Abraham Shelton

1734 - 1789  (55 years)

• Name	Abraham Shelton
  Birth	4 Mar 1734	, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
  Gender	Male
  Death	20 Jul 1789	, Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
  Person ID	I16667	Master
  Last Modified	31 Oct 2012

  
  

  Father	Crispen Shelton,   b. 1 Apr 1713, Christ Church, Middlesex, Virginia, USA d. 29 Oct 1787, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Letitia Buford,   b. 1713, , Middlesex, Virginia, USA d. 1770, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA (Age 57 years)
  Marriage	1734	, Middlesex, Virginia, USA
  Family ID	F3570	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 4 Mar 1734 - , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA Marriage - 16 Jan 1760 - , Amelia, Virginia, USA Death - 20 Jul 1789 - , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• 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.