Hi Karla, Yes, it is very hard to find NC information in CA. The following, where I got my information, resulted from a trip to Washington DC I took last year. My individual Shelton line left NC around 1800 and went into Grainger Co, TN and from there into Franklin Co, MO around 1824. That is why I was only interested in this time period, plus it was only one of several possibilities where my Sheltons may have come from. I still have no positive proof this is where my Shelton line came from, but this looks better to me all the time. When you can get to your information, I would like very much to know your Tilley/Vernon - Shelton connection. Surry Co, NC Abstracts Deed Bks A, B, and C 1770-1788 Surry Co, NC Abstracts Deed Bks D, E, and F 1779-1790 Surry Co, NC land entries 1778-1781 Joseph Winston, His Entry Book Stokes Co NC Deeds, Vol 1 1781-1793 Stokes Co NC Deeds, Vol 2 1793-1797 Stokes Co, NC Wills Vol I-IV 1790-1864 Surry Co, NC, Will Abstracts Vol I-3 1771-1827 Margaret Shelton Sacramento, CA ps I do use Sutro, the State of CA genealogy library in San Francisco, whenever I can. > Hi, > I, too, am researching this area -- however, I'm in California, too, and > it's hard to get at some of the records. > > I believe Henry Tilley Sr. is my direct ancestor -- but, no proof! His > son Foster (or possibly grandson, through John Tilley) married Nancy > Vernon. I have a list of all her siblings (the Vernons also lived in the > Snow Creek area, although I don't see them on your list) and one of the > Sheltons (can't remember which one -- maybe John) married one of Nancy's > sisters (if I remember correctly. Don't have the records right here with > me.) > > Any information you can find on this cluster of people, I would, too, be > interested in. I'd love to get at tax records of the area (after 1815) > -- it might help solve my problem. > > Sincerely, > Karla > > P.S. Did you get this info from land records? > > M Shelton wrote: > > > > The following families all lived next to each other on Snow Creek in now > > Stokes Co, NC. I'm researching the Shelton line. I'm looking for > > further information relating any of these familes to each other. Most > > of the land was orginally a grant - from what? > > > > William/Elizabeth Boyd > > 1778 425 ac adj: Raiph Shelton, Jonas Lawson. > > 1793 sell 425 ac to William Shelton > > William Shelton > > 1778 200ac adj: Jonas Lawson > > Jesse Maupin > > 1778 500 ac adj: William Boyd, Polley Shelton, William > > Boyd, Jr, > > > > Henry Baker > > 1783 sells 400ac to Robert Gaines in 1786 adj. Henry Baker > > 1786 sells 100 ac to John Shelton 1786 100ac adj Henry > > Baker > > Micajah Pruett > > 1789 100 ac adj: Jesse Moppings (Maupin) > > Jonathan Musick > > 1778 300 ac adj: Jesse Maupin and Pattetyer Shelton > > Henry Tilly, Sr > > 1778 640 ac adj: James/Mary Martin, John Shelton > > sells 184ac to James Duncan in 1787 > > Charles Whitlock > > 1780 640ac including Salathiel (Nathaniel?) Shelton's > > improvement > > John Shelton > > 1789 300 ac adj: Charles Whitlock, Henry? Tilley > > 1792 sells 100 ac James Duncan > > 1797 sell 100 ac ( from Jesse Maupin) to Samuel Emmett, > > Halifax VA > > > > Thank you, > > Margaret Shelton > > Sacramento, CA > >