This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/wNHBAIB/2891.1.1.1.1.2 Message Board Post: I have not been able to identify the parents of Joel Shelton. There is an older James Shelton listed on the same page with William, Joel and Gideon Shelton in the 1830 census for Perry County, TN, so it is possible that James is his father -- but that is just a guess at this point.