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Abraham Shelton

Male 1734 - 1789  (55 years)


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  • Name Abraham Shelton 
    Birth 4 Mar 1734  , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 20 Jul 1789  , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I16667  Master
    Last Modified 31 Oct 2012 

    Father Crispen Shelton,   b. 1 Apr 1713, Christ Church, Middlesex, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Oct 1787, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years) 
    Mother Letitia Buford,   b. 1713, , Middlesex, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1770, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years) 
    Marriage 1734  , Middlesex, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F3570  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Chloe Robertson,   b. 1741, , Amelia, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Feb 1814, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years) 
    Marriage 16 Jan 1760  , Amelia, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Crispin Shelton,   b. 28 Feb 1761, , Amelia, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Nov 1806, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 45 years)
     2. William Shelton,   b. 4 Jan 1763, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Aug 1825, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years)
     3. Jane Shelton,   b. 1765, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Anne Shelton,   b. 1767, , Amelia, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. William Shelton,   b. 10 Aug 1767, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Dec 1857, Van Leer, Dickson, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years)
     6. Meacon Shelton,   b. 1770, , Amelia, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1803, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 33 years)
     7. Robertson Shelton,   b. 28 Jan 1771, , Amelia, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1816, , Giles, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 44 years)
     8. Tavenor Shelton,   b. 1772, , Amelia, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1813, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 41 years)
     9. Ezekiel Henderson Shelton,   b. 1772, , Surry, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1864, , Clinton, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 92 years)
    +10. Lettice Shelton,   b. 17 Dec 1773, , Amelia, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Oct 1850, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
     11. Jane Shelton,   b. 1780, , Amelia, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1845, , Logan, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years)
     12. Abraham Cooper Shelton,   b. 1788, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1789, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 1 year)
    Family ID F4444  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Link to Google MapsBirth - 4 Mar 1734 - , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 16 Jan 1760 - , Amelia, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 20 Jul 1789 - , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Abram Shelton was active in the life of the county, serving as justice, vestryman, militia officer, sheriff and member of General Assembly. He was the son of Crispen Shelton who with his brothers John and Daniel Shelton, moved from Amelia County to Pittsylvania about 1765, and settled in the upper part of the Meadows, wbere they owned large bodies of land.

      Abram Shelton married Chloe Robertson of Amelia, January 16, 1760, (Amelia Marriage Bond s); his will was proven at Pittsylvania C. H. in 1789 in which he named wife Chloe, daughters Lettie, Anne and Jane Shelton, sons Abram, Crispen, (Doctor) Tareour, Frederick, Meacon, Robertson and William..His home was on Buck Branch, near Chalk Level. Dr. Tavenor Shelton was one of the early physicians of the county.

      The will of Mrs. Chloe Robertson Shelton was proven February as, 1804, in which she left her estate to her beloved daughter, Jane Stone, wife of John Stone.