Born in Franklin County, Virginia, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Jesse David Shelton
and Elizabeth (Green) Shelton
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Thomas Washington DeMoss
— married
1816 in Davidson County, Tennessee
Descendants 
Mother of
Jesse Shelton DeMoss Sr
Died
at about age 57
in Bellevue, Davidson County, Tennessee, United States
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Contents |
Biography
Name: Thomas Demoss Name Note: Titles and Terms: Event Type: Marriage Event Date: 18 Jan 1816 Event Place: , Davidson, Tennessee, United States Event Place (Original): Gender: Male Age: Marital Status: Married Previous Wife's Name: Race: Birth Date: Birth Year (Estimated): Birthplace: Marriage License Date: Marriage License Place: Marriage Date: Marriage Place: Father's Name: Father's Titles and Terms: Father's Birthplace: Mother's Name: Mother's Titles and Terms: ...
Marriage
- "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950,"
- Name Thomas Demoss
- Event Type Marriage
- Event Date 18 Jan 1816
- Event Place Davidson, Tennessee, United States
- Spouse's Name Betsy Shelton
- Page 176 --Citing this Record
- 1850 Davidson county, part of, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
- Age 61
- Birth Year (Estimated) 1789
- Birthplace North Carolina
- House Number 194
- Thomas Demoss M 61 North Carolina
- Elizabett Demoss F 51 Virginia
- Silas Demoss M 22 Tennessee
- Lafayette Demoss M 20 Tennessee
- William Demoss M 10 Tennessee
- Henry Demoss M 6 Tennessee
- Martha Demoss F 22 Tennessee (DAUGHTER)
- Emaline Demoss F 8 Tennessee
- William Lewis M 20 Tennessee (laborer)
- Citing this Record
- (living next door and in the farms around them is
- HEAD: Delila DeMoss age:57 N.C and James age:31/Abram age:22/ Delilah age:16/Lucinda age:13
- On the other side is
- HEAD: Zaney DeMoss age:85 VA
and next door to her is Wilkins DeMoss age:23 TN
Children
- Silas DeMoss born 1828
- Jesse Shelton DeMoss (1819 - 1895
- Martha Ann Demoss Dozier (1829 - 1914 (listed on 1850 census)
- Dee Lafayette DeMoss (1830 - 1862 (listed on 1850 census)
- William Frank DeMoss (1840 - 1925 (listed on 1850 census)
- Henry born 1844
- Emaline born 1848
- (The last 2 children could be their grand- children)
Sources
- "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCDH-BBK : accessed 10 February 2016), Thomas Demoss, Davidson county, part of, Davidson, Tennessee, United States; citing family 194, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZ7P-5G6 : accessed 10 February 2016), Thomas Demoss and Betsy Shelton, 18 Jan 1816; citing Davidson, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. 176, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 200,294.
- "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X81R-YN1 : 21 December 2016), Thomas Demoss and Betsy Shelton, 18 Jan 1816; citing , Davidson, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. , Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 1,994,215.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Betsey 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 Betsey:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Betsey 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 Betsey:
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~3.12%
Joyce Smith
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch GJ9934069 [compare]
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~3.12%
Brenda (Epley) O'Brien :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch LX8898267 [compare]
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~3.12%
R N :
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch FZ8790875 [compare]
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~1.56%
W W :
23andMe, GEDmatch EU9693817 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A827063 [compare]
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~1.56%
Joel Koenig :
23andMe, GEDmatch A806874 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A806874 [compare]
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~1.56%
Karen (DeMoss) Daye :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A781960 [compare], Ancestry member kad1970
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~1.56%
R D :
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
Roger DeMoss :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A947474 [compare]
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~1.56%
Ken DeMoss :
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
G W :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch CP6380709 [compare]
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~1.56%
C W :
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch FC3821335 [compare]
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~1.56%
M W :
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch H279566 [compare]
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~1.56%
j DeMoss :
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch XF8853813 [compare]
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