Born in Mississippi, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Thomas Shepherd
and Ann (Bullard) Shepherd
Sister of
Alexander J. Shepherd and John Price Shepherd
Wife of
Marques Brutus Knight
— married
before 1843 in Clarke, Mississippi, United States
Wife of
James Edward Pitts
— married
12 Jan 1843 in Perry County, Mississippi, USA
Descendants 
Mother of
Nehemiah Pitts, Laney J. (Pitts) Brewer, James Norvell Pitts, William Griffin Pitts, Marques Theodore Knight, Isaac Albert Knight and Margaret Christin (Pitts) Broom
Died
at age 74
in De Soto, Clarke, Mississippi, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 14 Mar 2023
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Biography
Martha was born in 1824. She is the daughter of Thomas Shepherd and Ann Bullard. She died in 1898. [1]
Sources
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 14 March 2023), memorial page for Martha Jane Sheppard Knight Pitts (24 Jul 1824–26 Nov 1898), Find A Grave: Memorial #32108089, citing De Soto Cemetery, De Soto, Clarke County, Mississippi, USA; maintained by maggie sierras-trotts (contributor 47089551), headstone photo.
- "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4LC-MP1 : 22 December 2020), Martha Knight in household of Mark Knight, Clarke, Mississippi, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6GH-K6Z : 18 February 2021), M B Knight in entry for M B Knight, 1860.
- "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3QW-K7B : 20 February 2021), Martha Shepard in entry for C C Knight, 06 Jan 1930; citing certificate number 5833, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,135,271.
- "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3M2-8T8 : 20 February 2021), Martha Shepherd in entry for Nancy Elizabeth Roberts, 26 Jun 1939; citing certificate number 30884, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,118,256.
- "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KS1P-66J : 20 February 2021), Martha Sheppard in entry for Marques Theodore Knight, 14 Feb 1943; citing certificate number 6956, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,137,249.
- Marriage, census
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Martha by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Martha:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Martha by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Martha:
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~1.56%
John Volk
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A684823 [compare], Ancestry member iamjv
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~0.39%
S E Dixon :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A389949 [compare], Ancestry member girlsean
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Living DNA, GEDmatch ZL5680549 [compare], Ancestry member girlsean
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Linda (Johnson) Leslie
Knight-7021 and Shepherd-10664 appear to represent the same person because: they share the same birth year in the same state, the same parents, the same siblings and the same spouse, Marques Brutus Knight.
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Rejected matches › Martha Pitts (abt.1821-abt.1880)
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