Family history and genealogical information about the descendants of John Shears Olliff and Johannah Jackson. John was born ca. 1752 in North Carolina. He was the son of J. Olliff and Mary Shears. Johannah was born ca. 1755. She was the daughter of Joseph Jackson and Ann Jarvis. John Olliff married Johanna Jackson ca. 1785 in North Carolina. They lived in Bulloch Co., Georgia and were the parents of three sons and three daughters. Descendants lived primarily in Georgia.

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Selected descendants of Thomas Nathaniel Edwards (1690-1781) who came to America from Wales in 1725 with his wife Isobell.