Elizabeth McIntyre

Daughter of Col. David Shepherd and Rachel Teague. The great-great granddaughter of Jan Van Meter, the Indian trader, the first white man to cross the Blue Ridge. Great-granddaughter of John Van Meter, known as "John the first of Berkley", who with his brother Isaac, received the grant of 46,000 acres of land from Governor Gooch in 1730. The granddaughter of Capt. Thomas Shepherd, founder of Shepherdstown and the son and comrade of Col. David Shepherd, commandant of Forts Henry and Shepherd and County Lieut. of Ohio Co. and Colonel of Virginia Military.