This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Shelton, Parrish, Ethington, Thomason Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wNHBAIB/2923.2 Message Board Post: I do not have info requested, but my great grandfather, Thomas Shelton b. 1829 came to West TN. about 1850 from the Owen Co.KY area and had a son named Robert Lawrence and one named J. Preston. I do not know who his parents were, but I know he is related to descendants of Peter Shelton and Frances Nichols {Nucholls}. I have quite a bit of information on that line. If you think we are researching the same family, I will be glad to exchange info with you.