Do we know which "George Shelor" this was? There were a number of them at various times. Kat On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 3:12 AM, Rena Worthen <doreatr@rbnet.com> wrote: > Another Revolutionary Soldier Gone > > Capt. Daniel SHELOR breathed his last at the residence of George SHELOR, > esq., in the county of Floyd, on the 12th day of February 1847, in the > 97th > year of his age. He served in the struggle for American Independence, > first > as Lieutenant, and secondly as Captain. His spirit has gone (it is > believed,) where the bellowing of the cannons, the clamor of the drum, and > the shrill voice of the fife are known and heard no more - but "Where > anthems of rapture unceasingly roll, And the smile of the Lord is the > feast > of the soul." > > http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=38942 > > ********************************** > Note from List Administrator!!! > The Second Sunday in each month will set aside for a "Brick Wall" Roll > Call. Please always put the surname you seek in the subject and tell us > something about your Brick Wall person. > To contact Listowner: > Rena Worthen doreatr@rbnet.com > ********************************** > Search this list's archived messages! > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > View the Floyd County Virginia Website at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafloyd/floyd.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > VAFLOYD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >