Lillie Mae Shelton

Elbridge married Gertrude B. "Guita" Hanks about 1888 in Anderson Co, Texas. Gertrude (daughter of Rev. Joshua Brown Hanks and Arabella Tucker) was born on 21 Nov 1868 in Anderson Co, Texas; died on 9 Jul 1951 in Tennessee Colony, Anderson Co, Texas; was buried in Tennessee Colony Cem, Tennessee Colony, Anderson Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

James married Manurva E. Barnett on 16 Jan 1858 in Anderson Co, Texas. Manurva was born on 5 Dec 1831 in Anderson Co, Texas; died on 13 Sep 1862 in Tennessee Colony, Anderson Co, Texas; was buried in Tennessee Colony Cem, Tennessee Colony, Anderson Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
oldest marked grave in Tennessee Colony Cemetery.

Shelton, Manurva E.
5 Dec 1831 13 Sept 1862 "w/o J.M. Shelton" "A Mother Of Three Children"

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Anderson Co, Texas
• Census: 1870, Anderson Co, Texas

Notes:

Census:
1850 Anderson Co, Texas

residence 124
Joshua B Hanks 31 1819 TN
Arabel Hanks 21 TN
Joseph L Hanks 2 Anderson Co, TX
Thomas Hanks 64 VA
Charles Golahure 6 Arkansas (Charles Gallaher/Gollihar)
Nathan A Wellett 23 1827 TN

residence 125
George Hanks 77 VA
Angeline Hanks 38 KY
John Sutton 17 Iowa
Amos Sutton 13 Iowa
Mary J. Sutton 10 Iowa
Thomas Sutton 9 Mississippi
George Sutton 5 Mississippi
Martha Sutton 4 Texas
Elijah Hanks 2 Anderson Co, Texas
Sarah Hanks 52 Kentucky

Census:
1870 Anderson Co, Texas
J R Hawks 51
Sarah I Hawks 26
Idella I Hawks 15
Mattie R Hawks 8
Lizzie T Hawks 6
Gertrude B Hawks 1
Paul Tucker 14

Joshua married Arabella Tucker on 19 Oct 1846 in Anderson Co, Texas. Arabella was born in 1829 in Tennessee; died after 1860 in Anderson Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
Name: J. B. Hanks
Marriage Date: 19 Oct 1846
Marriage Place: Anderson, Texas, USA
Spouse: Onelbella Tucker
Source: County Court Records - FHL microfilm # 0987140 - 0987141

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1830, Perry Co, Tennessee
• Residence: 1837, Henderson Co, Tennessee; tax list
• Census: 1840, Henderson Co, Tennessee
• Census: 1840, Henderson Co, Tennessee; tax list
• Census: 1850, District 8, McNairy Co, Tennessee
• Census: 1860, Andeson Co, Texas
• Residence: 26 Aug 1867, Palestine, Anderson Co, Texas; voter registration

Notes:

Ancestry Board discussion:
http://boards.ancestry.com/surnames.woolverton/4.5.7.8.9.10.11.12.17.32/mb.ashx

Pat Swift (researcher who contacted me years ago)
@rsswift@packbell.net

Shelton in Texas
@@rsswift@pacbell.net Posted: 11 Mar 2000 9:17AM
Classification:
Edited: 15 Jun 2004 1:17PM
Surnames: George A. Shelton, Tennessee Colony, Texas.
I have never gotten behind George and his
brother Gideon. Would love more information. My greatgrandmother was Lucretia Shelton, married to John Brown.

another post re: Lucretia Shelton:
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/DUTTON-ZACHARIAH/1999-08/0933907869

From: Richardson
Subject: Re: Dutton Queries
Date: Thu, 05 Aug 1999 21:51:09 -0500


Darlene Cole wrote:
>
> John Wesley BROWN lived in Tennessee Colony, Texas. Married Lucretia Eveline SHELTON Born Dec 15, 1848 probably in Tennessee Colony? Lucretia daughter of George SHELTON, Tennessee Colony. Would like to know where SHELTON family came from?
> John Wesley BROWN son of Isaac BROWN and ? Family history says they owned a Dry Goods Store in Palestine. Where are they buried? Minnie Lancaster BROWN married ? a PERKINS. Minnie died May 31, 1971 in ? Texas. John Wesley's son Plesy Cleburne BROWN married Lula DUTTON lived in Cleburne, Texas 1900, Dutton's lived in Moody, Texas. Plesy and Lula Dutton Cleburne had 9 children. They married into the RODGERS, GREGORY, KOON, and MOORE families all from Cleburne area. Would like any information about families. Ex husbands family from Texas. Pat Swift
>
> Issac BROWN lived in Tennessee Colony and Palestine, Texas approx. 1880. Son John BROWN married Lucretia SHELTON. John BROWN buried Cleburne, Texas in 1905. Would like to find name of Issac's wife? Where are Issac and wife buried? Issac's grandson Plesy married Lula DUTTON of Moody, Texas, a daughter of James Cass Dutton. Would like contact with any relatives still in Texas.
> Pat Swift
--
Lucretia Shelton Brown-Texas to CA 1915
Posted by: Pat Swift Date: October 30, 2000 at 10:53:00
of 7780
Looking for brothers and sisters of Lucretia Shelton married to John Brown. John died 1905 in Cleburne, Texas. Lucretia moved to Los Angeles , California, didn't live with son, so probably with brother?


----------
Beth Ann Spraberry posted 7 Feb 2001
Gideon Farmer Shelton and George A. Shelton
Beth Ann Spraberry (View posts) Posted: 7 Feb 2001 6:05PM GMT
Classification:
Surnames: This is to Pat Swift or anyone who is researching these names. Gideon Farmer Shelton is my 3rd great grandfather and I would like to compare notes with you. Thanks.

another:
Ann Smith
gideon Farmer Shelton in Texas
ANNAV Posted: 3 May 2001 7:39AM GMT
Classification:
Edited: 7 Oct 2001 4:35AM GMT
Surnames: I jut saw your posting in the Woolverton message board. My husband was a direct descendant of Gideon's. I have lots of information on this line and am more than happy to share. Please contact me at avs042231@cs.com if I can be of help.
Ann Smith




Census:
Sheltons in Perry County 1830
Gideon Shelton age 20-29 bro
Jas Shelton age 50-59 1771-1780 bro
Jno Shelton age 70-79 1750-1760 father
Joel Shelton age 30-39 1791-1800 bro
William Shelton age 30-39 1791-1800 bro

Name: Gideon Shelton (bro)
[Gideon Shelton]
Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Perry, Tennessee
Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 1 1825-1830
Geo Anderson 1828
Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 1 1801-1810
Gideon 1804
Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 1 1825-1830
?
Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39: 1 1791-1800
Elizabeth Woolverton 1809
Free White Persons - Under 20: 2
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
Total Free White Persons: 4
Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 4

John Shelton (in Williamsport, Maury Co, TN in 1820, next to Samuel & John) (father)
Name: Jno Shelton
[John Shelton]
Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Perry, Tennessee
Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19: 1 1811-1815
? (could be dau or newlywed wife of Creel)
Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 1 1801-1810
Creel 1803
Free White Persons - Males - 70 thru 79: 1 1751-1761
John 1758
Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19: 1 1811-1815
? (could be a daughter of newlywed wife of Creel)
Free White Persons - Females - 60 thru 69: 1 1761-1770
Mary "Molly" Creel 1764
Free White Persons - Under 20: 2
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 1
Total Free White Persons: 5
Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 5


note: William who was in 1830 Perry Co cannot be the son of William and Hannah Yates. William and Hannah Yates son Wiliam was having kids in Illinois at this time.

Name: Wm Shelton
[Wm Skelton]
Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Perry, Tennessee
Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 1 1825-1830
John 1831
Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 1 1821-1825
Geo Wilson 1822
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 1 1816-1820
Joseph Pickney 1818
Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39: 1 1791-1800
William E. 1796
Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 1 1825-1830
Nancy 1826
Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 1 1821-1825
Louisa 1824
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 1 1816-1820
Julia Ann 1820
Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39: 1 1791-1800
Martha Payne 1785
Free White Persons - Under 20: 6
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
Total Free White Persons: 8
Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 8

note: Joel who was in 1830 Perry Co cannot be the son of William and Hannah Yates. William and Hannah Yates son Joel was having kids in Illinois at this time.

Joel in 1830 Perry TN
Name: Joel Shelton
Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Perry, Tennessee
Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19: 2 1811-1815
Sanford 1813; Berryman 1816
Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39: 1 1791-1800
Joel 1791
Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 1 1825-1830
Letsie 1828
Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 2 1821-1825
Nancy 1822; Mary C. 1825
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 1 1816-1820
Lucy 1820
Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39: 1 1791-1800
Mary "Polly" Davidson 1792
Free White Persons - Under 20: 6
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
Total Free White Persons: 8
Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 8

James Shelton (1840 in Perry, next to G.W., Elizabeth, and Jeremiah; also Poley Shelton)
Name: Jas Shelton
Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Perry, Tennessee
Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 2 1825-1830
William 1827; Geo Washington 1807
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 2 1816-1820
Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 2 1801-1810
Free White Persons - Males - 50 thru 59: 1 1771-1780
James 1778
Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 1 1925-1830
Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 2 1821-1825
Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19: 2 1811-1815
Free White Persons - Females - 40 thru 49: 1 1781-1790
Artha 1783
Free White Persons - Under 20: 9
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 3
Total Free White Persons: 13
Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 13


Residence:
Tax list:
Gideon Shelton
G.A. (?) Shelton


Census:
1840 Henderson County, Tennessee
Name: Gideon F Shetton
[Gideon F Shelton]
Home in 1840 (City, County, State): Henderson, Tennessee
Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 2
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39: 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39: 1
Persons Employed in Agriculture: 2
Free White Persons - Under 20: 8
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
Total Free White Persons: 10
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 10

also same page:
George A. Shelton

same page:
Arthur Yates
William Wolverton
John Wolverton
Bird Wolverton


Census:
1840 Henderson County, Tennessee
Name: George A Shetton
[George A Shelton]
Home in 1840 (City, County, State): Henderson, Tennessee
Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19: 1
Persons Employed in Agriculture: 1
Free White Persons - Under 20: 3
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 1
Total Free White Persons: 4
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 4

Gideon Shelton
Name: Gideon F Shetton
[Gideon F Shelton]
Home in 1840 (City, County, State): Henderson, Tennessee
Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 2
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39: 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39: 1
Persons Employed in Agriculture: 2
Free White Persons - Under 20: 8
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
Total Free White Persons: 10
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 10

also:
James, Hiram, Sarah - Milton
Arthur Yates
William Wolverton
John Wolverton
Bird Wolverton


Census:
Gideon Shelton 45
Betsy Shelton 46
Poley Shelton 17
Lucreacia Shelton 15
James Shelton 14
John Shelton 12
Martha Shelton 10
Narcissa Shelton 8
William Shelton 7
Allen Shelton 5
Lorain Shelton 1


Census:
1860 Tennessee Colony, Anderson Co, Texas

residence 631
G F Shelton 56 1804 Virginia
Elizabeth Shelton 50 Tennessee
J C Shelton 21 male 1839 Tennessee
T W Shelton 28 male 1832 Tennessee
Wm Shelton 18 male 1842 Tennessee
B A Shelton 15 male 1845 Tennessee
Susan Shelton 13 1847 Tennessee
Joseph Caruthers 21 1839 Tennessee

residence 632
J.N. Shelton 25 TN
Minerva 18 TN
M.L. male 1 Texas
infant 1/12 Texas

residence 635 Bird Woolverton Tennessee
W. Wolverton 19 male Tennessee
J.H. Wolverton 21 male Tennessee
E.C. Wolverton 10 female Texas
G. Wolverton 7 female Texas

residence 529
Wm Guinn 35 male Tennessee
L.M. Guinn 30 female Tennessee
S.M. 10 female Texas
M.C. 9 female Texas
J.M. 4 female Texas
T. Shelton 28 Texas

Residence:
Name: Gideon F Shelton
Birthplace: Virginia
Registry Date: 26 Aug 1867
Residence Place: Palestine
County: Anderson
Line Number: 1119
Archive Name: Texas State Library and Archives
Archive Collection Title: 1867 Voter Registration Lists
Archive Reel Number: 1

Gideon married Elizabeth "Betsy" Woolverton on 26 Sep 1826 in Maury Co, Tennessee. Elizabeth (daughter of John Bird Woolverton and Anna Jane Hanks) was born on 24 Dec 1809 in Somerset, Pulaski Co, Kentucky; died on 10 Aug 1870 in Tennessee Colony, Anderson Co, Texas; was buried in Tennessee Colony Cem, Tennessee Colony, Anderson Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Between 1950 and 1860, Texas; from Tennessee

Notes:

Name:
Her name is shown as Woodwater on her daughter Lucinda Jane Shelton Hatchcock's death certificate in 1916. Informant A.L. Hathcock.

Died:
Elizabeth 'Betsy' Woolverton was born 24 Dec 1809 in Somerset, Pulaski, KY. Her parents were John Bird and Anna Jane Hanks Woolverton.

She married Gideon Farmer Shelton on 26 Sep 1826 in Maury Co, Tennessee, United States.

They had 11 Children: George, Mary, Thomas, Lucreatia, James, Martha, Narcissa, William, Bird, Nancy

They moved from Tennessee between 1850-1860.
(findagrave)

Notes:

Married:
Name: Gideon Farmer Shelton
Gender: Male
Birth Place: VA
Birth Year: 1804
Spouse Name: Elizabeth Wolverton
Spouse
Birth Place: KY
Spouse Birth Year: 1809
Marriage
Year: 1826
Marriage State: TN
Number Pages: 1

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1836, Angelina Co, Texas
• Residence: 1836, Nashville, Davidson Co, Tennessee; left
• Census: 1850, Anderson Co, Texas

Notes:

son of Moses Hanks (1746-1831) and Agatha
http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth37952/m1/21/ Dodson

Thomas Hanks married Sarah Hill in Kentucky and several other siblings also married between the Hill and Hanks families. A group of them moved down to Maury County, Tennessee about 1805.

Thomas Hanks was a primitive Baptist preacher, apparently well known throughout Tennessee and Texas. He is credited with the first conversion west of the Brazos River and entered Texas to live in 1835, leading a wagon train of friends and relatives. A colorful character, he performed a number of baptisms and marriages in the new Republic of Texas.

----
A Centennial History of Anderson County, Texas
pg 293 (Dr. John H. Barrett bio)
"On the maternal side, Dr. Barrett boasts direct descent from the celebrated pioneer Primative Baptist Preacher, Thomas Hanks. Few names are more prominent in the early development of Anderson County than Thomas Hanks. He came to Texas in 1836."

-----
THOMAS HANKS
Much has been said in different sketches regarding
the ox-wagon trip of pioneers from old states
to Texas. This extract from Mrs. Barrett's D.R.T.
papers may be found interesting:
"When Thomas Hanks came to Texas from
Nashville, Tennessee, in the spring of 1836, there
were twenty or thirty ox-wagons loaded with
families and all they possessed. They were three
months on the way. Had many hardships, broken
wagons, etc. They had to stop in Louisiana to
rest teams and get provisions. They crossed the
Mississippi River on a flat boat, one at a time, but
had to swim the Red River and the San Augustine
River, but landed all right. Their closest doctor was
at Nacogdoches, about forty miles distant, but they
made most of their medicine from roots and herbs."
To understand something of the hardships our
forefathers endured, one has but to consider a part
of the routine of living in a typical pioneer home.
In the first place, to prepare or to even procure the
food put upon the table required patient, persistent
toil. To make bread it was necessary to rub corn
between pieces of steel, or rocks, if one had corn if
not roots or bark must be found as a substitute.
To get meat one must kill a deer, a turkey, a bear,
or other wild game (which fortunately were all
plentiful), a'tld for sweets, tedious search must be
made for a "bee tree" for honey.
To raise crops clumsy wooded home-made plows
drawn by oxen, broke the ground, while the hoes
were also of wood. The clothes worn were made
of cotton grown on the farm, picked, spun into
thread, woven into cloth and cut and made by hand
at home. Goards were grown for many purposes, milk
pails, water buckets, and even for buttons to
fasten clothing.
Coffee was frequently made from parched
wheat, sweet potatoes and other things. Fortunately,
milk was generally plentiful. The first rude houses .
were constructed of logs, with dirt or puncheon
floors. The cracks between the logs were oftentimes
wide. One of Thomas Hanks' daughters,
Kizzie Hanks Colwell, would frequently find an
Indian in the early morning reaching his hand
through these cracks to play with her babies. An
experience of this same "Grandmother Cohvell" will
illustrate some of the more terrifying hardships
of the times. On one seven mile horseback ride to
her father's home, she saw nine bears by the roadside,
and one panther in a tree. The big cat sprang at
her, but her horse squatted and squealed, and the
panther went over her. She said the horse seemed
to go on wings the rest of that journey.
Another of her experiences was perhaps even
more hair raising. She was washing at the spring
when a notoriously bad Indian came and, picking
up her sleeping babe by the heel and motioning towards
a great oak near by said. "This how I kill
on war path. Bust brains out". The anguished
mother smiled. The braggart dropped the child and
went on his way.
Thomas Hanks remained a few years in Angelina
County, then came to Anderson where he remained,
preaching the gospel till death ended his
labors in 1857. His remains rest in old Antioch
Cemetery. Thomas Hanks was a picturesque character.
During the days of the Texas Republic he
married many couples. After Texas became a state,
be went to Nacogdoches, procured a license, then
proceeded to hunt up all his couples and marry
them again. Many laughable incidents occurred.
One "bride" was in the cow pen when the preacher
appeared with the astounding tidings that she must
go through another ceremony if she would be a
lawful wife. She washed her hands obediently.
but permitted one doubtful murmur to escape. "All
right, Daddy Hanks but I have a good notion not
to have Mr. Gilliland this time. I know too much
about him now."

Taken from; A Centennial History of Anderson County Texas
By; Pauline Buck Hohes
1936

Burial:
Antioch Cemetery
Montalba
Anderson County
Texas, USA

Created by: Petty & Pickens
Record added: Jun 30, 2011
Find A Grave Memorial# 72271934


From: RobertUle@aol.com Subject: [HANKS] Rev. Thomas Hanks 1786-1858; Tennessee to Texas Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2011 17:19:53 -0400 (EDT)I'm a descendent of the Rev. Thomas Hanks, a circuit-riding Primitive Baptist preacher, 1786-1858; son of Moses and Aggatha Dodson Hanks and brother to the infamous Elijah Hanks.My first novella, The Dogtrot Christmas, was published by Barbour in September as part of A Log Cabin Christmas Collection (which was on the Oct 2, 2011 New York Times best sellers list). It's based on family history from Rev. Hanks' family's move to Texas in 1835.We will be celebrating the publication of my book in two weeks and I would like to share stories about the real Rev. Thomas Hanks--who appears in my story in a cameo role preaching at an arbor camp meeting. I have a couple stories, but wondered if any of you might have some tales I could share AND better yet, any photos?I know a photo exists of his brother, Tennessee pastor Elijah Hanks, but is there one of Rev. Thomas Hanks? I've got one of his son, my great-great-great-grandfather James Steele Hanks, but not one of the canny preacher.Any help, insight or fun stories would be appreciated and if you are related to my branch of the family, you might want to contact me for information I have about the Hanks and Dodson families from my 2001 self-published book Pioneer Stock.Thanks!Michelle UleSanta Rosa, CA

Census:
1850 Anderson Co, Texas

residence 124
Joshua B Hanks 31 1819 TN
Arabel Hanks 21 TN
Joseph L Hanks 2 Anderson Co, TX
Thomas Hanks 64 VA
Charles Golahure 6 Arkansas (Charles Gallaher/Gollihar)
Nathan A Wellett 23 1827 TN

residence 125
George Hanks 77 VA 1773
Angeline Hanks 38 KY 1812
John Sutton 17 Iowa
Amos Sutton 13 Iowa
Mary J. Sutton 10 Iowa
Thomas Sutton 9 Mississippi
George Sutton 5 Mississippi
Martha Sutton 4 Texas
Elijah Hanks 2 Anderson Co, Texas
Sarah Hanks 52 Kentucky 1798

Thomas married Sarah Joyce "Sally" Hill, (daughter?) in Sep 1804 in Pulaski Co, Kentucky. Sarah (daughter of Thomas Hill and Mary Hamlin) was born on 2 Mar 1784 in Pittsylvania Co, Virginia; died on 30 Jan 1847 in Anderson Co, Texas; was buried in Antioch Cem, Montalba, Anderson Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

daughter of Thomas Hill.