James
Thomas
"Jim Boy"
Shepherd
Born in Macon County, North Carolina, USA
Ancestors 
Son of William Shepherd
and Mary Ann (Cockram) Shepherd
Husband of
Nancy Laura (Sanders) Shepherd
— married
22 Aug 1880 in Macon County, North Carolina, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Lily G Shepherd, Elizabeth (Shepherd) Sluder, Jesse Columbus Shepherd, Dock B Shepherd, Charles Curtis Shepherd, Maggie K (Shepherd) Gibson, Joseph Wiley Shepherd, Mamie Ollie Shepherd, Walter Lee Shepherd, Abbie Alice (Shepherd) Patterson, Mary Lou (Shepherd) Waldroop and Maude Alice Shepherd
Died
at age 68
in Cowee, Macon, North Carolina, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 7 Jul 2020
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Biography
James Shepherd lived in Appalachia, in North Carolina.
James was born in 1860. He passed away in 1928.
Sources
- "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW8J-YR7 : 29 May 2021), James T Shepherd in entry for Wm Shepherd, 1870.
- "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCX4-9RQ : 14 January 2022), James T. Shepherd in household of William J. Shepherd, Cowee, Macon, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
- "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP9J-SMFR : 9 March 2021), Jas T Shepherd and Nancy L Sanders, 22 Aug 1880; citing Macon, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm .
- "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSBM-MMC : 7 January 2022), Shepherd, 1900.
- "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLSJ-1KV : accessed 14 July 2023), James T Shepherd, Cowee, Macon, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 108, sheet 2A, family 33, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1121; FHL microfilm 1,375,134.
- "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZVM-ZHF : 3 February 2021), James T Shepherd, 1920.
- "North Carolina Deaths, 1906-1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F3D7-VKZ : 20 February 2021), James T. Shepherd, 25 Nov 1928; citing Cowell, Macon, North Carolina, reference cn 187, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,907,462.
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20629990/james-t-shepherd: accessed 14 July 2023), memorial page for James T. Shepherd (8 Oct 1860–25 Nov 1928), Find a Grave Memorial ID 20629990, citing Liberty Baptist Church Cemetery, Leatherman, Macon County, North Carolina, USA; Maintained by JoAnn Welch Coon (contributor 46853486).
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- Pip Sheppard
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 838 markers, haplogroup R-CTS13034, FTDNA kit #770555, MitoYDNA ID T13649 [compare]
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~1.56%
Gwen Baker :
23andMe, yourDNAportal GWE5523c9b3
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~1.56%
Seth Webster :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Pip Sheppard :
23andMe, GEDmatch A888563 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A888563 [compare], Ancestry member tsheppard1960
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~0.78%
C Hurst :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A974588 [compare]
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~0.78%
T. J. Shepherd :
23andMe, GEDmatch NW5923227 [compare]
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~0.78%
Lindsey (Shepherd) Rowland :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch KY2988136 [compare], Ancestry member lsrowland69
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