Matthew Martin Shelton

1843 - 1863  (20 years)

• Name	Matthew Martin Shelton
  Birth	1843	Fairfield, Bedford, Tennessee, USA
  Gender	Male
  Death	14 Apr 1863	Fairfield, Bedford, Tennessee, USA
  Person ID	I16919	Master
  Last Modified	17 Jul 2012

  
  

  Father	Jesse Shelton,   b. 1799, Fairfield, Bedford, Tennessee, USA d. 13 Jul 1865, Fairfield, Bedford, Tennessee, USA (Age 66 years)
  Mother	Nancy Montgomey,   b. Abt 1803, , , Tennessee, USA d. 1876, Fairfield, Bedford, Tennessee, USA (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	1824	, Bedford, Tennessee, USA
  Family ID	F4396	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1843 - Fairfield, Bedford, Tennessee, USA Death - 14 Apr 1863 - Fairfield, Bedford, Tennessee, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Matt enlisted Nov. 6, 1862 at Wartrace (just 4 or 5 miles from Fairfield) for 3 years and was a Private in Martin's Reg, Company D 23 Tenn Reg CSA. Later he was assigned to Cleburne's Div, Hardie's Corps, A.T., and was severely wonded in the side in the Battle of Murfreesboro on December 21, 1862. He was listed as AWOL on Jan 1863 Muster Roll as he had gone home in Bedford County -- where he died and was buried at the Shelton Graveyard. He and his wife Sarah did not have any children. Extracted from book Decendents of Jessee Shelton by Cecil and Louise Shelton, published 1977.