Revolutionary Soldiers
Sworn to Capt. Joseph Cloyd's Company:
1. John Shepherd
(Laningham p 373)
Author: "This list will probably be filled with the State library and
photostatic copies will likely be filed in the Montgomery County Clerk's
office"……
Author: "These (3) Forts (Rye Cove Fort, Blackmore's Fort, and Lt. Moore's
Fort) were maintained a number of years. The average time drawn was 61 days
duty. These Forts now fall in Scott County, Virginia.
Lt. Moore's Fort
1. James Osburn
2. Thomas Osburn
(Laningham p 374)
Lee County Personal Property
And Land Book 1795
1. Shepherd, Elizabeth 2 horses (nothing more listed)
2. Shepherd, William 1 white over 16; (nothing more listed)
3. Shepherd, James 1 white over 16; 2 horses
Land Tax Lee Co., 1814
1. Elias Osborn Lee Co. 100 A. Can Branch
2. Edward Pennington Lee Co. 50 A N. Fork Powell River
3. Edward Pennington Lee Co. 427 A N. Fork Powell River
4. Edward Pennington Lee Co. 92 ½ A N. Fork Powell River
5. James Sheppard Lee Co. 79 A South Fork
6. Thomas Shepperd Lee Co. 50 A Poor Valley Ridge
7. Zachariah Wells Lee Co. 150 A Powell River
8. Thomas Wells Lee Co. 100 A Powell River
9. Robert Wells Lee Co. 40 A Powells River
10. John Wells Lee Co. 100 A Wild Cat
11. Zachariah Wells Lee Co. 50 A Wild Cat Valley
12. William Yates all left blank after his name
Charles Carter Clerk of the County of Lee
Examined and recorded these records 27 May 1814
Benjamin Sharp C.C. Carter C.L.C.
Source: Early Settlers of Lee County, Virginia and Adjacent Counties,
complier, Anne Wynn Laningham, Media, Inc., Printers and Publishers,
Greensboro, North Carolina, 1977, Vol I, pp 373, 374, 394-407