Re: John Shine--Twiggs county
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Re: John Shine--Twiggs county
Dennis Melton 3/22/05
I am very interested in this family, especially James Williams Shine. He moved to Escambia County, FL when it was still Spanish, about 1819, with my Williams family and with John Lanier.
The connection, if there is one, doesn't have to do with James Williams, grandfather of James Williams Shine. This was a different family all together. James Williams Shine was a brother of Daniel Williams, sheriff of Duplin Co.NC. I think they were sons of Theophilus Williams who originated in Isle of Wight Co. VA
John, b, 1775 Owen, b. 1785 and David Williams,b. 1778, sons of Frederick Williams of Duplin Co. NC and Bulloch Co. GA moved from Bulloch to Twiggs Co and after a short stay, moved with James Williams Shine to Escambia Co, FL.in 1819. David remained there. John Williams (my ancestor)was in Butler Co, AL for a brief time and then moved to Jackson County with his brother Owen.
James Williams Shine then moved from Escambia County with John Lanier to Oaky Streak, Butler County, AL., where he died. One of his descendants who was a competant genealogist, the late T. A. Brooks of Butler County Al, a descendant of James Williams Shine, who died in Graceville FL, said the Shines were related to my ancestor, Andrew Elton Williams,( 1800-1873) son of John. I don't know who John's wife was ( she may have been named Mary) but they named a son Ira Shine Williams ( 1813-1863). T. A. Brooks and Henry Lee Grace ( an early Williams historian) thought that the wife of John Williams was a Shine. They just stated it as a fact, but I've never been able to prove it.
In the last years of his life,1870, Andrew Elton Williams moved to Butler County, Al (from Holmes Co. FL.) where "he had relatives".
I have more information about the Shine, Williams and Brice
family and will be glad to share.
E. L. "Boe" Williams, ccshoes @bellsouth.net
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Re: John Shine--Twiggs county
Dennis Melton 8/04/05
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Re: John Shine--Twiggs county
E L Williams 10/21/06
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Re: John Shine--Twiggs county