This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: SHELTON/HAGOOD/BRUCE/FORTNER/GOODE Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wNHBAIB/652.1 Message Board Post: I need to make some updates and changes to the above message about Henry SHELTON. 1st: The Henry Shelton who was in the War of 1812 in Iredell Co., NC may NOT be the same Henry who ended up in Lumpkin Co., GA. I can't prove whether he was or not. 2nd: This is what I know about the SHELTON family in Iredell Co., NC. The Henry SHELTON who was in the War of 1812, I find with pay records in 1814 and it states he is from Iredell Co., NC. Also in Iredell Co., NC is a record of Guardians being appointed in 1811 for Charles Wesley SHELTON and Mary SHELTON who are listed as the orphans of Henry SHELTON. Their deceased father could NOT be the same Henry who was in the War of 1812. He was in the war during the time that Charles Wesley and Mary had guardians. Henry in the War could, however, be the son of the deceased Henry SHELTON. I don't know that, but it is possible. 2nd: The maiden name of the wife of Henry SHELTON of Lumpkin Co., GA is in dispute. Her first name is Matilda, but her maiden name may have been HAGOOD or it may be BRUCE. 3rd: Some maybes: The Henry SHELTON in Habersham Co., GA in 1840 might be the same Henry SHELTON in Lumpkin Co., GA in 1850, 1860, & 1870. The dates in Habersham don't match, but I'm not sure that means much. Another maybe: I have heard that some people think there was another son of Henry and Matilda, that we don't have listed. His name is sometimes listed as David and sometimes Richard. I have found no definite evidence of either. Anyone who thinks they know anything about this family or (these families), I would love to exchange info with you. Dolores