Orange County NcArchives Wills.....Sheppard, William April 6, 1821 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ben Franklin ben.franklin.ffru@gmail.com May 2024 Source: Loose Will, NC Archives CR 073.801, Will Book Volume E, pages 24-25 Written: April 6, 1821 Recorded: Nov 1822 Testator: William Sheppard North Carolina, Orange County 6th April 1821 It is my wish that this, shall be my last will & tes- tament ~~ I bequeath to my children William She- pard, Betsy Ashe, Mary Ashe, & Susan Jane Ray ~~ the sum of ten pounds N.Carolina Currency, to each of them this sum is to be given, exclusive of everything which I have before given to any of them that ["are" x-out] is now in their actual possession ["of" x-out] -- I give to my daughter Sally Grove, a large young bay horse exclusive of what I have heretofore given her & she has now in possession ~ Like wise to my son Egbert Sheppard a young gray stud horse exclusive of what I have before given him. To my son Henry James Sheppard & my daughter Margaret L. Sheppard I bequeath equally to each the whole of my real & personal estate including a tract of land of 640 Acres in the state of Tennessee lying in the Chickasaw purchase with all debts & demands due me of every description, including [page 2] also in the division between the two, those negroes that have hereto fore been called my daughter Margarets & over which she has exercised the rights of ownership ~~ Out of that part of my estate which my executor may think most proper all my debts are to be paid & the residue as before state to be divided equally between my children Margaret & Henry Wm. Shepperd I do appoint to this my last will & testament as my executors Doctor James Webb & David Yarbrough of the town of Hillsborough Wm. Shepperd Test to both the above signatures John Haywood Jurat [Will Book Volume E, page 24] North Carolina Orange County 6th April 1821 -- It is my wish that this shall be my last will & testament ~~ I bequeath to my children William Shepperd, Betsy Ashe, Mary Ashe, & Susan Jane Ray the sum of ten pounds N.Carolina Currency to each of them this sum is to be given exclusive of every thing which I have heretofore given to any of them, that is now in their actual possession -- I give to my daughter Sally Grove a large young bay horse exclusive of what I have heretofore given her & she has now in possession ~ Likewise to my son Egbert Sheppard a young gray stud horse ex= clusive of what I have heretofore given him. To my son Henry James Sheppard & my Daughter Margaret L. Sheppard I bequeath equally to each the whole of my real & personal Estate including a tract of land of 640 Acres in the State of Tennessee lying in the Chickasaw Purchase, with all debts & Demands due me of every description, including also in the division between the two, those negroes that have heretofore been called my Daughter Margaret's & over which she has exercised the Rights of ownership ~~ Out of that part of my Estate, which my executor may think most proper all my debts are to be paid & the residue as before state to be divided equally between my children Margaret & Henry Wm. Shepperd [signature] [Will Book Volume E, page 25] I do appoint to this my last will & testament as my executors Doctor James Webb & David Yarbrough of the town of Hillsborough Test to both the above signatures Wm. Shepperd John Haywood Jurat Orange County November Term 1822 The Execution of the foregoing last Will & testament of William Shepperd was duly prove in open Court by the Oath of John Haywood a subscribing Witness thereto and ordered to be recorded Test. Additional Comments: Will Book Volume E, pages 24-25 Recorded Nov 1822 Testator's surname spelled in various ways throughout the loose will. Estate papers comprise 12 pages and are found in a folder labeled "Sheppard, William (1822)". An additional six pages are found in a folder labeled "Shepherd, William (1825)" which seem to pertain to the Shepherd, William (1825) E 24 Will dated 6 April 1821, proved November Court 1822. WILLIAM SHEPPARD children: Wm. Sheppard, Betsy Ashe, Mary Ashe, & Susan Jane Hay. dau: Sally Grove sons: Egbert Sheppard, Henry James Sheppard dau: Margaret L. Sheppard "640 acres in "Tennessee in the Chickasaw Purchaser", etc. Executors: Dr. James Webb, David Yarborough. Witness: John Haywood. [Estate Papers - Petition for Division of Negroes May 1826] John Rogers & Henry Shepperd } Petition for division of Negroes Ex parte } May Term 1826 Ordered that James Mebane, Willie Shaw and Joseph Allison be, & are hereby appoint Commissioners to appraise allot and divide between the petitioners John Rogers & Henry Shepperd the negro Slaves bequeathed to them by the last Will & Testament of William Sheppard decd. and report to the next Term of this Court under their hands & Seals what they shall have done in the premises Test J Taylor C.C. In obedience to the above order & Commission to us directed, we the undersigned commissioners have this day proceeded to appraise allot & divide the following negro slaves between John Rogers & Henry Sheppard which they have heretofore held as tenants in common, under the will of Col. William Sheppard decd. --- That is to say -- we allot to John Rogers & wife the following towit -- Alexr: - Noah _ Guilford - Jim - Polley - & her child - Nancy - Fanny - Phebe - Old Nancy - making in all ten slaves - We allot to Henry Sheppard the following towit -- Will - Frank - Solomon - Sam - Young Frank - Mary - Rachel & her child - Rhody - Harriet - Old Hannah - Old Sylva, - making in all, twelve slaves to said Henry Sheppard. Done on the 3d. day of August A.D. 1826 and in witness whereof we have hereunto set our hand & affixed our Seals. William Shaw (Seal) J. Allison (seal) James Mebane (seal)