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/3002.1.1 Message Board Post: Sorry, i only know that he was born in VA, then moved to AL-MS-TX, where he stayed until he died in 1884. None of his children were born in TN, therefore, I doubt that they are the same. Thanks for responding though.