Sheek Family of Davie County Sheek Family of Davie County
Christian Schick and Rosina (?-aft. 1824) [surname unknown] were the parents of eight known children. Christian and his family moved to NC in the 1770's, following the Heidelberg Settlement from PA. Christian's name is among those listed on some of the orginial minutes of the Heidelberg Evangelical Lutheran Church, founded on Dutchman's Creek in Davie Co., NC. Christian was listed in the 1778 Rowan Co. tax lists in Capt. Berger's District as Christian Shiek. Land grants show Christian was a property owner in 1784 in the Smith Grove area near the cemetery of Heidelberg Lutheran Church of which he and Rosina were members. Neither Christian or Rosina's burial site are known but speculation is they are in TN/KY near their children's homes.
Of their children, Christian Sheek, Jr. stayed in PA and is buried in Northampton Co, PA; George Sheek settled in Indiana; Maria Sheek Bridgefarmer and Catherine Sheek Turner settled in Wayne Co, KY; David Sheek settled in Obion Co. TN; Johan Adam Sheek remained in NC; and no information is known about Magadalena Sheek and Fridrich Sheek. Johan Adam Sheek and wife Susanna Moulder raised 10 children in NC; all execpt two, Adam Jr. and Mary, lived in the Davie/Yadkin Co. area of NC. Today the 10th generation of Christian Sheek descedants live in Davie County.
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Children of Maria Sheek and Martin Bridgefarmer
Elizabeth Bridgefarmer
George (?) Bridgefarmer
David (?) Bridgefarmer
Christian Bridgefarmer
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Children of George David (Schick) Sheek and Elizabeth Howard
Benjamin (Schick) Sheek (1791-?)
Rosannah Sheek m. 1) Mr. Green, 2) Mr. Fips
Polly Sheek m. Mr. Dabney
Jesse Sheek (predeceased his father, had children
Elizabeth Sheek m. Mr. Blankenship
Cornelius Sheek
Susan Sheek m. Lafayette Meadows
George (Schick) Sheek (1794-?)
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Children of George Washington Sheek and Margaret (Peggy) Call
Daniel A. Sheek (1812-1870) m. 1) Jane Williams, 2) Annfield Berryman (1817-1907)
John Bryant Sheek (1817-1872) m. Sarah Kinnick (1820-1889)
Richmond George Sheek (1819-1896) m. Sarah Emeline Riddle (1829-1914)
Leven W. Sheek (1824-?) m. 1) Mary Bowden (1837-1856), 2) Mary Henry
(Leven moved to Indiana, he and Mary Henry lived near Greenwood, Indiana)
Susanna Sheek (1825-1922) m. 1) Henry Mock, 2) Lemuel B. Cook (1824-1896)
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Children of John Sheek and Winifred "Winney" Harrison
Wilson Sheek (c. 1829-1883)
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Children of Jacob Sheek and Sarah Sain
Daniel Sain Sheek (1818-1899) m. 1) Nancy Beauchamp (d. 1847), 2) Martha (Patsy) Williams (1827-1893), 3) Margaret Grimes
John Wiley Sheek (1823-?) m. Marietta C. Gilliam
Albert A. Sheek (1825-1872) m. Cornelia G. Gilliam
Sarah Emeline Sheek (1828-1892) m. Jonathan Smith (1817-1896)
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Children of Adam Sheek, Jr. and Jemima (Sparks) Fults
George W. Sheek (1825-?) m. 1) Martha Payne, 2) Neoma F. Slavin
Joseph S. Sheek (ca. 1827-?) m. Sarah Ann Phillips
James G. Sheek (1829-?)
John Wesley Sheek (1832-1908) m. Martha Love Lane
Susannah Jane Sheek (ca. 1834-?) m. Claiborne Varner
Lucinda Sheek (ca. 1838-?)
Martha Sheek (ca. 1842-?) m. W. A. Kennard
Children of Adam Sheek, Jr. and Charlotte Goodnight Daugherty
Silas A. Sheek (1854-1939)
Update 3/30/09, thanks to Charla Perry: Adam and Jemima moved from Tennessee to Texas about 1836. Lucinda and Martha were born there. John Wesley moved to Montezuma Co. Colorado in the 1890s.
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Children of Daniel A. Sheek and Jane Williams
George Thomas Sheek (1839-?) m. Harriet Henry
Isaac Daniel Sheek (1842-?) m. ? Henry (sister to Harriet Henry)
Children of Daniel A. Sheek and Annfield Berryman
Jilson Asbury Sheek (1847-1933) m. Marguerite Henrietta Hauser (1854-1941)
Jacob Tillet Sheek (1850-1883) m. Mary Jane Hall (1848-1919), d/o John Hall and Mary Stockburger
Sarah (Sallie) E. Sheek (1852-1945) m. John Henry Hauser (1850-1936)
Eliza Sheek (ca. 1857-?) maybe died young, not in 1870 census
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Children of John Bryant Sheek and Sarah Kinnick
Jacob A. Sheek (1840-1916) m. Martha Church
Sarah S. Sheek (1843-1902) m. William Daily Brunnermer
Mary Elizabeth Sheek (1849 -?) m. John Peggs
Penelope Catherine Sheek (1851-1903) m. John Richard Copeland
George Leven Sheek (1854-1909) m. Sarah Jane Wilson
John T. Sheek (1857-1963)
William H. Sheek (1859-1949)
Martha Isabelle Sheek (1861-1952) m. John W. Redmond
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Children of Richmond George Sheek and Sarah Emeline Riddle
Leven Alexander Sheek (1847-1936) m. Ellen Celia Allen (1848-1922)
Elizabeth Susan Sheek (1849-1935) m. Stephen Augustus Douthit (1849-1886)
John Gilphen Sheek (1851-1929) m. 1) Rhoda Hartman (1851-1892), 2) Lela Emma Ward (1868-1927)
Mary Francis Sheek (1855-1936) m. Joel M. Beauchamp (1852-1912)
Albert Rights Sheek (1858-1906) m. Mary (Mollie) Ward (1858-1928)
Martha Janet Sheek (1861-1928) m. Columbus L. (Lum) Bowden (1860-1936)
Sallie Bell Sheek (1867-1916) m. Enoch Eugene Vogler (1860-1928)
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Children of Leven W. Sheek and Mary Bowden
Emily J. Sheek (1856-1856)
Children of Leven W. Sheek and Mary Henry
Margaret Sheek m. Watt Bowden
Floyd Sheek m. Nellie Speas
Newton Sheek m. Lucy ?
Frank Sheek
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Children of Susanna Sheek and Henry Mock
William Mock (c. 1846-?)
Margaret Mock (1848-1938) m. James Henry Coley (1841-1912)
The 1850 Davie Co. census says both William and Margaret were born in Virginia.
Children of Susanna Sheek and Lemuel B. Cook
Mary (Ann ?) Cook (abt. 1850 - ?) m. Wiley Ward (moved to Marshalltown, Iowa)
Emma J. Cook (1856-1883) m. John L. Ward
Elizabeth Cook m. Marian Markland (moved to Marshalltown, Iowa)
George L. Cook (1860-1934) m. 1) Minerva Ellen Smith (1864-1894), 2) Pearl E. Foster (1879-1976)
Henry Lemuel Cook m. Harriet Jarrett
Daniel Jackson Cook (1862-1944) m. Sarah Sparks (1864- 1920)
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Child of Daniel Sain Sheek and Nancy Beauchamp
Albert A. Sheek (ca. 1844-?) m. Cornelia Gillam
Children of Daniel Sain Sheek and Martha (Patsy) Williams
George W. Sheek (1860-1908) m. Frances Camilla Kimbrough (1862-1943)
Buley Bettie Sheek (1861-1862)
John Wiley Sheek (1863-1949) m. 1) Mary Lewis Kimbrough (186?-1888,
2) Mattie Maud Hendrix (1869-1951)
Charlie Franklin Sheek (1865-1926) m. Martha (Mattie) Furchess (1874-1946 in VA)
James L. Sheek (1866) m. Julia Rena Kimbrough (1871-1947)
Milton Daniel Sheek (1870-1899) m. Nola Foster
Photo of Daniel Sain Sheek Home
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Children of Sarah Emeline Sheek and Jonathan Smith
Sarah Elizabeth Smith (1858-1913) m. Wiley Sain (1850-1914)
Wiley Jacob Smith (1860-1931) m. Sallie Whitaker
Cicero Reid Smith (1864-1912) m. Sally Brock Kimbrough
Marthaetta May Smith (1868-1906)
Daniel Wilson Smith (1875-1943) m. Mary Miller
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Children of Jilson Asbury Sheek and Marguerite Henrietta Hauser
Daisy Sheek m. Lucius Fulton
Lela Sheek m. Permaina Watkins
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Children of Jacob Tillet Sheek and Mary Jane Hall
John Daniel Sheek (1880-1973) m. Margaret Griffith
Jacob Hall Sheek (1883- ?) m. Evola Smith
Flossie Bell Sheek (1878 -?) m. Thomas C. Sheek (1871-1957)
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Children of Sarah (Sallie) E. Sheek and John H. Hauser
Henry Floyd Hauser (1876-1964) m. Nancy West (1880-1968)
Viola B. Hauser (1890-1975) m. Fred Styers (1894-1931)
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Children of George Leven Sheek and Sarah Jane Wilson
Queen Bess Sheek (1885-1979) m. 1) Sid Shore, 2) William Kennen
George W. Sheek (1883-1973)
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Children of Leven Alexander Sheek and Ellen Celia Allen
Mollie Sheek (1870-1938) m. Eugene Faircloth (1865-1917)
Thomas C. Sheek (1872-1957) [twin] m. Flossie Bell Sheek (1878- ?)
John Sheek (1872-1962) [twin] m. Beaulah Williams
William R. Sheek (1875-1944) m. Fannie W. Beauchamp (1877-1942)
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Children of Elizabeth Susan Sheek and Stephen Augustus Douthit
Sarah Ada Douthit (1870) m. John B. Arkinson
Francis Richmond Douthit (1872) m. Mayne Styers
Minnie Frances Douthit (1873) m. Jesse Gordon Powell
Martha Elizabeth Douthit (1875) m. Louis Marsh Furches
Cora Belle Douthit (1876-1877)
Jacob Wiseman Douthit (1879-1939) m. 1) Augusta Bowden; 2) Virginia West
Mary Pearl Douthit (1881) m. Benjamin Clay Teague
John Stephen Douthit (1882-1883)
William Stephen Douthit (1884-1936) m. Lola Swearingen
Daughter Douthit m. Ray Hudspeth
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Children of John Gilphen Sheek and Rhoda Hartman
Charles S. Sheek (1874-1888)
Nanny E. Sheek (1880-1978) m. Henry Butner
Fannie Camilla Sheek (1881-1940) m. William Woosley (abt. 1875-1920), s/o Samuel Augustus Woosley and Jane Miller
Myrtle Sheek (1889-1972) m. Percy R. Smith (?-1973)
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Children of John Gilphen Sheek and Lela Emma Ward
Erma E. Sheek (1903-1976) m. Robert Hunter (?-1978)
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Children of Albert Rights Sheek and Mary (Mollie) Ward
Richmond Franklin Sheek (1879-1969) m. Sallie Perdon Smith (1882-1960)
Lizzi Viola Sheek (1881-1962) m. Oscar Gilson Allen
Nora Belle Sheek (1882-1965) m. Charles Albert Bowden (1880-1949)
Charles Levin Sheek (1885-1914) m. Bertha Lowder (1888-1973)
Willie Sheek (1888-1889)
Addie Sheek (1894-1903)
Robert Gilfren Sheek (1897-1898)
Edna Ward Sheek (1900-1901)
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Children of George W. Sheek and Frances Camilla Kimbrough
Harriett Clyde Sheek (1882-1925) m. Charles C. Cherry (1882-1918)
George Armitte Sheek (1886-1942)
Sarah Frances Sheek (1899-1975) m. Aaron Urzell James (1899-1968)
Julia Duke Sheek (1902-1972)
Laura (Sallie) Grace Sheek (1904-1989 ) m. Clarence Bruce James (1902-1986)
Spencer Sheek (1893-1915) m. Rosa Meroney
Eliza Sheek (1895-1980) m. William Oscar McClamrock (1890-1943)
Albert Sheek (moved to Portsmouth, VA)
James (Jack) Sheek (moved to Portsmouth, VA)
Bailey Sheek (moved to Portsmouth, VA)
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Children of John Wiley Sheek and Mary Lewis Kimbrough
Lola May Sheek (1887-1888)
Children of John Wiley Sheek and Mattie Maud Hendrix
Lelia Hazel Sheek (1896-1996) m. Walter Wesley Monroe Shutt (1895-1973)
Harry Ganzalo Sheek (1900-1976) m. Ellerbee (Ebb) Cash (1903-1992)
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Children of James L. Sheek and Julia Rena Kimbrough
James Kimbrough Sheek (1894-1960) m. Martha Linsey Clement (1895-1988)
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Children of Milton Daniel Sheek and Nola Foster
Martha Sheek (1898-1960) m. Fred V. Disher
Elva Sheek (1900-1983) m. Edward S. Hedrick
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Children of Sarah Elizabeth Smith and Wiley Sain
Lonnie Sain (1875-1879)
Sarah E. Sain (1877-abt. 1900)
Child Twin Sain (1877-?)
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Children of Martha Janet Sheek and Columbus L. (Lum) Bowden
Minnie Bowden (1881-1941) m. Oscar R. Allen (1876-1956)
Lula Bowden (1895-1968) m. Bob Snearly (of Neb.)
Bertha Bowden (1886-1983) m. Joel Marvin Smith (1884-1951)
John Bowden (1884-?) m. in Neb.
Frank Bowden (1892 - ?) m. in Neb.
Wade Bowden
Leo Sheek Bowden (1899-1981) m. Pearl Hartman (1902-1994)
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Children of Charlie Franklin Sheek and Martha (Mattie) Furchess
Fannie Sheek (1891-1994) m. 1) Henry Gage Neely, 2) William Evans Davis, lived Rock Hill SC
Patsy Sheek (1893-1969) m. Fremont Royal Baker, lived Norfolk VA
Bailey Boyd Sheek (b. & d. 1898)
Frank Aiken Sheek (1899-1985) m. Ruby Mae Lennon
Bernice McCoy Sheek (1903-1978) m. William Patrick Simpson
Personal communications with Fredric Z. Saunders. Email address: fzsaund@ix.netcom.com
Fredric Z. Saunders, "Letters 1820-1839 in the Jacob Sheek and Jonathan Smith Papers, Manuscript Department, Perkins Library, Duke University," Rowan County Register, 3 (August 1988): 647-653.
Sheek Family Bible entries in possession of Edith R. Shutt Zimmerman.
Cemetery Records and Census Records of Davie Co, North Carolina.
Harrison family, correspondance with Julie Hampton Ganis, 1998.
"History of Davie County in the Forks of the Yadkin" by James W. Wall, 1985.
Sheek Bible transcripts - McCubbins Collection in Salisbury, Rowan Co., NC.
Saunders and Moulder family, correspondance with Rick Saunders, 1998..
"The History of the Sheek Family 1753-1973" by Ann Ellis Sheek, 1973.
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