Dobbs County, NC - Lt. Col. John Shepard Appointment, 1779

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From Colonial Records of North Carolina, Vol 14, p. 333
 
30 July 1779
 
The Governor laid before the Board a Letter from Lieutenant Col. 
HENRY GOODMAN of the Dobbs. Regiment of Militia, who with the 
said troops now ordered into service in that State, was to march 
to South Carolina, setting forth that the ill state of his health 
rendered him unable of discharging his duty in that department, 
and therefore resigned his commission, recommending MAJOR JOHN 
SHEPARD for Lieutenant Colonial.
 
Resolved that the Governor be advised to appoint JOHN SHEPARD, ESQ., 
Lieutenant Colonel of the said. regiment (Dobbs Regiment of Militia.)

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