'Fact Sheet' on Jeremiah SHEPPARD
By Wayne A.Ragsdale(Al)
June ,1999

IN RANDOLPH CO,AL 1850 Beat 12(Twp 22S,Range 13E)
FAMILY 1255.JEREMIAH SHEPHERD 50 BORN NC
            JANE 40 SC
            ELIZABETH 18 GA (1832)
            JOHN 15 GA (1835)
            JAMES 14 GA (1836)
            RILEY 12 GA (1838)
            MARY 10 AL (1840)
            AMANDA 8 AL (1842) (shown as SPEARS in 1860 census)
            NANCY 6 AL (1844)        "             "

FAMILY 1256.WILLIAM SHEPHERD 22 BORN GA (1828)
            SARAH 18 GA
            AUGUSTA (F) 3 AL
            RILEY 1 AL

FAMILY 1257.P.W.SHEPHERD 20 BORN GA (1830)
            ELIZA 18 GA
            WILLIAM 3 AL
            ELIZABETH 1 AL

1/27/1852 Old Mardisville,Lebanon,Centre Land Office Records & Military 
Warrants-land settled by Jeremiah Sheppard,Warrant #38953,Warrantee 
William Morris-R13E,T22S,Sect 3 (~Beat 12)

1856?
From 'Pioneers' by Lynda S.Eller:
Beat Officers(Tax Collection)
No.16
Jeremiah Sheppard,Magistrate

MAY 29,1856 RANDOLPH CO,AL COURT RECORDS(from Randolph Co,Al newspaper article):
JEREMIAH SHEPHERD,GUARDIAN OF ESTATES OF MARY A.SPEARS,WIFE
OF THOMAS MARTIN,WILLIAM R.SPEARS,JAMES R.SPEARS,AMANDA
SPEARS,NANCY SPEARS,AND DANIEL SPEARS,MINOR HEIRS OF *DANIEL
J.SPEARS,FILED ACCOUNTS AND VOUCHERS FOR FINAL SETTLEMENT
WITH MARY A.MARTIN,LATE MARY A.SPEARS,AND ANNUAL SETTLEMENT
WITH ALL THE OTHER WARDS.
*This Daniel J.SPEARS may be the first husband of Susan (Sheppard)BARNES mother


8/1/1860 Jeremiah & John F.Sheppard purchased land in
Range 12E/Twp 19S/Sect 21 (~Woodland in Beat 4)

IN RANDOLPH CO,AL 1860 Rockdale P.O. (~ Beat 3,4,6 or 14)
JEMIAH SHEPHERD 60 BORN NC
JANE 40 GA
CAROLINE 10 AL (1850)
SUSAN 7 AL (1853)>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>MY GREAT GRANDMOTHER
A.J. 5 AL
M.T. 2 AL
AMANDA SPEARS 17 AL
NANCY SPEARS 15 AL (shown as SPEARS again in 1870 census)

NEXT FAMILY:
JOHN F.SHEPHERD 25 NC
E. 22 GA
M.A.(M) 6 AL
W.J.(M) 4 AL
S.C.(F) 2 AL

IN 1870 RANDOLPH CO,AL,Twp 21,Rock Mills(~Beat 12 or 11)
P.566,FAMILY 940:
JEMH? SHEPHERD 70 NC
+JESSY 50 GA
SUSAN 16 AL >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>MY GREAT GRANDMOTHER
ANDREW J.14 AL
MILLARD 10 AL >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>HER HALF BROTHER
NANCY SPEARS 26 AL
+A Jessie J.Sheppard "age 73 years" is buried at Fellowship Baptist 
Church Cemetery near Bacon Level,near Mark(d.8 Feb 1938)and
Inez(16 Mar 1934-27 Mar 1935)Sheppard
Also buried there:
Calvin Jones Ussery 4 May 1816-31 Jul 1884(Masonic emblem)
wife Nancy A.22 Dec 1817-17 Oct 1905
Thomas Gladney 30 Aug 1818-24 May 1886
wife Mary J.Ussery Gladney 4 Jul 1823-20 Dec 1899

SAME P.566,FAMILY 883:
PINCKNEY 26 GA
ELIZA 22 GA
WILLIAM 4 AL,JOHN 2 AL

FAMILY 756,ROCK MILLS,TWP 21 (~Beat 12 or 11):
J.P.SHEPPARD 50 NC
ELIZA 37 GA
JOHN 19 AL,ANDY 16 AL,MARY 10 AL,JAMES 7 AL,LUCINDA 5 AL

WEDOWEE,TWP 20,BURSON'S BEAT(~Beat 5),FAMILY 944:
C.J.? 22 AL
NANCY 21 AL
MARTHA 2 AL,DRUCILLA J. 1 AL

Taken from Feb 12,1875 issue of the Randolph Enterprise:
In Mar 1875 the property belonging to the following named persons
was to be sold at public auction to the highest bidder from the
Court House in Wedowee.
Beat 12,Twp 20,Range 13   (Beat 12 should be T22S,R13E)
J.P.Sheppard
Jerimiah Sheppard
M.J.Ussery
T.Gladney
Noah Gladney

IN 1880 RANDOLPH CO,AL,Beat 12,Bacon Level:
FAMILY 374
JERRY SHEPHERD 81 SC/SC/SC
JANE 65 GA/SC/SC
NANCY WILSON(DAU) 29 AL/SC/GA
CHARLIE " (GS) 9 AL
MARY J. " (GD) 7 AL
JOHN W. " (GS) 4 AL

NEXT FAMILY:
WILLIAM BARNES 20 AL/SC/GA
SUSAN 24 AL/SC/SC >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>MY GREAT GRANDMOTHER
MANDY A. 3 AL
MARY J.2 AL

FAMILY 376:
C.J.SHEPPARD 30 AL/SC/GA
NANCY 28 AL/GA/GA
MARY 12 AL,JOSIE 9 AL,JOHN W.6 AL,MANDOWRY (F) 4 AL,IDA 1 AL