Anna King was born on 28 December 1788[1] in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, a daughter of Hugh King (1754–1849) and Mary Montgomery (1761–1843).[2]
Her family moved to Elbert County, Georgia when she was young and then to Maury County, Tennessee in about 1806.
Anna (17) and Leander Montgomery Shields (21) were married on 20 February 1806 in Giles County, Tennessee according to the Shields family bible.[1] However, Giles County was still being organized at this time and couples were obliged to go Maury County for license until 1808 or so. Leander was born on 13 February 1785 in Mecklenburg County. He was the son of James Shields and Elisabeth (Montgomery) Shields. The Montgomery and Shields families were intricately connected; Anna and Leander are believed to be first cousins through their mothers, Mary and Elisabeth Montgomery. Anna and Leander had 13 children:
Her husband Leander died in December 1837. In March 1838, she filed suit in Giles County Court for her dower. The petition names 11 children who are currently living, including the youngest six as minors. In March 1839, the court commissioners allotted her 83 acres for dower.[3]
Anna died just a few months later on 21 June 1839 in Giles County, Tennessee, aged 50.[4]
Sources
↑ 1.01.1 "Shields Family Bible," submitted by Oklahoma State Genealogical Chairman, Mrs. H. B. Metcalf, Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine, Volume 105, Number 2, February 1971, p. 136, transcription, https://gilestn.genealogyvillage.com/bible/shields.htm.
↑ Wright, Annie Julia Mims, A Record of the Descendants of Isaac Ross and Jean Brown: and the Allied Families of Alexander, Conger, Harris, Hill, King, Killingworth, Mackey, Moores, Sims, Wade, etc., Jackson, MS: Consumers Stationery and Printing Co., 1911, p. 139–159 (Josiah Alexander), p. 160-161 (King), https://archive.org/details/recordofdescenda00wrig/page/n397/mode/2up, Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center.
↑ Anna Shields petitions for dower, Pulaski, Giles County, Tennessee, 6 March & 12 Sept 1838 and 9 March 1839, Giles County, Tennesse, Chancery Court Minutes, Vol. 1, p. 81-82, abstract, https://gilestn.genealogyvillage.com/records/patterson.htm.
↑ Photograph, Headstone of Anna King Shields, photograph by Marilyn Whittemore Adams, 21 June 1839, Elk Ridge Cemetery, Lynnville, Giles, Tennessee, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33956327/anna-shields, profile maintained by Scott and Priscilla Butler Fraser (contributor 46859858).
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