General Notes

Fourth of the Ten Brothers. According to John A. Shields, William settled
at Madison, Indiana in 1808 and soon thereafter at Brewersville, where he
raised a large family. By his second wife, Amanda Logan, had a small
family. Settled in Washington County, Indiana after marrying Amanda. John
A. Shields was his great-grandson.
Judge Littell reports that William's children bitterly opposed his second
marriage, which was to his first wife's niece.
John A. Shields says William migrated with the family to Sevier County
and, with his father and four of his brothers, preceded the rest of the
family, walking from Watauga to the site of Shields Fort, seven miles
south of the present city of Sevierville, Tennessee.
John A. Shields says William and several of his brothers, along with
their families, migrated in 1808 to Indiana, which was as wild and
unsettled as Tennessee had been a quarter-century earlier. In 1808, only
911 votes were cast in the entire territory. The Shields families crossed
the Ohio River at the present site of Mackport, Indiana on a ferry that
had been established that year. William helped his brother James build a
fort on the present site of Seymour, Indiana, then went to Logan County,
Ohio for a year. Returning to Indiana, he settled at Madison and started
an orchard. After a brief time at Madison, the family settled near
Brewersville in Jennings County. John A. Shields says Margaret, William's
first wife, died at Madison in 1813 or 1814 and that in 1817; he married
Amanda Logan, sister of Col. E. D. Logan of Washington County, Indiana.
They settled on Walnut Ridge, hear Kossuth, Indiana, where William died
in 1824 and Amanda in 1826. John A. Shields (who is descended from
William and Amanda) confirms that Amanda was the daughter of Margaret
Shields' sister.