I have been researching my maiden surname of Shaw for about 50 years, and I have never seen this name written as Mushaw. I would like to suggest that Mushaw may be a corruption of the surname Micheaux and totally unrelated to the surname Shaw. This is only a thought. Good luck with working it out. Mary in Huntsville, AL

This is very intresting Micheaux/Mushaw. My figuring that David Mushaw m. Charity Jent was too far away from the other Shaws 1800 cencus to be kin to them. David Mushaw/Shaw went to Ky. He had son William who had son John W. b. 1841. They all lived Puncheon Dist Allen Co. Ky. before going to Tn. I found a John W. Shaw 1860 age 27 in Fountian Run Dist. Do you know who this John belongs to? Will you please comment of these two different Shaw's in 2 different dist. of Allen Co. Ky.? Also please comment on Micheaux, different spellings? I believe you could be correct on these Shaw/Mushaw. Thanks, Alfa [email protected] wrote: I have been researching my maiden surname of Shaw for about 50 years, and I have never seen this name written as Mushaw. I would like to suggest that Mushaw may be a corruption of the surname Micheaux and totally unrelated to the surname Shaw. This is only a thought. Good luck with working it out. Mary in Huntsville, AL ==== SHAW Mailing List ==== To contact the SHAW List Administrator: [email protected]