This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/pAB.2ACI/5138.1.1.2.1.1.2.1.1 Message Board Post: In the Shepherd books, page 952 volume 3: David Henderson Shepherd, (son of Jonathan Shepherd) b. 10 AUG 1793 VA d. 13 JUNE 1873 Decoy, Breahitt Co. KY m. 1 ca. 1890 Lee Co.VA to Lucretia Hale b. ? d. bef. 1846, dau of Benjamin Hale and Dicy Franklin. David was a stone mason. This family has a history of hereditary blindness that seems to have come from Lucretia's line. In my family tree files: David Henderson Shepherd b. 1790 Lee Co., VA This isn't proof of David's birth but it gives you a place to look. Lee Co. VA. If I have time later, I will do some digging and see what else I can come up with. I just received a copy of the Floyd County Vital Statistics 1874-1878 and Magoffin County Vital Statistics 1859-1877 if you need anyone looked up, I'll gladly look for you. Christine