Social Security Death Index Name: Rufus Shelton Date of Birth: Sunday March 09, 1913 Date of Death: July 1985 Est. Age at death: 72 years, 4 months Last known residence: City: Sacramento County: Sacramento State: California ZIP Code: 95828 Latitude: 38.4858 Longitude: -121.3963 Social Security details: State of Issue: Oklahoma Number: 441-07-8662 ----- Original Message ----- From: gc-gateway@rootsweb.com<mailto:gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> To: SHELTON-L@rootsweb.com<mailto:SHELTON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2008 12:17 PM Subject: Re: [SHELTON] Rufus Shelton in Okla/Muskogee/Indian This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: light173 Surnames: RUFUS SHELTON Cherokee OK KY Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.shelton/1197.1283.1286/mb.ashx<http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.shelton/1197.1283.1286/mb.ashx> Message Board Post: My Grandfather who was in the Navy in WWII in Pearl Harbor passed away in 1985 in California. He was born I belive in about 1913- I dont have the exact date. He was not my blood-grandfather, but adopted me and raised me. He used to tell me he was a Oakie from Muskogee and would go on and on about dropping out of the third-grade to work in the fields with his father. He told me he was Cherokee Indian, & he was REALLY tall thin and lanky and had the palest blue eyes you ever saw. IT was only recently I started putting two and two together & realising that he was Cherokee Indian, and really was a Hillbilly ( as he called himself) Oakie from 'Muskogee'! I know he had alot of siblings, but the only one I knew he kept in contact with was "ella' who married a Farmer in either OK or KY. He had only one daughter who last I heard raised horses in KY and I lost touch with her years ago. I know she had four daughters. If anyone knows any historial links to Rufus can you let me know? th! anks Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. ------------------------------------------------ Shelton Y-DNA study: http://www.home.comcast.net/~tinasgenealogy/dna.html<http://www.home.comcast.net/~tinasgenealogy/dna.html> ------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SHELTON-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:SHELTON-request@rootsweb.com> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message