>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. >