Darn it! I think it actually reads 1875. sorry..... -------------- Original message -------------- From: "Alice Brandt" <[email protected]> > Gosh Tina... > > I think there is a typo on his age... > > Alice > > > > [Original Message] > > From: Tina Hall > > To: > > Date: 4/17/2006 3:38:23 PM > > Subject: [Shelton-L] Reuben Shelton- s/o Vina Stone & John Shelton > > > > I was proofing the death record of Ruben Shelton and discovered that he > is one of my family and thought I would share his death certificate > information with the list. > > > > 'Ruben Shelton' > > DV: 1912 > > DC#: 12562 > > Henderson Co. > > > > born Nov 13, 1825 in Webster Co., KY > > died May 27, 1912 > > farmer > > 36yrs, 5 mos, 14 dys > > > > father: John Shelton b. Webster Co., KY > > mother: Vina Stone b. Union Co., KY > > informant: J. F. Shelton, Sebree, KY > > cause of death: Gunshot wound homocidal, contributary: TB > > buried: Shelton graveyard, Dixon, KY > > > > Tina Hall > > > > > > ==== SHELTON Mailing List ==== > > If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, make it dance! > > ~ George Bernard Shaw > >
I was proofing the death record of Ruben Shelton and discovered that he is one of my family and thought I would share his death certificate information with the list. 'Ruben Shelton' DV: 1912 DC#: 12562 Henderson Co. born Nov 13, 1825 in Webster Co., KY died May 27, 1912 farmer 36yrs, 5 mos, 14 dys father: John Shelton b. Webster Co., KY mother: Vina Stone b. Union Co., KY informant: J. F. Shelton, Sebree, KY cause of death: Gunshot wound homocidal, contributary: TB buried: Shelton graveyard, Dixon, KY Tina Hall
The only Stella Shelton that I could find which may be a possible match is in the 1920 census of Reotan Town, Fisher, TX in HH 1/1: Shelton, H. C. m w 41 m AL VA VA Printer Rotan Press ______, Stella f w 36 m TX GA TX ______, Hooper m w 15 s TX AL TX ______, Ouida f w 8 s TX AL TX ______, Empress f w 6 s TX AL TX ______, Harry m w 11/12 (Dec) TX AL TX Hope this helps. >From: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: [Shelton-L] stella phinney shelton >Date: 15 Apr 2006 11:05:19 -0600 > >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/2958 > >Message Board Post: > >C. T. Shelton married Stella Phinney 15Dec 1903 in Denton County Tx. >Stella was my grandads oldest sister.she was born Aug. 1884 in Denton or >Cooke County. I have been unable to find any records of them after the >wedding. Need help badly on this one. > > >==== SHELTON Mailing List ==== >SHELTON/SHELDON/SKELTON/CHILTON/CHELTON DNA case study: >http://www.familytreedna.com/surname_join.asp?code=D75896&special=true >
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/2958 Message Board Post: C. T. Shelton married Stella Phinney 15Dec 1903 in Denton County Tx. Stella was my grandads oldest sister.she was born Aug. 1884 in Denton or Cooke County. I have been unable to find any records of them after the wedding. Need help badly on this one.
Hi Sondra, I'm a bit confused too... does all the information in the 2nd paragraph apply to James (of Lunenburg) or Captain James? I understood them to be 2 different people and that it was James, not Captain James, who had son-in-law Gregory Durham and wife Philipenea. And which was on which lands? thanks! Carol Sondra Foley <[email protected]> wrote: Hi, New to list need help with some confusion with the surname of Spencer and Shelton. Two Spencer cousins of mine came up with the name of Shelton [ Gideon Farmer Shelton] as being a near relative, the only connection between the surname of Spencer and Shelton I can find is the follwoing. Another James Shelton of this same south-central Virginia area and period and perhaps about the same age as James of Lunenburg was Captain James Shelton of Pittsylvania and Henry Counties. For many years this author believed the latter to be the son of Ralph of Middlesex. Because Captain James Shelton seems possibly closely related to the Middlesex family, and is still unidentified as to parents, he will be presented briefly in this account. James Shelton was in Pittsylvania by 1768, when on May 27th he bought 400 acres on Leatherwood and Beaver Creeks from John Cox and wife Frances.[i][lxiv] That same year, on August 26th, he was sued by David Caldwell.[ii][lxv] On Aug l, 1772, he received a grant for another 400 acres, located on the south Fork of Leatherwood - probably adjoining or near the first tract.[iii][lxvi] This land was a few miles east of Martinsvillle, in present Henry County, and about 25 miles west of Crispin Shelton's settlement. James sold this 800 acre holding on Sept. 24, 1772, to James Hix, and six months later had another grant for 500 acres nearby, on Beaver and Snow Creeks.[iv][lxvii] He held this only 3 years, selling Feb. 28, 1775, to William Hunter.[v][lxviii] Then Captain James went further west, to buy on the North Mayo River, on its Horsepasture and Ironmonger branches - over 2000 acres in all.[vi][lxix] In 1780 he gave farms to his sons William and Samuel and his son-in-law G! regory Durham.[vii][lxx], and five years later died on land he still owned near Horsepasture. He left will, dated May 14, 1784, proved March 26, 1785, naming wife Philapinea[viii][lxxi] and this second wife's children - Nathan, James, Molly, Nancy and Sally.[ix][lxxii] Any help would be wonderful. Sondra ==== SHELTON Mailing List ==== All posters retain their copyrights to their own posts. Please do not forward any posts without the consent of the author. --------------------------------- Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Make PC-to-Phone Calls to the US (and 30+ countries) for 2¢/min or less.
Hi Sondra, There is no relationship between the James Shelton of Leatherwood, Henry County, VA, and the Middlesex Shelton family. This is proven by DNA tests done for a descendant of the family James Shelton and numerous descendants of the Middlesex Shelton family. Hildred
Hi, New to list need help with some confusion with the surname of Spencer and Shelton. Two Spencer cousins of mine came up with the name of Shelton [ Gideon Farmer Shelton] as being a near relative, the only connection between the surname of Spencer and Shelton I can find is the follwoing. Another James Shelton of this same south-central Virginia area and period and perhaps about the same age as James of Lunenburg was Captain James Shelton of Pittsylvania and Henry Counties. For many years this author believed the latter to be the son of Ralph of Middlesex. Because Captain James Shelton seems possibly closely related to the Middlesex family, and is still unidentified as to parents, he will be presented briefly in this account. James Shelton was in Pittsylvania by 1768, when on May 27th he bought 400 acres on Leatherwood and Beaver Creeks from John Cox and wife Frances.[i][lxiv] That same year, on August 26th, he was sued by David Caldwell.[ii][lxv] On Aug l, 1772, he received a grant for another 400 acres, located on the south Fork of Leatherwood - probably adjoining or near the first tract.[iii][lxvi] This land was a few miles east of Martinsvillle, in present Henry County, and about 25 miles west of Crispin Shelton's settlement. James sold this 800 acre holding on Sept. 24, 1772, to James Hix, and six months later had another grant for 500 acres nearby, on Beaver and Snow Creeks.[iv][lxvii] He held this only 3 years, selling Feb. 28, 1775, to William Hunter.[v][lxviii] Then Captain James went further west, to buy on the North Mayo River, on its Horsepasture and Ironmonger branches - over 2000 acres in all.[vi][lxix] In 1780 he gave farms to his sons William and Samuel and his son-in-law G! regory Durham.[vii][lxx], and five years later died on land he still owned near Horsepasture. He left will, dated May 14, 1784, proved March 26, 1785, naming wife Philapinea[viii][lxxi] and this second wife's children - Nathan, James, Molly, Nancy and Sally.[ix][lxxii] Any help would be wonderful. Sondra
Sheila, One should take care with family histories handed down, but that does not mean that if you take the whole package and don´t pick out just one incident, that they are not mostly true. I don´t think you have to say it was either Sioux or Gypsy. I have not heard much about gypsies in early frontier days but I am almost certain it was not Sioux. The basic story may be true, but the ethnic roots mixed up. Another possibility is that gypsie was used as a descriptive term. You did not mention where your ancestors were, but it is well known where the Oglala Sioux were. http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/tribes/siouan/oglalahist.htm "Oglala ('to scatter one's own'). The principal division of the Teton Sioux. Their early history is involved in complete obscurity; their modern history recounts incessant contests with other tribes and depredations on the whites. The first recorded notice of them is that of Lewis and Clark, who in 1806 found them living above the Brule Sioux on Missouri river, between Cheyenne and Bad rivers, in the present South Dakota, numbering 150 or 200 men. In 1825 they inhabited both banks of Bad river from the Missouri to the Black Hills, and were then friendly with the whites and at peace with the Cheyenne, but enemies to all other tribes except those of their own nation. They were then estimated at 1,500 persons, of whom 300 were warriors." Needless to say, unless your ancestors were a part of the Lewis and Clark expedition in 1806, you have to evaluate your family history and decide for yourself. Duane Mills >Commentary #1: Horse-Trading Stories. > > I have seen (multiple times) on genealogy websites that a Native >American named Nancy BROWN was full-blood Ogala Sioux & was traded >to a Cherokee for a horse. We have this Nancy BROWN also; but no >one in my branch of the family tree seems to know about the Sioux >info. > >Sheila Gibson > Honored to be known as "SpiritHawk"
Commentary #1: Horse-Trading Stories. I have seen (multiple times) on genealogy websites that a Native American named Nancy BROWN was full-blood Ogala Sioux & was traded to a Cherokee for a horse. We have this Nancy BROWN also; but no one in my branch of the family tree seems to know about the Sioux info. We do know, however, that Mary Ann SHELTON Faucett (b. 1831), daughter of Stephen SHELTON (b. 1809) & Nancy BROWN (b. abt 1811) was part Indian. Nancy BROWN's parents are John BROWN (b. abt 1792) & Nancy (b. 1792). Unlike many others of her day, Mary Ann (Polly) did not hide her NA heritage. She was proud of it & spoke of it often. Relatives say that Polly's grandmother, the senior Nancy, was full-blood Native American. Altho the Sioux info was new to me, the horse-trading story wasnt. My dad used to tell about an unnamed ancestor being camped near a stream when some gypsies came thru. Being awestruck by the beauty of a prized black horse owned by my ancestor, the Gypsy asked how much he'd take for it. My ancestor replied that the horse was not for sale. (The Gypsy's wife, meanwhile, sat quietly nearby holding a baby.) The story goes that the Gypsy kept asking until finally my ancestor said, "Give me your baby; and you can have my horse." To the astonishment of my ancestor, the Gypsy agreed & handed him the baby. Since childhood, I heard about having "Gypsy" blood on my Shelton side. Opinions vary as to the value of oral tradition. I pay attention because I believe the stories offer clues & point us in directions to research. Could it be that the Sioux story & the Gypsy story were actually two versions of the same event? It is not likely that my dad exchanged information with or was influenced by stories of distant relatives. Since I doubt I have TWO ancestors that got traded for horses, I have become excited at the prospect of finally identifying a couple of the unnamed people in my dad's story. The fact that a similar tradition passed down different branches of the family tree adds credibility to the story, in my opinion. But which was it, Indian or Gypsy? I was curious; and so I posted a request that someone please come forward & reveal the source for the Sioux info. Altho I have gotten some helpful responses, I have not yet received an answer to my Sioux question specifically. With internet information being so widely available (& easily copied), I am coming to respect oral tradition a little more. Sheila Gibson Honored to be known as "SpiritHawk"
This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Shelton / Cole Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/wNHBAIB/2425.4 Message Board Post: Is there a possibility that your Doris married a Samuel H. Cole?
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/2950.1 Message Board Post: A descendant of Coleman Shelton from Ohio has written to me to say that in 1820 Coleman Shelton had two daughters Chaney and Catherine who did not marry and were in the home in the 16-26 age group in 1820. In the 1850 census one was 47 years of age and the other, 49; therefore, this appears to be correct. The descendant did not know if Coleman had a daughter named Dolly, stating that Coleman and all his family moved to Todd County, KY, between 1830-1840. I was doing this research for a descendant of Dolly who gave me James Dalton as the father of Dolly's husband, Coleman. I have not checked on Coleman's family and I do not know if the note I included about Joseph Dalton refers to the family of Coleman Dalton.
This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Shelton ,Barrett,Herd,Brown,Shields Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/wNHBAIB/2956 Message Board Post: I'm looking for any information about the parents of William Shelton b.1863 Clay Co. Ky ?d.2/14/1934 Knox Co. Ky.He md.Nancy Herd daughter of Hiram and Matilda Brown Herd.In Clay Co. Ky.They moved to Knox Co. Ky and had the following children:Lavada,Issac,Burt,Ethel,Sarah,Effie,Dorrie, John ,Ed,Laura,Thomas,Clinton ,and Matilda .Any information,no matter how small.
This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: shelton & mills from california Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wNHBAIB/2955 Message Board Post: looking for any members of shelton and mills families in california & iowa.my grandparents were ethel mae mills & joseph david shelton(divorced).ethel m. pete cotton in ala.my mother was sarah louise shelton,m james douglas lee in ala.
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/2954 Message Board Post: Looking for any info on a Flora Mae Shelton! Prior marriages were Bottler,Silva,Potter,and Gray in her name.She is supposed to be my grandmother on my mother's side.I have never met her that I remember but,she is listed as her mother on her birth certificate. All I know is my mother and her sibblings were placed in an orphanage sometime after 1930.Thanks for any help. Gayle
This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Shelton/Beeler Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/wNHBAIB/2953 Message Board Post: I found the following on the 1850 Claiborne County , TN census taken 8-28-1850 Shelton, Ralph..63 VA Anna..41 Louiza..24 Lettie (?)..22..f Mary A..15 Elizabeth..13 Mark..10 Anderson..7 Jasper..6 Penelope..5 Malinda..3 Houston..4 Edmond..3/12 Th----A...6..f Louiza..3 Christy..1 All children born in TN The last 3 children are out of order and the name Louiza is repeated. Are they something other than natural children? I started this trying to trace Penelope who married Robert H. Beeler (my 1st cousin 4x removed) Thank you
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This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Shelton, Winston Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wNHBAIB/2952 Message Board Post: I am looking for the will of Joseph Shelton who died in 1797 in VA. According to the book "History of the Shelton Family of England and America" by Mildred Whitaker this Joseph Shelton who died in 1797 was the father of my gr.gr.gr.grandfather Richard Shelton, b.1779 Louisa Co., VA - d.1842 Guilford Co., NC. I would like to locate a copy of the will to determine who Joseph Shelton's wife was and possibly a list of his children. Joseph's second wife was possibly a Winston from Louisa. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Kathryn Mereness - email <[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/2951 Message Board Post: I found several photo's of the same family. I bought the one of Modena with a guitar where she wrote to her husband to be on the back. Another photo is of him and her with two boys under 10 sitting on a wagon. There were several other photo's which I did not get. I can pass along the name of the antique store that I bought them in. I found the pair in Lincoln Co, Tn in 1930 census with two children J. B (16) and Roy L (13). Benjamin F was born in 1891 and Modena was born in 1892. The guitar postcard was made before 1910. The other photo was made around 1923. If you think these are yours please let me know. Thanks Mel
This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Shelton, Dalton Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/wNHBAIB/2950 Message Board Post: The theory of this Researcher is that Dolly Shelton was the daughter of Coleman Shelton and that her husband, Coleman Dalton, may have been named by his father, James Dalton, for a neighbor being Coleman Shelton. {No fact as to relationship or lack thereof between this Dalton and this Shelton family was found, other than proximity.} .The case goes as follows. Note on Rootsweb Dalton board: "court case in Pittsylvania involving Joseph Dalton and sons seems to indicate that his sons were James, Elijah, George, Caleb and Coleman all born ca 1784-1800, Coleman being the one who married Dolly Shelton and went to Patrick County. Joseph was "son of John" on a tithe list." {posted by Ken Haas in 2004} The 1820 census shows only two James Daltons living in Pittsylvania County. The other one is listed in the census as James T. Dalton, though Ancestry. com indexes him, in error, as James J. Shelton. {The actual census image shows clearly that this man's middle initial is a "T".} James Dalton has 2 males under 10 years of age, 2 males 10-16 years, 1 male 16-26 years and one male of 45 years & Up who, of course, is James himself. Coleman Jefferson, having been born in 1800, would have been 20 years of age and could be the male 16-26 years of age in this census. Living two houses away from James Dalton in 1820, according to the census listing, is a Bennett Shelton. Bennett does not have resident in his household a female in the age group 16-26 years being the age grouping into which Dolly Shelton would have been recorded in 1820 census as she would have been 21 years of age. {Bennett is a member of the Chilton family who came to Pittsylvania in 1760s and by 1800 had changed the spelling of the surname to “Shelton”.} Other members of this Chilton/Shelton line are listed on the same census page, some twenty-six houses away from James Dalton. They are William Shelton of the Mountain Road and Thomas Shelton. Thomas has no female in his house in the right age group to be Dolly but William has three. William's widow, Ann, filed a Revolutionary War pension application which named his children and no daughter was named "Dolly". Living much closer to James Dalton, only seven houses away, are Coleman Shelton and Beverly Shelton, Sr. Coleman and Beverly are brothers, the sons of Beverly, b. abt. 1749 based on his marriage date of 1769 and d. abt. 1796 based on token sale of his land at that time to two of his children (no will is found for him), who was the son of Crispin, d. 1794, Pittsylvania County, son of Ralph Shelton, d. 1733 Middlesex County, VA. Beverly does not have in his household a female who was in the age group 16-26 years. Coleman has a female living in his household who is listed in the 16-26 age group, who could be Dolly. The following analysis was done with the assumption that Dolly Shelton, who did not marry until October, would be resident in the household of her father in the 1820 census enumeration, as the official enumeration date for the 1820 census was August 7, 1820, which meant that all data was to be collected by the enumerators as of that date without regard to the date the actual information might be recorded. The further assumption is that Coleman and Dolly probably lived rather close to each other as traveling was still not an easy undertaking in 1820. So this analysis assumes Dolly and Coleman were likely neighbors, and each resident in the household of their respective fathers as of August 7, 1820. Dolly Shelton who married Coleman Dalton 1 Ralph Shelton 1680 - 1733 . +Mary surname unknown .... 2 Crispin Shelton 1713 - 1794 ........ +Lettice surname unknown ........... 3 Beverly Shelton 1749 - 1796 ............... +Ann Coleman .................. 4 Coleman Shelton 1770 - ...................... +Elizabeth Shelton ......................... 5 Dolly Shelton 1798 - 1882 ............................. +Coleman Dalton 1800 – 1882 ............................... Names of Dolly and Coleman’s children ................................as given in the 1850 census. Whether or .................................not there were other children was not ................................shown. ................................. 6 Alexander Frederick Dalton ................................. 6 Andrew Jackson Dalton ................................. 6 James William Dalton ................................. 6 Coleman Jefferson Dalton ................................. 6 Willis M. Dalton ................................. 6 Nancy Dalton Generation No. 1 1. RALPH1 SHELTON was born Abt. 1680 in England, and died 1733. Death recorded Christ Church Parish Register, Middlesex County, VA. He married MARY whose surname is often given on the Internet as “Crispin”, for which there is no proof. Child of RALPH SHELTON and MARY UNKNOWN is: 2. i. CRISPIN2 SHELTON, b. April 01, 1713, birth recorded Christ Church Parish Register, Middlesex County, VA; d. 1794, Pittsylvania County, VA. Generation No. 2 2. CRISPIN2 SHELTON (RALPH1) was born April 01, 1713 with his birth recorded Christ Church Parish Register, Middlesex County, VA, and died 1794 in Pittsylvania County, VA. He married LETTICE whose surname is unknown.. Child of CRISPIN SHELTON and LETTICE UNKNOWN is: 3. i. BEVERLY3 SHELTON, b. Abt. 1749, Amelia County, VA; d. Abt. 1796, Pittsylvania County, VA. Generation No. 3 3. BEVERLY3 SHELTON (CRISPIN2, RALPH1) was born Abt. 1749 in Amelia County, VA, and died Abt. 1796 in Pittsylvania County, VA. He married ANN COLEMAN December 25, 1769. Children of BEVERLY SHELTON and ANN COLEMAN are: 4. i. COLEMAN4 SHELTON, b. Bet. 1770 - 1774, Pittsylvania County, VA., Generation No. 4 4. COLEMAN4 SHELTON (BEVERLY3, CRISPIN2, RALPH1) was born Bet. 1770 - 1774 in Pittsylvania County, VA. He married ELIZABETH SHELTON July 27, 1797 in Pittsylvania County, VA. She was daughter of Gabriel Shelton, son of Crispin Shelton. Child of COLEMAN SHELTON and ELIZABETH SHELTON are: i. DOLLY5 SHELTON, b. 1798, Virginia, possibly Pittsylania County; d. Aft. June 30, 1882, Patrick County, VA; m. COLEMAN DALTON, October 21, 1820, Pittsylvania County, VA; b. 1800, Virginia, possibly Pittsylania County; d. Bef. October 1882, Patrick County, VA. Notes for DOLLY SHELTON: The marriage record is recorded on page 70 of the Pittsylvania County Marriage Index, located in the Clerk's Office of Pittsylvania County. The spaces of bondsman, signer of the certificate for the bride and the kinship of signer of certificate to the bride are all blank. The minister was Shadrack Mustain. While this marriage record does not give the most important piece of data, the name of a parent of the bride, it does provide the information that the bride was of legal age; otherwise she could not have signed for herself to be married. The 1850 U. S. census shows her, age 52yrs., and her husband, Coleman Dalton, age 50 yrs., living in Patrick County with A. Jackson age 21 yrs, James, age 15 yrs., Coleman, Jr., age 12 yrs., Willis, age 11 yrs., and Nancy, age 8 yrs., in the household. The 1830 census has Coleman living in Henry County and 1840 census show Coleman Dalton in Patrick County. The names of some of Dolly and Coleman's children are confirmed by the 1850 census which shows him, age 50, in Patrick County. Living in his household are Dolly, his wife, age 52 years; sons A. Jackson, age 21 years, James age 15 years, Coleman age 12 years, Willis age 11 years and Nancy age 8 years. Coleman's occupation was given as "Farmer" and he owned real estate valued at $1,000. Living next door is Frederick Dalton, age 27 years with wife Martha age 22 years, with daughter Sarah, age nine months. So Frederick married about 1848. Therefore, this report cannot vouch for the names of any other children whom Coleman and Dolly may or may not have had. Coleman and Dolly were still living in 1880 as both of them were listed in the Patrick County, VA, census for that year.
This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Shelton, Ruffin, Dugar Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/wNHBAIB/2949 Message Board Post: According to family tradition, William Ruffin was a Major on the Staff of General Andrew Jackson during the Battle of New Orleans. He eventually married three women: Margaret Boswell Dugar by whom he had two children and then he married Eleanor Shelton who died and so he married her sister, Mary Shelton. Both of these SHELTON women were daughters of WALTER SHELTON. I know nothing about Walter's line of descent. He would have had to be born, possibly, in the 1770's or earlier. William Ruffin was born in King William County, Virginia but ended up settling in Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee. I do not know if he married the Shelton Sisters in Tennessee or in Virginia. Ruffin went on to be President of the power company that brought gas illumination to Memphis, Tennessee. This is a personal interest quest -- as William Ruffin and wives 2 and 3, the Shelton sisters, never had children with him.