Major Daniel Shelton

1729 - 1809  (80 years)

• Name	Daniel Shelton
  Title	Major
  Birth	17 May 1729	Christ Church, Middlesex Co, Virginia
  Gender	Male
  Death	18 Sep 1809	Pittsylvania Co, Virginia
  Notes	On page 69-70, this family of Daniel and Lettice is shown in the book "The Sheltons Lineal Descendants from Ancient, Medieval & Modern Kings & from Fifteen Sureties for the Magna Charta" by Kathryn Morris Brown, published in Knoxville, TN 1981. Ms. Brown says he owned land in Amelia Co., VA which later became Nottaway County. He was in the militia, serving first as a captain in Pittsylvania, then promoted to Major in 1778. He was a member of the Committee of Safety. He died in 1809 Pittsylvania Co., VA. She gives a list of the children. April Miller's book, Shelton County, also lists the children and their marriages. CHILDREN: Clara b. c1748 m. Spencer SHELTON (son of Crispen); Susannah b. c1750 m. Armistead SHELTON (also a son of Crispen); Millicent b. c1751 m. Edmund TAYLOR; Anna b. c1752 m. Unknown BAILEY; Polly b. c1755 m. Frederick SHELTON (son of Abraham); Young b. c1757 m. (1) Henrietta SHELTON (dau. of James) marriage bond dated 11 Dec 1784 in Prince Edward Co., VA & (2) Elizabeth LEWIS; Daniel b. c1758 m. (1) Elizabeth GARDNER 1785 & (2) Martha KEATS; Willis b. c1760 m. Charlotte SHELTON (dau. of John); Tunstall b. c1761 m. Fannie PAYNE; Leroy b. 1763 m. Nancy LANIER; Sally b. c1774 m. Thomas PAYNE 16 Oct 1795;. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~janicekmc/ralphsr.htm
  Person ID	I50846	Roots
  Last Modified	29 Jun 2013

  
  

  Father	Ralph Shelton, (Pampa line) (J-pp-FFDNA-4r),   b. Dec 1685, Middlesex Co, Virginia d. 13 Mar 1732/3, Christ Church, Middlesex Co, Virginia (Age ~ 47 years)
  Mother	Mary Jane Crispin,   b. Abt 1688, Middlesex Co, Virginia d. Aft 1730 (Age ~ 43 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1708
  Family ID	F16739	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lettice Young,   b. Abt 1730, Virginia d. Aft 1855, of, Pittsylvania Co, Virginia (Age ~ 126 years)
  Marriage	1750	Middlesex Co, Virginia
  Children	1. Clara Shelton,   b. Abt 1748, Pittsylvania Co, Virginia d. Aft 1780 (Age ~ 33 years) + 2. Susannah Shelton,   b. Abt 1753, Pittsylvania Co, Virginia d. Bef 1840, Pittsylvania Co, Virginia (Age ~ 86 years)   3. Millicent Shelton,   b. Abt 1751, Pittsylvania Co, Virginia d. Aft 1780 (Age ~ 30 years)   4. Anna Shelton,   b. Abt 1752, Pittsylvania Co, Virginia d. Aft 1780 (Age ~ 29 years)   5. Mary "Polly" Shelton,   b. Abt 1755, Pittsylvania Co, Virginia d. Aft 1785 (Age ~ 31 years) + 6. Young Shelton,   b. Abt 1757, Pittsylvania Co, Virginia d. Aft 1800, of, Prince Edward Co, Virginia (Age ~ 44 years) + 7. Daniel Shelton,   b. Abt 1758, Pittsylvania Co, Virginia d. Aft 1800 (Age ~ 43 years)   8. Willis Shelton,   b. Abt 1760, Pittsylvania Co, Virginia d. Aft 1785 (Age ~ 26 years) + 9. Tunstall Shelton,   b. Abt 1761, Pittsylvania Co, Virginia d. Aft 1790 (Age ~ 30 years)   10. Leroy Shelton,   b. 1763, Pittsylvania Co, Virginia d. Aft 1790 (Age > 28 years) + 11. Sarah "Sally" Shelton,   b. Abt 1774, Pittsylvania Co, Virginia d. Aft 1800 (Age ~ 27 years)
  Family ID	F16741	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Death - 18 Sep 1809 - Pittsylvania Co, Virginia  = Link to Google Earth