These notes concerning William Shelton may be of interest to you. I collected them because I am interested in the family of Robert Harris and his wife Mourning Glen and in Robert's father, William Harris and Temperance Overton. Robert Harris and Mourning lived in Louisa Co. and for a short time, it seems, in Albemarle Co. The elder Harrises were of Hanover Co. Refer to some of the later works of Malcolm Hart Harris. The genealogies of some of these families as presented in the History of Louisa Co., however, are flawed and should be checked against the public records and church records, if available. Submitted by E.W.Wallace Rev Oct 2001 WILLIAM SHELTON. 2137. William Shelton, who was married to a daughter of Robert Harris--Lucy Harris--was probably a resident in King William Co., VA before he removed to Louisa or Albemarle Co., VA. Or, more probably, there were several William Sheltons. Shelton was one of two executors of his mother-in-law Mourning Glenn Harris whose will was proved in Albemarle March Court 1776. The Sheltons may have held land in both Louisa and Albemarle Cos. Also in Lunenburg Co., as indicated in a deed cited below. According to the index of Rosalie Edith Davis, FREDERICKSVILLE PARISH VESTRY BOOK, 1742-1787, Vol. 1, there were a number of Shelton males in that parish: David, Henry, Joseph, Thomas, William. At a vestry held for Fredericksville Parish ye 14th November 1771: (p. 97) Ordered tht James Kerr, Joel Terrell, Wm. Lewis, David Allen, John Barnett, Charles Goodman, Fra. Grymes, Samuel Rea & William Shelton do procession all the lands between Mechams River down to Carrs ford. the Three notched Road, down to Lewis's & the Fredericksburg Road. (Davis, p. 101) At a vestry held for Fredericksville Parish the 13th day of November 1783 at Charlottesville .... (p. 119) Ordered that James Keer, George Divers, John Marks, William Shelton, Charles Goodman, Claudious Bustard do possession all the lands from Mechams River down to Carrs ford, the three Notched Road, down to Lewises old place. (Davis, p. 124) Shelton was a neighbor of some of the members of the Dabney family as evidenced by the following Louisa Co. deed: Louisa Co. DB E-216-217 8 Dec 1777 Isaac Dabney & Anne his wife of King William Co. to Cornelius Dabney of Louisa Co.; 85 pds.; 100 A on the south side of the Southanna River joining lands of Wm. Shelton & land conveyed by me to my Brother Cornelius Dabney. Wit: none 8 Dec 1777 ack. by Isaac Dabney. 13 April 1778 Commission for the Examination of Ann the wife of sd. Dabney (Rosalie Edith Davis, LOUISA COUNTY VIRGINIA DEED BOOKS E & F, 1774-1790 [Manchester, MO: Privately published 1983], p. 24-25) Louisa Co. DB F-35-36 is a deed dated 7 April 1785 Thomas Johnson & Catherine his wife of Louisa Co. to Wm. Lovell of same.... 90 A. on waaters of Owens Cr... Wm. Sheltons line... John Symes line... Johnsons line (Davis, p. 50) Louisa Co. DB F-192-193 16 Oct 1786 Thomas Johnston of Louisa Co. to John Richardson of Hanover Co.; 100 pds. 216 A. in Louisa Co. near Owens Cr. adj. lands of Collo. John Syme & known by the name of Bobits old Tract... corner of Late Capt. Joseph Sheltons line... Symes line... Lovels parcel of land bought of sd. Bobbits tract... William Shelton's line. /s/ Thos. Johnson Catharine Johnson Wit: Jesse Lacy, Stephen Farrar, Elisabeth (X) Johnson (Davis, p. 66) Louisa Co. DB F-299-301 5 April 1788 Cornelius Dabney to William Shelton, both of Louisa Co., St. Martain's Par.; 63 pds-8s-9d; by late survey 36 1/2 A. bounded by lines of sd. parties, beginning at the old Mountain Road on the line of sd. Shelton... sd. Road, down same. /s/ Corl. Dabney Wit: James Shelton, Jesse Shelton, William Shelton Junr., Philemon Frayser 14 April 1788 ack by Corl. Dabney (Davis, p. 78) An earlier deed found in Lunenburg Co. indicates that in 1762 William Shelton was of Albemarle Co. Lunenburg Co. DB 7, Jan 13, 1762 from William Shelton of Albemarle County, to Tyree Glen of L[unenburg], for 100 pds., a certain tract of land in L on the east or lower side of Reedy Cr containing 274 acres, being the lower part of the land Joseph Minor purchased of Mackie, and by Minor sold to Joseph Gentry, and by Gentry sold to the said William Shelton, all via L deeds. The land is bounded as per the deed of Joseph Gentry to the said William Shelton. Signed - Wm. Shelton. Wit - Nathll Williams, William Smithson, Jeremiah Glen. Recorded Feb 2, 1762. (TLC Genealogy, LUNENBURG COUNTY, VIRGINIA DEED BOOKS 7 & 8 (1761-1764) [Miami Beach: TLC Genealogy, 1990], p. 21)