Pam

my father william donald morris / beckett

my grandmother ethel mae searcy / morris / maxwell / morris / beckett

great grandmother cora ann galloway Cherokee indian
great grandfather john morris / searcy
i dont know who john morris parents are as of yet..

great great grandmother julia ann galloway
great great grandfather eddard alonzo (lonzo) galloway

great great great grandmother mary e payne
great great great grandfather joshua j shepherd

i don’t know who marys parents are as of yet..

i have an indian blood line but having a hard time tracing it,,

my grandmother’s mother cora died when she was a little girl and the maxwells took the childern in..destroying records and pictures…

my grandmothers oldest brother lived with alonzo and julia galloway..my great uncle boyd galloway ,,this is how we got the one and only picture of cora…my grandmothers mother..my grandmother has pasted and all we have left are the stories she would tell us…about growing up…

anyone with information or leads would be wonderful..
teresa

all of my people are from macon county and the surrounding area,,,to this point…

I ran into your conversation with Dawn. Jeremiah McNally Dills was my Great Great Grandfather. I’m related through his son Thomas Satterfield Dills.

If you would like to chat offline let me know? Until two years ago I knew nothing of my grandparents and their family. Long story, my father was raised by his sisters/brother and a lot of family history was lost. When my father joined the Army his birth certificate had to be reproduced from the family bible since the courthouse in either Franklin (or Hayesville) burnt down. His sister Betty dropped the “s” of the Dills name since she thought it sounded more proper. The same way the name was before the family came to NC from England (I believe Devonshire) by way of Sommers Island (now called Bermuda). Lawrence Dill moved to Sommers Island in 1673 and it looks like his son Joseph moved to NC either 1703-04. I’m still trying to put it all together.

I’ve been researching Jeremiah’s military service, he was a 2nd Lieutenant in the 114th Infantry Regiment, North Carolina Militia (28th Brigade, Macon County) before the Civil War, then after the War broke out he resigned his commission and joined the newly formed D Co, 62nd North Carolina as part of the Confederacy, along with his brother Bartlett. Jeremiah was wounded three times in action. I haven’t seen any military records on Henry, but I’ll keep my eyes out.

References:

NC Confederate Militia, Officers Roster as contained in the Adjutant General Officers Roster. Page 300 – 301. Stephen E. Bradley.

National Archives Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers who served for North Carolina, Roll 221.

Have a great weekend,
Tony

I wanted to take a moment to thank you once again for looking up this family in census and other records. When I went to verify the information you’d presented, I found a small error in your transcription of the 1900 US Census: Joshua Shepherd was born in 1851, not 1867 (his age was given as 49; when I took a second look at the date given, it was clear that the last two digits were “51″ rather than “67″, but the writing did make it difficult to discern between the two). The 1867 you had listed threw me a bit, especially when compared to the ages stated for Joshua in later US Censuses.

Here’s what we have so far:

1. Mary Payne and the State of North Carolina sued a J. M. Dills in April, 1870, for the support of an unnamed illegitimate child.
2. Mary “Paine” married in July, 1870, to Joshua Shepherd.
3. In the 1870 US Census, “John J.” and Mary Shepherd were enumerated with “Rosalie” Payne, aged 1.
4. In the 1880 US Census, “Joshua” and “Mary E.” Shepherd were enumerated with Calvin G. Shepherd (son to the head of the household) and Rosa L. Shepherd (step-daughter to the head of the household).
5. Rosa L. Payne married in 1891 to a Joshua Shepherd.
6. The Joshua Shepherd enumerated as Rosa’s husband on the 1900 US Census was approximately the same age as Rosa’s step-father, Joshua Shepherd.
7. A Calvin Shepherd was enumerated in 1900 along with Rosa and her husband, Joshua, as Joshua’s son.
8. This Calvin Shepherd was the same apparent age as the Calvin Shepherd who was enumerated as the son of Joshua Shepherd and Mary Payne in the 1880 US Census.

The reasonable conclusion does seem to be that the Federal census records and local marriage records “prove” that the Joshua Shepherd who married Mary Payne was the same one who later married Mary’s daughter, Rosa.

I would urge researchers to dig deeper before definitively stating such, and here’s why:

1. The Shepherd family in Macon County during this era was large and numerous. There were several Joshua and Calvin Shepherds, who must be sorted one from another before we can reach a definite conclusion.
2. A full survey of available records has not yet been made on this family. Other records may indicate a different relationship amongst the parties involved, thus negating our “key proof” of Joshua’s identity as shown in numbers 7 and 8 above (the apparent relationship between Joshua and Calvin Shepherd), upon which our entire tentative conclusion (that Rosa Lee Payne married her stepfather) rests.
3. Rosa Lee Payne was raised as Joshua Shepherd’s daughter. The fact that this family seems to have resided in the same, small township over the vast majority of Rosa’s life indicates that there was little or no community backlash from the consumation of what would probably be seen as an incestuous relationship.

Once again, thanks for looking all this up. Like you, I hope it helps another researcher down the road. And, of course, if you (or anyone else) finds anything further, please do post it!

Dawn

It looks like Rosalee married her step-father Joshua Shepherd.

1880 Macon County, NC Cowee Township

Shepherd Joshua age 29, farmer, nc,nc,nc
Mary E age 30 nc,nc,nc
Julia A 7 nc,nc,nc
Samuel A 5 nc,nc,nc
Calvin G 3 nc,nc,nc
Rosa L 11 (step daughter) nc,nc,nc

Then Rosalee and Joshua marry in 1891.

1900 Macon County, NC Cowee Township Dist 62

Shepperd Jo(can’t read the rest) b Feb 1867, married 10 yrs
nc,nc,nc farmer, owns farm
Rosa L b Jan 1869, mother of 5/5 living
Calvin b Mar 1878 nc,nc,nc farm laborer
Clyde b Dec 1891 nc,nc,nc
Gruly or Greely b Jan 1893 nc,nc,nc
Ada M b Mar 1896 nc,nc,nc
Nellie J b Mar 1898 nc,nc,nc
Joseph H Apr 1899 nc,nc,nc

1910 Macon County, NC Cowee Township Dist 108
Sheperd Joshua 59, marr 2 times, 18yrs present marr.,
nc,nc,nc farmer, owns farm
Rosalee 41, marr 1 time, 18 yrs, 9 children 8 living nc,nc,nc
Clyde 19 nc,nc,nc farm laborer
Greely 17 nc,nc,nc farm laborer
Ada 18 nc,nc,nc farm laborer
Nellie 18 nc,nc,nc farm laborer
Howard 11 nc,nc,nc farm laborer
Dillard 9 nc,nc,nc
Leo 8 nc,nc,nc
Carey (son) 7/12 nc,nc,nc

1920 Macon County, NC Cowee Township Dist 154

Shepherd Joshua age 68, farmer nc,nc,nc
Roslee 50 nc,nc,nc
Dilliard 18 nc,nc,nc
Leo 15 nc,nc,nc
Carey 10 nc,nc,nc

1930 Haywood County, NC Beaverdam Dist 5

Rosa L Shepherd (renting) 59 widowed ga (her) ga (father) nc (mother)
Carrie (son) 20 nc,nc, ga laborer in Pulp Mill
Lester (g-son) 9 nc,nc,nc

NC Death Certificates 1909-1975 ancestry.com #

Mrs Rosa Lee Sheppard
Residence: Canton, Haywood Co., NC
b 15 July 1873 in Macon County NC
age 75 yrs, 6 mons, 18 days
d 23 Jan 1949 at home
Canton, Haywood Co., NC Beaverdam
Injuries from fall in the floor of home
Widowed: Joshua Sheppard

Father:UNKNOWN
Mother: Mary Payne b in Macon Co., NC
Informant: Carey Sheppard, Canton, NC
Burial in Sheppard Cemetery Cowee Section, Macon Co., NC
Garrett Funeral Home

Shepherd Memorial Cemetery
http://www.usgennet.org/usa/region/southeast/ncmacon/cemetery/shepherd.html
Joshua J Shepherd b 22 Feb 1851 d 30 Apr 1926
Rosalee Payne Shepherd b 5 July 1867 d 23 Jan 1949

Couldn’t find Mary in this cemetery.

Looks like many of the things you sited will still have to be checked to help link Jeremiah Dills to Rosalee.

Thanks for posting what you found. Isn’t it strange how you can run across something when researching someone totally unrelated to the topic?

On a side note, I explored your website and realized that I had seen your work many times beforea as have some of the same family ties. I am connected to the Hastings through Jewan Hastings. He was Albert Hastings grandson. I am also connected to the Ledford’s through Mary Jane Ledford. She was the daughter of Lucinda Ledford. She’s too long of a story to post here about and was illegitimate as Rosalee Payne was. So, thanks for all your hard work in the Macon County area!

Thanks again for posting what you found. Maybe someone else will run across this, as I did, and find it useful.
Tina

My apologies, Tina Wyatt