Wiley Preston Shelton

1822 - 1868  (45 years)

• Name	Wiley Preston Shelton
  Birth	10 Dec 1822	Beech Grove, Coffee, Tennessee, USA
  Gender	Male
  Death	12 Jun 1868	Riley Creek, Coffee, Tennessee, USA
  Person ID	I16936	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	Lydia Keele,   b. 1796, , Bedford, Tennessee, USA d. 1823, , Bedford, Tennessee, USA (Age 27 years)
  Marriage	1816	, Bedford, Tennessee, USA
  Family ID	F4395	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 10 Dec 1822 - Beech Grove, Coffee, Tennessee, USA Death - 12 Jun 1868 - Riley Creek, Coffee, Tennessee, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Was accused by Union soldiers of having killed one of their soldiers on Pea Ridge. Was dragged from his home on Riley Creek, put on a rock where he faced a 17-gun firing squad; but, before he was executed, his wife and young sons convinced the Yankees that he was innocent - so his life was spared.