If there are any more descendents of Lewis Shelton (s/o Crispen, grandson of Ralph) out there, you might find this interesting. I found it today. From "South Carolina Baptists" by Leah Townsend, "Anderson County Churches", p. 197: "A large group of Baptists collected about Shockley Ferry on Savannah River in Pendleton District sometime in the eighties, and at least by 1790 had been constituted a church of that name.* Garrett, 'Saluda Assoc., p. 14, gives the traditional date of constitution as 15 or 20 years before 1800; 'Asplund's Reg.' 1. and 3. ed., lists a church called Savannah River, Love's or Lover's Ferry, in Abbeville District, which was organized in 1790 and which had in that year 30 members, served by LEWIS SKELTON, an itinerant from a church at Pittsylvania, VA; and from entries in 'ibid', 5. and 6. ed., it appears that the above was meant for Shockley Ferry; the figures there given for 1790-4 are obviously erroneous; according statements in Mercer, 'GA Assoc.', p. 28, Shockley Ferry Church must have entered that association sometime between 1788 and 1792; no LEWIS SKELTON has been found, but a LEWIS SHELTON was living in 1790 (Census, p. 82) in Pendleton District with 4 slaves and there ! are references to a LEWIS SHELTON in Padgetts Creek CB (1804) and in Cedar Spring CB (1802)." I believe the first Lewis Shelton mentioned above (erroneously called Lewis Skelton) was Lewis, s/o of Crispen. The references to Lewis Shelton in connection with the Padgetts Creek and Cedar Springs churches probably refer to Lewis's son, Lewis Shelton, Jr. Lewis Sr. died in 1794 in Pendleton Dist., SC and his will is recorded in Anderson Co., SC. (I have a copy of this will if anyone is interested.) Lewis Shelton Sr. was my 5g-grandfather. Happy New Year to everyone. Jan in MO