Husband: James SHI / SHY
Birthdate: 1766
Birthplace: South Carolina
Death date: 1853
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Father: Christian SHI/SHY
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Wife: Jane
Birthdate: 1765
Birthplace: South Carolina
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Child No. 1: Elizabeth SHI/SHY
Sex: F
Birthdate: abt 1795
Birthplace: Hancock Co., Ga.
Death date: aft 11 Jan 1858
Place of death: Hancock Co., Ga.
Marriage date: 9 Dec 1812
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Spouses' names: James Curry DICKSON I

Child No. 2: John SHI/SHY
Sex: M
Birthdate: 1798
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Child No. 3: Margaret SHI/SHY
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Birthdate: 1805
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Child No. 4: Nancy SHI /SHY
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Birthdate: 1808
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Child No. 5: Sarah SHI/SHY
Sex: F
Birthdate: 1810
Birthplace: Hancock Co., Ga.
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Spouses' names: John JOHNSON
 
 
Documentation:
1. Evans, Tad, compiler. Georgia Newspaper Clippings: Hancock County Extracts.
2. 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880 Census, Hancock Co, Ga
3. Hancock Co. Ga. Wills & Administration of Estates. Book T, 1856-1858, page 599. FHL film #0222094.
4. Shye, Adre J. (AShye@aol.com).
5. Smith, Elizabeth W. The History of Hancock County, Georgia
6. Brantley, J. Kenneth, compiler. Hancock County, Georgia of Ordinary Minutes, 1838-1863.

Notes:
* In the Hancock Co. Ga. Tax Return for 1825, Capt. Bullington's District, James Shy is listed as having 450 acres of land on Buffalo Creek in Hancock Co. and 202 acres of land in Houston County.
* James Shy is listed on the Ga. Hancock Co., census for the years, 1810-1850.
* When James Shi/Shy died in 1853, apparently it was thought that no will existed. Curry Dickson, husband of daughter, Elizabeth, was named Administrator by the Court August 1, 1853. He administered the estate until August 13, 1855 when apparently a will was found which named John S. Latimer one of the Executors and Curry Dickson turned it over to him as ordered by the court.
* The will of James Shi was signed August 22, 1839 and filed for probate August 13, 1855, John S. Latimore. His heirs were, wife; son, John; daughters, Peggy, Nancy & Sally. He left nothing to Elizabeth Shi Dickson as he had already advanced to her and her husband a "fair portion of my estate". Apparently Jane Shy predeceased him in death. There is no mention of her in the disbersements.

Prepared 4 Apr 2002 by Mary Ann Willoughby.