Colonel John Sheppard (circa 1750–circa 1790) was a Revolutionary War soldier and commander of the Wayne County Regiment of the North Carolina militia.
He also had a brother, Abraham Sheppard, Jr., who served with John in the Dobbs County Regiment.
Abraham Sheppard was a merchant-planter and owned a plantation, Contentnea, in Dobbs County.
[3][4][1] John was commissioned as a captain under the command of his father in the Dobbs County Regiment in either 1775 or early 1776.
[1][2] In April of 1777, he was commissioned to the rank of major in the Dobbs County Regiment, which was then commanded by Colonel James Glasgow.