John Shepherd was born at the time when Shepherdstown, WV was known as Pack Horse Ford in Mecklenburg, Frederick County, Colony of Virginia. This is where all of John's children were born except, John, Jr., who would be born, 1790, on Buffalo Creek, near Wheeling, WV.
John, and his four brothers (David, William, Thomas Jr, Abraham) all served in the Revolutionary War. John served from Apr 1777-Mar 1778 under Capt. William Cherry's Co., 4th VA Regiment Infantry, as Private.
John and Martha moved their family to Buffalo Creek, Ohio County, W(VA) in 1787. In 1795, John began selling off his properties along Buffalo Creek for his migration to Adams County, OH between 1795 & 1797. In 1799, John purchased 1000 acres from his brother, Abraham, in Union TWP, Brown County, OH. John and Martha would raise their family on Red Oak Creek and would be buried together in the Red Oak Presbyterian Church cemetery.
Children: w/wife Martha Nelson Shepherd
-Elizabeth (1775-1858)m: Andrew Cochran Moore
-Abraham (1776-1847)m: (1) Margaret Peggy Moore, (2) Harriet Kinkead
-Isaac S. (1777-1811)
-Mary S. (1779-1846)m: William Dunlap
-Jacob (1780-1854)m: Agnes Johnston
-Sarah A. (1786-1832)m: William Wills
-John (1788-1877)m: Elizabeth (Nancy) Baird
John, and his four brothers (David, William, Thomas Jr, Abraham) all served in the Revolutionary War. John served from Apr 1777-Mar 1778 under Capt. William Cherry's Co., 4th VA Regiment Infantry, as Private.
John and Martha moved their family to Buffalo Creek, Ohio County, W(VA) in 1787. In 1795, John began selling off his properties along Buffalo Creek for his migration to Adams County, OH between 1795 & 1797. In 1799, John purchased 1000 acres from his brother, Abraham, in Union TWP, Brown County, OH. John and Martha would raise their family on Red Oak Creek and would be buried together in the Red Oak Presbyterian Church cemetery.
Children: w/wife Martha Nelson Shepherd
-Elizabeth (1775-1858)m: Andrew Cochran Moore
-Abraham (1776-1847)m: (1) Margaret Peggy Moore, (2) Harriet Kinkead
-Isaac S. (1777-1811)
-Mary S. (1779-1846)m: William Dunlap
-Jacob (1780-1854)m: Agnes Johnston
-Sarah A. (1786-1832)m: William Wills
-John (1788-1877)m: Elizabeth (Nancy) Baird
John Shepherd was born at the time when Shepherdstown, WV was known as Pack Horse Ford in Mecklenburg, Frederick County, Colony of Virginia. This is where all of John's children were born except, John, Jr., who would be born, 1790, on Buffalo Creek, near Wheeling, WV.
John, and his four brothers (David, William, Thomas Jr, Abraham) all served in the Revolutionary War. John served from Apr 1777-Mar 1778 under Capt. William Cherry's Co., 4th VA Regiment Infantry, as Private.
John and Martha moved their family to Buffalo Creek, Ohio County, W(VA) in 1787. In 1795, John began selling off his properties along Buffalo Creek for his migration to Adams County, OH between 1795 & 1797. In 1799, John purchased 1000 acres from his brother, Abraham, in Union TWP, Brown County, OH. John and Martha would raise their family on Red Oak Creek and would be buried together in the Red Oak Presbyterian Church cemetery.
Children: w/wife Martha Nelson Shepherd
-Elizabeth (1775-1858)m: Andrew Cochran Moore
-Abraham (1776-1847)m: (1) Margaret Peggy Moore, (2) Harriet Kinkead
-Isaac S. (1777-1811)
-Mary S. (1779-1846)m: William Dunlap
-Jacob (1780-1854)m: Agnes Johnston
-Sarah A. (1786-1832)m: William Wills
-John (1788-1877)m: Elizabeth (Nancy) Baird
John, and his four brothers (David, William, Thomas Jr, Abraham) all served in the Revolutionary War. John served from Apr 1777-Mar 1778 under Capt. William Cherry's Co., 4th VA Regiment Infantry, as Private.
John and Martha moved their family to Buffalo Creek, Ohio County, W(VA) in 1787. In 1795, John began selling off his properties along Buffalo Creek for his migration to Adams County, OH between 1795 & 1797. In 1799, John purchased 1000 acres from his brother, Abraham, in Union TWP, Brown County, OH. John and Martha would raise their family on Red Oak Creek and would be buried together in the Red Oak Presbyterian Church cemetery.
Children: w/wife Martha Nelson Shepherd
-Elizabeth (1775-1858)m: Andrew Cochran Moore
-Abraham (1776-1847)m: (1) Margaret Peggy Moore, (2) Harriet Kinkead
-Isaac S. (1777-1811)
-Mary S. (1779-1846)m: William Dunlap
-Jacob (1780-1854)m: Agnes Johnston
-Sarah A. (1786-1832)m: William Wills
-John (1788-1877)m: Elizabeth (Nancy) Baird
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