Abner Sheppard
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member NJBiblio
N 39° 26.348 W 075° 18.847
18S E 472968 N 4365556
Grave of Pvt. Abner Sheppard in the Cohansey Baptist Church Graveyard. Served in the New Jersey Troops in the Revolution.
Waymark Code: WM98KN
Location: New Jersey, United States
Date Posted: 07/14/2010
Published By:Groundspeak Charter Member BruceS
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ABNER SHEPPARD

Served in the New Jersey Troops during the Revolution and in Captain Abel Bacon's Company of Infantry in Lt. Colonel Joshua L. Howell's Regiment of New Jersey Detailed Militia during the War of 1812.  He was stationed out of Cape May N.J. during that conflict.

No rank is given in the records or on the stone.  No detailed service record is available.

Name listed in the Record of Officers and Men of New Jersey in Wars, 1791 -1815 at archive.org

Location type: Single Grave

Date of Birth: unknown

Date of Death: March 12, 1824

Cause of death: Died Later

Grave Marker Text:
ABNER SHEPPARD -- Pvt. New Jersey Troops Rev. War March 12, 1824

Ranks:
Private
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