Crisp-Dooly County GaArchives Biographies.....SHEPPARD, GEORGE W. September 28, 1849 - August 1919 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: WYLIE SHEPPARD JR http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00030.html#0007303 April 9, 2011, 11:13 am Source: GREATER VIENNA Author: FROM GREATER VIENNA,GA HISTORY PUBLICATION DOOLY COUNTY'S POPULAR SHERIFF WAS BORN IN WASHINGTON COUNTY,GA.SEPTEMBER 28,1849. HE MOVED TO DOOLY COUNTY WHEN A YOUNG MAN.HAS BEEN A SUCCESSFUL FARMER,EDUCATED IN THE COMMON SCHOOLS OF THE COUNTY. HE WAS JUSTICE OF THE PEACE OF THE TENTH DISTRICT FOR SIX YEARS,HAS BEEN SHERIFF AND DEPUTY SHERIFF FOR THE PAST TEN YEARS.HE MARRIED MISS MARY JANE STRIPLING,OF DOOLY COUNTY IN 1870.SHE DIED MARCH ,1895.HE HAS SWVEN SONS AND THREE DAUGHTERS,IS A MASON AND A BAPTIST.THIS GOOD SHEPPARD DOES NOT CARE FOR SHEEP BUT PRISONERS. Additional Comments: THIS IS FOR DOOLY COUNTY.HE WAS ELECTED 1ST SHERIFF OF CRISP COUNTY.WE WILL TRY TO CARRY HIS CRISP LEGACY FORWARD UNTIL HIS DEATH IN 1919 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/crisp/bios/sheppard372bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.3 Kb