↑ James Glasgow Sheppard Bible, Sheppard Memorial Library, Greenville, Pitt County, N. C.
"James Sheppard son of Benjamin Sheppard and Martha Jones...was married to Mary J. Armstrong, widow of Wm. H. Armstrong and daughter of of Blanne and Elizabeth Harper, Dec. 13th 1809." Transcription published in Pitt County Genealogical Quarterly, Vol. VII, No 1, August, 2000, at Page 23.