Crisp County GaArchives News.....JAKE SHEPPARD COLLECTING TAXES January 21, 1950
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CORDELE DISPATCH January 21, 1950
JAKE SHEPPARD TAX COMMISSIONER FOR CRISP COUNTY IS BUSY COLLECTING TAXES .HE 
HAS A COLLECTION RATE OF ABOUT NINETY PERCENT WHICH IS VERY GOOD.HE HAS SERVED 
IN THIS OFFICE SINCE 1935 SUCEEDING CHARLES PERRY.  THE SHEPPARD FAMILY HAS 
BEEN IN POLITICS SINCE 1892.THE LATE "UNCLE" GEORGE W. SHEPPARD WAS SHERIFF OF 
THE OLD DOOLY COUNTY IN WHICH CORDELE WAS INCLUDEDFOR SEVERAL YEARS UNTIL 1905 
AT WHICH TIME HE MOVED TO THE NEWLY CREATED CRISP COUNTY. IN WHICH AREA HE HAD 
LIVED BEFORE. HE WAS ELECTED THE THE FIRST SHERIFF OF CRISP COUNTY AND SERVED 
IN THAT OFFICE UNTIL 1909.  IN 1910 "UNCLE" GEORGE WAS ELECTED TO THE COUNTY 
COMMISSION AND SERVED ON THAT BODY UNTIL HIS DEATH IN 1919.  UNCLE GEORGE HAD 
7 SONS AND 3 DAUGHTERS INCLUDING JAKE SHEPPARD, ONLY 3 OF THE CHILDREN ALL MEN 
ARE LIVING TODAY. 

Additional Comments:
THIS WAS AN ARTICLE ABOUT UNCLE JAKE AND A BACKGROND OF HIS FAMILY.

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