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Facts and Events
| Name[1] |
Lemuel Donelson Sheppard |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth[1] |
16 Jul 1842 |
Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States |
| Census[2] |
1850 |
Davidson, Tennessee, United States |
| Military[3][4] |
From 16 Mar 1861 to 1865 |
Chickasaw, Mississippi, United StatesFirst Sergeant, Company B (Chickasaw Rangers), Jeff Davis Legion, Mississippi Cavalry |
| Marriage |
Bet 1860 and 1861 |
Chickasaw, Mississippi, United Statesmaybe
to Cordelia E. Feild |
| Property[5] |
22 Oct 1866 |
Monroe, Mississippi, United States |
| Census[6] |
1900 |
Hinds, Mississippi, United States |
| Census[7] |
1910 |
Hinds, Mississippi, United States |
| Death? |
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Mississippi, United States |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 James Glasgow Sheppard Bible, Sheppard Memorial Library, Greenville, NC.
Transcription published in Pitt County Genealogical Quarterly, Vol. VII, No 1, August, 2000, at Page 23.
- ↑ 1850 Census, Davidson County, Tennessee - Subdivision No. 2
Page 292; Dwelling/Family 360, September 26, 1850 .
Lemuel Sheppard, 5 years old, residing with parents and siblings.
- ↑ Chickasaw County Civil War Records, Mississippi, State Archives, (Box 11053).
Lemuel D. Sheppard appears on the roster of Company B, Jeff Davis Legion, Mississippi Cavalry. This record indicates that he held the rank of 1st sergeant. The National Parks Service's Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Database, confirms his unit and rank. The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Database indicates that this unit was was organized in January, 1862, "using the 2nd Mississippi Cavalry Battalion as its nucleus" and "participated in the campaigns of the Army of Northern Virginia from Williamsburg to Cold Harbor, then was active north and south of the James River." 'It lost 4 wounded at Brandy Station, and had 4 killed and 10 wounded of the 246 at Gettysburg. En route from Pennsylvania, it had 2 killed and 12 wounded, and 3 were wounded during the Bristoe Campaign. In 1865 the unit was assigned to General Logan's Brigade and surrendered with the Army of Tennessee."
- ↑ Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Mississippi
NARA Publication No. M269, Record Group 109, Roll 0070.
L. D. Sheppard appears on a muster roll as First Sergeant of Capt James Gordon's Company (Chickasaw Rangers), Mississippi Volunteers, which subsequently became Company B, Jeff Davis Legion. He enlisted on March 16, 1861 at Okolona at the age of 18. Records include a requisition signed by him as Second Sergeant for military buttons for the Chickasaw Rangers, dated May 1, 1861.
- ↑ Monroe County, Mississippi, Deed Book 23
Page 682, October 22, 1866.
From Charles Tucker to Lemuel D. Sheppard, Northwest 1/4 of Section 31, Township 11, Range 6E, a total of 160 acres, in consideration for $5.00.
- ↑ 1900 Census, Hinds County, Mississippi - Clinton Town - State Insane Hospital
Page 87B, line 93, June 5, 1900.
L.D. Sheppard,, patient, born 1842, 57 years old, widowed, born Tennessee, able to read and write.
- ↑ 1910 Census, Hinds County, Mississippi - Jackson City, Ward 5 - State Insane Asylum
Page 180A, Line 38, April 15, 1910.
L. D. Shepherd (sic), patient, 61 years, single, birthplace unknown, no profession, able to read and write.
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