William C Shepherd b 1794 Wise Co VA d 18 Dec 1860 Letcher Co KY; s/o William C Shepherd and Elvira Lewis. William C Shepherd m. about 1819 VA to Sarah Wells b 1800 VA; d/o Thomas Wells and Rebecca Blevins. Children of William C Shepherd and Sarah Wells;

1. Malinda Shepherd b 19 AUG 1822 VA d 5 Mar 1880 Delphia KY; m. 1844 KY to Henry C Coots b 1821 VA; s/o William Coots and Amy Shepherd. Children of Henry C Coots and Malinda Shepherd;

I.  William Coots b 1844

II. Sarah F Coots b 1845; m. 1857 Harlan Co KY to William Turner b 1837 TN; s/o William Turner and Stacy Smith

III. Nancy Coots b 1848; m. Nathaniel Lewis b 1841 KY d 8 Apr 1900; s/o Samuel Lewis and Nancy Pennington.

IV. Lucinda Coots b 01 MAY 1850 Perry Co KY

V. Rebecca Coots b 1852

VI. Polly Ann Coots b 28 MAR 1855 Perry Co KY

VII. Henry M Coots b 1857

VIII. Malinda Coots b 1860

IX. Elihu Coots b 1862

X. James H Coots b 1866

2. Calvin Shepherd b 18 SEP 1825 VA

3. Andrew Shepherd b 19 OCT 1827 VA

4. Herman Shepherd b 1829

5. Thomas Shepherd b 28 FEB 1829 VA

6. William C. Shepherd b 6 MAY 1831 VA

7. Alexander Shepherd b 9 NOV 1832 Lee Co VA

8. John Shepherd b 1835 VA

9. Rebecca Shepherd b 3 AUG 1837 Lee Co VA

10. Ira Shepherd b 11 SEP 1839 Lee Co VA

11. Sarah Shepherd b about 1841

12. Henry Shepherd b 1844