Born about in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Armistead Shelton
and Susannah Shelton
Wife of
Richard Wade Nowlin
— married
21 Feb 1801 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
Richard Wade Nowlin Jr., Armistead Shelton Nowlin, James Crispin Nowlin and Zeralda (Nowlin) Bates
Died
at about age 74
in Elkhorn, Ray, Missouri, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 16 Oct 2017
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Biography
Selah was born in 1784. She was the daughter of Armistead Shelton and Susannah (unknown maiden).
21 Feb 1801: married Richard Nowlin in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. [1]
c. 1836: moved to Missouri.
1850: Selah Nowlin, 65. living with spouse, Richard, in Ray County, Missouri. [2]
14 Nov 1859: died in Elkhorn, Ray, Missouri. burial: (plot, Section 1, Grave 57). Old New Garden Primitive Baptist Cemetery. Wood Heights, Ray County, Missouri. [3]
Research Notes
- Selah and Richard had a child named Brian Ward Nowlin. None of 4 existing profiles for a Brian Ward Nowlin match their child. Basic info: Born 7 Jun 1813, Kentucky; died 1 Jun 1890, Missouri City, Missouri; spouse: Lucy N. Davis.
- Note on birth year: 1781 to 1784 seems to be the range. Her headstone reads 1781, but her 1850 U.S. Census indicates 1784/1785.
Sources
- ↑ "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X5YP-1L9 : 5 December 2014), Richard Nowlin and Selah Shelton, 21 Feb 1801; citing Pittsylvania, Virginia, reference Page 31; FHL microfilm 33,326.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDZV-N83 : 4 April 2020), Selah Nowlin in household of Richard Nowlin, Ray county, Ray, Missouri, United States; citing family 417, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #17596611
- Nowlin, James Edmund,. The Nowlin-Stone genealogy : a record of the descendants of James Nowlin, who came to Pittsylvania County, Virginia, from Ireland about 1700 : of Bryan Ward Nowlin, grandson of James Nowlin, who was born in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, about 1740 : of Micheal Nowlin and of the earlier Nowlins (Nowlans) of Ireland : and also a record of the descendants of George Stone : and of James Hoskin Stone, who was born in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, in 1778 : and also a record of the descendants of Edmund Fitzgerald. Salt Lake City, Utah: unknown, c1916. page 177
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Selah by comparing test results with other carriers of her 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 Selah:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Selah by comparing test results with other carriers of her 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 Selah:
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~1.56%
~3.12%
Leah (Monk) Chaillet-Hines 
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~0.78%
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