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Mr. Editor: Please inquire | Mr. Editor: Please inquire | ||
through your paper about my | through your paper about my kinfolk. | ||
My name is John William | |||
Sheppard. My mother's name is | Sheppard. My mother's name is | ||
Millie Sheppard, and my father's | Millie Sheppard, and my father's | ||
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oldest child was Billie, and the | oldest child was Billie, and the | ||
next was Mary. I don't know | next was Mary. I don't know | ||
which was next, but I do | which was next, but I do remember | ||
one of my aunt's names, Mamie, | |||
and she had two boys. Their | |||
names were Bob and Ned. They | names were Bob and Ned. They | ||
were carried off with aunt Mamie, | were carried off with aunt Mamie, | ||
their mother, and sold. All of | their mother, and sold. All of | ||
these names, and several others of | these names, and several others of | ||
my aunts and their children, use | my aunts and their children, use | ||
to belong to Joel M. Chivers, in | to belong to Joel M. Chivers, in | ||
Troup county, Ga., and were sold | Troup county, Ga., and were sold | ||
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brought back to Georgia. Uncle | brought back to Georgia. Uncle | ||
David was a shoemaker. He was | David was a shoemaker. He was | ||
sold too, with a large crowd of | sold too, with a large crowd of people | ||
from our plantation, too many | |||
to mention. Grandmother's name | to mention. Grandmother's name | ||
was Hannah. My uncles were | was Hannah. My uncles were | ||
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sisters. All of these lived in | sisters. All of these lived in | ||
Troup county, Ga. I am my | Troup county, Ga. I am my | ||
mother's oldest child. Please | mother's oldest child. Please address | ||
me at Wedowell, Ala. | |||
J. W. Sheppard. | J.W. Sheppard. |
Revision as of 17:59, 18 March 2022
Mr. Editor: Please inquire through your paper about my kinfolk. My name is John William Sheppard. My mother's name is Millie Sheppard, and my father's name is William Sheppard. Mother's maiden name was Millie Chivers, and grandmother's maiden name was Hannah Chivers. Her oldest child was Billie, and the next was Mary. I don't know which was next, but I do remember one of my aunt's names, Mamie, and she had two boys. Their names were Bob and Ned. They were carried off with aunt Mamie, their mother, and sold. All of these names, and several others of my aunts and their children, use to belong to Joel M. Chivers, in Troup county, Ga., and were sold five or six years before the late war. Mother was the baby child, and uncle Jack was the next youngest. Chivers never did sell him. He was carried to Louisiana, worked on the railroad about two or three years, and was then brought back to Georgia. Uncle David was a shoemaker. He was sold too, with a large crowd of people from our plantation, too many to mention. Grandmother's name was Hannah. My uncles were named Billie, David and Jack. My aunts were named Mary, Nannie, my mother, and Millie. I don't know the names of mother's other sisters. All of these lived in Troup county, Ga. I am my mother's oldest child. Please address me at Wedowell, Ala.
J.W. Sheppard.