Thank you !!!! I am looking for William Riley Shoemaker, born ca. 1775, Maryland. He died in Virginia. He married a Phebe Spencer. I am a direct descendent of James B Shoemaker, his son, born 1810, Va, married to a different Phoebe Spencer, d/o Moses and Elizabeth Deaton Spencer. However, I believe his mother, Phebe Spencer is of a different line from Moses Spencer. I believe his mother, Phebe is a descendent of Obediah Spencer (spelling////). This is all I have on WM R Shoemaker.

Since I am a Shoemaker descendant of James B Shoemaker, I can give information his descendents.

Kathryn,

I hope that you are still willing to help with the book "Shoemaker Pioneers" by Benjamin Shoemaker, III.  I was able to view the book digitally from the Boston Library for a short time. I would like your opinion on the following information.  The author seemed to have multiple possible lineages for John Anthony Shoemaker's father, James Shoemaker: P1 JOHN ANTHONY SHOEMAKER OF ALABAMA AND ARKANSAS page 447.  Based on the information in his book on page 447 and the marriage bond, I found for James Shoemaker and Sary Street for December 7th 1807 in Tennessee, I believe that John Anthony was the son of James Shoemaker of TN.  However, I was not able to determine who James Shoemaker ancestors were.  What is you opinion?

Book: Shoemaker Pioneers can be found at this website address: https://archive.org/details/shoemakerpioneer00shoe; You must request to view it on line and you only have 2 weeks to access it. I found it to be some what helpful but way to much information to review in two weeks. You can repeatedly request access.
Kathy