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