4. James Shelton (Ralph ) was born in 1734 in Essex County, Virginia. He died in 1816 in Lincoln County, Tennessee.
For another look this family check out First Families of Old BUNCOMBE .This site names Rodrick Shelton as a child to this James Shelton andclaims his wife as a WILLARD. Other researchers think Rodrick Shelton wasmarried to a BRIGGS. Keep in mind when you visit other's websites thatmost researchers believe that Ralph Shelton Sr. was NOT a son of PeterShelton and his wife Susannah Jackson. Our Ralph, b. 1685, father ofRalph Jr., was imported to North America by Thomas Merriwether (EssexCourt Order Book-1702). One James SHELTON died in Henry Co., VA (wheremany of Ralph Shelton's family lived during this time period), accordingto will records in the Library of Virginia: Will Book No. 1, 1777-1799(Reel 15), p. 102-103. Inv. & Appr. rec. 28 July 1785, p. 279-280,Account current, rec. 20 Sept. 1797, p. 100-101. Will, pro. 26 March1785. This is from part of an index to Henry County Wills andAdministrations (1777 - 1800). However, there is good evidence supportingthe Lincoln Co., TN death location of Ralph Shelton's son James. KenShelton wrote of a Deed dated 12 Oct 1810, Casey Co, KY, where VardemanShelton OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE AND THE COUNTY OF LINCOLN sold to JohnHolliday of the State of Kentucky and County of Casey, 63 acres of landbound beginning at Lott Luttrell's,... Rhoda Luttrell's,...etc. This onedeed ties the Casey Co, KY Sheltons with Lincoln Co, TN Sheltons, CaseyCo, KY Sheltons to Casey Co, KY Luttrells, and tax lists tie Casey Co, KYJames, et. al. with Liberty and Easop Shelton, brothers to James Shelton.Another researcher, Garvin J. Fryar wrote in Feb. 2000 that he believedRodrick was NOT a son to James, but to Crispen Shelton. Among thecompelling evidence he mentioned: "in deed book 14, Pittsylvania CountyVirginia, p. 92, is a Power of Attorney signed by Rodrick Shelton andJames Taylor, 'residents of North Carolina and legatees of GabrielShelton'". I have not personally researched this line, and have not seenthe evidence presented by the persons in disagreement about this matter.You must simply use your own judgement and do your own research regardingRodrick Shelton's parents. The children presented below have notpersonally been researched by me.
Source: Janice Castleman
James married Susanna Vardeman.
They had the following children:
20 F i Nancy Sarah Shelton. 21 M ii Vardeman Shelton. 22 M iii James Jr. Shelton. 23 M iv Peter Shelton. 24 F v Letty Shelton. 25 M vi Harmon Shelton. 26 M vii Jarmon Shelton.
10. Jeremiah Shelton , Sr. (Ralph ) was born about 1745 in Pittsylvania Co., Virginia. He died on 25 Jan 1829 in Butler County, Kentucky.
Jeremiah Shelton was the son of Ralph Shelton Jr. and Mary Daniel. Hemoved
from Virginia to Logan County, Kentucky before 1800. He was in Lee County,
Kentucky in 1810. Jeremiah's will was written Jul.10,1826 in ButlerCounty,
Kentucky. His name was spelled "Chilton". The will was probated Feb. 1829.
Jeremiah was paid a bounty for "killing one old she-wolf" in 1795. He also
furnished a gun as a Patriot in 1776 in the Public Service of HenryCounty,
Virginia for the Cherokee Expedition (see Public Service Claims, HenryCounty,
Va. Court Book, letter 63 - 1835, pg. 43. Court held 26 Sep. 1783.
Jeremiah married Nancy Asher in 1768 in Henry or Halifax County, Virginia. Nancy was born in 1750 in Virginia. She died after 1830 in Butler County, Kentucky.
They had the following children:
+ 27 M i William Shelton + 28 M ii Asher Shelton + 29 F iii Rhoda Shelton 30 M iv Joshua Shelton was born on 6 May 1776 in Henry County, Virginia. He died on 16 Sep 1859.
Joshua Shelton b. 06 May 1776 Henry Co., VA., d. 16 Sep 1859 Graves Co.,KY., m. Sarah GREEN on 26 Dec 1799 in Logan Co., KY. Sarah was thedaughter of Jesse Green. In the Spring Term of 1823 Joshua was appointedJustice of the Peace and served until 1824, in Hickman Co., KY (accordingto Ken Shelton's records) and then he was appointed Justice in GravesCounty (formed from parts of Hickman County), serving until 02 Feb 1824.Until 1828, he served as Justice of the Peace in Graves Co., KY.,succeeding Joshua Gough. Ken Shelton said Joshua was buried in the oldSpring Creek Church Cemetery in Graves Co., KY. Joshua owned 155 acres ofland surveyed in Logan Co., KY on the Big Muddy River dated 16 Jul 1799according to Book B., page 204 in "Index to Logan Co., KY Surveys". In1812 as shown in Butler Co., KY court records, Joshua Shelton, surveyorof the road, came to court and requested that these men be added to hislist of hands: Amos Wand, George Husband, Abednigo Shelton, AbrahamShelton, Robert Figg, Henry Fluallin, Thomas Wilson, Willis McCoy, ThomasLawrence and Caleb Shelton. This request was granted.
Source: Janice CastlemanJoshua married Sarah Green on 26 Dec 1799 in Logan County, Kentucky. + 31 M v Abednigo Shelton Rev. + 32 M vi Jesse Shelton 33 M vii Jeremiah Shelton , Jr. Rev. was born in 1786 in Henry County, Virginia. He died on 21 Feb 1847 in Weakley County, Tennessee.
Jeremiah Shelton, Jr., b. 1786 VA., d. 21 Feb 1847 Dukedom, Weakley Co.,TN., m. (1)Salley GREEN c1807, daughter of Jesse Green, according to WFTVol. 1 #4864 (data not verified). He married second on 25 Jan 1809 LoganCo., KY (2)Christina Lawrence, daughter of Thomas and Savary Lawrence. Hemay have had one or two children with his first wife, but their names areunknown to me. His family is found on the 1810 Logan Co., KY census. Hemoved, after 1820, to Graves Co., KY, where he built a log cabin whichburned before he could move his family there. Then he settled on SpringCreek in the northern section of Graves County near Symsonia. At one timehe was a minister for the Primitive Baptist Church. Sometime between 1830and 1840, his family moved to Weakly Co., TN., and he died there. Updateson this line come from Steve Lawrence, a very knowledgeable researcherwho kindly shares his findings on this line. Steve has done extensiveLAWRENCE research. Among the data he sent was the marriage date forChristina & Jeremiah and the information that Thomas Lawrence had asister named Susannah Lawrence, who married John Green in Goochland Co.,VA. Thomas Lawrence's second (2) marriage was to Abigail GOUGH, thedaughter of William and Judith (Taylor) Gough.
Source: Janice CastlemanJeremiah married (1) Sally Green in 1807. Jeremiah married (2) Kitty Christine Lawrence on 25 Jan 1809 in Logan County, Kentucky. + 34 M viii Gilbert Shelton + 35 F ix Elizabeth Shelton + 36 F x Sarah Sallie Shelton + 37 M xi Abraham Shelton + 38 F xii Nancy Shelton 39 M xiii Charles Shelton was born in 1798.
11. Eliphaz Shelton (Ralph ) was born in 1748 in Virginia. He died in Aug 1826 in Patrick County, Virginia.
Eliphaz Shelton served in a Company of an eleven man militia which wasformed in Henry Co., VA 1781 under orders of Col. Abram PENN. Hepurchased land (according to "History of Patrick & Henry Co., VA") 06 Jul1780, 846 acres on Bull Mountain Fork of Mayo River, 365 acres on thewaters of Mayo River 10 Apr 1781, 531 acres on the waters of Mayo River,beginning at Carter's corners 18 Feb 1784, and 590 acres on both sides ofthe North Mayo River, 28 Feb 1784, adjoining John Shelton. Land deedshave been entered by Mary C. Smith at the USGenWeb Archived pages forHenry Co., VA. Eliphaz Shelton was born 1737 in Amelia County, Virginia,wife Ann Unknown according to Deborah Lee, he died 10/30/1834 in PatrickCounty, VA. She also said he was a captain in the Revolutionary War.Deborah Lee is a descendant of Clabourne Shelton, and she is stillsearching for his wife's maiden name. Eliphaz's will was written 04 Jul1818 and probated in Patrick Co., VA during the August 1826 court term. Acopy of his will can be found by clicking on this underlined link. UsingROOTSWEB search engines will provide researchers of this line quite a lotof material. Another descendant from this line is David Lewis,just_dave@earthlink.net who wrote the following: "Olive was married toSamuel Nowlin on January 19, 1809 at Patrick Co VA. Samuel was son ofJames & Ursula Nowlin. I am descent from Olive's son Frederick SheltonNowling born abt 1826 in VA died Memphis TN 9/26/1863 in civil war." Arecent E-mail from Paul Shelton (Dec. 22, 1999) indicates that he too isa descendant from Eliphaz Shelton. He promised to send more later , butmentioned that his line was from Eliphaz Shelton, Hudson, Anderson,Abraham Jackson, John Abe, Paul W. Shelton, Sr.
Source: Janice Castleman
Eliphaz married Mary Ann Unknown.
They had the following children:
12. Azariah Shelton (Ralph ) was born about 1752. He died in Tennessee.
He purchased land 02 Dec 1785, 933 acres adjoining Jacob Adams land.Azariah SHELTON, whose wife was a SARAH HOLT, were from Henry Co,Virginia, and of course, as Henry came out of Pittsylvania, originallyfrom that county. This couple came first to Grainger Co., TN or perhapsHawkins before the days of Grainger. Three of the sons of Azariah SHELTONwere physicians and they were Drs. HEZEKIAH, DAVID and AZARIAH SHELTON(this was from "The Shelton Family From Henry County, Virginia"). WorthS. Ray wrote on page 465 in his Tennessee Cousins, that the Henry HOLT,who was one of the witnessess to Ralph Shelton's 1787 will, was probablythe parent of Sarah Holt (careful study should be made of any statementby Worth S. Ray, as many errors have been found in his works). Click hereto visit the homepage of Bobbie Haydon, a descendant from this line.
Source: Janice Castleman
They had the following children:
49 M i Ralph Shelton. 50 M ii David Shelton. 51 M iii Hezekiah Shelton. 52 M iv Azariah Jr. Shelton.
13. Sarah Shelton (Ralph ) was born before 1755 in Amelia County, Virginia. She died after 1810 in Buncombe County, North Carolina.
New information comes to us in E-mail dated Jan. 2000 from descendant,Laura Grant Schultz. Laura wrote that there is speculation almongresearchers in the ROBINSON line that the son listed as David ROBINSON,might actually be a son to William and Catherine (Rogers) Robinson, and agrandson of Julius and Sarah Shelton Robinson. She has inconclusive dataregarding this particular line. Laura has two wonderful websites for herROBINSON family: The Robinson Cousins Genealogy Pages and her FTMwebpage, The Old Folks Home. Thanks so much for sharing this informationwith us, Larua!
Source: Janice Castleman
Sarah married Julius Robinson.
They had the following children:
19. Easop Shelton (Ralph ) was born in 1781. He died on 22 Apr 1861 in Lincoln County, Tennessee.
Like his brother Liberty, his name is found in Casey Co., KY records inthe early 19th century. Aesop Shelton appears on tax lists in AdairCounty, Kentucky, in 1804 and 1805. On 18 Dec 1805 he married ElizabethLuttrell. He appears to have married a second time to Amy or Anna ___(born about 1785), probably after the family had moved to Tennessee.Linda Wood Parrish is seeking more about the Casey County, KY records.Are there marriage records for Aesop or any of the children? If you canassist her, please be sure to E-mail her (see address link below). LindaWood Parrish also wrote that Aesop was in Lincoln County, TN, as early as1816 when he registered his stock mark with the County Court. In 1821 hehelped prove a deed for Benjamin Walker. He was appointed Constable bythe County Court in 1827. Starting about 1824 he bought and entered landon both sides of Elk River. On 28 Aug 1824--50 acres of land on northside of Elk River surveyed for Aesop Shelton, entry dated 19 Jul 1824.Land joined a 51 1/2 acre tract owned by Aesop Shelton and BenjaminWalker's 40 acre tract. Chain Carriers were John Shelton and AndrewShelton (Lincoln Co TN Survey Book for 1824-1827, page 375). At hisdeath, he owned five slaves and some 600 acres of land in District 3 ofLincoln County, Tennessee, and on waters of Tucker Creek. 21 May1861--Inventory of Estate of Aesop Shelton showed the five slave's namesas follows: Griff..........aged 41 years; Hoskin.........aged 24 years;Dick...........aged 20 years; Goliath........aged 16 years;Aleck..........aged 14 years. He and Amy are listed on the 1850 LincolnCo., TN census: Aesop 69, Amy 65, VA TN, Li-1131-130. Thanks go to LindaWood Parrish for updating with the above data.
Source: Janice Castleman
They had the following children: