Martin Sheffield

1811 - 1881  (70 years)

• Name	Martin Sheffield
  Born	1811
  Gender	Male
  Died	20 Nov 1881  [1]
  Buried	Moore County, NC at Sheffield Cemetery #344   [2]
  Notes	1850 -- Census, Moore County, NC Page 249-B Martin Sheffield 37 M, Farmer, $1000 Real Estate, Born in NC Jane Sheffield 30 F, Born in NC Sarah Sheffield 15 F, Born in NC Isaac Sheffield 13 M, Born in NC John Sheffield 11 M, Born in NC Jane Sheffield 9 F, Born in NC Elija Sheffield 7 M, Born in NC Mathhew Sheffield 5 M, Born in NC Williams Sheffield 2 M, Born in NC Everett Smith 74 M, Miller, Born in NC Henry Brewer 25 M, Laborer, Born in NC 1860 -- Census, Moore County, NC Page 210-B 1870 -- Census, Moore County, NC Page 597-B 1880 -- Census, Moore County, NC Page 355
  Person ID	I07514	Moore County Wallaces
  Last Modified	22 Apr 2012

  
  

  DNA Tests	3 DNA tests are associated with Martin Sheffield
  	Test Type	Taken by	Haplogroup	Test Information
  	atDNA	T. Hunsucker
  	atDNA	S. Needham
  	atDNA	D.C. Hall

  
  

  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	Jennet Cagle,   b. 1820,   d. Moore County, NC at Sheffield Cemetery #344
  Children	+ 1. Sarah Sheffield,   b. 16 Aug 1835,   d. 25 Sep 1919  (Age 84 years)   2. Isaac E. Sheffield,   b. Oct 1836, Moore County, NC ,   d. 12 Sep 1915, Moore County, NC  (Age ~ 78 years)   3. John Sheffield,   b. 1839   4. Jane Sheffield,   b. 1841,   d. 18 Apr 1925  (Age 84 years) + 5. Elijah Stephen Sheffield,   b. 18 Aug 1843,   d. 5 Feb 1924  (Age 80 years)   6. Matthew Sheffield,   b. 1847 + 7. William Sheffield,   b. 17 Jun 1848,   d. 25 Dec 1881  (Age 33 years) + 8. Nathan Sheffield,   b. Dec 1851,   d. 10 Jul 1931  (Age ~ 79 years) + 9. Henry Clay Sheffield,   b. 15 Jun 1855,   d. 4 Apr 1931  (Age 75 years) + 10. Lovedy Sheffield,   b. 8 Dec 1857,   d. 26 Jun 1898  (Age 40 years)
  Family ID	F2396	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.
  		1843 Petition, Moore County, NC 1843, Jan 20 -- Petition, Nov 1842-Jan 1843 General Assembly Session Records The following citizens of Moore County petitioned the General Assembly for relief from debts due to economic hardship. They requested the General Assembly pass a law preventing creditors from buying defaulted property unless the debtors was allowed 2/3 the value of the land: J.J. Alston, Carroll Brady, Bradley Brady, Jesse Hedgepeth, W.D. Tyson, John Warner, Pitate Ivey, N.S. Marley, Neill Peterson, John Oats, Duncan McIver, William Underwood, E.Q. Sowell, Thos. Fry, John D. McDonald, John Patterson, D.M.R. McIntosh (Cpt.), John McIver (Cpt.), Eli R. Sowe;l, Jesse Stafford, Aaron A.F. Sowell, Lewis Lawhon, George Hunsucker, Hugh McKenzie, Jacob Stutts, Daniel Muse, Alexd. Camerson, Wm. Wadsworth, Peter Black, George D. Ritter, J.H. Muse, Mathew Williams, Jesse Sanders, Jno. McDonald, W.K. Benjamin, J. Thomas, D.M. McIntosh, Joab Cheek, Corn, Shields, Fannin Moore, Bryan Boroughs, George Stutts, Henry Stutts, William Sears, Robt. L. Purvis, Stephen Beryman, Benj. Shields, Neill McNeill, Danl. McRae, Hugh Mathis, A. Munroe, A. Stutts, Neill Mathis, Brinkly Phillips, Thomas Muse, Thomas J. Pervis, Daniel McNeill, John Tyson, Balaam Stewart, Henry Stutts Jr., Levi Wright, John Ritter, John Dunlap, J.J. Phillips, Dempsey Sowell, Joseph Upton, John Oliver, Neill McQueen, Angus McCaskill, William B. Williamson, A. Harper, Jesse B. Caddell, Angus McCaskill, James B. Muse, M. McLeod, Green B. Fields, Martin Hunsucker, Newton R. Bryan, Peter Cornelison, Benjamin Phillips, Charles Brady, Elijah Y. Rice [?], Norman D. McDuffie, Wm. Brewer, Martin Shefield, Patrick Shields, William Dannelly, Eli Phillips and L.W. Lawhon. [Editor's Note: Petition rejected by the NC House]

  
  

• Sources

  [S1005] Jan Bodenheimer [jan_bodenheimer@yahoo.com]. [S1119] A Guide to Moore County Cemeteries, Anthony E. Parker, (1976, Moore County Historical Association, Southern Pines, NC).