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