William Watters Shepperd
b. say 1788, d. circa 1849
- Father: Jacob Shepperd b. say 1760, d. circa 1807
- Mother: Pamela Pines b. say 1760
- William Watters Shepperd was born say 1788 in North Carolina.
- He married Mary Steptoe say 1808.
- W. W. Shepperd received a Mexican land grant in Austin's Second Colony on 16 April 1831 for one league of land (4,428.4 acres), which straddles the boundary between present Fayette and Austin Counties.
- In July 1837, William Watters Shepperd in partnership with John Wyatt Moody, the First Auditor of the Republic of Texas, founded the town of Montgomery, Texas. The new town was introduced in an advertisement that commenced appearing in July in the Houston Telegraph and Texas Register. Although sale of lots at auction was specified for the first Monday in September, to continue for three days, the advertisement continued to appear at least until 18 October.
- His wife Mary Steptoe became a widow at his death.
- William Watters Shepperd died circa 1849.
- Last Edited: 11 Apr 2012
Family: Mary Steptoe b. circa 1788
- Jacob H. Shepperd+ b. circa 1813, d. 16 April 1872
- Julia T. Shepperd+ b. say 1815, d. circa 1848
- William W. Shepperd
- Sidney A. Shepperd+ b. circa 1822
- Parmelia Shepperd
- Henry Shepperd
- Wesley A. Shepperd b. circa 1828
- Augustine C. Shepperd b. circa 1830