In my first note to this list, I asked a question:
When and why did the Shepards come to Midway.
I think I now know the answer and I share it in the
hope it may help others.
Thomas Shepard's father, James Shepard (or Shepheard),
died in old Colleton County about 12 April 1759. It would
appear that sometime after that date, Thomas came to
Midway with his brother-in-law, John Roberts, and with,
family friend or relative, John Mitchell.
In December 1776, Robert Adamsof St. John's Parish Georgia,
sells 723 acres of land on the Wassamassaw Swamp (headwaters
of the Ashley River in South Carolina) to Solomon Legare, jr. of
Charleston. The sale was proved at St. Johns Parish (Georgia) witnessed by
Thomas Shepard and the Justice of the Peace was John Mitchell.
The land sale was recorded in Charleston on 14 May 1785.
A John Roberts married Mrs. Elizabeth Quarterman at Midway
Church on 6 Feb 1806.
Remember that part of the present Dorchester County S.C. was
in old Colleton County.
W. Hugh Tucker
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