This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Sheppard Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GMB.2ACI/722 Message Board Post: Does anyone know anything about the "female academy" mentioned in 1850 Winston Co. census? Was this the Louisville Female Academy org. 1836? An Eliza Sheppard named under the school's entry may have been my great-great.