The Family of Philip and ? (?) SHEETS
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106__Philip SHEETS
     b.  17 Oct 1738
     child of: 
     d.  30 Dec 1793 
     Buried: Lutheran Graveyard, Shepherdstown, Berkeley County, West Virginia. 

     m.  1756

107__Elizabeth SMITH
     b.  1740
     child of: 
     d.  16 May 1809
     Buried: 

Other Marriages:

Children:
106.1  Jacob SHEETS
           m. ? (?)
           Children:  William M. SHEETZ
                           m.  ? (?)
                           Children:  Bessie SHEETZ
                                           Katie SHEETZ
106.2  Joseph P. SHEETS
106.3  George SHEETS     b.  1765     d.  19 Aug 1822, Madison, Jefferson Co, IN  
106.4  John P. SHEETS     b.  14 Feb, 1774, Shepherdstown, Berkeley Co, (W)VA
106.5  Lewis SHEETS     b.  1776, Madison, Jefferson Co, IN
           m.  c1816, IN     Naoma Agin    b.  c1780, Jefferson Co, IN    child of:  David & Ann (LARYDAM) AGIN
           Children:  James Agin SHEETS    b.  c1802, Jefferson Co, IN
                           David SHEETS     b.  c1804 Jefferson Co, IN
                          George SHEETS     b.  c1806, Jefferson Co, IN
                          Jonah SHEETS    b.  c1808, Jefferson Co, IN
                          William SHEETS     b.  c1810, Jefferson Co, IN
                          Matilda SHEETS     b.  c1812, Jefferson Co, IN
                          Ann Eliza SHEETS     b.  c1814, Jefferson Co, IN
                          Philip SHEETS     b.  c1816, Jefferson Co, IN
                          Letitia SHEETS     b.  24 Oct 1817, Union, Fayette Co,  PA    d.  10 Dec 1899, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co, UT
                               (or child of James A. SHEETS & Sarah Jane GILLIS)
                          m.  11 Jul 1837, Nauvoo, Hancock Co, IL    Eli Brazee KELSEY    b.  27 Oct 1819, Portsmouth, Scioto Co, OH
                                d.  27 Mar 1885, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co, UT    child of:  Eli (1785-1836) & Mary (1799-1875) (OLDFIELD) KELSEY
                          Minerva SHEETS     b.  c1820, Madison, Jefferson Co, IN
106.6  Catherine SHEETS     b.  15 Sep 1777, Frederick County, VA          
           d. 23 Apr 1834, Wilmington, Clinton County, OH  (See #52/53)
3 other boys and 4 other girls

Synopsis: 

• NOTE:  Siblings and even the father is not confirmed.  We know George SHEETS was the surety for the marriage of Jonas and Catherine and that he married Cynthy SEAMON who could be Jonas's sister.  George is probably Catherine's brother.

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PHILIP AND JULIANA (ECKHART) SHEETS RESEARCH RECORD

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Prominent Men of Shepherstown by A.D. Kenamond:  Philip SHEETZ - Philip SHEETZ, 1738-1793, was in the forefront of those German artisans who settled here during the early life of the town.  Few, if any, names from those early years, other than that of the family of Thomas SHEPHERD, the town's founder, have been so widely known as that of SHEETZ.  The SHEETZ guns and SHEETZ tavern have perpetuated his name.  Cary's American Firearms Makers may have had proof that Adam, Henry and Philip SHEETZ, brothers, were making flintlock muskets for the Virginia Militia and doing general gunsmithing here in 1768.  In a recently discovered original document dated May 28, 1776, Thos. WORLEY, Philip SHEETZ and Henry SHEETZ subscribed themselves as gunsmiths of Mecklenburg in the County of Berkeley and agreed to make, and deliver, at their shop twenty-four good and well fixt Rifle guns per month.  Adam SHEETZ was not a party to the agreement, having joined Captain Hugh STEPHENSON's company of riflemen in the summer of 1775.  No records have been found that would locate either a 1768 or 1776 gunshop.  Both Philip and Henry SHEETZ bought lots in and out of town, holding them for short periods, but it has long been assumed that the gun shop was on Lot 1 at the northwest corner of King and German streets, where Mr. PALMER now has a restaurant.  Possibly it was there in 1776.  However, the will of Henry BEDINGER dated December 13, 1771, has Philip SHEETZ then living on one of his lots.  And it was not till May 17, 1788, that Philip SHEETZ got a deed to Lot 1 from Abraham SHEPHERD who said it was left to him by his father, Thomas SHEPHERD, the town's founder.  The deed doesn't say that Philip SHEETZ should "erect" a building there, but only "keep on Dwelling House" on the lot.  So, Philip SHEETZ may have held the place under a lease and been operating a gun shop on the lot in 1776.  After his death son Jacob SHEETZ bought out the other heirs and son John P. SHEETZ was "tempering steel and making varnish for gun stocks."  Jacob SHEETZ  was succeeded by his son, William M. as owner of the lot.  W.M. SHEETZ in 1830 was advertising that he made "guns with any type of lock."  In the county there are a few owners of SHEETZ guns, one stamped J. SHEETZ and another W.M. SHEETZ.  Philip SHEETZ had a German Bible in which were entered in German script the birth and death dates of Philip SHEETZ and his wife, Juliana ECKHART, and the birth dates of their five daughters and five sons, the first born in 1770, and the last in 1790.  Wife Juliana was Philip's junior by twelve years, and a little more than three years after his death married Henry ECKHART, whom she also outlived, dying on May 16, 1809.  That a tavern was operated on Lot 1 by Henry ECKHART, then by his widow Juliana SHEETZ ECKHART, and later by her son Jacob SHEETZ is well authenticated.  When Jonathan EDWARDS VIII called on his distant relatives, the daughters of William M. SHEETZ, Misses Bettie and Katie, then about 85 years old, to receive the gift of a well-preserved SHEETZ gunstock, the thin partition between the brick part and the adjoining stuccoed part was noted.  The explanation was that the tavern guests dined in the stuccoed structure, which they entered from the brick part.  Recorded deeds have the name as Philip SHEETZ but his tombstone here in the Lutheran graveyard bears the name Philip SHIZ, with a German inscription showing that he was buried December 30, 1793, aged 55 years, 2 months and 2 days.

Historic Shepherdstown:  SHEETZ, Adam.  SHEETZ had quite an eventful career.  He first enlisted in Captain STEPHENSON's company.  Next in Captain SHEPHERD's company.  Taken prisoner, but soon exchanged, he was drafted out of Captain SHEPHERD's company, Jan. 1, 1777, into another rifle company.  Again, in December, 1778, he was drafted into Company No. 4 of Morgans Riflemen, under Captain Charles PORTERFIELD.  The SHEETZes came to Shepherdstown fro York, Pa., about the year 1762.  Their descendants still live in the house built by the father of Adam SHEETZ.  It was long used as a tavern.  Afterwards Adam SHEETZ had a famous gun-shop there.

END OF RESEARCH RECORD

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106.3__George SHEETS    
     b.  1765
     child of:  Philip & Elizabeth (SMITH) SHEETS
     d.  19 Aug 1822, Madison, Jefferson Co, OH
     Buried:  Madison, Jefferson Co, IN

     m.   20 Nov 1788, Frederick Co, VA    

106.3s__Cynthy SEAMON
     b.
     child of:
     d.
     Buried:

Other Marriages:

Children:
106.3a  John SHEETS     b.  9 Sep 1789, VA     d.  27 Sep 1851, Jefferson Co, AL
106.3b  Peter SHEETS     b.  1793, VA     d.  1861, Henry Co, AL
106.3c  Adam SHEETS     b. 4 Feb 1794, VA    d.  19 Nov 1860, Pleasant Grove, Switzerland Co, IN
             Buried:  Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Switzerland Co, IN
             m.  Mary ?    b.  1809, PA
             Children:  George SEAMAN     b.  1840, IN
106.3d  Jonah Seaman SHEETS     b.  22 May 1796, Berkeley Co, (W)VA     d.  19 Nov 1856, Milton, Jefferson Co, IN
106.3e  Philip SHEETS     b.  1802, VA     d.  3 May 1879
106.3f  William Harrison SHEETS     b.  1803, VA     d.  4 Mar 1872, Indianapolis, Marion Co, IN  

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106.3d__Jonah Seaman SHEETS    
     b.  22 May 1796, Berkeley Co, (W)VA    
     child of:  George & Cynthy (SEAMON) SHEETS
     d.  19 Nov 1856, Milton, Jefferson Co, IN
     Buried:

     m.  22 Jul 1830, Jefferson Co, IN

106.3ds__Ann BROOKS
     b.  18 Apr 1812, Stokes Co, NC    
     child of:  Mordecai (1788-1865) & Mary Polly (1782-1857) (VERNON) BROOKS
     d.  12 Apr 1878, Milton, Jefferson Co, IN
     Buried:

Other Marriages:

Children:
106.3d1  George Washington SHEETS, Lt.     b.  1832, Milton, Jefferson Co, IN     d.  29 Sep 1864, St Louis City, MO
               m.  15 Feb 1857, Jefferson Co, IN     Harriet DEMAREE     b.  8 Apr 1838, IN     d.  11 Dec 1877, Jefferson Co, IN
               Children:  Mary Frances SHEETS     b.  1858, Clay, Spencer Co, IN
                              Sarah Ann SHEETS     b.  c1861, Clay, Spencer Co, IN
                              m.  Allen STEEL     b.  c 1857, KY     child of:  William & L. (?) STEEL
                              America A. SHEETS     b.  c1862, Clay, Spencer Co, IN
106.3d2  Harriet Eliza SHEETS     b.  10 Jun 1834, Milton, Jefferson Co, IN     d.  19 Mar 1863, Jefferson Co, IN
106.3d3  Mary Ann SHEETS     b.  30 Jan 1836, Milton, Jefferson Co, IN     d.  10 May 1924, Union Star, Dekalb Co, MO
106.3d4  William Harrison SHEETS     b.  1840, Milton, Jefferson Co, IN     d.  19 May 1869, Milton, Jefferson Co, IN
106.3d5  Letitia Grover SHEETS     b.  1842, Milton, Jefferson Co, IN     d.  15 Oct 1871, Milton, Jefferson Co, IN
106.3d6  Virginia Abigail SHEETS     b.  1845, IN     d.  1 Aug 1923
106.3d7  Sarah Brooks SHEETS     b.  1847, Milton, Jefferson Co, IN     d.  5 Nov 1847, Jefferson Co, IN
               Buried:  Joyce Cemetery, Jefferson Co, IN
106.3d8  Sylvanus Gale "Doc" SHEETS     b.  6 Apr 1849, Milton, Jefferson Co, IN     d.  19 Jul 1881, Milton, Jefferson Co, IN
106.3d9  Lydia A. SHEETS     b.  28 Sep 1851, Milton, Jefferson Co, IN    d.  17 Oct 1871, Milton, Jefferson Co, IN
106.3d10  Lovena "Vennie" Joyce SHEETS     b.  26 Apr 1854, IN
106.3d11  Malissa Marcellia SHEETS     b.  24 Sep 1856     d.  13 Dec 1874

Synopsis:

• 'Tis a puzzlement:  A family tree on Ancestry.com indicates Ann and Jonah had a child, John, who m. Malisa M.     b.  1856     d.  13 Dec 1874, Jefferson Co, IN.  I find no other source for this information or record of this child.

• 1850 Census for Milton, Jefferson Co, IN:  Ann, 38 (b. 1812, NC) living with the following:  Sarah SHEETS, 55, George W., 18, Harriet E., 16, W.H., 10, Letitia G., 8, Virginia A., 5, Sylvanus G., 1
  Where is Jonah?

• 1860 Census for Milton, Jefferson Co, IN:  Ann, 48, William H, 20, Leticia G, 18, Virginia A, 15, Sylvanus G., 11, Lydia A, 9, Lovena, 6, Mersilla, 3

• 1870 Census for Milton, Jefferson Co, IN:  Ann, 57, Luticia, 23, Sylvanus, 21, Lydia, 18, Rovenia, 16, Metetea, 14

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106.3d3__Mary Ann SHEETS    
     b.  30 Jan 1836, Milton, Jefferson Co, IN    
     child of:  Jonah Seaman & Ann (BROOKS) SHEETS 
     d.  10 May 1924, Union Star, Dekalb Co, MO
     Buried:

     m.  20 Feb 1851

106.3d3s__Benjamin HEATH
     b.  7 Nov 1829, Jefferson Co, IN
     child of:  William (1795-1871) & Martha (1809-1880) (ROGERS) HEATH
     d.  1 Feb 1890, Andrew Co, MO

Other Marriages:

Children:
106.3d3a  Hosea Durbin HEATH     b.  28 Dec 1852, IN     d.  11 Jul 1920, Kansas, Thomas Co, GA
106.3d3b  Martha Ann HEATH     b.  15 Jun 1856, Marion Co, IA    d.  11 Jul 1935, Colby Co, KS
106.3d3c  Harriett Elizabeth HEATH     b.  1858    d.  1858
106.3d3d  Sarah Atlanta HEATH     b.  9 Jul 1860, Warren Co, IA     d.  2 Aug 1934, Dekalb Co, MO
                 Buried:  Oak Grove ?
106.3d3e  Flora Belle HEATH     b.  24 Dec 1862, Madison, Jefferson Co, IN     d.  29 Oct 1937, Union Star, Dekalb Co, MO
106.3d3f  Cellie HEATH     b.  28 Mar 1865, Trimble Co, KY     d.  Hotchkiss, Delta Co, CO
106.3d3g  Nellie HEATH     b.  28 Mar 1865, Trimble Co, KY     d.  17 Aug 1867
106.3d3h  James Clark HEATH     b.  30 Apr 1868, KY     d.  4 Mar 1949, Hotchkiss, Delta Co, CO
106.3d3i  Ida B. HEATH     b.  Nov 187, MO     d.  1957, Polk, Dekalb Co, MO
                m.  1891     John R. WHETSELL     b.  Apr 1866, NE
                Children:  Mary E. WHETSELL     b.  Jun 1893, MO
                               William A. WHETSELL     b.  Sep 1894, MO
                               Charles WHETSELL     b.  Jan 1897, MO
106.3d3j  William Albert HEATH     b.  18 Mar 1873, Union Star, Dekalb Co, MO     d.  18 Mar 1954, Union Star, Dekalb Co, MO
106.3d3k  Charles Francis HEATH     b.  26 Aug 1875, MO     d.  17 Mar 1931

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106.3d3e__Flora Belle HEATH    
     b.  24 Dec 1862, Madison, Jefferson Co, IN    
     child of:  Benjamin & Mary Ann (SHEETS) HEATH
     d.  29 Oct 1937, Union Star, Dekalb Co, MO
     Buried:

     m.  5 Mar 1882, Dekalb Co, MO

106.3d3es__Charles Dayton BALLANTINE
     b.  14 Feb 1857, Monrovia, Morgan Co, IN
     child of:  John (1811-1880) & Nancy (1816-?) (HALL) BALLANTINE
     d.  30 Nov 1927, King City, Gentry Co, MO
     Buried:

Other Marriages:

Children:
106.3d3e1  Arthur I BALLANTINE     b.  Feb 1883, MO     d.  1966, Union Star, Dekalb Co, MO
                   m.  Flora J. ?     b.  1890    d.  1974, Union Star, Dekalb Co, MO
106.3d3e2  Ida M. BALLANTINE     b.  Sep 1885, KS
106.3d3e3  Birdie William BALLANTINE     b.  20 Sep 1887, Emporia, Lyon Co, KS     d.  17 Nov 1888, Emporia, Lyon Co, KS
106.3d3e4  Elmer Heath BALLANTINE     b.  13 May 1891, St. Joseph, Buchanan Co, MO     d.  1949, Goodland, Sherman Co, KS
                   m.  24 Jan 1918 Brewster, Thomas Co, KS    Myrtle McVEAN    b.  24 Jul 1894, KS     d.  15 Dec 1973, Goodland, Sherman Co, KS
                         child of:  Wallace Ross (1867-1943) & Anna Louise (1876-1924) (HEID) McVEAN
                   Children:  Charles Ross BALLANTINE     b.  13 Dec 1918, KS     d.  Mar 1963, KS
                                   m.  c1943, KS    Lois LANGLEY     b.  c1923, KS     d.c1945, KS   
                                         child of:  Roy Emmet (1889-1950) & Jennie Lee (1894-1948) (MAYS) LANGLEY
                                   Children:  1 son (private)
                                   Donald Elmer BALLANTINE     b.  23 Dec 1920, Brewster, Thomas Co, KS     d.  7 Jan 1998, Goodland, Sherman Co, KS
                                   m.  24 May 1942, Brewster, Thomas Co, KS     Mildred Woodard CLARK     b.  21 Dec 1924, Haigler, Dundee Co, NE
                                         d.  4 Feb 1991, Goodland, Sherman Co, KS    child of:  James Israel (1876-1947) & Amanda L. (1892-1966) (WOODARD) CLARK
                                   Children:  3 sons and 4 daughters (private)
106.3d3e5  Elsie H. BALLANTINE     b.  13 May 1891, KS     d.  Mar 1974, St. Joseph, Buchanan Co, MO
106.3d3e6  Eva Mary BALLANTINE     b.  2 Jan 1896, Emporia, Lyon Co, KS     d.  Newcastle, Weston Co, WY
                   m.  1916, Newcastle, Weston Co, WY     John Clemon THOMPSON     b.  6 Jan 1890, New Virginia, Warren Co, IA    
                         d.  1 Dec 1957, Newcastle, Weston Co, WY
                   Children:  3 sons and 3 daughters (private)
                                   Kenneth THOMPSON     b.  20 Aug 1917, North Platte, Lincoln Co, NE     d.  2 Oct, Newcastle, Weston Co, WY
                                   Harlon Wayne THOMPSON     b.  27 Oct 1926, North Platte, Lincoln Co, NE     d.  1991

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