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Elizabeth Vass/Voss[1]

Female Est 1787 - Yes, date unknown


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  • Name Elizabeth Vass/Voss 
    • Richard Carter was married in Halifax on Oct. 14, 1830,
      to Elizabeth Sheppard, daughter of John T. Sheppard and his
      wife, Elizabeth Vass.
    Born Est 1787  Cumberland County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died Yes, date unknown 
    Person ID I5114  My Reynolds Line
    Last Modified 19 Nov 2016 

    Father Philip Vincent Vass/Voss,   b. Abt 1750, Essex Co., Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1825, Halifax Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 75 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Webb,   b. 30 Jun 1754, Prob. Granville Co., NC Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1778, Henry Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 24 years) 
    Family ID F6010  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family John S. or T. Shapard/Sheppard,   b. Est 1778, Cumberland, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 1808  Person Co., North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Mary Elizabeth Shapard/Sheppard,   b. Abt 1813, Halifax Co., Virginia or Caswell, NC Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Oct 1863, Halifax Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 50 years)
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2019 
    Family ID F1869  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    THE VIRGINIA GENEALOGIST  Volume 5, No.4  October - December, 1961 page 173-174
    THE VIRGINIA GENEALOGIST Volume 5, No.4 October - December, 1961 page 173-174
    TheVaGeneaologist-V05N04.pdf

  • Notes 
    • Daughter of Phillip Vass and Elizabeth Webb

  • Sources 
    1. [S178] The Virginia Genealogist.
      THE VIRGINIA GENEALOGIST Volume 5, No. 4 Pate 173
      (See Documents)
      Issue of William and Mary (Booker) Shapard, probably virtually all born in Cumberland Co., Va (Shapard was the definite preference in spelling of this branch of the Sheppard family.")

      John S. Shapard the ninth child of William and Mary Shapard, born say 1782, married 1808, Person Co., NC, Elizabeth Vass, daughter of Philip and Elizabeth (Webb) Vass.

      [Daughter of John and Elizabeth (Vass) Shapard, Mary Elizabeth Shapard married Richard Carter and named her son, Philip Vass Carter for her grandfather, Philip Vass who was married to Elizabeth Webb; Who were her mother's (Elizabeth Webb's) parents.]

    2. [S80] Google Books, https://books.google.com/books?id=UyBrDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA409&lpg=PA409&dq=Elizabeth+Agnes+Williams+%2B+Halifax+County&source=bl&ots=uFD5SnRheC&sig=ACfU3U2qB_AouyxOjlqeu2Ra2MghXGAh2Q&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiX9LeYjpjmAhUJ11kKHW-yBLMQ6AEwAXoECAsQAQ#v=onepage&q=Elizabeth%20Agnes%20Williams%20%2B%20Halifax%20County&f=false.
      Records of the Circuit Superior Court, Halifax County, Virginia Chancery Causes, John and Elizabeth Shepard, formerly Elizabeth Vass, Richard and Mary E. Carter, formerly Mary E. Shepard, Samuel V. Shepard, Emily B. Shepard, Phillip P. Shepard and Martha T. Shepard, children of Elizabeth Shepard, by their next friend John Shepard V. Isaac Medley, 23 Jan 1832, Case 1832-001, CCH, Halifax, Virginia; Answer Isaac Medley, 5 Sep 1832 and Copy of the Last Will and Testament of Philip Vass, the Elder, 13 Dec 1816, with Shepard vs. Medley.
      For Elizabeth Vass's will and estate, see Records of the County Court, Halifax Co., Virginia Will Book 15 (1 Dec 1828), 123-124 and Account, Will Book 16 (5 Oct 1832), 237-238, in CCH, Halifax, Virginia