John Blair Shields (1828 - 1882)

Born 1828 in Grainger, Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Died 28 Jul 1882 at about age 54 in Morristown, Hamblen, Tennessee, United States

Biography

John was born in 1828. He is the son of James Shields and Mary Cobb.

According to a memorial posted to his Find A Grave profile, John served in the Confederate States Army from Tennessee.

This may be his record:^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ "Tennessee, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZWD-QV9 : 4 December 2014), John B Shields, 1862; from "Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Tennessee," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing military unit Fifty-ninth Mounted Infantry (Cooke's Reg, Eakin's Batt), NARA microfilm publication M268 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1960), roll 336.

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCD6-2JR : 4 April 2020), John R Shields in household of James Shields, Grainger county, Grainger, Tennessee, United States; citing family 1, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD7Z-759 : 15 July 2017), John Shields in household of Sarah Taylor, Burnetts, Hamblen, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district ED 73, sheet 391C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,258.

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/91893797/john-blair-shields