SHELTON
FAMILY
HISTORY
Descendant of John Shelton (born 1785)
and Catherine (Messer) Shelton
of
Scott County, Virginia and
Jackson County, Alabama
BY
ROBERT CASEY
AND
HAROLD CASEY
2003
SHELTON FAMILY HISTORY
Second Edition
First Edition (Shelton, Wininger and Pace Families):
Library of Congress
Catalog Card Number: 87-71662
International Standard Book Number: 0-9619051-0-7
Copyright - 2003 by Robert Brooks Casey. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be duplicated or reproduced in any manner without written permission of the authors. This book may be reproduced in single quantities for research purposes, however, no part of this book may be included in a published book or in a published periodical without written permission of the authors.
Additional copies of the 864 page book,
“Shelton, Wininger and Pace Families,”
are
available for $35.00 postage paid from:
Robert Casey, 4705 Eby Lane
Austin, TX 78731-4705
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction 4-1 - 4-11
John Shelton (1) 4-12 - 4-14
Martin Shelton (1.2) 4-14 - 4-15
John W. Shelton (1.2.2) 4-15 - 4-16
Martha
A. Shelton (1.2.3) 4-16 - 4-17
David Shelton (1.2.4) 4-17 - 4-18
William Barker
Shelton (1.2.4.1) 4-19 - 4-33
James Logan Shelton (1.2.4.3) 4-34 - 4-37
Elizabeth
(Shelton) Bussell (1.2.4.5) 4-37 - 4-38
Stephen Martin Shelton (1.2.4.6) 4-38
- 4-42
Robert A. D. Shelton (1.2.4.7) 4-42 - 4-43
Henry Clinton Shelton (1.2.4.8) 4-43
- 4-44
William Barker Shelton (1.2.5) 4-45
Samuel Shelton (1.2.7) 4-47 - 4-48
Emily
(Shelton) Wolfe (1.2.7.1) 4-48 - 4-49
David Ransome Shelton (1.2.7.2) 4-49
- 4-51
James Orville Shelton (1.2.7.3) 4-51 - 4-52
William Thomas Shelton
(1.2.7.4) 4-52 - 4-54
John Robert Shelton (1.2.7.6) 4-55 - 4-58
Brandon Lafayette
Shelton (1.2.7.7) 4-58 - 4-63
Claude Carmine Shelton (1.2.7.8) 4-63 - 4-64
Andrew Shelton (1.2.8) 4-65
George Patton Shelton (1.2.8.1) 4-65 - 4-67
Isaac
Franklin Shelton (1.2.8.3) 4-67
Philip Henry Shelton (1.2.8.4) 4-68 - 4-69
Martha
(Shelton) Phillips (1.2.8.6) 4-69 - 4-70
David William Shelton (1.2.8.8) 4-70
- 4-71
Samuel Henry Shelton (1.2.8.9) 4-71
Emily (Shelton) Jones (1.2.10) 4-79
- 4-72
Sabra (Shelton) Womack (1.3) 4-72 - 4-74
Asa M. Womack (1.3.1) 4-74
Levi Berry
Womack (1.3.2) 4-74 - 4-75
George Chapman Womack (1.3.6) 4-75 - 4-76
Selenia
(Womack) Smith (1.3.8) 4-76 - 4-77
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John Shelton, Jr. (1.4) 4-78 - 4-80
Catherine (Shelton) Clayton (1.4.1) 4-80
Isaac
Bynum Shelton (1.4.3) 4-80 - 4-81
Martha (Shelton) Posey (1.4.3.1) 4-81 -
4-89
John Barton Shelton (1.4.3.2) 4-89
William Andrew Shelton (1.4.3.3) 4-89
George
Washington Shelton (1.4.3.4) 4-90
Isaac Allen Shelton (1.4.3.5) 4-90
Lundy
America Shelton (1.4.3.6) 4-90 - 4-91
Thomas Jefferson Shelton (1.4.3.8) 4-91
Calvin
Keester Shelton (1.4.3.9) 4-91
John Allen Shelton (1.4.4) 4-92
James Martin Shelton (1.4.4.1) 4-92 - 4-93
Lucelia
(Shelton) Terry (1.4.4.3) 4-93 - 4-94
Marion Edward Shelton (1.4.4.4) 4-94
- 4-98
Susannah (Shelton) Girard (1.4.4.5) 4-98
Mancy (Shelton) Moore (1.4.5) 4-99
- 4-108
Mary Ann (Shelton) Burcham (1.4.7) 4-109 - 4-110
William Shelton (1.5) 4-111
Catherine (Shelton) Duncan (1.5.1) 4-111 - 4-115
Nathaniel
Shelton (1.5.2) 4-115 - 4-116
William Elijah Shelton (1.5.2.1) 4-116 - 4-122
John
Lewis Shelton (1.5.2.2) 4-123 - 4-124
Albert Thomas Shelton (1.5.2.5) 4-124
- 4-125
James Harvy Shelton (1.5.2.9) 4-125 - 4-126
David Shelton (1.5.3) 4-126
- 4-127
Lilly (Shelton) Tidwell (1.5.3.2) 4-127
Martha (Shelton) Davis (1.5.3.4) 4-127
- 4-131
Matthew Shelton (1.5.3.8) 4-131
Mary (Shelton) Lusk (1.5.4) 4-132
John Franklin Lusk (1.5.4.1) 4-132 - 4-133
Joseph
Alfred Lusk (1.5.4.3) 4-133 - 4-140
George William Lusk (1.5.4.4) 4-140 -
4-141
Rachel (Lusk) Evett (1.5.4.5) 4-142 - 4-145
Rose (Lusk) Adkins (1.5.4.6) 4-145
Andrew
Jackson Lusk (1.5.4.7) 4-145 - 4-150
Levi Lusk (1.5.4.8) 4-150 - 4-154
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William Pace Shelton (1.5.5) 4-155 - 4-156
John William Shelton (1.5.5.4) 4-156
- 4-158
Mary (Shelton) Frazier (1.5.5.5) 4-158 - 4-163
David Shelton (1.5.5.6) 4-163
- 4-164
Eldridge Frank Shelton (1.5.5.8) 4-165 - 4-169
Daisy (Shelton) Lusk
(1.5.5.9) 4-169 - 4-172
Charles Shelton (1.5.5.10) 4-172
Delbert Shelton (1.5.5.11) 4-172
- 4-173
Susan (Shelton) Sims (1.5.6) 4-174 - 4-179
Amanda (Shelton) Bryant (1.5.8) 4-179
- 4-180
John Franklin Shelton (1.5.9) 4-181 - 4-182
Andy Jackson Shelton (1.5.9.1) 4-182
Candacie
(Shelton) Miller (1.5.9.2) 4-182 - 4-183
Alexander Acton Shelton (1.5.9.3) 4-183
Evelyn
(Shelton) Holt (1.5.9.4) 4-183 - 4-184
Mattie (Shelton) Caswell (1.5.9.6) 4-184
- 4-187
Julia (Shelton) Caswell (1.5.9.7) 4-187 - 4-188
Lillie (Shelton) Breeze
(1.5.9.8) 4-188 - 4-189
Ollie (Shelton) Caswell (1.5.9.9) 4-189 - 4-191
James
Fanklin Shelton (1.5.9.10) 4-191
Samuel Martin Shelton (1.5.10) 4-192
Mary (Shelton) West (1.5.10.2) 4-192
- 4-193
Alice (Shelton) McAllister (1.5.10.4) 4-193 - 4-194
Thomas Riley Shelton
(1.5.10.7) 4-194 - 4-196
Noah Benton Shelton (1.5.11) 4-197
William Riley Shelton (1.5.11.1) 4-198
- 4-199
Rutha (Shelton) Isbell (1.5.11.2) 4-199
James Eldridge Shelton (1.5.11.3) 4-199
Lucy
(Shelton) McCormack (1.5.11.4) 4-200
David Charles Shelton (1.5.11.5) 4-200
- 4-201
Margaret (Shelton) Berry (1.5.11.6) 4-201 - 4-202
Benjamin Benton
Shelton (1.5.11.7) 4-202 - 4-203
Johnathan Blane Shelton (1.5.11.8) 4-203
- 4-204
Mamie (Shelton) Reynolds (1.5.11.10) 4-204
Sarah (Shelton) West (1.5.12) 4-205 - 4-208
James William Shelton (1.5.13) 4-208
- 4-209
Luther B. Shelton (1.5.13.1) 4-209 - 4-210
James Roscoe Shelton (1.5.13.2) 4-210
Eramus
C. Shelton (1.5.13.3) 4-210 - 4-211
Fannie (Shelton) Tidwell (1.5.13.4) 4-211
Carrie
(Shelton) Gerbige (1.5.13.5) 4-211 - 4-212
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Catherine (Shelton) Foster (1.6) 4-212 - 4-213
Noah Shelton Foster (1.6.8) 4-214
- 4-215
Noah Shelton (1.7) 4-216
Mary (Shelton) Venable (1.7.1) 4-216 - 4-217
John
Martin Shelton (1.7.2) 4-217 - 4-218
Noah Davis Shelton (1.7.2.1) 4-218
John
William Shelton (1.7.2.2) 4-219 - 4-220
Cordelia (Shelton) Lasater (1.7.2.3) 4-220
- 4-221
Nancy (Shelton) Manning (1.7.3) 4-221 - 4-222
James Knox Polk Shelton
(1.7.4) 4-223
John Talley Shelton (1.7.4.1) 4-223 - 4-229
Jonathan Shelton
(1.7.4.2) 4-230
William Hugh Shelton (1.7.5) 4-231
William Noah Shelton (1.7.5.2) 4-231 -
4-235
Thomas Elias Shelton (1.7.5.4) 4-235
Noah Shelton, Jr. (1.7.8) 4-235
- 4-236
David Elias Shelton (1.7.11) 4-236 - 4-237
Amanda (Shelton) Dean (1.7.11.1) 4-237
David
Noah Shelton (1.7.11.2) 4-237 - 4-242
Charles Thomas Shelton (1.7.11.5) 4-242
Robert
Jackson Shelton (1.7.11.7) 4-242
Sarah (Shelton) Rains (1.8) 4-243 - 4-244
Mary (Rains) Smith (1.8.1) 4-244
- 4-245
Caldonia (Rains) Sargent (1.8.5) 4-245
Thomas Nathaniel Rains (1.8.8) 4-245
- 4-247
Elbert Rains (1.8.9) 4-247 - 4-249
Albert Rains (1.8.10) 4-249 - 4-250
Henry
Newton Rains (1.8.11) 4-250 - 4-252
Nathaniel Shelton (2) 4-253 - 4-254
Missouri (Shelton) Sellers (2.6) 4-254
- 4-255
James Robert Sellers (2.6.1) 4-255 - 4-257
Mary (Sellers) Sego (2.6.2) 4-257
- 4-260
Hugh Parley Sellers (2.6.3) 4-260 - 4-261
George William Sellers (2.6.4) 4-261
- 4-262
Missouri (Sellers) Haynie (2.6.5) 4-262
Ira Wilford Sellers (2.6.7) 4-262
- 4-263
Don Carlos Sellers (2.6.8) 4-264 - 4-268
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William Martin Shelton (3) 4-269 - 4-270
Sophronia (Shelton) Tolbert (3.3) 4-270
- 4-274
Polly Ann (Shelton) Frazier (3.4) 4-274
Virginia Ida (Shelton) Foster
(3.5) 4-275
Pearl Agnes (Foster) Grayson (3.5.1) 4-276 - 4-281
Iva Mildred
(Foster) Benge (3.5.2) 4-281 - 4-283
Ambrose Webster Foster (3.5.3) 4-284
- 4-289
Nellie Mae (Foster) Seigrist (3.5.4) 4-290 - 4-293
Ethel Larue (Foster)
Qualls (3.5.6) 4-293 - 4-298
Esther Ann (Foster) Moor (3.5.7) 4-298 - 4-300
Dora (Shelton) Holcombe (3.6) 4-300 - 4-301
William T. Shelton (3.7) 4-301
- 4-302
Florence Larue (Shelton) Casey (4) 4-303 - 4-309
Alvin Harold Casey
(5) 4-309 - 4-314
Shepard Shelton (9.1) 4-315 - 4-322
Woodley Shelton (9.2) 4-323 - 4-327
Shelton’s
of Jackson County, Alabama 4-327 - 4-332
Shelton’s of Hawkins County, Tennessee 4-333
- 4-334
Jacob Harper (21) 4-335
John P. Harper (20.1) 4-335 - 4-341
Harper’s of Jackson
County, Alabama 4-341 - 4-342
Christian Messer (41) 4-343 - 4-344
John Messer (41.1) 4-344 - 4-352
Isaac
Messer (41.2) 4-352 - 4-353
Jacob Messer (41.3) 4-353
Other Messer Families 4-353
- 4-364
Shelton Census Records (Related) 4-365 - 4-415
Geographic Index 4-416 - 4-420
Surname Index 4-420 - 4-678
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PREFACE
This book focuses on the descendants of the author’s oldest proven Shelton ancestor, John Shelton, Sr. (1) who married Catherine Messer. In fact, John Shelton, Sr. is the oldest known ancestor of two of the author’s Shelton lines because John’s grandson, William Martin Shelton, married his first cousin (John’s granddaughter), Martha Adeline Shelton. Both William Martin Shelton and Martha Adeline Shelton are direct ancestors of the authors as shown in the following chart:
John Shelton, Sr. (1)
married
Catherine Messer
Nathaniel Shelton (2) brothers William Shelton (1.5)
married married
Mahala Harper Martha Pace
William M. Shelton (3) first cousins Martha A. Shelton (1.5.7)
who married
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The Shelton family intermarried extensively with Wininger and Pace lines that can be found two other family histories, “Pace Family History” and “Wininger Family History." These books include over 120 intermarriages between these three lines. In fact, many of the descendants of the David Wininger, Sr. and William Pace, Sr. that are found in the Wininger and Pace family histories are also descendants of John Shelton (1) by intermarriage. Below shows how three major lines, the Shelton, Pace and Wininger lines, are related to the authors:
William Pace, Sr. (14) David Wininger, Sr. (32)
married married
Mary ______ Martha Potter
William Pace, Jr married Elizabeth Wininger
Martha Pace
married
William Shelton (1.5)
Little is known about other Shelton related lines of the authors, however, short sections are also included on the Harper and Messer lines. The authors oldest known Shelton ancestor, John Shelton (1), married Catherine Messer, daughter of Christian Messer (41). John Shelton’s son, Nathaniel Shelton (2), married Mahala Harper, daughter of Jacob Harper (21).
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The authors of this book are experienced genealogists and have previously published four family histories. Robert Casey and his father, Harold Casey, published “Casey Family History” in 1980 and compiled the first edition of this book, “Shelton, Wininger and Pace Families” in 1988. Robert and his mother, Bernice (Brooks) Casey, published “Brooks Family History” in 1982 and “Olliff Family History” in 1992. Robert and Bernice Casey are currently compiling “Bryan Family History.” Robert and his wife, Diane (Thede) Casey, are also compiling “Thede, Aubil, Steeby and Garver Families.” The Casey family has compiled over 50,000 “cousins” so far in their research.
This is the second edition of “Shelton Family History” and the authors will continue to compile additional information as it becomes available. It is highly recommended that anyone wishing to preserve their Shelton family history write the authors and contribute any information in their possession. We are specially interested in copies of older photographs, family history recorded in Family Bibles, existing family history sketches, genealogical correspondence which contains a significant quantity of information, letters and diaries written prior to 1900, older legal documents, census records as well as recent additions to your families.
Additional information is greatly appreciated and will be included in future editions or updates of this book. Much information received by the authors on our family history has been copied and revised several times prior to its inclusion in our manuscript. The authors have learned from experience that copying and interpreting usually results is less accurate information. Additionally, primary sources of valuable information as well as critical information are lost in this process. If a large amount of information is derived from another person or existing written material, then please send the name and address of the source or Xerox the existing material. The authors can not under emphasize the need and usefulness of original source material.
Information has been obtained from many sources and references are listed with each family sketch to aid future research on the lines contained in this book. Much of the history of the Shelton family is incomplete and some may be incorrect. The authors wish to apologize to those cousins whose information on their line is briefly covered or contains errors. There are many of our relatives who are interested in adding to our family history but do not know that this book has been published. Additional names and addresses of other interested family historians are very difficult to find without your help.
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PROVEN SHELTON ANCESTORS OF THE AUTHORS
(8) John Shelton, born 1780 - 1790
(4) Nathaniel Shelton, born September 15, 1806 in Virginia
(18) Christian Messer, born 1760 - 1770
(9) Catherine Messer, born 1780 - 1790
(19) Sally
(2) William Martin Shelton, born July 27, 1847 in Jackson County, Ala.
(10) Jacob Harper, born 1770 - 1780
(5) Mahala Harper, born September 7, 1818 in Tennessee
(11) Darkes Davis, born 1770 - 1780
(1) Florence Larue Shelton, born August 8, 1886 in Franklin County, Arkansas
(12) John Shelton, born 1780 - 1790
(6) William Shelton, born December 27, 1811 in Virginia
(26) Christian Messer, born 1760 - 1770
(13) Catherine Messer, born 1780 - 1790
(27) Sally
(3) Martha A. Shelton, born January 16, 1847 in Jackson County, Ala.
(28) William Pace, Sr., born 1750’s
(14) William Pace, Jr., born 1790 in Virginia
(29) Mary
(7) Martha Pace, born April, 1817 in Scott County, Virginia
(60) Andrew Wininger
(30) David Wininger, born 1768 in Virginia
(61) Polly
(15) Elizabeth Wininger, born 1798 in Tennessee
(31) Martha Potter