Sarah Elizabeth Shelton: Our Family History

Generation: 1

Sarah Elizabeth Shelton was born on 30 Mar 1861 in Rhea Co, Tennessee (daughter of James M. Shelton and Mary Jane Rice); died on 2 Jun 1935 in Rhea Co, Tennessee.

Sarah married Thomas Richard Wade on 14 Apr 1889 in Rhea Co, Tennessee. Thomas was born on 11 Jul 1866 in Rhea Co, Tennessee; died after 1902. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

Lonnie Clinton Wade was born on 15 Sep 1894 in Rhea Co, Tennessee; died on 17 Aug 1983 in Montague Co, Texas.

Generation: 2

2.	James M. Shelton was born about 1823 in Tennessee (son of James Shelton and Sarah "Sally" Hooper); died after 1875. James married Mary Jane Rice on 8 Aug 1855 in Campbell Co, Tennessee. Mary was born about 1835 in Tennessee; died after 1875. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary Jane Rice was born about 1835 in Tennessee; died after 1875.

Children:

1. Sarah Elizabeth Shelton was born on 30 Mar 1861 in Rhea Co, Tennessee; died on 2 Jun 1935 in Rhea Co, Tennessee.

Generation: 3

James Shelton was born on 1 Mar 1791 in Virginia (son of James Roderick Shelton and Sarah Ursula Briggs); died on 8 Nov 1879 in McMinn Co, Tennessee.

James married Sarah "Sally" Hooper. Sarah was born about 1800 in North Carolina; died in 1851 in Riceville, McMinn Co, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

5.
Sarah "Sally" Hooper was born about 1800 in North Carolina; died in 1851 in Riceville, McMinn Co, Tennessee.
Children:

2. James M. Shelton was born about 1823 in Tennessee; died after 1875.

Generation: 4

James Roderick Shelton was born in 1754 in Amelia, Virginia (son of James Roderick Shelton and Susannah Vardaman); died in 1816 in Morgan, Buncombe Co, North Carolina.

Other Events and Attributes:

Census: 1800, Morgan, Buncombe Co, North Carolina
Census: 1810, Buncombe Co, North Carolina

Notes:

Census:
1810 Buncombe Co, North Carolina
David Shelton
Armstreet (Armstrong) Shelton
Martin Shelton
Colbert Hensley (?)
Roderick Shelton

James married Sarah Ursula Briggs about 1720 in Virginia. Sarah was born in 1755 in Pittsylvania Co, Virginia; died in 1820 in Shelton Laurel, Buncombe Co, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah Ursula Briggs was born in 1755 in Pittsylvania Co, Virginia; died in 1820 in Shelton Laurel, Buncombe Co, North Carolina.

Children:

Martin Shelton was born in 1772 in Patrick Co, Virginia; died in 1842 in Yancey Co, North Carolina.
David Shelton was born in 1776 in Henry, Patrick Co, Virginia; died on 5 Jan 1858 in Shelton Laurel, Madison Co, North Carolina; was buried in Judith Shelton Cem, Shelton Laurel, Madison Co, North Carolina.
Sarah Shelton was born about 1777; died after 1820.
Armstrong Shelton was born in 1785 in Henry Co, Virginia; died in 1817 in Virginia or North Carolina.
4. James Shelton was born on 1 Mar 1791 in Virginia; died on 8 Nov 1879 in McMinn Co, Tennessee.
Roderick Shelton was born in 1798 in Stuart, Patrick Co, Virginia; died in 1870 in Shelton Laurel, Madison Co, North Carolina.