This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: tommy276 Surnames: Stephenson,Shields,Barron,Perkins Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.tennessee.counties.giles/1993/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am searching for a Robert Stephenson b. 1793 in York Co,S.C., who is said to have married a Katherine Shields. A fellow Stephenson researcher claimed she had a Robert Stephenson b. 1793 who married a Katherine Shields. Robert Stephenson was in Giles Co,TN in 1814. His brother Samuel Stephenson married Mary Shields. Samuel Stephenson went to Limestone Co,Alabama by 1822 and I think Robert Stephenson followed them to Alabama. Robert Stephenson and his wife are said to have had a son William Jackson Stephenson b. Alabama. This William Jackson Stephenson went to McLean Co,IL. and was on the 1895 Census of Brookyln Township in Poweshiek Co,Iowa. The Shields Genforum has an Alexander Shields b.South Carolina and a Leander Shields b. TN living in the same places as this William Jackson Stephenson in IL. I find this interesting since Alexander and Leander are names found among the Shields in Giles Co,TN. I know that George Shields and Alexander Barron were living in Pendleton Co,! SC in 1800. Robert Stephenson was a witness to a land transaction between George Shields,Alexander Barron Sr,and Alexander Barron Jr. in 1814. I think it is quite possible that Robert Stephenson did marry one of the Shields'girls. On the 1895 census of Brooklyn,Township,Poweshiek Co,IA is William Stephenson,age 68,b.Ala. His wife Polly Perkins is also listed. They married in Illinois in 1850 and a William J. Stephenson purchased land in McLean Co,IL.in 1851. 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.