Born about in Virginia
[uncertain]
[uncertain]Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
John L. Metts
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Mariam (Metts) House and Clara F. Metts
Died about
at about age 73
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 18 Sep 2015
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Biography
Sarah was born about 1823. Sarah Shields ... She passed away about 1896.[1]
Sources
- ↑ Missouri history on House family.
- Missouri Digital Archives from missouri digital heritage...
https://s1.sos.mo.gov/records/archives
Research notes
I looked in the land archives and found only one Shields during the time of her birth to the 1900's. This is the only land record for a Shields there is during this time period.
Abstract of U. S. Land Sales Series Description Records of federal land applications at U.S. Land Offices in Missouri between 1818 and 1903. The actual patents and additional information are available through the Bureau of Land Management [www.glorecords.blm.gov]. Volume 7 Page 75 Reel Number s00007 People Sheilds, Wm. - Purchaser Certificate Number Land District Jackson Type Of Land U. S. Land Sales County None Given/Unknown Purchase Date 1843 Township 26 Range Land Section 5 Parts Of Section
When I find out if this is her father or not, I will note it here and either keep this information or delete it.
There is also a court record of Sarah Shields over a Partition and here is the information on the record in case anyone might want to write to get a copy.
Title Series Case Files Parties Montgomery, William C. et al - Defendant Shields - Defendant Shields, Sarah - Plaintiff Cause of Action / Subject Partition Term of Court, Year 1871 Term of Court, Month County Webster Court Type Circuit Court Case Type Civil General Notes Case Summary Plat of Shields, John estate. Case Number 72 Box 07 Folder 051 Microfilm Roll Number C 22250
To request copies of records, please email the citation for the record you want to the Missouri State Archives at archref@sos.mo.gov. The record will be located, the number of pages counted, and you will be notified by email of the cost of the copies. Upon receipt of a check, the copies will be made and mailed to you.
Also there is a pdf file you can download online at the website given as a source or reference. I also dont have a membership so some information was not showing up, just says like Month Day...born at birth place, etc.
Found a tree online at MyHeritage.com...I am trying to research this out, so If you find this gone...it was not our Sarah's family. Clara F. Johnson (born Metts) Clara F. Johnson was born at birth place, Illinois, to Jno L. Metts and Sarah Metts. Clara married Wm Johnson on month day 1890, at marriage place, Iowa.
These are also the sources I will be researching that has Sarah Metts listed within them. This was found by doing a broad search and these sources popped up listing a Sarah Metts in them...some will have to have a membership fee paid to access, but others may help with clues. Be cautious of Familysearch Family Tree, for they are LDS and they record any and all information...so some may be correct and others are not. This info is donated to them from members of their church or other web sites. I warn everyone right now...they have some mistakes in their records. So be very careful of trusting them 100 percent. Also Billiongraves and Find A Grave are websites that take contributions of family information. So make sure the cemetery is correct and the state they say it is in...I have found these mistakes also...so doing our own research and making sure information is correct will aid in making sure incorrect information does not get added in as correct information.
MyHeritage Family Trees FamilySearch Family Tree 1940 United States Federal Census Geni World Family Tree U.S. Social Security Death Index (SSDI) 1900 United States Federal Census 1880 United States Federal Census 1870 United States Federal Census 1910 United States Federal Census U.S. Public Records Index Iowa, Marriages, 1809-1992
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~gaines/gen169.htm
As I can eliminate sources I will mark them off (delete them). I will leave only those I see proves our Sarah Metts.
https://stlouis.genealogyvillage.com/stlmarr.htm
In St. Louis, Missouri I found some marriages and there is listed one Sarah Shields :
Akras, Isom Shields, Sara 09-27 1832
Rollinson, William Shields, Jane 06-03 1835
I will keep looking.
- "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M66C-LKM : 7 September 2017), Sarah Metts in household of John L Metts, Vandalia, Audrain, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district ED 1, sheet 32C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,672.
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Akras, Isom Shields, Sara 09-27 1832 Rollinson, William Shields, Jane 06-03 1835 https://stlouis.genealogyvillage.com/stlmarr.htm
Comments from Dave Lossos: This extract of St. Louis marriages contains over 4200 names. I choose the time span of 1754 thru 1835 for a couple of reasons. First, it was a manageable number that I could put out on the internet as a database, and second, it's a time period that I haven't seen covered in other media. If this information conflicts with anything found in the "Index to St. Louis Marriages" by Ed Mochel, I'd go with Ed's work since I know how meticulously he researched his data. However, his work begins with 1804, whereas this list contains many of the early French marriages that he doesn't enumerate. I've transcribe and editted this data from the Automated Archives CDROM entitled "Marriage Records: West of the Mississippi". You'll notice that many marriages are listed twice, but usually with widely varying spelling. Not having the original documents to decide which is correct, I left both spellings in the database.
files.usgwarchives.net/mo/pike/vitals/pikemarr.txt
freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~janicekmc/dossmarr2.htm
Wish to correspond with anyone who has knowledge of the William W. (Sarah "Sallie" SHIELDS) FIKE family. Both died and are buried at Mound City. Known children were Louisa, James, Mary Ellen, Nathan, John, Rachel, William, Henry, Susan, Charles Oscar. Did the children stay in Holt Co. area? http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~moholt/docs/query2000.html