Abraham Sheppard

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Abraham Sheppard
Bornc. 1730
possibly Surry County, Virginia
Diedc. 1790
Dobbs County, North Carolina
AllegianceUnited States of America
Service/branchNorth Carolina militia, North Carolina Line
Years of service1775–1778
RankColonel
Commands heldDobbs County Regiment, 1st Battalion of Volunteers, 10th North Carolina Regiment
Battles/warsBattle of Moore's Creek Bridge, Battle of Brandywine Creek, Battle of Germantown
ChildrenJohn, Abraham Jr, Phoebe Sheppard

Abraham Sheppard was a merchant-planter, sheriff, legislator, and officer during the American Revolutionary War from North Carolina. He lived in Dobbs County, North Carolina on a plantation called Contentnea.[1][2]

Civilian career[]

Abraham's ancestors were from Surry County, Virginia, where he may have been born. The date of his birth is not known for sure but could be about 1730. Abraham Sheppard was a merchant-planter and owned a plantation, Contentnea, in Dobbs County, North Carolina. He had at least three sons (Benjamin, Abraham Jr., and John), and four daughters, one of whom (Pherebe or Phoebe Sheppard) married Colonel James Glasgow, a fellow colonel in the North Carolina militia. Abraham became a widower with three small daughters by his first wife and married the sister of James Glasgow, Martha Jones Glasgow. They had a large family. Abraham died in or after 1790.[2][3]

His civilian career included the following offices:[1]

Military service[]

Sheppard served during the American Revolution:[4][2]

  • 1777-1778, Dobbs County Regiment
  • September 9, 1775, promoted to Colonel in the North Carolina Militia.
  • November 23, 1776, Colonel/ Commandant of the newly-created 1st Battalion of Volunteers, which was disbanded on 4/10/1777.
  • April 17, 1777, Colonel/ Commandant of the 10th North Carolina Regiment
  • June 1, 1778, retired from military service

His son, John Sheppard, served with him as a Captain, Major and Lieutenant Colonel in the Dobbs County regiment and as Major in the 10th North Carolina Regiment. He was given the command as colonel of the Wayne County Regiment established in 1779. His son Abraham Sheppard Jr. also served with him in the 10th North Carolina Regiment as a Captain.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Hohenwarter, William F. (1994). "Abraham Sheppard". NCPedia. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
  2. ^ a b c Holloman, Charles R. (1986). "James Glasgow". NCPedia. Retrieved April 6, 2019.
  3. ^ "Abraham Sheppard". Roostweb.com. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
  4. ^ Lewis, J.D. "Colonel Abraham Sheppard". Retrieved February 28, 2019.
  5. ^ Lewis, J.D. "John Sheppard". Retrieved Apr 8, 2019.

Bibliography[]

  • Fred A. Berg, Encyclopedia of Continental Army Units (1972)
  • John L. Cheney Jr., ed., North Carolina Government, 1585–1974 (1975).
  • Walter Clark, ed., State Records of North Carolina, vols. 11–13, 16, 22 (1896–1907).
  • Talmage Johnson and Charles R. Holloman, The Story of Kinston and Lenoir County (1954).
  • Military Collections (North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh).
  • Hugh F. Rankin, North Carolina Continentals (1971).
  • Phillips Russell, North Carolina in the Revolutionary War (1965).
  • William L. Saunders, ed., Colonial Records of North Carolina, vols. 8–10 (1890).
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