Elizabeth (Shelton) Moberly (abt. 1780)

Born about 1780 in Albemarle, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

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Biography

"Betsy Shelton; married Richard Moberley March 3, 180[3].^[1] They came from Albemarle County, Va., and married in Madison County, Ky., where they settled and made their home on Muddy Creek, near the present village of Elliston, and where they lived and died.

Note; Rev. Edgar Woods in his history of Albemarle mentions the names of the children of William Shelton, whose first wife was Lucv Harris, as follows, towit; "William Harris Shelton, Mourning, the wife of Archibald W' oods, Elizabeth the wife of Richard Moberley, Dabnev Shelton, Sarah Shelton, Lucy Shelton, the wife of Elliot Brown, Agnes Shelton, Weatherston Shelton and Thomas Shelton." and further states that "the first three migrated to Kentucky." If Rev. Edgar Woods is correct, in his statement then Elizabeth or Betsy, the wife of Richard Moberley, was not a daughter of Thomas Shelton. Attention is called to the fact, confirmed by the Court records that the marriage of Betsy Shelton and Richard Moberley took place in Madison County, Ky., March 3, 1802, and not in Albemarle, and also, to the fact that their only son, was named Thomas Shelton Moberley. It does seem from all the circumstantial evidence and published statements heretofore made, that she was a daughter of Thomas Shelton. Archibald Woods married Mourning Shelton in 17 73, a daughter of William Shelton and Lucy Harris, twenty nine years prior to the marriage of the said Betsy and Richard Moberley."^[2]

Children:

1. Samiramus/Samira, m. Elder Allen Embry, 17 Jun 1823^[3]
2. Nancy, m. Ambrose F. Dudley
3. Thomas Shelton, m. Nancy Lipscomb

Sources

1. ↑ "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5ZC-RRW : 9 March 2021), Richard Mobley and Elizabeth Shelton, 1 Mar 1803; citing Marriage, Madison, Kentucky, United States, various county clerks and county courts, Kentucky; FHL microfilm 183,304.
2. ↑ Miller, W. H. 1907. History and genealogies of the families of Miller, Woods, Harris, Wallace, Maupin, Oldham, Kavanaugh and (illustrated), with interspersions of notes of the families Dabney, Reid, Martin, Broadus, Gentry, Jarman, Jameson, Ballard, Mullins, Michie, Moberley, Covington, Growning, Duncan, Yancey and others. p. 615- (https://archive.org/details/historygenealogie00mill)
3. ↑ "Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWTM-D43 : 23 February 2021), Samira Moberley in entry for Allen Embry, 1823.

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