| Birth | 10 Aug 1734 | St. George's Parish, Spotsylvania Co., VA |
| Death | 11 Jun 1810 | Reddies River, Wilkes Co., NC |
| Buried | Deep Ford Hill Meeting House Cemetery, Reddies River, Wilkes Co., NC | |
| Mentioned | 10 Jan 1750 | St. George's Parish, Spotsylvania Co., VA |
| John was mentioned in his father's will dated 10 Jan 1750 in St. George's Parish, Spotsylvania co., Va | ||
| Property | 7 Nov 1763 | St. George's Parish, Spotsylvania Co., VA |
| 7 Nov 1763, James Townsend of Orange co., and Patience his wife, to John Shephard of Spts. co. L20 currency 100 acres in Spts. co., and adjacent to lands of John Champe and Daniel Musick. Witnesses: James Sandidge and Joseph Venable. recorded: 7 Nov 1653. | ||
| Property | 15 Nov 1770 | Spotsylvania Co., VA |
| 15 Nov 1770, James Sandidge and Jane his wife of Louisa co., to John Shepperd of Spts. co. L20 currency 400 acres in Spts. co. No witnesses. recorded: 15 Nov 1770. | ||
| Court | 16 Feb 1775 | Spotsylvania Co., VA |
| Property | 15 Nov 1775 | Spotsylvania Co., VA |
| 15 Nov 1775, John x Sheperd of Spts. co., and Sarah his wife, to William Arnold Jr., of same co. L130 currency 500 acres in Spts. co. Witnesses: George McNeil, Thomas Minor, John Sanders, John Arnold. recorded: 16 May 1776. | ||
| Moved | Abt 1776 | Prob. Wilkes Co., NC |
| John and Sarah sold their property in late 1775 and disappeared from the Spotsylvania co, Va. records. As he died later in Wilkes Co., NC, this may have been about the time that they moved there. Note that his brother Robert also died in Wilkes co., NC. sold the last of his Spotsylvania Co. property in Nov 1776. | ||
| Property | 24 Apr 1778 | Deep Ford, Reddies River, Wilkes Co., NC |
| John Shepherd entered 405 acres of land (Entry #64-24) near Deep Ford on Reddies River [Wilkes co., NC] on Robert Shepherd's line. At the time of entries, April 24, 1778, they had already made improvements on the property. The property was "at the bend in the river near Deep Ford and extending northward to the forks of the river, including property on both sides of the river" | ||
| Tax | 1782 | Wilkes Co., NC |
| John Shepperd listed on the 1782 Wilkes Co Tax List in Capt. Rowland Judd's District with 505 acres of land, no negroes, 7 mules and horses, and 20 cattle. | ||
| Court | Apr 1784 | Wilkes Co., NC |
| John, James, and Robert Sheppard were appointed jurors for the April, 1784 court of Wilkes co., NC | ||
| Property | 11 Apr 1785 | Wilkes Co., NC |
| "11 Apr 1785 Between Owen Hall and John Shepherd, Senr... 120 lbs... 140 ac. constitutional line between Owen Hall and Jesse Hall. wits: Wm. McNiel, Francis Kerby, Stephen Shepherd. Signed: Owen Hall" | ||
| Census | 10 Jun 1787 | Capt Judd's District, Wilkes co., NC |
| Tax | 1787 | Wilkes Co., NC |
| John Shepard listed for 645 acres, 1 poll. John Shepard also listed for no acres, 1 poll. both in Capt. Judd's District. Note that one of the names one the same list was Josiah Sartin, Sartin is a potential surname for John Jr.s wife. | ||
| Census | 1790 | Fourth Company, Morgan District, Wilkes Co., NC |
| Tax | 1794 | Wilkes Co., NC |
| John was first exempt from paying poll tax in 1794 which implies that he was 60 years old in this year. | ||
| Member | 1798 | Reddies River, Wilkes Co., NC |
| John and Sarah Shepherd were charter members of the Reddies River Church in 1798. Sarah "withdrew" from the church in 1816. | ||
| Tax | 1805 | Wilkes Co., NC |
| John Shapherd Sr. taxed in 1805 in Capt. James Kilby's District for 2 pols and 205 acres | ||
| Will | 21 Apr 1810 | Wilkes Co., NC |
| "In the name of God, Amen. I John Shepherd, Sr. being in perfect mind and memory and calling to mind the mortaility of my body, and knowing it is appointed for all me once to die, have made and ordained to be made this my last will and testament in the manner informed following to wit: I leave my soul to Almighty God that give it and my body to be buried at the descretion of my executors hereafter mentioned; and as to all my worldly goods it hath pleased God to bless me with, I leave in the manner following: My will is that all my just debts to be paid and satisfied, then I give and bequeath to my beloved wife, Sarah, to have fill and free possession of all that I possess during her life or continuance at the place where I now live, and if she chooses to move from here to take Grace and her bed and chest during her life; and to Ann Viars, or her three daughters, I leave $90 to be divided between them; and to Susannah Vannoy I leave $160 to make her equal with the rest; and to James I leave $10 to make him equal with the rest; and to Lucy Pumphrey I leave $60 to make her equal with the rest; to Nancy McQuerry I leave $90 to make her equal with the rest; to Steven Shepherd I leave $80 to make him equal with the rest; and to Lewis I leave $50 to make him equal to the rest; and to Sally Jennings I leave $127.50 to make her equal with the rest; and to Delpha Judee I leave $135 to make her equal to the rest; and to Andrew Shepherd I have given $250; and when all this is settled, if anything remains I leave it to be equally divided agreeable to the will amongst all that is mentioned in afore will. I do hereby constitute and appoint my beloved son, John Shepherd and Nathaniel Judd, Jr. executors of this my last will and testament revoking all wills, legaus (sic) of bequesthes by me heretofore made ratifying and confirming this to be my last will and testament, this the 21st day of April, A.D., 1810. Signed, sealed and delivered in the presence of us: Lewis Shepherd and Nancy McQuerry" Signed: John Shepherd | ||
| Probate | Jul 1810 | Wilkes Co., NC |
| will was proven in July session of Court, 1810, by the oath of Lewis Sheppard. | ||
| Estate Inventory | Sep 1810 | Wilkes Co., NC |
| The Inventory of the Estate of John Shepherd, Sr. was filed in Wilkes county, Va in September 1810. The complete inventory can be viewed in Will Book 2, p 308, excerpts below: 105 acres of land 50 acres of land 50 acres of land 2 negroes 4 horses ... notes [I O U ?] ... John Viars Lewis Shepherd Andrew Shepherd ... bood debts: John Viars Larkin Pumphrey William Viars James Shepherd ... | ||
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| 1787 Wilkes co., NC Tax list http://www.ls.net/~newriver/nc/wilk1787.htm New River Historical |
| Spotsylvania County Records 1721-1800 William Armstrong Crozier |
| Wilkes County North Carolina taxables 1795 - 1797 - 1800 - 1805 found: 3 Aug 2001 Samuel E. Sebastian |
| Heads of families at the first census of the United States taken in the year 1790: North Carolina US Bureau of the Census |
| Needels and Shepherd family research Wilma Frances Boyd |
| eLCa (LCa) - children of George Shepherd Linnea Caproni <caproni@premier1.net> |
| ePSh (PSh) - comment on the page of James Shepherd Philip Sheppard <sheppard@hargray.com> |
| Sheppard and Perkins Ancestry Tim Snyder <trapper@timsnyder.com> |
| Descendants of George Shepherd and Elizabeth http://www.extremezone.com/~wildwest/gedcom/fam01178.htm S W Angel <wildwest@extremezone.com> |
| Shepherd Family gedcom file received via email Sandy Zell <> |
| Early Settlers of Reddies River Paul W. Gregory |
| educated guess Michael Sheppard |
| Wilkes County Heritage, vol 2 Wilkes GenealogicalSociety, ed by. Nancy W. Simpson |
| Shepherd Family http://serversolutions.com/vbishop/rvba/d584.htm dated: 12 Aug 2000 found: 5 Nov 2000 Robert Vincent Bishop, Jr <VBishop@WABDavis.com> |
| Wilkes County Tax List: 1782-1799 W. O. Absher, et. al. |
| The Land of Wilkes repository: MSS Johnson J. Hayes |
| Wilkes County North Carolina Deed Book A-1, B-1, C-1 1778-1803 found: 3 Aug 2001 Mrs. W. O. Absher |
| State Census of North Carolina 1784-1787, 2nd ed Mrs. Alvaretta Kenan Register |
| Abstract of Reddies River Church Membership, 1798-1889 received: 20 Dec 2000 Paul W. Gregory |
| How to cite this page as a source | |
| author: | Michael Sheppard < sheppard@cs.unm.edu > |
| title: | Genealogical events for John SHEPHERD |
| url: | http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~shep/shep/I808.html |
| updated: | 18 Dec 2005 |