Hi again, Troy! I just realized that you didn't give me any birthdates (maybe you don't have any?) My Rodney Shelton was married to a much younger "Nancy" on the 1860 Census, so if that's the same Rodney, Jane Humphries would have been his first wife and she was deceased by 1860. Lucinda Shelton (age 3 on 1860 Census) was definitely the child of Rodney and Nancy, and my William Shelton, whose mother was definitely Jane, was already age 19 on that 1860 Census. Also, we either have two sets of twins on that census, or "Nancy", the second wife, was a widow and brought her children into the marriage. (Twins do run in some Shelton families in SC, VA, I noticed.) I'm not too savvy on how census takers would list that, but they listed three children, ages 19, 14, 7 (which is what I'm used to), THEN ages 14, 7, 4, 3, 2, as if they were starting over with a different set of children. What do you think? I'm sending you my "conjecturing" from census, death and birth records, and maybe someone from the Stafford County and Spotsylvania County lists can help us out, too (my William A. Shelton married in Spotsylvania County and lived there the rest of his life): I. Edward Shelton m. Nancy A. George Gustavus Shelton, m. Lucinda Pates 1. Mason Shelton, b. 1841; m. Nancy, b. 1849 a. Ephraim T., b. 1867 b. Murray T., b. 1870 c. Gustavus, b. 1873 d. Lucy, b. 1876 e. Nancy, b. 1879 B. Rodney S. Shelton, b. before JUL 1804, Stafford; d. 14 FEB 1872, Stafford, of heart disease, "age 69", farmer, POR Stafford; m. #1 - (before 1841) Jane Humphries, d. after 1853 & before 1856 1. William A. "Billy" Shelton, b. 1841, Stafford, VA; m. 12 APR 1886, Fredericksburg, VA, Rebecca "Becky" Bloxton, b. 1848, VA 2. Elizabeth Shelton, b. 1846 3. Ann Shelton, b. 1853 m. #2 - (before Sep 1856) Nancy, b. 1825 4. Ethelanda, b. 1846, step-daughter? 5. Wesley, b. 1853, step-son? (Wesley J. Shelton & Mary Shelton, lost three sons in 1882: William d. 5 May 1882, Stafford, age 5 mos. "brain fever", Henry d. 10 Sep 1882, Stafford, age 7 yrs, "congestive chill"; James d. 12 Sep 1882, Stafford, 9 yrs., also "cc". Wesley & Mary Shelton birthed wma "white male alive" 7 Dec 1880, no name.) 6. Mary F. Shelton, b. 1855 7. Lucinda Shelton, b. SEP 1856, Stafford, VA, to Rodney & Nancy Shelton 8. John Seddon Shelton, b. 1858 9. Sample Shelton, b. 1860 (male) 10. Eliza Shelton, b. 1867 C. Samuel Shelton, b. 1808-12, Stafford; d. 29 APR 1876, Stafford, heart disease, "age 68", farmer; m. Elizabeth, b. 1819; (POR, 1870 p17 Census, Aquia Twp-P.O. Stafford Court House, VA) 1. Catherine Shelton, b. 1843 2. Elizabeth Shelton, b. 1846 3. Susan Shelton, b. 1847 4. Elizabeth Shelton, b. 1848; d. 1 DEC 1865, Stafford, diptheria, "age 17", d/o Samuel & Elizabeth 5. Martha Shelton, b. 1850 6. James Shelton, b. 1854 7. Peter Shelton, b. 1856 8. Eliza Shelton, b. 1858 9. Lucy Shelton, b. 1863 Is this YOUR "Nannie Shelton"? Nannie Shelton, b. 1850, Pittsylvania; d. 4-13-1896, cancer, age 46, Stafford, d/o John DIXON; husband: M.C. Shelton (House of Delegates Alternate for Falmouth District, Stafford County, VA, 20 AUG 1881 Fredericksburg, VA, newspaper, pg. 3, col. 2). God Bless You! God Bless America and Israel! America and Israel, Bless God! Praying for the Peace of Jerusalem (Psalm 122:6; Genesis 12:3)! Love in Jesus, Donna ----- Original Message ----- From: Troy W. Bowie To: Donna Petersen Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2002 10:46 AM Subject: Re: [VASPOTSY] Roll Call - Shelton Family from the late 1600s thru 1700s Donna, Thanks for all your help. I will check out this site real soon. Glad I could help you some. Troy Donna Petersen <PTLJesus@jamadots.com> wrote: Troy, Rodney and Jane are the parents of my William Shelton who married Rebecca "Becky" Bloxton. I didn't know Jane's maiden name was Humphries. THANKS! Rodney's parents are Edward & Nancy Shelton. Rodney died age 69 in Stafford County on Valentine's Day 1872. I have to leave for a House Church meeting, but if you don't want to wait until I get it typed up, I just finished writing down TONS of stuff on our family from this GREAT site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~vastaffo/ Sorry, got to fly! God Bless You! Love in Jesus, Donna ----- Original Message ----- From: "Troy W. Bowie" To: "Donna Petersen" Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 2:37 PM Subject: Re: [VASPOTSY] Roll Call - Shelton Family from the late 1600s thru 1700s > Donna, > > I have Mason Shelton, his father George Gustavus Shelton, and his wife, > Lucinda Pates. Also, I have Rodney Shelton, who was a brother to Gustavus, > and his wife Jane Humphries. And finally, I have Nannie Shelton, who is the > mother of the gentleman who married my grandmother's sister. Hope you can > help a little here, and thanks! Troy > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Donna Petersen" > To: > Sent: Sunday, June 16, 2002 13:08 > Subject: Re: [VASPOTSY] Roll Call - Shelton Family from the late 1600s thru > 1700s > > > > Troy and Robert, > > > > I have one Shelton from there who married into our family. I just got the > > marriage record, so I have his parent's names, too. Who are your > Sheltons? > > > > I have Shelton, Ware, Williams and Gallahan -- all by marriage (and at > least > > three maiden names I still don't know) -- in my family. Who are you > looking > > for? > > > > God Bless You! Father's Day Blessings to the fathers in your life! (My > > Daddy is in Heaven, so I'll see him again there or "in the air" some glad > > day!) > > > > Father's Day Blessings to my Abba ("Daddy" "Papa") Father God! > > > > Love in Jesus, > > > > Donna > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Troy W. Bowie" > > To: > > Sent: Sunday, June 16, 2002 8:46 AM > > Subject: Re: [VASPOTSY] Roll Call - Shelton Family from the late 1600s > thru > > 1700s > > > > > > > > > > Robert, > > > Do you know if any of these Shelton's were related to the ones > from > > Stafford County, Virginia? I am related to them, and have a few names, but > > that's about it. > > > Troy > > > rcj@mindspring.com wrote: I'm looking for court house documents on the > > Shelton Family that lived in > > > Spotsylvania County during the late 1600s and during the 1700s. I've > > located > > > some abstracted land records showing the lands they bought and sold, but > > I'm > > > in need of probate records showing relationships of the Sheltons who may > > > have died there, or any other document recorded in the courthouse which > > > would show relationships or residency before buying (and selling) land > > > there. I'm trying to see if they were related in any way to the Shelton > > > Family of Hanover and Louisa Co., VA. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Robert C. Johnston, Jr. > > > 139 Eagle Creek Drive > > > Wetumpka, AL 36092 USA > > > rcj@mindspring.com > > > > > > > > > ==== VASPOTSY Mailing List ==== > > > US-IMMIGRANTS-PRE-1800 mailing list > > > > > > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Immigration/US-IMMIGRANTS-PRE-1800.htm > > l > > > > > > ============================== > > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > records, > > go to: > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > With best regards,Troy W. 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