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"Elizabethton Star," Sunday, June 22, 1947
H. SHEFFIELD
Robert H. Sheffield, 75, died at his home 338 Elk Avenue, Friday evening at 11:06 after an illness of several years. Mr. Sheffield was a member of the Calvary Baptist Church.
Survivors are his widow, Mrs. Addie Sheffield; three daughters, Mrs. Edgar Mitchell, Elizabethton; Mrs. Henry Hale, Waynesville, N.C., and Mrs. Earnest Crow, Fayetteville, N.C.; two sons, Clarence and Howard of Elizabethton; one brother Dayton Sheffield, Rt. 3, Elizabethton; one sisters, Mrs. Alice Ward, Elk Mills, and 17 grandchildren.
Funeral services will be conducted Sunday at 3 p.m. at the Calvary Baptist Church with the Rev. E. A. Cox and the Rev. J. J. Musick officiating. Music will be in charge of the choir and the Sunnyside Quartet. Burial will be made in Happy Valley Memorial Park.
Active pallbearers: Herbert Billheimer, Hobart Murry, Joseph Radar, Earl Netherly, Clarence Cameron, and Stanley Sheffield.
The body was returned to the home Saturday afternoon and will remain there until 2:00 o'clock Sunday afternoon, when it will be taken to the church to lie in state one hour before time for the services. Roy Hathaway Funeral Home is in charge.

Robert married Adda M. "Addie" Vaught on 28 Nov 1906 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Adda (daughter of John Huss Vaught and Jodie Matilda Lineback) was born about 1890 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Carter Co. TN Wills Vol. 2, (transcribed by Jerry Ann Stout from Microfilm, Roll No. 101 Carter Co. -County Clerk Wills)
page 254, April Term 1907.
I, JOHN C. SHUFFIELD do make and publish this as my last Will and Testament hereby revoking and making void all others by me at anytime made.
First - I direct that my funeral expenses and all my debts be paid as soon after my death as possible out of any that I may die possessed of or may first come into the hands of my executor.
Secondly I give and bequeath to Malinda White, John H. Shuffield, Alice Ward, Oscar Shuffield and Dayton H. Shuffield all money that I may die possessed of shall be equally divided between the above named my three sons and two daughters. If there be any valuable minerals found on any lands that I may die possessed of, I direct that sd minerals shall be divided equal or the proceeds of the same between my seven children to wit- Robert H. Shuffield, Mary E. Shuffield, Malinda White, Alice Ward, Oscar Shuffield, J. H. Shuffield, and Dayton H. Shuffield.
Lastly I do nominate and approve Robt. H. Shuffield and Oscar Shuffield to be my Executors.
In witness whereof I do to this my Will set my hand, This 12 day of March 1907.
signed: John C. Shuffield
Signed and published in our presence and we have subscribed our names hereto in the presence of the testator, This 12 day of March 1909.
W. L. Clark, F. H. Cook
I hereby certify that I was present and saw the sd. J. C. Shuffield sign the within Will and that he did make it with his own free accord and full understanding, In witness hereof, Witness my hand and seal this Apr. 8, 1907. F. H. Cook, Notary Public.

John married Nancy Jane Kinnick about 1863 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Nancy (daughter of John Kinnick and Mary Sheffield) was born on 1 Nov 1838 in Washintgon County, , , Tennessee; died on 12 Oct 1918 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Sheffield Cemetery, , Carter County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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First burial date was, Mar. 19, 1940, at Lineback Cemetery in Carter County, Tennessee, In 1947, TVA relocated John's grave from Lineback Cemetery, burial plot: 44-2, to Happy Valley Memorial Park Cemetery #13, for construction of Watauga Reservoir.

John married Jodie Matilda Lineback about 1889 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Jodie (daughter of Henry Lineback and Charlotte Wilson) was born on 8 Jul 1871 in Carter County, , , Tennessee; died on 7 Sep 1914 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Lineback Cemetery, , Carter County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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First burial date was, 8 Sept. 1914 at Lineback Cemetery in Carter County, Tennessee, In 1947, TVA relocated Jodie's grave from Lineback Cemetery, burial plot: 44-3, to Happy Valley Memorial Park Cemetery

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1850 Carter County, TN Census
1st Civil District

Household 54
George Sheffield45TNMarried 1828
Elizabeth 40TN
Nancy C. 15TN
John 13TN
James 11TN
William E. 9 TN
Mary C. 8 TN
Cilia 6 TN
Daniel 4 TN
Afford 2 TN

George married Elizabeth Sneed about 1828 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Elizabeth was born on 2 Aug 1810 in North Carolina, , , . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Mary Sheffield about 1836 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. Mary was born about 1819 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Elizabeth Bailey on 26 Dec 1860. Elizabeth (daughter of John Bailey and Mary Slimp) was born about 1826 in Carter County, , , Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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In 1948, TVA relocated Henry's grave from Lineback Cemetery in Carter County, Tennessee, burial plot: 44-5, to Happy Valley Cemetery #13, for construction of Watauga Reservoir.

Henry married Charlotte Wilson about 1870 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee. Charlotte was born about 1854 in , Giles County, Tennessee, ; died about 1914 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee; was buried in Lineback Cemetery, , Carter County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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In 1948, TVA relocated Charlotte's grave from Lineback Cemetery in Carter County, Tennessee, burial plot: 44-4, to Happy Valley Cemetery #13, for construction of Watauga Reservoir.