Richard Shackelford died in 1824 and his will mentions his wife, Mary Ann Schackelford, his daughters Margaret Cook, Rebeccah Pettey, and Frances Landrum, his sons George, William, Richard, and James, and his sons-in-law Isaac Mitchell and Abner Pyle. From this is is concluded that the unkown daughter who married Abner Pyle had died at this time.