courtesy of the NC Archives.

[S1005] Jan Bodenheimer [jan_bodenheimer@yahoo.com], 26 Feb 2011.
JONATHAN "JOHN" "JOHNNY" SHEFFIELD was born 1814 in Moore Co., NC, and died 20 May 1862 in Goldsboro, Wayne Co., NC. He married SARAH JANE "SALLIE" COMER Abt. 1837 in Moore Co., NC, daughter of JOHN COMER and MARY UNKNOWN. She was born Abt. 1812 in Moore Co., NC, and died Bet. 1860 - 1870.

Children of JONATHAN SHEFFIELD and SARAH COMER are:
i. MARTHA SHEFFIELD, b. Abt. 1838, Moore Co., NC; d. Bef. 1870; m. (1) WILLIAM GORDON; b. 17 Sep 1831, Wake Co., NC; m. (2) JAMES BECK, SR., 24 May 1857, Moore County, NC; b. 1837.

ii. MARY "POLLY" SHEFFIELD, b. Abt. 1840, Moore Co., NC; m. ISAAC SHEFFIELD, 26 Mar 1857, Moore County, NC by William Brewer, JP; b. Abt. 1836, Moore Co., NC; d. Bef. 1870.

iii. DELIAH SHEFFIELD, b. Abt. 1843, Moore Co., NC; m. LEWIS MANESS, JR..

iv. LYDIA SHEFFIELD, b. Abt. 1844, Moore Co., NC.

v. HANNAH SHEFFIELD, b. Abt. 1845, Moore Co., NC.

vi. SAMUEL SHEFFIELD, b. Abt. 1846, Moore Co., NC.

vii. REBECCA L. SHEFFIELD, b. 18 Jan 1847, Moore Co., NC; d. 18 May 1919, Moore Co., NC.

viii. ELIZABETH SHEFFIELD, b. Abt. 1848, Moore Co., NC.

ix. MARTITIA JANE "MARTISHA" SHEFFIELD, b. 28 Oct 1849, Moore Co., NC; d. 26 Dec 1941, Moore Co., NC.

x. WILLIAM SHEFFIELD, b. Abt. 1853, Moore Co., NC.

xi. JOHN R. SHEFFIELD, b. Aug 1855, Moore Co., NC; m. (1) ALICE L. UNKNOWN, Abt. 1874; b. 1854; m. (2) SARAH ANN UNKNOWN, Abt. 1882; b. Oct 1853, NC.