Jim, There is a Shepard's Mill in Gadsden County. Are these the same people? If so, I think the mill is still in operation. It is near Greensboro and the last time I checked was one of the few remaining places in the area to produce stone-ground corn meal. An Elizabeth Shepard is listed on the charter of Providence Baptist Church in Gadsden County, which was signed in September of 1843, but obviously this wouldn't be the same person. A number of members of the Shepard family lived in that area, though, so it might be a start. Best, Dale Cox

Dale... The last I saw of it Shepard's Mill is still physically there, but so far as I know it is now being used as a residence. I believe that the mill's grinding stones were moved outside where the weather ruined them, some years ago. I'm not sure how long it has been since the mill operated, but at least 15 years... I looked at it with a realtor myself probably a bit over 15 years ago. My 2-great grandfather John SHEPARD Haven lived in Jackson County late in life and for some time I have wondered if he was related to this family, but I have no definite knowledge. His daughter, my great grandmother, married a miller, my great grandfather Richard M. Sellars... and I have wondered about that as well, as a connection. My great grandfather's mill was on Tired Creek in what is now Grady County, Georgia, and in the 1880s my great grandmother White's oldest son and daughter (from her first marriage), James H. Carter and Maggie Jordan, also inherited a grist mill and 100 acres of land on "Tyred Creek" from their grandfather, Herring Carter. So far as I know, these were two different mills... one southwest of Cairo and one to the east of Cairo. Two of my great grandfather Sellars' sons move a sawmill that he also owned but gave to them, to Merritt Island, Florida, in the 1920s or 30s. RW [email protected] wrote: > Jim, > > There is a Shepard's Mill in Gadsden County. Are these the same people? If > so, I think the mill is still in operation. It is near Greensboro and the > last time I checked was one of the few remaining places in the area to > produce stone-ground corn meal. > > An Elizabeth Shepard is listed on the charter of Providence Baptist Church in > Gadsden County, which was signed in September of 1843, but obviously this > wouldn't be the same person. A number of members of the Shepard family > lived in that area, though, so it might be a start. > > Best, > > Dale Cox