Melinda C (Creasy) Shelton (1843 - abt. 1880)

Born 9 May 1843 in Henry, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Wife of James W Shelton — married 26 Sep 1865 in Surry, North Carolina, United States

Descendants

Died about May 1880 at about age 36 in Stokes, North Carolina, United States

Biography

Melinda Creasy was born in Virginia in May of 1843. She is listed with her parents on the 1850 Census in Henry, Virginia^[1] and the 1860 Census^[2] in the Mt Airy District of Surry, North Carolina. She was first married to John W. Griffith in 1863:

• North Carolina Marriages, 1759-1979
• Name: John W. Griffith
• Event Type: Marriage
• Event Date: 17 Jun 1863
• Event Place: Surry, North Carolina, United States
• Event Place (Original): Surry, North Carolina, United States
• Sex: Male
• Spouse's Name: Malinda C. Creasey
• Spouse's Sex: Female
  • Source^[3]

Her second marriage was to James Shelton in 1865:

• Melinda E Griffith: North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979
• Name: James W Shelton
• Event Type: Marriage
• Event Date: 26 Sep 1865
• Event Place: Surry, North Carolina, United States
• Sex: Male
• Spouse's Name: Melinda E Griffith
• Spouse's Sex: Female
  • Source^[4]

Melinda is listed with James on the 1870 Census.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8D4-3Y1 : 23 December 2020), Malinda Creasy in household of John H Creasy, Henry, Virginia, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD6C-KM3 : 18 February 2021), Malinda Creasy in entry for Jno H Creasey, 1860.
3. ↑ "North Carolina Marriages, 1759-1979", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F859-L9K : 14 February 2020), Malinda C. Creasey in entry for John W. Griffith, 1863.
4. ↑ "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLMM-7Y2N : 21 July 2021), James W Shelton and Melinda E Griffith, 26 Sep 1865; citing Surry, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm .
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWDS-5X7 : 29 May 2021), Melinda Shelton, 1870.

See also:

• "North Carolina, Department of Archives and History, Index to Vital Records, 1800-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPTW-Q3JT : 13 November 2019), Malinda Creasy in entry for Nannie Kirkman, 7 Sep 1938; citing Death, North Carolina State Archives, Division of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 102522095.
• "North Carolina Deaths and Burials, 1898-1994", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HWBY-X42M : 14 February 2020), Malinda Creasey in entry for Nannie Kirkman, 1938.
• "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKJQ-3RZY : 9 March 2021), Malinda Shelton in entry for Oscar Kirkman and Nancy Heusy Etta Shelton, 23 Jun 1895; citing Surry, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm 2,312,516.
• "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q211-L4MG : 21 July 2021), Malinda Shelton in entry for Oscar Kirkman and Nancy Henry Etta Shelton, 23 Jun 1895; citing Surry, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm .