This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/wNHBAIB/3000.1.2 Message Board Post: You seem versed in the Shelton family line in VA. I have hit a brick wall, I assume on the fact that the family i need used their nicknames in the Census. I am searching family in Lunenburg county, Pleasant Grove area from the 1850's thru 1900. Family has stated that their family is in TN. But unable to make the ties. I found Sandy Shelton b april 1856 in Lunenburg, with sister Mollie b abt 1868 Lunenburg with Mother Edna ( hard to read) b abt 1840 VA, Sandy Shelton married Virginia (?) in abt 1884 in VA and had the following Children, Reginald and Sterling were from another marriage or out of wedlock, Cleveland Shelton b March 1885 Virgina Carter Shleton b May 1886 va Onie Shelton f b October 1887 VA Ernest Wade Shelton b August 1890 VA Benny James Shelton b September 22, 1892 VA Murry Shelton b March 10, 1893 VA Jack Shelton b May 1896, VA Roy Shelton b November 30, 1897 VA Maud Shelton b 1902 VA Milton Shelton b 1903 VA Mark Shelton b 1907 va My line is Bennie James Shelton, unable to find any more about Sandy Shelton and family. Our line hit a brick wall with him. Thank you Cheri Shelton

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Shelton Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wNHBAIB/3000.1.1 Message Board Post: Hildred, Thank you for the response. Being a mason myself and knowing that masonry has a tendancy to run in families, I'm trying to find a link to my line. The oldest proven member of my line is Jessee Shelton of the "The Descendants of Jessee Shelton" book by Cecil and Louise Shelton. It is beleived that Jessee's parents were Steven W. Shelton and Rhoda Green, but the only document to that end is a rather vague note in the minute book of a small church in Bedford County, TN. Stephen W. was born abt 1760 in VA. Jessee had a significant amount of land in Bedford and Giles County, TN (Stephen W is buried in Giles County). The authors of the book reference much of the "bad" information from the Whittaker book for generations previous to Jessee and note that none of it has documentation. My thought is that if Steven W. is Jessee's father and from VA that it is more likely that the family ties to one of the VA lines. I don't know much about the Ralph Shelton lines, but would be interested to see if any possible links can be made to Jessee or Stephen W. Matt

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wNHBAIB/3000.1 Message Board Post: I have information on the Sheltons who were Masons in Virginia and who were the kinsmen of the Tennessee Sheltons who descended from Ralph Shelton who died in Middlesex County, Virginia, in 1733. His sons named Ralph, Jr., Crispin, Daniel, Benjamin and John moved to Pittsylvania County, VA, in 1760-1763. Ralph, Jr., died in Henry County, VA. Several of the sons of Ralph, Jr., with their families, were early settlers in Tennessee or passed through Tennessee into Kentucky and Alabama. An Order of Masons Chapter was organized at Pittsylvania County, Virginia, Courthouse on September 15, 1788, as Lodge No. 24 (Lodges were numbered in order of creation). There were present these members of the Shelton families: Tavenor Shelton, William Shelton, Fred Shelton, Leroy Shelton, Crispin Shelton; and William Shelton was appointed Secretary. Tavenor and Fred (Frederick) were the sons of Abraham, son of Crispin, son of Ralph, d. 1733, Middlesex County, VA. Leroy was the son of Daniel, son of Ralph, d. 1733, Middlesex County, VA, and William was the son of John, son of Ralph, d. 1733, Middlesex County, VA. This Pittsylvania County, VA, Lodge was organized one year before the death of Ralph, Jr., in adjoining Henry County, VA, in 1789. (Henry County was created in 1777 from the territory of Pittsylvania County.) In 1789 Ralph Shelton, III, and his proven son Cuthbert were listed on the Henry County, VA, Personal Property Tax List but Ralph Shelton, III, had received land grants in Hawkins County, Tennessee dated in 1780, 1788 and 1790. Ralph Shelton, III, died in Knox County, Tennessee, about 1815.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Shelton Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wNHBAIB/2975.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Delbra, I took a look through the book and I find no reference to the family you are looking for. No John E with spouse Lucinda and children as listed. It is possible that the connection is father back than Jessee Shelton (He is the subject of the book and was born abt 1799). The children's names (except Bartholomew) are common in the family, so perhaps the connection is from one of Jessee's brothers or cousins. Sorry, this group does not appear to be in the lines covered by this book. Matt Shelton

Hello fellow Shelton researchers, The Shelton list has finally migrated to the new server. You do not need to use the L or D any longer in order to post to the list. Please correct the mailing list address in your contacts, if you keep it there. [email protected] is the new address for this list. Happy hunting! Tina Hall [email protected] List Admin.: Byrd (Rootsweb), Shelton (Rootsweb), Diabetes (YahooGroups) KYGenWeb County Coordinator: Henderson county Tina's Family Genealogy Page: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~thall/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ "If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, make it dance!" ~ George Bernard Shaw +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wNHBAIB/2975.1.1.1.1.3 Message Board Post: [email protected] Thanks!

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Shelton Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wNHBAIB/2975.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Thank You for your reply, I found this on the 1860, Census, this might be him but, I can't seem to make the link as of yet. James Shelton Age in 1860: 6 Birth Year: abt 1854 BirthPlace: Tennessee Home in 1860: District 9, McMinn, Tennessee Gender: Male Post Office: Calhoun Household Members: Name Age John E Shelton 30 Lucinda Shelton 24 James Shelton 6 William Shelton 3 Bartholomew Shelton 5.12

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wNHBAIB/3000 Message Board Post: I am curious to find historic Masonic records of Sheltons in my lines and others. It seems that a fair number of the Shelton families have ties to various Masonic Lodges. I know that at least the last 3 generation of my line were Masons and I've seen many early records of Sheltons who were Masons. Does anyone have records of Masons in Tennessee from 1799 to 1900? Just curious. Matt Shelton

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Shelton Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wNHBAIB/2975.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I don't have that particular James in my direct line, but let me look him up in the book and see if he connects. It's likely that he's connected as a cousin. There were a lot of children in the family in those days. The James in my direct line was born in Aug 1875 and is my ggrandfather. His parents were John Thomas Shelton (b. 2/11/1846 - d. 1/11/1907) and Letha Ann Walker (b. 8/4/1855 - d. 12/27/1902) (I actually have an original framed photo of John and Letha), John Thomas was the son of William Harvey Shelton (b. 7/18/1825 - d. abt 1890) and Rachel Gibson (b. 7/19/1827 - d. abt 1862). William Harvey was the son of Jessee Shelton (b. abt 1799 - d. 7/13/1865), who is the subject of the book in this thread. I don't beleive anyone on these lines has joined the DNA project yet, so I'm planning on doing that next year to see if we can make the leap beyond Jessee to connect to one of the other lines. Matt

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Shelton Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wNHBAIB/2975.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I am a decendent, of James Shelton b. abt: 1855 in Tennessee, he lived in the following area's Born in Tennessee1855 1871 Age: 15 Marriage to Paralee Williams Jan, 30,1871 Location: Mcminn County Tennessee Description: Date of Marraige 1880 Age: 25 Residence1880 Location: District 2, Meigs, Tennessee, United States 1880 United States Federal Census 1900 Age: 45 Residence1900 Location: Civil District 15, Rhea, Tennessee 1900 United States Federal Census 1910 Age: 55 Residence1910 Location: Civil District 2, Hamilton, Tennessee 1910 United States Federal Census if you have him in your line please e-mail me at [email protected]

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Shelton, Droulliard Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wNHBAIB/2975.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: The book referenced here is "The Descendants of Jessee Shelton". It was written by Cecil and Louise Shelton and is a descendancy of Jessee Shelton born abt. 1799 in Tennessee. His father is believed to be Stephen W. Shelton and Rhoda Green. There is no specific documentation of his parents other than a notation in a church record that references a Stephen W and Rhoda. The rest of his descendancy is fairly comprehensive and seems well researched. The book also contains references to the Whittaker book, although it makes note that those references cannot be proven (which we know). I have a copy of this book at present and this is the line from which I descend. Most early sources are secondary (Wills, probate and land records) but the links seem generally sound. My direct lines can be found at http://sheltonsoftennessee.myfamily.com Send me your email and I can grant you access to the site.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Shelton Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/wNHBAIB/2999.1 Message Board Post: If you Google "Shelton Laurel Massacre" you'll get pages and pages of information about the massacre. Probably the best is -- http://www.pddoc.com/skedaddle/e-skedaddle/shelton-laurel.pdf I have some information about Chapel Shelton and his family. Happy to share if you can let me know what you're looking for. Sally T. Baughn [email protected]

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/wNHBAIB/2999 Message Board Post: Trying to find more info on what happened at Shelton Laurel & Sheltons that were involved. Also looking for info on Chapel Shelton b.abt1888 in N.C. d.in Tn.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: MARSHALL Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/wNHBAIB/2604.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Not that I know of. My husband's Marshalls are from OK by way of Tenn. The Marshalls have been in this country for a long time. Wouldn't be surprised at anything.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Shelton, Eaton, Bordeau, Juern, Knerse, VonBruhl, Marshall in MO and IL Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wNHBAIB/2604.1.1.1 Message Board Post: My grandfather - Martin Luther Shelton's parents were Richard Shelton and mother Lucille Marshall. Any connection? I saw your last name is Marshall.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wNHBAIB/2925.2.2.2.4.1 Message Board Post: Aurora's parents were William Eaton and Rosena Knerse. There were 10 children. Rosena's parents - Conrad Knerse and Elizabeth VonBruhl. Both families were from Germany settled in Calhoun County, IL. Martin Luther Shelton's parents were Richard Shelton and Lucille Marshall. They had 16 children - 8 boys and 8 girls. Bertha was one of those children. If she was your great-grandmother she was my aunt and we are cousins. Iris Luther Shelton was my father and he had a twin sister Inez. Bertha was his sister. The last I knew two aunts were still alive living in St. Louis. I do believe we should be in touch - contact me at [email protected]

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wNHBAIB/2925.2.2.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Judith - After reading Karla's response listing all the children of Martin and Aurora; and then your post, I truly believe we do have a match. I will be in touch. Respectfully, Karen

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wNHBAIB/2925.2.2.2.4 Message Board Post: Well, Sheltons 'R Us. I'm Bertha's granddaughter. Iris would have been one of her siblings. All the names of Martin's children are my Great Aunts - I don't think I ever met any of the brothers. Let's get in touch. Karen

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Shelton Cowan Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/wNHBAIB/2604.1.1 Message Board Post: I have since found out that my Bertha was born in 1881 in Kansas. I am now looking for info on her mother Margaret Cowan. Thank you anyway

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Shenton Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wNHBAIB/2998 Message Board Post: I am seeking information on the above Shelton's who where my Grandmother, Bertha's, parents. I did locate a Martin L. Shelton in Morgan County, but I can find nothing on his wife Aurora. If any one has any information please let me know. Thank you.