Hi Vickie, I also descend from Elizabeth GENTRY and Andrew SHELNUTT. If anyone has any information on this family I would also love to hear from you. Best Regards, Belinda savadge@alltel.net http://www.genealogybin.com http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Bluffs/1079/ -----Original Message----- From: VEWhite@aol.com <VEWhite@aol.com> To: GACARROL-L@rootsweb.com <GACARROL-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, October 28, 1999 2:59 PM Subject: [GACARROL] Elizabeth GENTRY & Andrew SHELLNUT >I descend from Elizabeth GENTRY, who was supposedly born >March 11,1775 in SC and who died March 16, 1854 in Carroll Co. >GA. These dates came from her tombstone, I believe. She married >Andrew SHELLNUT ca 1797. I'm not sure where they married, but some >researchers say Franklin Co. GA. They had the following children: John, >Rebekah, William, Lavina, David, Thomas, Polly D, Susannah, Laura, >Elizabeth, Andrew Joseph, Henry, and Nathaniel (my ancestor). > >Andrew SHELLNUT was the son of George and Catherine SCHIELTKNIGHT >who, in 1765, had a land grant for 350 acres at Cuffietown Creek, near >Londonborough, often called Londonderry, 96th District (Edgefield) SC. >George and Catherine were immigrants from Germany, possibly Breslau. >George was born ca 1728 and Catherine ca 1736. > >There were two GENTRY men listed on a 1778-1779 SC jury list for that >area: Nicholas "about Cuffee Town and Turkey Creek" and John "near >Ninety-six Court House." Hezekiah GENTRY was listed as in Spartan >District, which is not as close as the other two. Was Elizabeth's father >Nicholas or John? Or were they her brothers? She did name her firstborn >son John, but was that simply a coincidence? > >I appreciate any help you can give on this line, and I'd love to hear from >any "cousins" out there. > > >Vickie Elam White > > > > > > > > > >==== GACARROL Mailing List ==== >GACARROL-L Mailing List Archives. Search by by name, etc. >http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=gacarrol >Carroll County Web Page >http://www.mindspring.com/~swampfox/Carroll_County/Carroll.htm > >