Nancy Elizabeth (Stanton) Shepherd (abt.1765-abt.1842)

Nancy Elizabeth Shepherd formerly Stanton

Born about 1765 in Virginia

[uncertain]

Daughter of Unknown Stanton and [mother unknown]

Sister of John Shelton Stanton and Susannah (Stanton) Runion

Wife of Thomas Shepherd Sr — married 1782 in Virginia, USA

Descendants

Mother of Elizabeth (Shepherd) Wilson, John Shepherd, Rebecca (Shepherd) Angel, Joseph Shepherd, Susannah (Shepherd) Bradley, Elijah Shepherd, Thomas Shepherd Jr, William Shepherd and Nancy Sarah (Shepherd) Hurst

Died about 1842 at about age 77 in Macon County, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

"On a visit to Virginia toward the close of the Revolutionary War, Thomas [Shepherd] obtained the release of two Stanton brothers from a prison where they had been falsely incarcerated, and while in Virginia he married their sister Nancy Elizabeth Stanton. He and Nancy returned to Wilkes County where they remained until 1828, at which time they moved west to the Cowee section of Macon County on land recently evacuated by the Cherokee Indians." -- David H. Reece, "Thomas and Nancy (Stanton) Shepherd", Heritage of Old Buncombe County, Vol. II (Doris Cline Ward, Editor), 1987, p. 337

Sources

David H. Reece, "Thomas and Nancy (Stanton) Shepherd", Heritage of Old Buncombe County, Vol. II (Doris Cline Ward, Editor), 1987, p. 337.

WikiTree profile Stanton-791 created through the import of Chambers 3 Family Tree.ged on May 3, 2012 by Alex Chambers. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Alex and others.
Gravestone at Shepherd Memorial Cemetery in Macon County, North Carolina

Will of Thomas Shepherd recorded in Macon County, North Carolina (in which Elizabeth is not mentioned since she had already died)

Reece, David H., "Shepherd Family of Macon County," Macon County Heritage - North Carolina (Winston-Salem: Hunter, 1987) p. 457

Shepherd, Nancy Aiken, "James and Nancy Shepherd," Macon County Heritage - North Carolina (Winston-Salem: Hunter, 1987) p. 458

Swanson, Thelma Welch, "Joseph and Catherine Deck Welch and Their Descendants (Franklin: privately published, 1993) pp. 37-41

Jericho. Cathy Hurst, "Thomas Shepherd Sr.." Macon County Heritage - North Carolina Vol. 2 (Franklin: Macon County Historical Society, 1998) pp. 421, 422

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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Nancy 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 Nancy: