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Samuel C. Shelton (1703 - 1792)

Samuel C. Shelton
Born in New Kent, Colony of Virginiamap
Ancestors ancestors
Son of and [mother unknown]
Husband of — married 1750 in Hanover, Colony of Virginiamap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 89 in Albemarle, Virginia, United Statesmap
Profile last modified | Created 16 Oct 2012
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Biography

1776 Project
Samuel Shelton performed Patriotic Service in Virginia in the American Revolution.
Daughters of the American Revolution
Samuel Shelton is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A102813.

Y-DNA haplogroup R1B1 - See Shelton Y_STR Group 4

Probate

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.

Family

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.

Sources

  1. King, J. Estelle Stewart. 1940. Abstracts of wills, inventories, and administration accounts of Albemarle County, Virginia (1748-1800), Amherst County, Virginia (1761-1800). Beverly Hills, Calif: J.E.S. King.
  2. Ancestry.com. Virginia Will Records [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2008. Original data: Judith McGhan. Virginia Will Records. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1993.




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