Martin Shelton (b. c. 1775 VA d. c. 1826 NC)
Roderick Shelton was born in 1754 in Amelia County, Virginia. He married Sarah Ursula Briggs about 1773 in Virginia. Sarah was born about 1755. They had at least eight children: Martin, Lewis, Armstrong, David, Sarah, John, James, and Roderick. Martin was born in Virginia and died in North Carolina. Lewis died in Missouri. Armstrong died in Kentucky. David was born about 1776 in Virginia. He married Elizabeth Shields about 1796 in Virginia. David died in 1857 in North Carolina about age 81. Sarah was born about 1777 in Virginia and died in North Carolina. John was born in 1778 in Virginia. James was born on May 1, 1791 in Virginia and died on October 8, 1879 in Tennessee at age 88. Roderick was born about 1798 in Virginia. He had a relationship with Mary Franklin. He died in 1870 in North Carolina about age 72. Roderick (father) died in 1816 in Shelton Laurel, Buncombe County, North Carolina, at age 62.
Twelfth Generation
73. Martin Shelton (Roderick , John , Ralph , Ralph , Peter , (Sir) John , William , William , Ralph , John , John ) was born about 1775/1784 in Henry Co, Va. He died in 1826/1827 in Shelton Laurel, Buncombe Co, NC.
Census:
1800 - Buncombe Co., NC (p188) Martin SHELTON
1 male 16-25 (1775-1784)
1810 - Buncombe Co., NC (p80b) Martin SHELTON
1 male 26-44 (1766-1784)
1820 - Buncombe Co., NC (p106) Martin SHELTON
1 male 26-44 (1776-1794)
Martin married Nancy Willard/Stanton, daughter of John Shelton "Shell" Stanton and unknown. Nancy was born in 1776 in Probably in, Henry Co, Va. She died after 1850 in Shelton Laurel, Madison Co, NC.
Census:
1800 - Buncombe Co., NC (p188) w/Martin SHELTON
1 female 16-25 (1775-1784)
1830 - Buncombe Co., NC (p304, 3rd Div/Regt), Nancy SHELTON 1 female 50-59 (1771-1780)
1840 - Yancey Co., NC (p281), Nancy SHELTON
1 female 50-59 (1781-1790)
1850 - Yancey Co., NC (462b, 5 Nov, 1098/1156)
w/Roderick SHELTON, Nancy, age 74, POB VA, CNRW
Martin and Nancy had the following children:
85 F i Sarah Shelton was born about 1795 in NC.
Sarah married John Chandler.
+ 86 F ii Ursula Shelton was born about 1802 and died after 1850.
+ 87 F iii Elizabeth Shelton was born about 1807.
88 M iv Solomon Shelton was born about 1810 in Shelton Laurel, , NC.
Solomon married Judith Nichols.
89 M v James Shelton was born about 1811 in Shelton Laurel, , NC.
90 M vi John Shelton was born about 1812 in Shelton Laurel, , NC.
+ 91 F vii Nancy Shelton was born about 1816.
+ 92 M viii Martin Shelton Jr. was born on 12 Dec 1817.
+ 93 F ix Rhonda Shelton was born in Mar 1819 and died after 1900.
94 M x Roderick Shelton was born about 1822 in , , NC.
Roderick married Mary Mercer.
74. David Shelton (Roderick , John , Ralph , Ralph , Peter , (Sir) John , William , William , Ralph , John , John ) was born about 1778 in , , Henry Co., Va. He died in 1858 in Shelton Laurel, Madison Co., NC.
The following was written in 1963 and seems to have been resolved that David was actually a son of Roderick Shelton. (Joe Payne)
"There is much disagreement as to whether Roderick Shelton or David Shelton was the first Shelton to settle in Shelton Laurel, and therefore considered the founder of Shelton Laurel. Roderick Shelton appeared in the Buncombe Co. census beginning with 1800. There is conflicting accounts as to who were his parents, but general agreement was that he was a Revolutionary War Veteran from Virginia. General agreement also is that he married Sarah Briggs, and that he had other wives; one, a Cherokee Indian woman by the name of "Nora" or "Ursula" or "Glumdalclitch" aka "Mary Franklin", aka "Mary Stevens Franklin". There just doesn't seem to be any way to choose between the various possibilities. There is some disagreement as to whether David Shelton was Roderick's son, or that David was Roderick's brother. In Buncombe County land records, their is a transfer of land to Roderick Shelton as early as August 27, 1800 and a transfer of land to David Shelton as early as December 10, 1801."
The above taken from:
"The Sheltons" by Claymon (Clay) Hensley -Copyright 1985 page 55 & 56. Some list David's death date as Jan. 19, 1863 Madison Co.-NC.
From SHELTON FAMILIES OF McMINN CO. TENNESSEE - James Shelton "David Shelton, son of Roderick and Sarah Briggs Shelton, was born in Henry County, Virginia about 1778. He does not show in the census of 1800 in Roderick's family in Buncombe County, NC, he then being about 22 years of age and out on his won, though he doesn't show as the head of a family in the county either in the census of that year. In the census of 1810 he shows in Buncombe County with a family as follows:
Males, 4 under 10, 1 10-26, 1 26-45; females, 1 under 10, 1 10-26, 1 26-45; 2 blacks.
For 1830: Males, 3 under 5, 1 10-15, 2 15-20, 2 20-30, and 1 50-60; females, 1 under 5, 2 5-10, 1 20-30, and 1 40-50. The elderly male shown in the 1810 census at "45 up" was likely a grandparent.
David Shelton lived at Shelton Laurel in Buncombe County, North Carolina and is usually considered to have been the founder of that branch of the Sheltons, although his father Roderick and Roderick's cousin David Shelton were the original property owners there. On a visit to Shelton Laurel in May, 1971 this scribe was happy to become acquainted with William Bud Shelton. He owned a nice home there at Allaghany. He was knowledgeable in the history of the Sheltons there. Born in 1896, he was the great-grandson of David, being grandson of James and son of John A. Shelton. He had a copy of the letter shown page 7 from John Shelton, son of David, grandson of Roderick, written in 1905 to one James L. Wilmath."
David married Catherine Miller about 1776 in , , TN. Catherine was born about 1780 in , , TN.
They had the following children:
95 F i Nancy Shelton was born about 1797.
96 M ii Isaac Shelton was born in 1812 in , , NC.
http://www.obcgs.com/shelton.htm
Benny E. Hensley's SHELTON ANCESTRY
I. Roderick Shelton (b. 1755 Amelia, VA) married Ursula Willard. Was on 1800 Buncombe Co. Census.
II. David Shelton (b. 1776; d. 1858) married Catherine Miller. Lived: Buncombe, Yancey, Madison Co., NC
III. Isaac Shelton (b. 1812) married Rachel Torres (b. 1826). Lived: Buncombe, Yancey, Madison Co., NC
IV. David Shelton, II (b. 1843; d. 1916) married Caroline Hensley (b. 1842; d. 1924). Lived: Madison Co., NC; moved to Cocke Co., then Unicoi Co., TN.
V. Isaac Shelton (b. 1823) married Rachel Torres (b. 1826) Lived: Buncombe Co., NC
VI. David Shelton (b. 1843; d. 1916) married Caroline Hensley. Lived Madison Co., NC and Cocke County, TN
VII. Ealy Married Shelton (b. 1865; d. 1924) married James Norton (b. 1855; d. 1928). Lived Madison Co., NC and Cocke and Greene Counties, TN
VII. Lucinda Norton (b. 1901; d. 1966) married Elbert H. Hensley (b. 1893; d. 1959) Lived Greene, Cocke, and Unicoi Counties, TN
VIII. Carmon E. Hensley (b. 1934; d. 1972) married Evelean Jennings (b. 1937). Lived in Washington and Cocke Counties, TN
IX. Benny E. Hensley (b. 1955) married Sharon A. Cody (b. 1957). Lives in Greene County, TN
Isaac married Rachel Torres. Rachel was born in 1812.
97 M iii Thomas Shelton was born about 1802.
98 M iv Alexander Shelton was born about 1804.
99 M v William Shelton was born about 1807.
100 M vi Eliphaz Shelton was born about 1811.
101 M vii David Shelton was born about 1814.
DAVID SHELTON
submitted by Barbara Blankenship, Knoxville, TN 37923
"David Shelton, born Buncombe County, North Carolina, Sept. 15, 1812; died Feb. 15, 1897. One of the first white settlers in Mason County, whose Donation Claim is the site of the City of Shelton. Mr. Shelton took an active part in civic affairs, being the first mayor of the town, school superintendent, and also a member of the first state legislative assembly.
"The Simmons mill on Mill Creek was the first industrial enterprise in Mason County. The first Pilgrims, one might say, had arrived a few weeks before. They were David Shelton and his family. They had come from Missouri by ox team, with brief stops at Fort Vancouver, down on the Columbia, and Olympia. Their Plymouth Rock is now Shelton's Point, and their homestead was a land donation claim on which the business district of Shelton now stands."
Source: Green Commonwealth, A Narrative of the Past and a Look at the Future of One Forest Products Community, by Steward Holbrook. Published for their friends by Simpson Logging Company, Shelton, Washington State -- 1895 - 1945. Illustrated by Phyllis Heady and printed by Frank McCaffrey at his Dogwood Press, Seattle.--"A Lot of Bunkum," August 1987, Vol. VIII, #8, p. 87-113
102 F viii Sally Shelton was born about 1816.
103 F ix Judith Shelton was born in 1833 in , , NC.