This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: dmcshaw Surnames: Shaw, Wilkerson Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.shaw/6757.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: My husband's Shaw family are from Charles County, Maryland. We have often suspected they may have originated from VA. Do you recognize any of the following: William Shaw (Abt 1767 - Abt 1820), m. Pricilla MNU (abt 1760-1831) Children: Joseph (1786 twin) Sarah (1786 twin) Samuel (abt 1791) William S. (abt 1793) Luke Lewis (1796) Ann (abt 1795) John Anderson (abt 1806) Matilda (abt 1808) James (abt 1810) Note: After William's death, Pricilla moved to Nicholas County, KY to live near her son, Luke Lewis Shaw. William S. Shaw (1793-1862), m. Milley (MNU) (1780-1843) NO CHILDREN, m. Innocence B. Wilkerson (abt 1818-1903) 6 Sept 1849 in Charles County. William S. Shaw died 12 Apr 1862. Children of William S. Shaw & Innocence B. Wilkerson: --William Columbus (1850-1930), m. Victorine Lucy Willett (1862-1919) --Joseph Berry Shaw (1854-1894), m. Elizabeth Kate Willett (1857-1916) --Walter Millard Shaw (1856-1933), m. Maria Frances Hicks (1859-1924) --Mary R. Shaw (1857-), m. ? Marshall E. Boarman (1954-) -----Elkanah Arosia Shaw (1859-1898), m. Virgie Eugenia Robey (1871-1958) After William S. Shaw died, Innocence Shaw married Dennis Gates (son of Elias & Ann Gates) in 1868. After Joseph Berry Shaw's death, Elizabeth Kate Willett married Robert M. O'Keefe in 1899. We are at a brick wall trying to prove the parentage of William S. Shaw, as well as his first wife, Milley (MNU). We have found no definitive proof as to William S. Shaw's father's name (perhaps William, John, James or Josiah Shaw), but his mother is shown as Pricilla (MNU). We believe they were all born and raised in Charles County. All of our Shaw family seemed to have attended St. Paul's Piney Parish Episcopal Church, and many are buried there. In my research at the Southern Maryland Studies Center at CSM, I found several letters written to the Charles County Historical Society in 1975 and 1979 from a Carol Lee Montgomery Moore (Mrs. Robert L. Moore), who was a grandaughter to John Anderson Shaw, one of William S. Shaw's brothers, seeking information on William S. Shaw. She stated she had in her possession original letters written by one of William's brothers, Joseph Shaw in Indiana, to the William S. Shaw family members in Charles County, MD, spanning 1837-1867. References in the letters concern "Henry Bean's family, who is running Aunt Actone's farm, where is Cousin Betsy Shaw living, how are the Beans and Owens, how is Beantown and the tobacco market?" I have found out that Mrs. Moore is deceased and the letters were given to other family members, but have not been able to contact them to obtain copies. Please contact me if anyone reading this has any information related to my family. Thanks. Denise C. Shaw dmcshaw@hughes.net Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.