Born about in Virginia
Ancestors 
Daughter of Ralph Shelton Jr.
and Mary (Daniel) Shelton
Sister of
John Shelton, Hezekiah Shelton, James Shelton, Ralph Shelton III, Susannah Shelton, Palatiah Shelton, Jeremiah Shelton Sr., Roderick James Shelton, Eliphaz Shelton, Azariah Shelton, Robert Shelton, Roger Shelton, Sarah (Shelton) Robertson and Elizabeth (Shelton) Arnold
Wife of
William McGehee Sr.
— married
1776 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia
[children unknown]
Died about
at about age 86
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 10 Jun 2016
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Biography
Direna was born about 1756 to Ralph Shelton and his first wife, Mary Daniel. Rina married William McGehee, Sr. in 1776. Pittsylvania County, Virginia. William died in Jackson County, Alabama on May 1, 1836, and Rina died sometime after 1842, most likely in Jackson County.
Sources
Direna is listed as Ralph Shelton's heir, Rina McGehe, in his 1787 Will: Will Book 1 page 170-171, Martinsville, Henry Co., Virginia.
William McGehee pension file from NARA Microfilm M804-1683, S32.399 State of Alabama Jackson County
I, F. Fowler a magistrate in the County aforesaid do hereby certify that I have the most satisfactory assurance (?) from (?) the affidavit of David/Daniel? McGhee and Thomas Reed who are stable citizens of said County and to me personally known that Dorina McGehe who has this day appeared before me to take an oath that she is the widow of William McGehe, deceased, Revolutionary Pensioner is the widow of this identical person named in the pension Certificate which she has (?) before me numbered 25.778 and having at the War Office this 4th day of January one Thousand eight hundred and thirty four and signed by L.? Cass?, Secretary of War
Given under my hand on this fifth day of October eighteen hundred and forty one F. Fowler, J. P.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Direna by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Direna:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Direna by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Direna:
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~2.73%
Garry Shelton
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A864037 [compare], Ancestry member GarrySShelton
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~1.56%
Donna (Jones) Jenkins :
23andMe, GEDmatch M274768 [compare]
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~1.56%
Alice (Littrell) Amelung :
23andMe, GEDmatch AA8165501 [compare]
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~1.56%
Jerry Patton :
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
Angelist Gunter :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A724879 [compare], Ancestry member hcapshaw61
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~1.56%
Marybeth (Patton) Isaminger :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #689933
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~0.78%
Becky Jenkins :
23andMe, GEDmatch M278067 [compare]
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Valerie (Patterson) Simonton :
23andMe, GEDmatch KL2821804 [compare]
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~0.78%
Dale (Hinshaw) McMasters :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch BB1967547 [compare], Ancestry member adalemc1
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch XV6143891 [compare], FTDNA kit #864264
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~0.78%
Trina Allen :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member triwhi
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Betty Jean Cole :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Craig Foster :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A718902 [compare]
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~0.78%
John Greene :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
John Bales :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch SU9291485 [compare], yourDNAportal JOH2eaf0deb, FTDNA kit #130122
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~0.78%
Clyde Shelton :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #23445
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