William and Linda Shields Smith and four children are listed in the 1860 census of Forsyth County, North Carolina, but they do not appear in the 1870 census.
Alson Pitts and Rebecca Shields are not listed in the 1860 census for Forsyth County, North Carolina.
Jonah Shields is not listed in the 1860 Fosythe County, North Carolina census.
In the 1860 census for Forsyth County, North Carolina, Andrew Lindsay Shields was living in his mother's home. He married Ada P. Atkins later that year. The 1870 census shows Ada Shields and her daughter Emma, 9, living in the home of Josiah and Mary Atkins, probably her parents. Andrew may have been a Civil War casualty.