SHEFFIELD J. Powhatan Bonaparte

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 1407
• Residence: 1850, Surry County, VA
• Residence: 1880, Red Oak, Brunswick, VA

Notes:

This is the same Sheffield Family that Calvin Horne married into. (sic) Gene

When Powhatan Bonaparte Boaney Sheffield was born on December 13, 1841, in Surry County, Virginia, his father, Meredith, was 26 and his mother, Mary, was 22. He married Virginia Alice Horne on March 14, 1867. They had nine children in 23 years. He died in March 1902 in Richmond, Virginia, at the age of 60, and was buried in Richmond City, Virginia.

Residence:
Powhatan Bonaparte Boaney Sheffield lived in Surry County, Virginia, in 1850.
1850 • Southwark Parish, Surry, Virginia

Residence:
Powhatan Bonaparte Boaney Sheffield lived in Red Oak, Virginia, in 1880.
Age: 38; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Self
1880 • Red Oak, Brunswick, Virginia, United States

Buried:
Maury Cemetery, Section 13, Division 1, Plat E, Range 3

J. married HORNE Virginia Alice on 14 Mar 1867 in Sussex County, VA. Virginia (daughter of HORNE Williamson Turner and CROSS Mary Elizabeth(Egges?)) was born on 13 Jun 1853; died on 21 Jan 1900; was buried in Richmond, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
W. T. Horne in entry for J. P. Sheffield and Va. A. Horne, "Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940"
Name:J. P. Sheffield          
Birth Date:1842          
Birthplace:, Sussex, Va          
Age:25          
Spouse's Name:Va. A. Horne          
Spouse's Birth Date:1850          
Spouse's Birthplace:, Sussex, Va          
Spouse's Age:17          
Event Date:14 Mar 1867          
Event Place:Sussex, Virginia          
Father's Name:Meridith Shf.          
Mother's Name:Mary Shf.          
Spouse's Father's Name:W. T. Horne          
Spouse's Mother's Name:M. E. Horne          
Race:          
Marital Status:Single          
Previous Wife's Name:          
Spouse's Race:          
Spouse's Marital Status:Single          
Spouse's Previous Husband's Name:          
Indexing Project (Batch) Number:M01139-8          
System Origin:Virginia-EASy          
GS Film number:34185          

1. SHEFFIELD Emmitt Henry, Sr. was born on 6 Sep 1868; died on 12 Nov 1943; was buried in Richmond, Virginia, USA.
2. SHEFFIELD William L. was born on 29 May 1873; died on 15 Oct 1873; was buried in Richmond, Virginia, USA.
3. SHEFFIELD Lena Ida was born on 23 Oct 1874 in Red Oak, Brunswick, VA; died on 30 Jul 1964; was buried in Richmond, Virginia, USA.
4. SHEFFIELD James "Luther" was born on 17 Jun 1880; and died.
5. SHEFFIELD Mary S. was born about 1887; and died.
6. SHEFFIELD Andrew Bonaparte was born on 30 Apr 1889; and died.
7. SHEFFIELD Sidney Lewis was born on 29 Sep 1891; died on 23 Nov 1967.

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• Alt. Birth: 1815, Dinwiddie County, VA

Notes:

Meredith Neret H. Sheffield was born in 1815 in Surry County, Virginia, the child of Lewis Louis and Sarah. He married Mary Polly Emery on December 7, 1840, in Surry, Virginia. They had 11 children in 18 years. He died in 1869 in Sussex County, Virginia, at the age of 54.

Alt. Birth:
from unverified source on Family Search

Meredith married EMERY Mary "Polly" on 7 Dec 1840 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States. Mary (daughter of EMERY Hezekiah) was born in 1819 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; died in Feb 1880 in Surry County, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name:      Polly Sheffield
Gender:      Female
Race:      White
Marital Status:      Married
Estimated birth year:      abt 1822
Birth Place:      Virginia, USA
Age:      58
Death Date:      Feb 1880
Cause of Death:      Typhoid Fever
Census Year:      1880
Census Place:      Guilford, Surry, Virginia, USA
Enumeration District:      108
LINE:      34
Source Citation
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Non-population Census Schedules for Virginia, 1850-1880; Archive Collection: T1132; Archive Roll Number: 19; Census Year: 1880; Census Place: Guilford, Surry, Virginia; Page: 1472

Other Events and Attributes:

• Will: 10 Mar 1841, Virginia

Notes:

When Lewis Louis Sheffield was born in 1785 his father, James, was 55 and his mother, Lurancy, was 45. He had one son with Sarah Sheffield in 1815. He died in October 1844 in Surry, Virginia, at the age of 59.

their son Meredith Neret H. Sheffield was born in 1815 in Surry County, Virginia when Sarah, was age 15, and Lewis Louis Sheffield, was age 30.

Will:
Name:      Lewis Sheffield
Probate Date:      10 Mar 1841
Probate Place:      Surry, Virginia, USA
Inferred Death Year:      Abt 1841
Inferred Death Place:      Virginia, USA
Item Description:      Wills, No 8-9 1840-1852

Lewis married SHEFFIELD Sarah --Unknown--. Sarah was born in 1800; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Land: 1790, Surry County, VA

Notes:

When James Sheffield was born about 1730, in Surry County, Virginia, his father, William, was 25 and his mother, Elizabeth, was 22. He married Lurancy (Lurania) Clanton about 1765, in Surry County, Virginia. They had 10 children in 29 years. He died in 1797 in Surry County, Virginia, at the age of 67.

Land:
1790 • Surry Co, Virginia; James Sheffield, 30 acres.

James married CLANTON Lurancy (Lurania) about 1765. Lurancy was born about 1740 in Brunswick County, VA; died in 1809 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Lurancy (Lurania) Clanton was born about 1740, in Brunswick County, Virginia. She married James Sheffield about 1765, in Surry County, Virginia. They had 10 children in 29 years. She died in 1809 in Surry, Virginia, at the age of 69.