Robert Shields

b 09 Nov 1749, , Harrisburg, Virginia
d 18 Jan 1802,			William Shields
bur , Sevier, Tennessee		James Shields
	William Shields	b 1633
	\| b 1668
John Shields	d 1741
\|b 1709	\|	Thomas Parker
\|d 1772	Mary Parker	d 1695
\|	b 1668	Eliza
Robert Shields	d 1695
\|Nancy Stockton
\|m 1761	Robert Perry
\|, Sevier, Tennessee	\|b 02 Feb 1676
Margarette Perry
b 21 Oct 1710	\|
	Leah Morris
	b 10 Feb 1679

Children

1	<	Jennette Shields
2	<	Thomas Shields
3	<	Richard Shields
4	<	David Shields
5	<	William Shields
6	<	John Shields
7	<	James Shields
8	<	Robert Shields
9	<	Joseph Shields
10		Ezeziel Shields
11	<	Benjamin Shields
12	<	Jesse Shields
13		Joshua Shields

Notes

Private in Francis Lang's Company and officer in the Revolutionary War. Came to Sevier County, Tennessee in 1784 and built Shields Fort in Sevier County, Tennessee in 1794.

Memorial in Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery.

Source: 'Shields Genealogy', Mary O. Derrick Coleman, 1979. 'Kin of my Grandchildren, Vol III', Judge Noble K. Littell, 1992, p 12, 15. 'In the Shadow of the Smokies,' Smoky Mountain Historical Society, 1993, p 310. 'Shields Family', Christine B. Brown, 6 February 1980, p 53.

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