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Nimrod Shepherd 1782–1874 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1782

Birth Location: Powell Valley, Lee, Virginia, United States

Death Date: 1874

Death Location: Whitley, Kentucky, United States

Father: Thomas Shepherd

Mother: Elizabeth Highsmith

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Nimrod Shepherd was born in 1782 in Powell Valley, Lee, Virginia, United States, the child of Thomas Shepherd And Elizabeth Highsmith. Nimrod Shepherd passed away in 1874 in Whitley, Kentucky, United States.

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Biography

  • Nimrod Shepherd was born in 1782 in Powell Valley, Lee, Virginia, United States, the child of Thomas Shepherd And Elizabeth Highsmith.
  • Nimrod Shepherd passed away in 1874 in Whitley, Kentucky, United States.

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Nimrod Shepherd's Ancestors

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Nimrod Shepherd
1782–1874
Birth Place: Powell Valley, Lee, Virginia, United States
Parents
Thomas Shepherd
1745–1787
Bertie, North Carolina, United States
Elizabeth Highsmith
1749–1769
Bertie, North Carolina, United States
Grandparents
Sampson Shepherd
1708–1777
Currituck, Currituck, North Carolina, United States
Martha Mayo
1713–1791
Barbados
Daniel Highsmith
1710–1807
, Norfolk, Virginia, USA
Ann Beck
1715–1772
Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia, United States
Great-Grandparents
William Mayo
1684–1744
Frances Gould
1693–1731
Bartholomew Highsmith
1690–1728
Eleanor Powell
1692–1728
Benjamin Beck
1690–1715
Margaret Suggs
1696–1772
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Joseph Mayo
1656–1691
Elizabeth Hooper
1662–1740
Enoch Gould
1660–1755
Mary Thompson
1663–1697

Nimrod Shepherd's Timeline

2 Records

1782
1782
Birth of Nimrod Shepherd in Powell Valley, Lee, Virginia, United States
Powell Valley, Lee, Virginia, United States
1874
1874
Age 92
Death of Nimrod Shepherd in Whitley, Kentucky, United States
Whitley, Kentucky, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1782
    Event Place: Powell Valley, Lee, Virginia, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1874
    Event Place: Whitley, Kentucky, United States

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