In a message dated 6/19/00 11:02:47 PM Eastern Daylight Time, VAPITTSY-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: << -------------------- X-Message: #15 Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 20:18:03 EDT From: JBrody845@aol.com To: VAPITTSY-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <78.6d5bd13.2680123b@aol.com> Subject: [VAPITTSY-L] MOTLEY/ SHELTON Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I was very interested to see the name MOTLEY in the SHELTON family bible. My 5G grandmother was (possibly) Sarah MOTLEY who married Joab MEADOR sometimer around 1765 in VA either Caroline or Pittsylvania County. Their son William Henry MEADOR was not mentioned in Joab's will and so proving the lineage is difficult and I must go at it from other directions. Joseph David MEADOR, son of William Henry MEADOR married Elizabeth PAYNE in Pittsylvania Co in 1829. Elizabeth PAYNE was the dau. of William PAYNE who was married to Sarah NANCE. Their daughter Sarah PAYNE married Tunstall SHELTON. I have heard that the PAYNES, NANCES, SHELTONS and MOTLEYS were intertwined for quite a long time and would appreciate any insight as to this. Thanks, Jane DRAKE BRODY >> Jane, Sarah and Joab were also my 5th g g'parents. I descend from their dgt, Sarah Meadows who m. Thomas Davis. Pls email me so we can exchange notes as we're related! Thanks, Nancy in MD

Jane, I would love some help is correcting my Payne files. Yes, the Paynes and Sheltons were intertwined and even adjoining land owners. I have Tunstall Shelton as married to Elizabeth Frances (Fannie) Payne December 15, 1794 Pittsylvania. Fannie as daughter of Thomas Payne and Francis Shelton. (Shelton County by April Miller) Have 2 William Paynes in Pittsylvania- William, son of Thomas Payne and William, son of Josias Payne, named in father's will probated December 19, 1785. But no Elizabeth listed for either.(History of Pittsylvania County by Maud Carter Clement,An Intimate History of The American Revolution in Pittsylvania County, VA by Frances Hallam Hurt) Help! Jan Shelton Nixon > Joseph David MEADOR, son of William Henry MEADOR married Elizabeth PAYNE in > Pittsylvania Co in 1829. > > Elizabeth PAYNE was the dau. of William PAYNE who was married to Sarah > NANCE. > Their daughter Sarah PAYNE married Tunstall SHELTON. > > I have heard that the PAYNES, NANCES, SHELTONS and MOTLEYS were intertwined > for quite a long time and would appreciate any insight as to this. > Thanks, > Jane DRAKE BRODY > >>