Greene County, NC - Wm. Sheppard Heirs vs Stephanus Sheppard ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #5425 HEIRS OF WM. SHEPPARD VS STEPHANUS SHEPPARD No date - Greene County Superior Court Greene County April Term 1816 - Action of ejectment to recover the possession of the premise which the def had - the premise was patented by Barfield on 21 April 1764 - that on May 1792 Benjamin Sheppard conveyed the same to the ancestor of the plf who died within 7 years of the conveyance - after his death the children of the deceased being infants were removed by Benjamin Sheppard and the personal property was also removed and soon after Gardner Sheppard, the brother to the dec entered the premise then unoccupied - after his removal about 10 years ago the present def, another brother, also entered and is in current possession of the land The Court found in favor of the def because the land was not occupied by the heirs for 7 years The plf appealed to the Supreme Court NOTE: No indication of who the heirs were ___________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Martha Mewborn Marble ___________________________________________________________________