I am also not a Helton descendent, but one of my great-great uncles married into the Heltons. Milford M Sanders,born in Pickens District, South Carolina, in 1854, married two Sevier County, Tennessee, Heltons. Milford Sanders married Caroline Helton, and after Caroline's death, married Mary C."Kate" Helton, in Sevier County, Tennessee. I have a letter written by "M. Sanders and Kate" from Henderson Springs. Milford and family moved to Collin County, Texas in the 1890s. Milford and Caroline had at least one child before leaving Sevier County, Wm. J. According to Helton researchers, Milford and Kate had a daughter, Jane, who married John Inman. I have the letter written by Kate Helton Sanders, scanned, and will send you a copy if you like. PS. I am also related to the Lovedays that married into the Heltons.