This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Shelly Drew Clay Mason Orr Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/mAB.2ACE/390.1064.1137.1.1 Message Board Post: It's hard to say. I have John Philip Shelly who died in Christian Co in 1798. If your Shelly family was in Whitley Co about that time, there is a chance. My Shelly family moved on to Trigg Co ca 1820 and then Caldwell Co ca 1825. This family was earlier in VA and NC. Tell me about your Shelly family.