William Shelton was born in 1832. He was the son of Nelson Williams and Rebecca Dellinger. When the Civil War broke out William and his brother David joined the Georgia militia. In 1863 shortly after hearing about David being killed, William deserted from the army and was never heard from again. He just simply disappeared !
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William Shelton by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA test-takers in his direct paternal line.
Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line: