Shields Family History to 1917

Thomas Shields, one of the ten brothers, was born in Virginia, and in 1784 moved with the family to Tennessee, was the only one of the large family who was killed by Indians. This is all the more remarkable when it is remembered that during the first twelve years after this family moved to the new county half the male settlers lost their lives ... ................
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