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Y-DNA haplogroup R1B1 - See Shelton Y_STR Group 4
Will of Samuel Shelton[1]
Written: 18 December 1792
Probated: February 1795
Wife Judith Shelton
Sons: David, a tract of land, 400 acres, in Amherst County ; Clough, slaves ; Joseph, 400 acres of land ; Samuel, land where I now live.
Mentions money left by estate of brother Joseph Shelton, also plantation in Goochland County.
Grandsons: Owen Lewis, Clough Lewis, Sarah Lewis ( children of John Lewis, Jr.); Samuel Shelton, son of David Shelton.
Granddaughters: Elizabeth Shelton Tindal, slaves ; Elizabeth Shelton, daughter
of David Shelton.
Executor: wife
Witnesses: Nicholas Hamner, Daniel Bagby, and Thomas Goolsby.
Court of Appeals of Virginia - 1791[2]
Fr. David Shelton & C. v. John Shelton
JOSEPH SHELTON, a bachelor, Will 20 September, 1770, died September 1784
Brother: David Shelton, land on Wildboar Creek, Goochland County;
Brother: Samuel Shelton, land on Licking Hole Creek, Goochland County;
Brother: William Shelton, Horse Shoe Plantation, Louisa County;
Brother: John Shelton, had sons, William and John, Jr, - the latter, John Jr, was devised a plantation on Totopomoy, in Hanover County;
Sister: Mary Trueheart, land in Hanover County.
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