| Birth: | 1740 Virginia, USA | | Death: | unknown Tennessee, USA |  Robert Shields was the son of John and Margaret (PERRY) Shields, he was born in Rockingham Virginia about 1740; He married Nancy Stockton in 1761. They were the Parents of the TEN BROTHERS and Daughter Janet (Shields) Tipton. Mother of Famous Indiana native John Tipton. Robert Shields along with his sons built Shields Fort where Pigeon Forge is now located in Seiver County, Tennessee. This family had the following children: Janet, Thomas, Richard, David, John, James, Robert, Joseph, Benjamin, Jesse, William. John is one of the 29 men that was in the Lewis and Clark Expedition to Oregon in 1803-04 serving as a gun smith and as a scout.
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Pigeon Forge Baptist Cemetery
Pigeon Forge Sevier County Tennessee, USA | Maintained by: Find A Grave Record added: Sep 27, 2002
Find A Grave Memorial# 6805802 |
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