1. SHEPARD1 MIZE was born Abt. 1701 in Virginia, and died Abt. 1782 in Georgia.
Notes for SHEPARD MIZE:
Sheppard Mize was a Revolutionary War Soldier. Sheppard bought 150 acres of land in 1791 in Union Co., South Carolina before buying land in 1809 in Putnam Co., Georgia. Union County is where Thomas Mize's parents Jeremiah Jr. & Nancy Mize moved to about 1800 from either Lunenburg/Brunswick Co. Virginia or possibly from Orange Co. North Carolina.
Ty Cobb was the gr. grandson of Thomas Mize. Thomas had a daughter named Sicily Mize who married Capt. Caleb Chitwood and had a daughter named Amanda; Ty Cobbs mother.
(Information furnished by Joel Mize, Mize Family Tree)
Sheppard Mize had a Revolutionary War pension.
His name could have been spelled Shepard or Shephard.
He is listed in the 1790 census of Union County South Carolina with 4 persons in his house hold. He bought 150 acres on Clark's creek from James Jackson.
1800 census for Union county South Carolina lists: Henry Mize, James Mize, Saul Mize and Sheppard Mize (now with 8)
