I wonder if the Glen Shelton who for years wrote a column in The Vernon Daily Record, Vernon, Wilbarger county, Texas is descended from this line. He was in Vernon at least in the 1940s and 1950s. Wanda Cole ---------- > From: karen wood <karenwood@del.net> > To: VAPITTSY-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [VAPITTSY-L] RE: Claiborne Shelton and Saluda Mustain > Date: Tuesday, July 25, 2000 9:36 PM > > Claiborne Shelton is the son of John Shelton d. 1804 in Pittsylvania Co VA. > Claiborne married Saluda Mustain, d/o Thomas & Mary _ Mustain of > Pittsylvania Co. The following is from the History of Gallia Oh. by W.Grody > ( A collection of family histories from Gallia Co in 1980) > >From History of Gallia Co. OHio by W Grody > Claiborn Shelton was the son of John Shelton of Pittsylvania Co,VA. May 16 > 1785 he married Saluda (Luedy Mustain, daughter of Thomas Mustain. Claiborn > served inthe Indian Wars under Gen. Wayne and was much impressed with the > farming possibilities of the Wabash County. The government, unable to pay > its soldiers in cash, offered land instead. So Claiborn in 1811 headed for > tha county. They loaded the bedding in a wagon and Saluda drove a cow > hitched to the wagon. All but William the youngest who rode with his > mother, walked and carried packs. They followed buffalo and Indian trails > and had traveled many miles when they came to what was to become Greenfield > Township, Gallia Co. Saluda became too ill to go on. Chimney Rock on > Symmes Creek funished shelter. The Creek was full of fish and the woods > full of game. That Spring Saluda died. She is buried in a private cemetery > on the opposite hillside. Claiborn built a cabin and stayed on until the > chidren were grown. Jesse married Peggy Blake in 1817. Thomas married > Polly Carter in 1825. Claiborn with Hesse and Thomas headed for the Wabash > County. Thomas recieved a land patent in Adams Twyp. Madison Co INdiana, > but Jesse moved on into Shelby Co, Illinois. Claiborn died in Indiana in > 1848. Many of his descendents remain in Galia Co. Oh. W. Grody"se and > Thomas headed for the Wabash County. Thomas recievd a land patent in Adams > Twyp. Madison Co INdiana, but Jesse moved on into Shelby Co, Illinois. > Claiborn died in Indiana in 1848. Many of his descendents remain in Galia > Co. Oh. W. Grody" > > Also: from same source: > Henley born 1790 in VA, and John, each built a log house near Center Point > Ohio, on Symmes Creek. Henley's log house which is still standing as of > this date, Feb 20 1980, is about 1/2 mile from what is not the Luther > Shelton farm where John built his log house. This John way my Great Great > Grandfather. IN 1812, Claiborn after the death of Saluda, headed west by > wagon train, taking with him the remaining 7 children- never to be heard of > again. At this time I do not have any history concerning Heneley but I've > been told that he married and had children. My great great grandfather, > John settled here in 1810 at the age of 18 years, married and had 11 > children, 5 sons and 6 daughters. His oldest son was named Claiborn also > and he was my grandfather. This Claiborn, born in 1816, was the first > Shelton born in Greenfield Township. He was a farmer, school teacher, > surveyor and he started the first bible school in said township. I have > been told that the first school was called the Shelton School. Claiborn was > married twice and eight children were born to him and his first wife who > died in 1863. Seven children were born to him by his second marriage. ONe > of these 7 children was named Claiborn, the third to be so named. He was > born in Greenfield Township in 1869, and was my father. This Claiborn > married Lillie McCoy in 1897 in Perry Twp. near Cadmus Ohio where they > settled on a farm. H died in1852 at oak Hill oh. and lillie died 5 years > later in 1957. Claiborn and Lillie were the parents of the following > children all born in Prry Townshop, Gallia Co. Ohio. Glennis 1897, Wilma > 1899-1958, Waldo 1900-1978, Leon 1802-, Carlisle 1904-1973, Glendon 1906-, > Melvin 1910, Woodrow 1915-1935. the chldren all attended the Gates School > in Perry Township and most of the early Sheltons were farmers and teachers. > In 1923, I, Glendon left home at the age of 17 and went to Pittsburg Pa to > work in the steel mils until I returned to Oak Hill Ohio in 1893. IN 1933 I > married Marie Bownan of Oak Hill and we had five daughters whose names are > Shirley, Barbsra, Glenna, Meredith, and Josin. After my wife Maried died > in1971, I married Murble HYughes also of Oak hill Ohio. Submitted by > Glendon O. Shelton 1980, History of Gallia Ohio. > > I have the following children for Claiborne Shelton and Leudy Mustain: They > are from the Pioneer Lewis Families vol 5 researched by John Lewis, and from > the Mustain Family History by Delores Mustaine; > Joel > Henley > John > Jesse > Betsy/Patsy > Thomas > Rosetta > Saluda "Leudy" > William > > Saluda Mustain did have a sister Tabitha, but she married James Bruce in 13 > Feb 1782 Halifax Co VA. > Jesse Mustain also had a Tabitha, however, that Tabitha Mustain married > Meredith Jennings 14 Dec 1807 Pittsylvania Co VA. > There is a Priscilla Mustain who married a William Shelton. it's POSSIBLE > that the William Shelton who married Priscilla is a brother to Claiborne. > I've not been able to identify which William Shelton. Claiborne has a > brother named William, named in John Shelton's will of 1804 in Pittsylvania > Co, but I cannot separate out a number of William Shelton's at this point. > > For those who think Mark Shelton was from John Shelton of Mecklenburg Co VA, > , here is the sale of John Shelton's land in Mecklenburg, after the death of > that John Shelton/Chilton in Mecklenburg Co VA = Deed Book 5, page 484; > dated 1 Sept 1779; recorded 13 Sept 1779; Mark Shelton of 96 District of > South Carolina to Edward Walton of Mecklenburg County, Virginia, 122 acres > on Butchers Creek; witnesses: Richard Snepson Jr., John Snepson, Joseph > Butler, Samuel Young, A. Robison. > This is after Mark Chilton/Shelton settled in Pittsylvania Co in 1778/9. > I'm not sure who that Mark Shelton/Chilton was, but I don't think he's the > son of the JOhn in Mecklenburg, nor do I think that the John who died in > Mecklenburg is a son of Ralph. I still think that the John of Pittsylvania > Co d. 1804 is son of Ralph and Mary Shelton, as stated above, in the Gallia > OH History. It's not primary documentation, but there's a lot of family > history that points that way. > Just food for thought. > > Karen > > I don't find a Tabitha Shelton that comes from either > > > > ==== VAPITTSY Mailing List ==== > New folks are joining the list everyday. Have you posted your surnames and/or queries recently?