Thomas Shaw and family of Robertson County, Tennessee
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Thomas Shaw died before March 5, 1824. Recorded in Robertson County Will Book 4 page 250 are the dower rights for his widow Sarah Shaw. The record was recorded in the court minutes at the November Term 1824. The record was dated March 5, 1824 when it was drawn up. It is not known when he was born. He was likely born in Scotland, based on the biographical sketches of his grandchildren in The Goodspeed Histories of Robertson and Cheatham Counties. The next generation of this family is purported to have been born in North Carolina. One source gives Halifax County, NC as a possibility.
A record found in Robertson County Will Book 5, pages 221 and 222, gives the name of the heirs of Thomas Shaw. First named is his widow, Sarah Shaw. Next is his son James, deceased. The property was divided into seven parts after the widow's dower was set aside. The division was lot 1 to William Shaw, lot 2 to Elizabeth Wilson, lot 3 to Sarah Shaw, lot 4 to Thomas Shaw, lot 5 to John Shaw, lot 6 to Patsy Pace (husband William Pace, lot 7 to Nancy Shaw.
