Notes for JOSEPH SHIELDS: Eighth of the Ten Brothers. According to John F.Shields, had a small family.
Fulton County Illinois Heritage, published 1988, says Joseph, his wife Martha and Benjamin Shields' widow put their families and belongings on a flatboat in Harrison County, Indiana in the mid-1830s and floated down the Ohio to the Mississippi, went upstream to the Mississippi, up the Illinois to the Spoon River to Woodland Township, Fulton County, Illinois. Says the Robert Shields family (the Ten Brothers) settled on the eastern slope of the Smokeys on what is now Shields Mountain near Pigeon Forge in Sevier County, Tennessee. Some members of the family were already married and had families of their own. They built a fort. Thomas was killed by Indians. Says members of the Veatch and Onion (O'Nion) families, which had married into the family, made the trip as well.
Judge Littell says Joseph was severely wounded by a party of Cherokees near Sevierville, Tennessee 18 April 1793, at the time his brother-in-law Joshua Tipton was killed. He lived in Sevier County until 1808, at which time he and his brothers moved to Indiana. He later settled in Harrison County, Indiana.
According to John A. Tipton, Joseph and Joshua Tipton were on their way to join the militia which had been summoned to repel hostile Indians. Two shots rang out from a thicket, and both men fell to the ground. Tipton was dead. Joseph's gun had fallen a few feet away from where he fell, but he was afraid to move for fear the Indians would shoot him. Thinking the two were dead, the Indians rushed in with scalping knives. Joseph sprang up and killed the Indian who was about to scalp him and then shot the other Indian before he could escape.
Joseph settled in Corydon, Indiana in 1810.
He was married to Martha Veatch. Her sister married his brother on the same day.
Christine Brown lists Joseph's children as Nathan V., Kinzie (m. Katie), Joseph Jr. (b. 1814 Harrison County, Indiana, m. 11 February 1836 Rebecca
Miner), Asa L. (m. 1. Mary Minor, daughter of John and Mary Minor and 2. 1860 Rachel Seehorn), Hiram, David and Jesse.
burgrieneck184added this on 15 May 2011
Trigger warning: biographies are taken verbatim from family history books with uncensored original language.
JOSEPH SHIELDS was born in 1775*. As a boy in Tennessee he had many thrilling experiences with hostile Indians. On Apr. 18, 1793, he was severely wounded and his brother-in-law Joshua Tipton was killed, by marauding Cherokees. The two men were on their way to join the militia, which had been summoned to repel hostile Indians, when two shots rang out from the thicket. Both men dropped; Tipton was dead. Joseph's gun had fallen a few feet away but he dared not move toward it lest the savages shoot again. Believing both men dead, two Indians rushed up with tomahawks and scalping-knives. When one of them was almost upon him, Joseph sprang up and killed him with his hatchet. Surprised, the other Indian started to run but Joseph reached his long-rifle and shot him before he escaped. In 1808 or 1810 Joseph settled near Corydon, Ind., where he died. He had six sons and numerous descendants, some of considerable prominence.
*This contradicts the Find a Grave date by two years. In "The Shields Family," John A. Shields is uncertain of his birthdate.
From "Three Kansas Pioneer Families: Stalker-Shields-Martin" by John A. Shields, privately published in a limited edition of 200 copies, May, 1949.
Joseph was one of the younger sons of Robert and Nancy Stockton Shields, born in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia…. He was severely wounded by a party of Cherokee Indians, near Sevierville, Tennessee, on April 18, 1793, at the time that his brother-in-law, Joshua Tipton, was killed. He lived in the vicinity of Sevier County, Tenn., from the time the Shields family came to that section until about 1808, when he went north, probably to Louisville, or some nearby place in Kentucky, and later into Harrison County, Ind. He had six sons; there may have been more. Their names were Nathan V., of whom more is said later; Kinzie, also again referred to; Joseph, who is mentioned below; Asa L., who was first married to Mary Miner, and second to Rachel Seahorn, in 1860, and who had a son by his first wife named John W. Shields. The other sons of Joseph were Hiram, David, and Jesse.
From "The Shields Family" by John A. Shields, privately published December, 1917, reprinted March 1, 2017.
Notes for JOSEPH SHIELDS: Eighth of the Ten Brothers. According to John F.Shields, had a small family.
Fulton County Illinois Heritage, published 1988, says Joseph, his wife Martha and Benjamin Shields' widow put their families and belongings on a flatboat in Harrison County, Indiana in the mid-1830s and floated down the Ohio to the Mississippi, went upstream to the Mississippi, up the Illinois to the Spoon River to Woodland Township, Fulton County, Illinois. Says the Robert Shields family (the Ten Brothers) settled on the eastern slope of the Smokeys on what is now Shields Mountain near Pigeon Forge in Sevier County, Tennessee. Some members of the family were already married and had families of their own. They built a fort. Thomas was killed by Indians. Says members of the Veatch and Onion (O'Nion) families, which had married into the family, made the trip as well.
Judge Littell says Joseph was severely wounded by a party of Cherokees near Sevierville, Tennessee 18 April 1793, at the time his brother-in-law Joshua Tipton was killed. He lived in Sevier County until 1808, at which time he and his brothers moved to Indiana. He later settled in Harrison County, Indiana.
According to John A. Tipton, Joseph and Joshua Tipton were on their way to join the militia which had been summoned to repel hostile Indians. Two shots rang out from a thicket, and both men fell to the ground. Tipton was dead. Joseph's gun had fallen a few feet away from where he fell, but he was afraid to move for fear the Indians would shoot him. Thinking the two were dead, the Indians rushed in with scalping knives. Joseph sprang up and killed the Indian who was about to scalp him and then shot the other Indian before he could escape.
Joseph settled in Corydon, Indiana in 1810.
He was married to Martha Veatch. Her sister married his brother on the same day.
Christine Brown lists Joseph's children as Nathan V., Kinzie (m. Katie), Joseph Jr. (b. 1814 Harrison County, Indiana, m. 11 February 1836 Rebecca
Miner), Asa L. (m. 1. Mary Minor, daughter of John and Mary Minor and 2. 1860 Rachel Seehorn), Hiram, David and Jesse.
burgrieneck184added this on 15 May 2011
Trigger warning: biographies are taken verbatim from family history books with uncensored original language.
JOSEPH SHIELDS was born in 1775*. As a boy in Tennessee he had many thrilling experiences with hostile Indians. On Apr. 18, 1793, he was severely wounded and his brother-in-law Joshua Tipton was killed, by marauding Cherokees. The two men were on their way to join the militia, which had been summoned to repel hostile Indians, when two shots rang out from the thicket. Both men dropped; Tipton was dead. Joseph's gun had fallen a few feet away but he dared not move toward it lest the savages shoot again. Believing both men dead, two Indians rushed up with tomahawks and scalping-knives. When one of them was almost upon him, Joseph sprang up and killed him with his hatchet. Surprised, the other Indian started to run but Joseph reached his long-rifle and shot him before he escaped. In 1808 or 1810 Joseph settled near Corydon, Ind., where he died. He had six sons and numerous descendants, some of considerable prominence.
*This contradicts the Find a Grave date by two years. In "The Shields Family," John A. Shields is uncertain of his birthdate.
From "Three Kansas Pioneer Families: Stalker-Shields-Martin" by John A. Shields, privately published in a limited edition of 200 copies, May, 1949.
Joseph was one of the younger sons of Robert and Nancy Stockton Shields, born in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia…. He was severely wounded by a party of Cherokee Indians, near Sevierville, Tennessee, on April 18, 1793, at the time that his brother-in-law, Joshua Tipton, was killed. He lived in the vicinity of Sevier County, Tenn., from the time the Shields family came to that section until about 1808, when he went north, probably to Louisville, or some nearby place in Kentucky, and later into Harrison County, Ind. He had six sons; there may have been more. Their names were Nathan V., of whom more is said later; Kinzie, also again referred to; Joseph, who is mentioned below; Asa L., who was first married to Mary Miner, and second to Rachel Seahorn, in 1860, and who had a son by his first wife named John W. Shields. The other sons of Joseph were Hiram, David, and Jesse.
From "The Shields Family" by John A. Shields, privately published December, 1917, reprinted March 1, 2017.
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