This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Shelton/Lawson/Martin Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wNHBAIB/2890 Message Board Post: Does anyone have any info for a Melinda/Malinda Shelton in this posting -- (or any other source) JESSE SHELTON 49 m laborer TN Lucinda 40 f TN Malinda 16 f TN William 14 m TN Palatiah 13 m TN John 10 m TN Margarett L. 3 f TN James 3/12 m TN Do you know who this Malinda Shelton married and when? If she is NOT the one that married Bluford Luttrell, she may be mine. Mine was b. in TN, “about” 1818 and may have been related to the Zebedee Shelton born 1804 Grainger, TN. The Malinda I am looking for married Charles D. Martin, maybe known or listed as Charlie Wright, he went by his step father’s surname of Wright until he was 21 years old – then took his biological father’s surname of Martin. His father was James Martin, son of Isaac Martin who lived in the region. Malinda and Charles married July, 1839 McMinn, TN. These folks are my largest, highest and widest brick wall. After their marriage, Malinda and Charles Martin left McMinn, TN along with the Nathan Lawson family went to Franklin County, MO where Zebedee Shelton was living in 1840 - Nathan Lawson went to Miller County, MO by 1850 - and Charles and Malinda Martin then went to Miller County, MO by 1860. Any help greatly appreciated. Shirley