Family Group Sheet
NameJames Sheppard
Notes for James Sheppard
Augusta Co., VA, Deed Book #24, p. 72:
"I James Shepherd of the state of South Carolina for sundry good causes & considerations appoint my well beloved friend Jacob Peck of Augusta Co. my true & lawful attorney .... and whereas I have commenced a suit in the Court of Chancery now defending against James Riddle and Lewis Riddle of Orange Co., VA, both executors of the last will and testament of William Riddle, deceased, for the several legacies left to my wife Janet as specified in said last will of the said William Riddle. I do allow my said attorney to prosecute the suits aforesaid or to settle & compromise the said several suits in any manner that he may think most expedient as if I was personally present myself ratifying confirming and allowing whatsoever my said attorney shall do in my name or cause to be done in the premises by virtue of these presents in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this 29th day of March 1783 signed sealed & delivered in the presence of us. Alexander Gibson Harmon Lovingood James Coursey } At a court held for Augusta County June the 17th 1783 this power of Attorney from James Shepherd to Jacob Peck was proved by the oaths of the witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded."
"I James Shepherd of the state of South Carolina for sundry good causes & considerations appoint my well beloved friend Jacob Peck of Augusta Co. my true & lawful attorney .... and whereas I have commenced a suit in the Court of Chancery now defending against James Riddle and Lewis Riddle of Orange Co., VA, both executors of the last will and testament of William Riddle, deceased, for the several legacies left to my wife Janet as specified in said last will of the said William Riddle. I do allow my said attorney to prosecute the suits aforesaid or to settle & compromise the said several suits in any manner that he may think most expedient as if I was personally present myself ratifying confirming and allowing whatsoever my said attorney shall do in my name or cause to be done in the premises by virtue of these presents in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this 29th day of March 1783 signed sealed & delivered in the presence of us. Alexander Gibson Harmon Lovingood James Coursey } At a court held for Augusta County June the 17th 1783 this power of Attorney from James Shepherd to Jacob Peck was proved by the oaths of the witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded."
Notes for Janet/Jeanette Riddle
Orange Co. deed books list a deed of gift 22 Aug 1771 from William Riddle, Orange Co., VA to his dau. Jeannette Riddel, wife of James Sheppard - a slave girl Phillis and her issue etc., Jeannette being of Newberry Co., SC. Copy in Newberry Co., SC Equity Court. (She is named as "Janet Shepherd" in her father's will.)
