Posted on: Brooks Co. Ga Queries Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ga/Brooks/10502 Surname: Shieffield ------------------------- David Groover married Martha Sheffield on 5-17-1799 William Sheffield entered the 1805 land lottery, however, his name was not selected. Louisa Sheffield married Reddick Thornton on 7-14-1814 Sarah Sheffield married John Geiger on 4-16-1816 1820 census: William Sheffield, Sr.; William Sheffield, Jr. Isaham Sheffield, and John Sheffield. Allen Denmarke married Sarah Sheffield on 9-26-1823 Rowan Futch married Sarah Sheffield on 6-24-1824 William Sheffield married Nancy Crosby on 4-20-1826 Simeon Sheffield married Keziah Cone on 11-15-1827 Wilson White married Polly M. Sheffield on 10-3-1830 Malachi F. Hagin married Elizabeth Sheffield on 12-7-1847 Edmund Sheffield married Sarah Futch on 1-8-1849 (see immediately below) 1850 census: Edmund Sheffield 25, Sarah 23, John 6 months 1850 census: John Sheffield 43, Sarah 56, Isham 15, Dempsey 13, William 11, Martha 9, John 5, James 3. 1850 census: William Sheffield, Julia 27, William 13, Mary 9, Sarah 6, Julia 5, Sophrona 3, Agnes 2 months. David M. Groover married Elizabeth Sheffield on 7-20-1851 Peter C. Sheffield married Sopany P. Knight on 10-24-1855 Isham G. Sheffield married Frances Woodcock on 8-24-1856 Dempsey Sheffield married Elizabeth Rushing on 8-20-1856 In the 1850 census, Nancy Weaver, 60, and an Elizabeth Sheffield, 22, were weavers. Although I do not trace through Sheffields, I remember seeing enough information to lead me to suspect that the Bulloch County, Georgia Sheffields are somehow tied to the ones in Laurens Co., Georgia. Early Sheffields probably came through Duplin Co., NC. There were Sheffields in Virginia by 1700. Thought this might help someone who was looking for the Sheffield family information.