This is in reply to the messages posted by Janet Hunter and Keith Shelton on 11/29/05 re Sheltons in Todd Co., KY. I looked up these Sheltons on my database and found the following: Moses Hurt Shelton (b. Mar. 20, 1804, Pittsylvania Co., VA; d. Oct. 24, 1869, Lawrence Co., MO) m. Nancy Clark Shelton, d/o Crispen Robertson Shelton & Mary Waller. Moses H. was the s/o Charles Coleman Shelton (b. 1772; d. 1855, Todd Co., KY) and Elizabeth Shelton (b. 1770, Pittsylvania Co., VA; d. 1850). Lettice B. Shelton, d/o Coleman & Elizabeth Shelton, m. William Preston Shelton, s/o Tunstall W. Shelton & Fannie Payne. Here my records differ from Keith's in that I have his name as WILLIAM Preston Shelton instead of JOHN Preston Shelton. Elizabeth Shelton, d/o Coleman & Elizabeth Shelton, m. Matthew Clay Shelton, s/o Tunstall W. Shelton & Fannie Payne. I also found Ophelia D. Shelton listed as a daughter of Tunstall W. Shelton & Fannie Payne, but did not have a husband listed for her. Keith, would you be willing to share her husband's first name so that I can add it to my records? Janet, I think the William P. Shelton listed at #413 in the 1850 Todd Co., KY census is William Preston Shelton and wife Lettice B. Shelton. I have not done a lot of research on these Sheltons as they are not in my direct line. I am descended from Ralph Shelton through son Crispen, through his son, Lewis Shelton. My line went further south---into SC, then GA, then AL, then MS, then AR, then TX. I, and my parents (my mother was a Shelton), did not make it to MO until 1965. Hope to hear from one of you soon. Good luck and good hunting. Jan in MO ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tina Hall" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 11:00 PM Subject: FW: {not a subscriber} Fw: Fwd: [Shelton-L] Research in Todd Co., KY (anyone done it?) > > > > >From: "Myrna Lazenby" <[email protected]> > >To: <[email protected]> > >Subject: {not a subscriber} Fw: Fwd: [Shelton-L] Research in Todd Co., KY > >(anyone done it?) > >Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 19:33:25 -0700 > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: Ellen and Keith Shelton > >To: [email protected] ; [email protected] > >Sent: Monday, November 28, 2005 11:49 AM > >Subject: Re: Fwd: [Shelton-L] Research in Todd Co., KY (anyone done it?) > > > > > >Maybe this will help. On pp. 89&90 of "Shelton County" two sons of Tunstall > >Shelton (son of Dan'l b. 1729 Middlesex) and Fanny Payne (gdaughter of John > >Shelton), Mathew Clay Shelton and John Preston Shelton, married two > >daughters of Coleman Shelton, Elizabeth and Lettice, and moved to Kentucky. > >I looked them up in the 1850 KY census and found them in Todd County with > >numerous children. Each had an oldest son named Coleman. I was interested > >because their sister Ophelia D. Shelton Haden is an ancestor of mine. Does > >this mean they followed their father-in-law to Todd Co. ? Keith Shelton > >SH2. > > > >[email protected] wrote: > > > > From: [email protected] > > Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 23:43:40 EST > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [Shelton-L] Research in Todd Co., KY (anyone done it?) > > > > Hello Everyone, > > > > I am in Joplin, MO, taking care of family business. I drove THROUGH Todd > > County, KY on November 11, which sadly was Veterans Day. The side trip > >off of > > I-64 was a last minute thought when I realized if I got up early that > >morning I > > could maybe do some research, but forgot it was Veterans Day. > > > > I had planned to return to VA on Wednesday, but I caught some awful > >stomach > > flu bug and was down for a few days. I am probably going to have a > >chance to > > go back through Todd County next week on Tuesday or Wednesday. > > > > I am particularly interested in looking for any probate papers/circuit > >court > > cases, etc., that would provide documentation that my gg grandfather > >Moses > > Hurt Shelton who died in Lawrence County Missouri in 1869, was indeed > >the son of > > Coleman Shelton. I know that they, Moses & Coleman, are next door to > >each > > other on tax list in Todd Co. KY ca 1840 that I found at DAR in > >Washington, D.C. > > Coleman is said to be the son of Beverly Shelton and Ann Coleman, > >grandson of > > Crispin and Letitia ?? (FYI, a highly-qualified Montague researcher > >thinks > > she's probably a Paine/Payne for alot of reasons.). (Yes, I know that > >both > > Coleman and his son Moses married Shelton cousins carrying that surname, > > descendants of Beverly's siblings Gabriel and Vincent.) > > > > My gg grandfather Coleman (I believe) is 75 years old in the 1850, > >District > > 2, Todd Co. KY census, in household #417 of N. (???) C. Shelton, and a > >number > > of other Sheltons. Household #413 is that of a William P. (???) Shelton, > > wife Lettus, and several children, including another Coleman. The census > >taker > > had very stylized letters. > > > > I am curious if any of you have ever researched for Coleman (or > >extensively > > for other Sheltons) in Todd Co. I am hoping someone can also tell me the > > location of District 2 in Todd County, and advise me on research > > pitfalls/suggestions. Such as is there a local library worth a visit. > > > > I am also interested if there might be a chance that he died in Logan > >County, > > as opposed to Todd County. I actually (fear) he probably had already > > distributed his assets to his children before death, and there was no > >need for > > probate, but don't know this. > > > > Any suggestions would be appreciated. I will be unhooking my computer > >(no > > laptop) early Sunday night, so if any of you have suggestions I'd very > >much > > appreciate it. > > > > If I have time, and I am told it hasn't been done, I will try to collect > >any > > Shelton probate files in the early part of Todd County that I run > >across. > > > > Thanks so much in advance. > > > > Best regards, > > Janet (Baugh) Hunter > > > > > > ==== SHELTON Mailing List ==== > > Gedcoms and images can now be posted to the appropriate message boards > >on Rootsweb. > > > > > > > > > > > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- > >Yahoo! Music Unlimited - Access over 1 million songs. Try it free. > > > > > > ==== SHELTON Mailing List ==== > Gedcoms and images can now be posted to the appropriate message boards on Rootsweb. > >