THIS IS A LARGE FILE, SO GIVE IT TIME TO LOAD -Click on 'EDIT' then click 'FIND IN PAGE'-type in the name you are looking for-
 

 Have still not been able to quite put my finger on these families..  My comments, as ALWAYS, in square brackets [ ] only:

Visit Heather's LANE web site-Its impressive:  http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~bowers/lane/index.htm

1.  Isaac M SHELBY was born about 1817 in KY.   The 1850 Coahoma Co MS, Mortality Schedules, give Isaac's age as 33. He died in Aug 1850 in Coahoma Co, MS.

 He was married to Maria J DELANY on 21 Jul 1842 in Union Co, KY.   Marriage Records for This Co. Maria J DELANY died before 1850 in prob, Coahoma Co, MS.

Isaac M died of Cholera, at the age of 33, in  Aug 1850, according to the 1850 Coahoma Co, MS, Mortality Schedules- A. Gillis, publ 1973, p47. Isaac was also Sheriff of this Co in 1840.

Isaac is County Clerk 1837 & is witness this date for Malinda (BRADBURN) SHELBY's marriage contract to her 2nd husband, Jonathan THOMAS-
BK D p3 Chancery Clerk Office, Clarksdale, Coahoma Co MS- She gives land to son's Wm B, John, Aaron I.D. SHELBY in Belville, Hopkins Co KY.

This Isaac M does not appear to be her son, although right age; or nothing to indicate he's son of Rev Aaron SHELBY, son of Wm & Sarah. This Aaron was the minister for several DELANY\DELANEY marr's during the 1820's, in Union Co, KY.

In 1855 there is an Indenture for Thomas SHELBY [son of Wm & Sarah] betw the unknown SHELBY desc's & a DELANY\DELANEY family. Still trying to sort all of this out.

 William & Sarah are on the 1810 cencus Caldwell Co KY, show 6 son's- William names only 5 son's in his 1817 Will- Isaac M is not one of them. Have found nothing in the rec's to indicate Wm had a son Isaac-  So, who does Isaac M belong to??

THE SHELBY SEEKERS, Allied Families of Cannon, Clinton, Dodds, Love, Posey, and Stembridge, by Jonel Sharp Harmon and Mary Dalby Zinzilieta, publ Feb 1997, p13:
 Gives more in depth study to Moses, son of Wm & Sarah- The authors feel that records indicate Moses may have married twice-
 Moses m Polyxena THOMPSON, 1 Nov 1824, Union Co, KY. Ch- Letitia Susan; Amelia Catherine S; & Mary Jane SHELBY [these are documented]

Is this the same Moses?? If not, who is he??  makes no mention of his wife in his will dated 1832, probated Jan 1835 Union Co, IL- & said to be a duplicate of his will- "devises to my daughter America Aliva Delaney SHELBY, now a resident of the State of KY...my [other] 3 dau's-Katherine, Susannah, Mary Jane SHELBY.   signed by Moses.

Now, does the following fit in here somewhere????

Joseph LANE, 1st Territorial Gov of OR & his wife Polly, had a dau Mary Virgina LANE who m 3 Nov 1852 in Evansville, IN, to AARON DELANY SHELBY.
Aaron was b 7 Oct 1827 near Henderson Co, KY. Aaron died [according to Heather W BOWERS] in 1881 in Portland, Multnomah Co, OR.

http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~bowers/lane/51997q.htm
May 9, 1997 LANE, John
Searching for the death date and place for John LANE and his wife Elizabeth STREET. John was the son of Jesse LANE and Winifred AYCOCK, he was born in NC abt. 1768 and md. Elizabeth STREET daughter of Col. James STREET in 1798 in NC. They left NC and went to Henderson Co., KY abt. 1804. Abt 1816/17 they went to Vanderburgh Co., IN where they died. Which would have been after 1820. They had the following children: Jesse, Joseph, Anthony Floyd, Mary, Lorena, Winifred, John and Simon LANE.

May 15, 1997
 LANE, Joseph
Joesph LANE, 1st Territorial Gov of OR & his wife Polly, are said to have had a dau Mary Virginia LANE who m 3 Nov 1852 in Evansville, IN
Aaron Delany SHELBY.
Aaron was b 7 Oct 1827 near Henderson Co, KY. The SHELBYs I know (along with their connections to the HARTs) Would like to confirm Mary being the dau of Gov LANE.

Feb 2004 -Heather's home page [LANE family]
 http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~bowers/lane/index.htm

Heather states she has:
 "The Quiet Life of Mrs Gen Lane", by Victoria Case. This is about Polly and Gen Lane and their descendants.
Gen Joseph Lane was b on 14 Dec 1801 in Ashville, Buncombe Co, NC. He was buried in Apr 1881 in Roseburg, Doulas Co, OR. He d 19 Apr 1881 in Roseburg, Douglas Co, OR. Joseph's wife was Polly PIERCE, b 16 Mar 1802 in KY; m 23 Jun 1820 in Vanderburg Co, IN. She d 10 Aug 1870 in Roseburg; was bur in Aug 1870 in Roseburg - 11 children-one of which was MARY VIRGINA LANE.

Mary Virgina LANE, b 20 Apr 1830, Vanderburg Co, IN; d 3 Nov 1911 in OR; bur Nov 1911 in OR. Mary married Aaron SHELBY bef 1856 in IN.
Aaron was b in 1881 in OR.   Children: Eugene; Anna Blanche b 1856 in OR, d 10 Oct 1939 in OR.

[Have lost contact with her] Mrs Pat Osborn, Boise, ID 83709- Jan 1998- She was looking for James Asahel ABBOTT b 1831 in Jackson Co, IN; m Gentry Co, MO to Anna Mariah SHELBY, b 1833 Jackson Co, IN. Pat has been trying to prove a connection to Susan Amanda SHELBY, b 1831 in Monroe Co, IN.
Susan married James A FLEENOR in 1849. Both the ABBOTTs & FLEENORs took Oregon Donation land claims and records show them arriving in OR in 1853 and settling in Douglas Co, OR. Susan named a dau Anna Eugenia, and Anna named a daughter Susan.Aaron and Mary's children Annie and Eugene were b in Douglas Co, OR-
There should be a connection in here somewhere?; and could these all 'loop' back to Henderson Co, KY?? William and Sarah (NEEL) SHELBY of Henderson Co-the Aaron name passes thru their children.

Was going through Cass Knight SHELBYs (CKS) papers again, looking for clues on SHELBYs in Vermillion Co, Indiana-In particular a David SHELBY born 1792 somewhere in Pennsylvania. This David married Deborah HALL (b 1801 KY)      Hmmm…he's close enough in age to [maybe??] be connected to Mrs Hoberta (SHELBY) FROSTs Thomas SHELBY
b 1796 PA?????  More on this David later…
[2004-It has now been proven this David is the real  son of Joshua and Susannah SHELBY]

  Instead, I found the following David SHELBY- Sure wish CKS had followed up on this one!

CKSs Miscellaneous SHELBYs:
 Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, will book no. 13, page 61: Exemplification. Will of David SHELBY, borough of Braddock, county of Allegheny, dated December 30, 1893.  To wife Margaret H SHELBY, lot no. 8 in plan of lots laid out near Shafton, North Huntington Township, Westmoreland County. Son David executor. Signed, David (X) SHELBY.  No. 208 of 1903
     "This David SHELBY came from Glamorganshire, South Wales, to Niles, [Trumbull Co], OH in 1862 and removed to Pennsylvania later, where he died. I met his son David SHELBY at Braddock, PA, in 1926 and later on his granddaughter, Margaret DAVIES, at Wilkensburg [Allegheny Co] a music teacher in the public schools of Pittsburgh --CKS"
[This was all that was in CKSs records]

Decided to do some hunting, and came up with the following- But haven't found David SHELBY Jr -He was about 59 or 60 when Cass met him: David Sr's son Richard was older..wonder why he's not named in above will? There may be more probate records available…1910 and 1920 census also needs to be checked

ALLEGHENY COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA
New-2004 - freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~tandmca/braddockcem/cemindex.html

http://www.geocities.com/tandnmca2/alphapz.html [link no longer works]

This listing was compiled and contributed, May, 2000, by Tom & Nancy McAdams of Penn Hills, (Allegheny County) PA.

BRADDOCK CEMETERY

                                                          Locust St.
                                                   Braddock, PA 15104-4876
                                                        (412) 271-6375
INDEX
SHELBY         DAVID, SR.             23 Jan 1897    1 - Center Circle
SHELBY         JENNIE B.                1929                1 - Center Circle
SHELBY         MARGARET           15 Nov 1909   1 - Center Circle
SHELBY         RICHARD                1945               1 - Center Circle
SHELBY         RICHARD, JR.         1891               1 - Center Circle

FULL INFORMATION:
SHELBY        DAVID, SR.               2 Feb 1828    23 Jan 1897
SHELBY       JENNIE B.                   1861          1929          Mother
SHELBY        MARGARET             6 Jan 1826    15 Nov 1909
SHELBY        RICHARD                 1863          1945          Father
SHELBY        RICHARD, JR.          1889          1891          Son
 

ALLEGHENY COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA

BRADDOCK CEMETERY,  (also known as RUSSELL CEMETERY)
Data collected & documented by Nancy and Tom McAdams

The Braddock Cemetery or Old Braddock Cemetery is located on Locust Street in North Braddock. The cemetery was started by the Hebron Lutheran Church in East Pittsburgh about 140 years ago. Locals recognize the cemetery by the name Russell Cemetery and there are members of the Russell family buried in Braddock Cemetery. As the size of the Hebron Lutheran Church congregation dwindled, so did its ability to maintain the cemetery and its records.

There are no posted section markings. Most of the older records were lost in a fire. The cemetery and its Board of Directors are blessed to have Post 181 Monument repairs and replacement of obscure veterans markers with new bronze markers have been done often using his own contributions of time, labor and money.

Section 1 Center Circle
 BRADDOCK CEMETERY

                                                          Locust St.
                                                   Braddock, PA 15104-4876
                                                        (412) 271-6375

                                               Section1 - Center Circle

DAVIES        ANN SHELBY        29 July 1856  12 Mar 1926   GRIFFITH S. DAVIES monument
DAVIES        B. PERRY                7 Dec 1877    27 June 1890  GRIFFITH S. DAVIES monument
DAVIES        GRIFFITH S.           20 Apr 1849   7 Aug 1920
DAVIES        NELLIE J.                1891          1964          VICTOR E. DAVIES marker
DAVIES        VICTOR E.              1891          1969
DAVIES        WM. J.                     14 Apr 1861   14 Oct 1862   GRIFFITH S. DAVIES monument

BRADDOCK, ALLEGHENY COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA
E.D. #0027 1910 census

Richard SHELBY, 47 Wales
Jennie 48      PA  Wife
David G 17   PA  Son
Margaret 13  PA  Dau
David SHELBY  43 PA  Brother

       MARY ANN ELIZABETH ADAMS - WHERE WAS HER HUSBAND, JAMES DEATON SHELBY??
   [Editor- as always- anything in [ ] are my additions & not part of the record]

Robert stated his grandmother was Dora ELLIS b 24 Oct 1887. She married Samuel Briscoe SHELBY b Oct 1856 in TN I think, d 1922 in Matagorda, TX.
He was a water well man.
Samuel B m Nancy Emeline McCOWEN b Jul 1864 in Peck, Austin Co, TX. She d 15 Aug 1949 in  Matagorda. I think Peck, TX is where Lake Travis is now.
They lived on land that was submerged when they built the dam. Samuel's father was James Deaton SHELBY b in IL...
Tissie did some more digging & provided a wife for James D- Mary Ann Elizabeth ADAMS- She in turn married a 2nd time to a Dr GEE. - She sent copies of several pages that a cousin, whose mother was Margaret SHELBY, had written in Oct of 1995, per a phone conversation with Lee SCHWEBEL, Jr.

In the pages Tissie sent, was the following information:
"...Grandma GEE-Mary Ann Elizabeth ADAMS, said to be the 1st white child born in Nachadoches Settlement [TX], dau of John ADAMS (came from MA to join his family in St Louis, MO) & Sarah WILLIAMS who settled on the Red River in TX....The SHELBY's, WILLIAMs & ADAMS had a trading post [in St Louis?]
Grandma Nancy Emeline SHELBY (nee McCOWEN) dau of Francis Marion McCOWEN.. Gr Grandma GEE's 3 ch were: Sam SHELBY; Mary(sic) SHELBY; Dr Will GEEs son. Grandpa Samuel SHELBYs father was James Deaton SHELBY, I'm sure he was named for a friend...I believe Grandpa Samuel SHELBYs father James D was a member of the family who moved to St Louis, MO from KY...

The following is what I have found so far:
Some digging produced information on Mary E-In the records of Charles E SHELBY (desc of Capt Moses SHELBY & Millie RENFRO) was a letter from Treacle (CLIFTON) EBERSOLE, of Tujunga, CA in 1972.--

James Deaton SHELBY of IL, [There were DEATONs, including a James; no SHELBYs in Morgan Co IL in 1840] went to somewhere in AR, & may have met & married Mary there, as census shows their dau Margaret Ann was b in AR abt 1854; brother Samuel was b in TX abt 1857-Have not found them on census for 1850 & 1860.

On the 1870 census for Caldwell, Burleson Co, TX, the children, Margaret & Samuel B, ages 15 & 13, are in the HH of a Mary R CALHOUN, age 34 MS, along with a Mary E HALEY 8 TX; Martha J GEE 20 TX; & James A RUST 43 TN, working as a Clerk. This family is next door to a William GEE 44 TN & his wife Estell L, & ch.

MARY ANN ELIZABETH ADAMS, con't

In the 1880 census for Milam Co, TX- Mary A GEE, age 44 MS, a widow, Father b in KY, Mother in AL.; son Samuel SHELBY 23 TX; son William M GEE 4 TX, Father b TN; & a boarder, Sarah A THOMAS 18 AL.
Daughter Margaret (m 1st ARCHER) had married for a 2nd time to Silas Bowden CLIFTON, by 1876, in Milam Co, TX.

Now, some interesting tidbits about the BRISCOE name: In CKS Collection- The WARREN family- Among the ch of William WARREN & Catherine Anne WILCOX of Lincoln Co, KY. (there were 11 of them) were: John WARREN & Judith Swann BOSWELL-(their dau Maria B, m Isaac SHELBY, Jr son of Gov Isaac SHELBY) & James WARREN & 2nd wife, Pheobe BRISCOE m 20 Feb 1802 in (now) Boyle Co, KY.
James was buried in May 1819 this county, on the Briscoe Farm at Lost Creek. Thomas Buck WARREN.
      [ Note elsewhere, the marriage for Thomas BUCK & Sarah SHELBY on 14 Jun 1836, Tippecanoe Co, IN.]

Deed Bk F p402, 19 May 1820, Claiborne Co, MS--Parmenas BRISCOE & Polly his wife of Claiborne Co, MS, sell to Isaac SHELBY late of the State of TN, now of this County & State, a messuage, tract, parcel of land in Claiborne Co, the South fork of Bayou Pierre...Both BRISCOES sign.
Isaac (wife Patsy PRINCE) was the son of Evan (3rd) son of Gov Isaac SHELBY & Catherine SHELBY, dau of Capt John SHELBY & 2nd wife, Sarah DAVIS.
Then, on the LDS program, ANCESTRAL FILE-Show Parmenas' wife was Mary "Polly" MONTGOMERY- They were m 8 Nov 1809, Adams Co, MS- with children & desc's. Wonder if all this ties together in some way?

1.  William A SHELBY was born about 1833 in Tuscaloosa Co?, AL.  He died before 1878 in Tuscaloosa Co, AL.
He was married to Eliza ALEXANDER on 12 Jan 1858 in Tuscaloosa Co, AL.  Eliza ALEXANDER was born about 1832 in AL.  She died after 1880 in Tuscaloosa Co?, AL.

William A SHELBY and Eliza ALEXANDER had the following children:

 +2 i. John T SHELBY.
 3 ii. Denis SHELBY b in May 1860 in Tuscaloosa Co, AL; d bef 1870, Tuscaloosa Co, AL
 +4 iii. William J SHELBY.
 +5 iv. James E SHELBY.
 +6 v. Andrew Abraham SHELBY.

2.  John T SHELBY was born about 1859 in Tuscaloosa Co, AL.
He was married to Doria LEWIS on 12 Mar 1882 in Tuscaloosa Co, AL.  Doria LEWIS was born about 1861 in AL?.

4.  William J SHELBY was born about 1862 in Tuscaloosa Co, AL.  He died before 1894 in MS.
He was married to Sallie Ann WINTERS on 3 Sep 1883 in Tuscaloosa Co, AL.  Sallie Ann WINTERS was born about 1864.  She died in MS?.

William J SHELBY and Sallie Ann WINTERS had the following children:

 7 i. William J SHELBY {Jr} was born about 1886 in Tuscaloosa Co, AL.
 8 ii. Carroll N SHELBY was born about 1887 in Tuscaloosa Co, AL.
 9 iii. Joseph SHELBY was born about 1892 in Tuscaloosa Co, AL.  He died after 1920 in IL?.

5.  James E SHELBY was born about 1865 in Tuscaloosa Co, AL.
He was married to Lucinda WILSON on 14 Jul 1887 in Tuscaloosa Co, AL.  Lucinda WILSON was born about 1869 in AL?.

6.  Andrew Abraham SHELBY was born on 13 Jun 1868 in Tuscaloosa Co, AL.  He died in 1952 in OK. He married America Elizabeth WILSON was born about 1870 in AL?.  She died in OK?.

FIRST GENERATION

1.  Andrew J PRICE was born between 1818 and 1924 in KY.  He's age 26 b TN, single, 1850 census, Bastrop Co, TX
He's age 42 b KY, wife & ch, 1860 Smith Co, TX
He's age 50 b TX 1870  Kaufman Co, TX [no wife]
He's age 61-he & parents b KY, a widower, 1880 Kaufman Co, TX- But shows 5 yr old Ida as his dau

1860 census, he's next door to J.S. Price age 33 b KY, wife Jane 23 b TN & ch-Ann 9; John 2; Sarah 4 months
  Also nearby:
Wm Price 63 b KY, wife Rachel 63 b KY..
J.D. Price 34 b KY, wife Martha 22 b IL; ch-Wm 11; Dunn 8, Radford 1.
 These may be Andrew's brothers and parents

Nearby is- Elbert Shelby, age 25, a widower, he and parents born in AR...1880 Kaufman Co TX

He was married to Louisa KELLY on 10 Jun 1851 in Bastrop Co, TX.  Marriage record for this county  Louisa KELLY was born about 1824 in TN.
She's age 36 on the 1860 census, Smith Co, TX  She died before 1870 in Smith or Kaufman Co, TX.

Andrew J PRICE and Louisa KELLY had the following children:

 2 i. Joannah PRICE was born about 1852 in Smith Co, TX.  She's age 9 on 1860 census for Smith Co, with parents
   She's not on the 1870 census for Kaufman Co, TX
 3 ii. Andrew J PRICE was born about 1853 in Smith Co, TX.  Age 7 on 1860 Smith Co, TX
   Age 16 on 1870 Kaufman Co, TX
 4 iii. James M PRICE was born about 1854 in Smith Co, TX.  He's age 4 1860 Smith Co, TX
   He's age 13 1870 Kaufman Co, TX
   He's age 23 1880 Kaufman Co, TX
 5 iv. Harrison Zepheniah PRICE was born about 1860 in Smith Co, TX.  He's age 6 months 1860 Smith Co, TX
   He's age 11 1870 Kaufman Co, TX
   He's age 20 1880 Kaufman Co, TX
 6 v. Patrick P PRICE was born about 1862 in Smith/Kaufman Co, TX.  He's age 8 1870 Kaufman Co, TX
   He's age 17 1880 Kaufman Co, TX
 +7 vi. Lieuisa/Louisa PRICE (born on 7 Apr 1865).
 8 vii. Ida PRICE was born about 1875 in Kaufman Co, TX.  She's age 5 1880 Kaufman Co, TX

SECOND GENERATION

7.  Lieuisa/Louisa PRICE was born on 7 Apr 1865 in AR.  She died on 1 Jan 1897 in Murray Co, OK.  Buried next to husand at the Fletcher Cemetery

She was married to Elbert Sevier SHELBY on 23 Jan 1881 in Kaufman Co, TX.  Could this be the couple, E.S. Shelby and Louise Price, married 23 Jan 1881, Kaufman Co, TX??

US GENFORUM-SHELBY -pay a visit to this message board, and share your information with them!
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Posted by: Lorraine
  Date: March 22, 2001
 In Reply to: Re: George W. and Jane L. Shelby MS>AR by Johnnie Mullinax Johnson

Did George W. and Jane L. Shelby have a son Elbert Sevier Shelby Born 3/5/1855 in Greenwood Ark? This is my great-grandfather, but I have no further records about his family. He married Lieuisa Price and they both died in Murray Co. Ok.

Posted by: Kathryne
      Date: March 24, 2001
 In Reply to: Re: George W. and Jane L. Shelby MS>AR by Lorraine Brennecke

Lorraine,
Oscar Taylor Shelby (brother of Winfield) married 25 Mar 1915 Wanette, Pottawatomie Co, Oklahoma to Lillie May Warren b.<1895> Ok.
Children:  Irene L. Shelby b. <1916> Ok. & Francis L. Shelby (female) b. <1919> Ok.

Posted by: Lorraine
     Date: March 24, 2001
 In Reply to: Re: George W. and Jane L. Shelby MS>AR by Kathryne

Winfield Jordan Shelby married Ella Rose Butler on 6/17/31 in Yuma, AZ. She is still living but does not seem to have any information about E.S. Shelby and his family. They had three children: Winfield James Shelby b.12/15/33 Riverside, CA. d.3/4/64 Riverside, CA.
Jerry Oscar Shelby b.10/11/1935 Riverside, CA. d. 3/18/1997, Oregon. Margaret Aylene Shelby.

Posted by: Kathryne
  Date: March 24, 2001
 In Reply to: Re: George W. and Jane L. Shelby MS>AR by Lorraine

Lorraine,
Who did Winfield Jordan Shelby marry? I don't have any information other than birth & death. I have never found E.S. Shelby on the census, so I do not know who his parents are. The family of William Shelby b. 1780/90 <N.C.> d. Jan-Aug 1832 ,Dickson Co, Tennesse and Sarah A. King b. 1798 d. 1844,  Johnson Co,  Arkansas were in , Sebastian Co, Arkansas during E.S.'s birth. Children of William & Sarah:
 1) Issac L Shelby b. 1813 d. bef 22 Mar 1833 Clarksville, Johnson Co, Arkansas m. Mary Simpson 22 Mar 1833 , Dickson Co,Tennessee
 2) George Washington Shelby b. 23 Jan 1816 N.C. d. 27 Sep 1855, Sebastian Co, Arkansas m. Sarah J. <1839 Clarksville, Johnson Co, Arkansas.
 3 )Delance Mandivell Shelby b.<1817/1818 Tennesse d. ? (completely lost him) m. Lavicia (parent of John Turner Shelby).
 4) Anna M. Shelby <1818> Tenn. d. Oct 1859, Pope,Arkansas m. William Dillard Turner.
 5) Granville C. Shelby b. 3 Oct 1825 Tenn. d.? m. Mary Ann Amanda Bennett
 6) Elizabeth (Betsy) b. <1829 Tenn. d. 1853/55, Pope Co, Arkansas m. George J. Turner
Kathryne

Posted by: Lorraine
      Date: March 24, 2001
 In Reply to: Re: George W. and Jane L. Shelby MS>AR by Kathryne

Yeah!! This is my E.S. Shelby. Winfield is my grandfather. We have no other information about the family so I am searching for E.S. Shelby's line and Lieuisa's line. Can you help? I have just begun my genealogical researching, but this is really fascinating.

Posted by: Kathryne
   Date: March 23, 2001
 In Reply to: Re: George W. and Jane L. Shelby

Lorraine,
I am not a family member from this line, but in my Shelby files I have the following children for Elbert & Lieuisa:
1) Oscar Taylor Shelby b. 4 Jun 1888 Willis Point,Van Zandt Co,Texas
2) Ellen <1891> Texas
3) Sarah 1894 Texas
4) Winfield Jordan Shelby b. 16 Mar 1896, Indian Territory d. 25 Feb 1973 buried Willamette
National Cemetery, Multonah Co, Oregon. I have E.S. dying 7 Aug 1936 & Lieuisa 1 Jan 1897. An interesting sideline is John Turner Shelby was born 4 Mar 1844 Greenwood, Sebastian Co, Arkansas & died 13 Dec 1883 in Willis Point, Van Zandt,Texas. Maybe they are related.
Kathryne

  Elbert Sevier SHELBY was born on 5 Mar 1853 in Greenwood, Sebastion Co, AR.  He probably connects in some way to John Turner Shelby..
But Elbert is not on the 1860 census for Delance M Shelby's family when he would have still been a child  He died in 1936 in Sulphur, Murray Co, OK.
He was buried in 1936 in Sulphur, Murray Co, OK.  Buried at Fletcher Cemetery
He may well be a brother, or at least connected to John Turner Shelby, b Greenwood, Sebastion Co, AR, and m in Kaufman Co, TX in 1865 to Martha Martin. John is the ancestor of Darlyn Begin

A correction was made in the 1880 census for Kaufman Co, TX- p154- He's E.S. Shelby, age 25, a widower, in HH of Wm Merriman & wife Narcissa.
Page 183- He's Elbert, age 25 in HH of Wm Merriman & wife Elizabeth-Their marriage record- William Merryman & Narcissus E Kilman or Kellman, 13 Oct 1875, Ellis Co, TX

Lieuisa/Louisa PRICE and Elbert Sevier SHELBY had the following children:

 +9 i. Oscar Taylor SHELBY (born on 4 Jun 1888).
 10 ii. Ellen SHELBY was born about 1891 in Willis Point, Van Zandt Co, TX.
 11 iii. Sarah SHELBY was born about 1894 in Willis Point, Van Zandt Co, TX.
 +12 iv. Winfield Jordan SHELBY (born on 16 Mar 1896).

THIRD GENERATION

9.  Oscar Taylor SHELBY was born on 4 Jun 1888 in Willis Point, Van Zandt Co, TX.  Information provided by Kathyrne

He was married to Lillie May WARREN on 25 Mar 1915 in Wanette, Pottawatomie Co, OK.  Data on this family provided by Kathryne.
24 Mar 2001  Lillie May WARREN was born about 1895 in OK.  Oscar Taylor SHELBY and Lillie May WARREN had the following children:

 13 i. Irene L SHELBY was born in 1916 in OK.
 14 ii. Francis L SHELBY was born in 1919 in OK.

12.  Winfield Jordan SHELBY was born on 16 Mar 1896 in Indian Territory, OK.  He was buried in Feb 1973 in Multonah Co, OR.  Buried Willamette National Cem. He died on 25 Feb 1973 in Multonah, OR.

He was married to Ella Rose BUTLER on 17 Jun 1931 in Yuma, Yuma Co, AZ.  Winfield Jordan SHELBY and Ella Rose BUTLER had the following children:

 15 i. Winfield James SHELBY was born on 15 Dec 1933 in Riverside, CA.  He died on 4 Mar 1964 in Riverside, CA.
 16 ii. Jerry Oscar SHELBY was born on 11 Nov 1935 in Riverside, CA.  He died on 18 Mar 1997 in Orange Co, CA.
 17 iii. Margaret Aylene SHELBY.  Mother of Lorraine Brennecke- She stated her mother was still living but does not seem to have any information about E.S. Shelby and his family.

FIRST GENERATION

1.  Alton SHELBY was born about 1834.  He died in Sep 1897 in Hickman Co, TN.  He signed a will on 30 Sep 1897 in Hickman Co, TN.
From Shirley Jones-28 Mar 2001

I discovered extract of LW&T for Alton Shelby, Hickman Co, TN. Names wife M.J. Shelby
 Sons: James (Coleman), William, & Samuel
Wife's sons: F.E. Coleman; J.W. Coleman
 Granddaughters: Hauty & Willie Shelby
Signed: Alton (his mark) Shelby
dated 30 Sept 1897

This pretty much confirms that Andrew (Arthur) Nixon Shelby is the son of Alton and Matilda (Skipper) Coleman Shelby...

Absm. Shelby-
This is the name given by the 2nd wife of Arthur Nixon SHELBY, on his death certificate- I wonder if it could be wrong?? And might possibly be
Alton/Alson??
Alton and his wife, Matilda SKIPPER had 10 children- 2 of which were Andrew Nixon SHELBY and Sam SHELBY. Could the name Andrew be wrong??

Note too, that Barbara's father, John Carter, stated that Arthur had a brother Sam- and all of these people were living in Hickman Co, TN.

He was married to Mathilda J SKIPPER.
Matilda S Keffer-
 This is the name given as mother of Arthur N, on his death certificate, by his 2nd wife. Wonder if she could be wrong and the name was Matilda SKIPPER???

Barbara stated she had not been able to find anything on KEFFER or Absm, on any record- If the names are wrong, it would explain why.

The data given for this family was provided by Mrs Barbara McCamish, of Muleshoe, TX, April 1997. She is looking for the parents of Absm & Mathilda.

They are on the 1880 census for Maury Co, TN, as Alson b 1834, and Tilda age 29, with their children.

SHELBY GENFORUM
Posted by: Adele Jones
  Date: January 26, 2002 at 21:01:07

Looking for any information on the following Shelby's listed in the 1840 Maury Co., TN Census:
 Vardeman Shelby, b. 1800-1810
Mafus Shelby, b. 1800-1810

Also looking for any information on the following family listed in the 1880 Maury Co., TN Census:
 Alson Shelby b1834 married to Tilda Shelby b1829 Children: James b1855, Bill b 1860, Alice b1862, John b1864, Dick b1866, Reece b1868, Sam b1872

  Mathilda J SKIPPER was born about 1829.  Alton SHELBY and Mathilda J SKIPPER had the following children:

 2 i. James SHELBY was born about 1855 in TN.
   1880 cen Maury Co, TN..age 25, with parents
 +3 ii. Andrew (Arthur) Nixon SHELBY (born on 30 Oct 1856).
 4 iii. William "Bill" SHELBY was born about 1860 in TN.
   1880 cen for Maury Co, TN...age 20 with parents
 5 iv. Alice SHELBY was born about 1862 in TN.
   1880 cen for Maury Co, TN...age 18 with parents
 6 v. John SHELBY was born about 1864 in TN.
   1880 cen for Maury Co, TN...age 16 with parents
 +7 vi.  Richard "Dick" SHELBY (born about 1866).
 8 vii.  Reese B SHELBY was born on 6 Apr 1867 in TN.
    1880 cen for Maury Co, TN...age abt 12 with parents  He died on 23 Jul 1948 in Hamsphire/Maury county lines, TN. buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery,Cross Bridges
 9 viii. Sam SHELBY was born about 1872 in TN.
   1880 cen for Maury Co, TN...age abt 8 with parents  He died on 9 Jan 1944 in Maury Co,TN. buried Southpoint Cemetery, Taylorsville,MauryCo,Tennessee.

SECOND GENERATION

3.  Andrew (Arthur) Nixon SHELBY (Alton-1) was born on 30 Oct 1856 in TN.
Named in father's will  He died on 19 Dec 1936 in Gainesville, Cooke Co, TX.  Death Certificate- gives parents names as shown- His wife [2nd] was the informant. He was a retired railroad worker. Cemetery not mentioned.

He was married to Sarah Bethie SMITH on 26 Dec 1878 in Bedford Co, TN.

SHELBY GENFORUM:
Shelbys in Rhodes Cem. Dallas Co. TX
Posted by: Adele Jones
   Date: March 28, 2000

There are 2 Shelbys with grave markers buried next to each other in Rhodes Cemetery, Dallas Co.,TX.

Bell Shelby b. 3/17/1871 d. 5/4/1895 w/o R.B.
Linnie P. Shelby b. 10/11/1893 d. 1/17/1894 d/o A.K. & R.B.
 Looking for any info on Bell (A.K.?) and R.B.

Re: Shelby in Maury TN
  Posted by: Adele
  Date: January 31, 2002
 In Reply to: Re: Shelby in Maury TN by Kathryne
 Kathryne,

That info does help solve one of my mysteries. In Rhodes Cemetery, Dallas Co., TX where Richard Alson Shelby is buried there are two other Shelby's with gravestones:
 Bell Shelby b. 3/17/1871 d. 5/4/1895 w/o R.B.
 Linnie P. Shelby b. 10/11/1893 d. 1/17/1894 d/o A.K. & R.B.
 I suspected they were related but didn't know who R.B. was and it now looks like R.B. may have been Reece B. Shelby and he must have returned to TN after his wife died.
Thanks again so much for the leads.    Adele

Re: Shelby in Maury TN
  Posted by: Adele
  Date: January 28, 2002
 In Reply to: Re: Shelby in Maury TN by Kathryne

 Kathryne,
Richard Alson Shelby, b. 1866/1867 TN, d. 1898 in DeSoto, Dallas Co., TX. He's buried in an unmarked grave in Rhodes Cemetery, Dallas Co., TX. Sometime between the 1880 census and 1889 he came to TX and married Delia Etta Love on 2/2/1889 in Dallas Co., TX. Delia was b. 12/15/1870 Bedford Co., TN and d.11/24/1938 in Dallas Co., TX  She was the daughter of Henry L. Love (Maury Co., TN) and Mary Alice Noles (Marshall Co., TN).
The Love's lived near Alson Shelby in Maury Co. so the families may have known each other. Richard (I was told he went by Dick) and Delia had 3 children:
Aubrey Aston b. 1/29/1891 d. 2/1978, Vernie Davis b. 4/13/1892 d. 12/1967, and Linnie Maude b. 3/9/1896 d. 4/1971 all lived and died in Dallas Co., TX.
Adele

  Sarah Bethie SMITH was born on 8 Apr 1861 in Rutherford Co, TN.  She died on 16 Mar 1882 in Hickman Co, TN.
From Barbara - Copy of Obit, probably from Bedford Co TN newspaper, since this is where Sarah's parents are buried in Pleasant Valley Cemetery,
Bedford Co, TN
 The obit for Sarah, gives husband, and her parents names, Sarah's birthdate...She was dedicated to God by holy baptism in infancy, professed religion in the summer of 1872, and immediately after joined the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in whose Communion she lived an acceptable and consistent member until the day of her death. She was married to her now heart-stricken husband, Dec 26, 1878, in Bedford Co TN; removed with her companion to Hickman Co, TN, where she died March 16, 1882, after an illness of five days; but, thank God, the summons found her ready.
Her seat was always filled at Church, if it was possible, and almost her dying request was that her name should never be stricken from the class-book at Pleasant Valley.
Bethie's departure was quiet and peaceful. Just before she left she heard the angels sing, and joined in with them and sung one verse.
She called for the Bible; it was handed to her. She handed it back, saying she was prepared to go. She left two small children, one of them at her breast; but God will take care of them. Her Grandfather W.M. Shaw.

  Andrew (Arthur) Nixon SHELBY and Sarah Bethie SMITH had the following children:

 +10 i. Louisa Williamson SHELBY (born on 12 Nov 1880).
 +11 ii. Hautie SHELBY (born about Mar 1882).

He was married to Honor Elizabeth --?-- before 1886 in TN?.  Barbara gives this data. Stated that Arthur and Elizabeth were thought to have married before coming to Grayson Co, TX. Their 1st child, Wesley Marvin, was born May 1886 in TX.  Wonder if she could possibly be Honor Elizabeth BROOKS??
Honor Elizabeth --?--was born in Feb 1867 in TN.  She died after 1937 in Gainesville, Cooke Co, TX?.  This is the name given on her husband's death certificate. She was the informant.
I wonder if she might not have gotten Arthur's parents names wrong???

This is totally my own opinion and with question marks- but data is a close enough match to at least make note of it.

Another new (to me) researcher, Mrs Louise Jackson, has provided a lot of data on her ancestors and has opened a new line of SHELBYs I wasn't fully aware of-
The data, provided by Mrs McCamish and Mrs Jackson, differs, but makes me wonder if they are referring to the same people.
Mrs Jackson provided data on Andrew Nixon SHELBY, 27 Nov 1879, Maury Co, TN to Elizabeth BROOKS. Andrew's parents were Alton SHELBY and Matilda SKIPPER.

Could these possibly be all the same people??? Or at least a close connection??

Alton & Matilda lived in Maury Co TN- They had ten children- The census shows [among others] A.N. Shelby, age 11 [1880 cen] and Sam the youngest, aged 9 [more is given on him] Alton died 7 Aug 1898 and is buried at the Sheboss Cemetery in Hickman Co, TN.

There is very strong probably these Shelby's belong to the Abraham & Priscilla SHELBY we have so much data on- who lived in Hickman Co TN and where descendants still live.

7.  Richard "Dick" SHELBY (Alton-1)  was born about 1866 in TN.
1880 cen for Maury Co, TN...age abt 14 with parents  He died in 1898 in DeSoto, Dallas Co, TX.  He was buried in 1898 in DeSoto, Dallas Co, TX.
He's buried in an unmarked grave in Rhodes Cemetery, Dallas Co., TX

SHELBY GENFORUM:
Re: Shelby in Maury TN  Posted by: Kathryne  Date: January 30, 2002   In Reply to: Re: Shelby in Maury TN
 Adele,
I have more info on Richard Alson's Shelby's siblings. Maybe this info may help you in your search. (Brother) Reece B. Shelby
6 Apr 1867-23 Jul 1948 buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Cross Bridges, Hamsphire/Maury county lines, TN. (Brother) Sam Shelby 13 Jul 1870-9 Jan 1944 buried Southpoint Cem, Taylorsville, Maury Co, TN. (Brother) Arthur Nixon Shelby b. 30 Oct 1856 buried 20 Dec 1934 Fairview Cem, Gainesville, Cook Co, TX
Poss a relative through the brothers might be able to give you more info   Kathryne
  He was married to Delia Etta LOVE (daughter of Henry L LOVE and Mary Alice NOLES) on 2 Feb 1889 in Dallas Co, TX.

SHELBY GENFORUM:
Posted by: Adele
   Date: January 27, 2002
 In Reply to: Re: Shelby in Maury TN by Kathryne

 Thank you so much. Alson or Alston was my gggrandfather through his son Dick (Richard Alson) and I've been looking for him for years. He was my brick wall. I'm suspecting (hoping) that maybe Alston's father was Vardeman Shelby because they lived in the same area and in the 1840 census Vardeman had two sons that were in the right age range. If he's not Alston's father then I'm stuck again. Dick Shelby came to Texas sometime between the 1880 census and 1889 when he married my ggrandmother in Dallas, TX. He also died in 1898.
Delia Etta LOVE was born on 15 Dec 1870 in Bedford Co, TN. She died on 24 Nov 1938 in Dallas Co, TX.
Richard "Dick" SHELBY and Delia Etta LOVE had the following children:

 12 i. Aubrey Aston SHELBY was born on 29 Jan 1891 in TN.  She died in Feb 1978 in Dallas Co, TX.
 13 ii. Vernie Davis SHELBY was born on 13 Apr 1892 in TN.  She died in Dec 1967 in Dallas Co, TX.
 14 iii. Linnie Maude SHELBY was born on 9 Mar 1896.  She died in Mar 1971 in Dallas Co, TX.

THIRD GENERATION

10.   Louisa Williamson SHELBY (Andrew (Arthur) Nixon-2, Alton-1) was born on 12 Nov 1880 in Centerville, Hickman Co, TN.  She died on 28 Dec 1959 in Seminole, Gaines Co, TX.  Death Certificate- Died Memorial Hospital in Seminole- gives parents names. Buried in Seminole, Morton Cemetery.

She was married to William Irvin CARTER (son of Jesse Stevens CARTER and Sarah A FLOYD) on 1 Aug 1894 in Dallas Co, TX.
Copy of certified copy of marriage record- She's Miss Willie Shelby on this record.  William Irvin CARTER was born on 21 Jan 1871 in Maury Co, TN. He died on 15 Feb 1963.
Louisa Williamson SHELBY and William Irvin CARTER had the following children:

 +15 i. John Brown CARTER Jr (born on 28 Dec 1906).

11.  Hautie SHELBY (Andrew (Arthur) Nixon-2, Alton-1) was born about Mar 1882 in Centerville, Hickman Co, TN.  They moved eventually to Okla City, OK, probably between years 1918-1924.

She was married to Gus ANDERSON.

FOURTH GENERATION

15.  John Brown CARTER Jr (Louisa Williamson SHELBY-3, Andrew (Arthur) Nixon-2, Alton-1) was born on 28 Dec 1906 in Denton Co, TX.

He was married to Waweese LINDSEY (daughter of Morgan Conrad LINDSEY and Annie Mae KELLEY).  John stated the 2 girls [Louisa Williamson (Willie); and Hautie] were brought by other family members (unknown) to Texas. They were raised in different homes of relatives. This newspaper article [obit for Sarah Bethie] was kept by my grandmother, Louisa W Shelby Carter. Probably a Bedford Co, TN newspaper since this is where her [Louisa] grandparents are buried.
My [Barbara] dad also said A.N. Shelby had a brother named Sam.  Waweese LINDSEY was born on 8 Apr 1912 in San Saba Co, TX. She died on 17 Mar 1962.
John Brown CARTER Jr and Waweese LINDSEY had the following children:

 16 i. Barbara Ann CARTER was born on 4 Sep 1938.  Letter from Mrs Barbara Ann McCamish, Apr 1997- provided the data on this family.

FIRST GENERATION

1.  Joshua SHELBY was born about 1759 in Washington Co, PA.  He died on 10 Sep 1830 in Bethleham, Union Co, IN.

The official record for the children of Joshua and Susanna can be found in:
Union Co, IN-Circuit Court Sept Term 1831: "Your petitioner, John SHELBY, humbly represents unto your honors, that Joshua Shelby, late of said county of Union, died on or about the 10th day of September, A.D. 1830, siezed and possessed of that ? quarter Section No 25 in Twp fifteen....that the said Joshua Shelby, at the time of his death left Susanna Shelby, his widow, who is entitled to dower in the ? and left the following children and heirs at law. to wit: John Shelby, your petitioner; Jemima Nichols; John Nichols, her husband; Isaac SHELBY, Sally Chunn & Thomas R Chunn, her husb and; Joseph Shelby; David Shelby; Massey Cobb, & Dickerson Cobb, her husband; Lydia Bennett & her husband William BENNETT;
Lydia Bennet  & her husband William H Bennett; Susan Wood & her husband James Wood; and Evan Shelby.."  Joshua is first heard of in September 1776, as a private in a company of VA militia at Fort Liberty under the command of Capt Thomas GADDIS, serving there 61 days.
The location of Fort Liberty is now unknown...(CKS)

Judging from the date of birth of his oldest child, Jemima, April 1781, together with the data given for him in the census of 1810 & 1830 Joshua was probably born in or about 1759.

The next we hear of Joshua was a little over 5 years later, when in Feb 1782, acting as executor for a Joseph COX, he buys & sells land located on both sides of Brown's run at its mouth, or where it empties into the Monongahela River, in what is now German Twp of Fayette Co, PA....(more data)

From Bliss Morton to Charles E Shelby, 2 May 1972-
 "Joshua SHELBY, a RW soldier, later resided in Mason Co, KY with is wife, Susanna and their children; that Joshua, wife and family moved about 1818 to Wayne Co, IN (later that section became Union Co, IN) Joshua died there.
Their son Joseph was born in Madison Co & married Elizabeth WILLIAMS, who was born in SC. All their children were born in Union Co, before they moved to Hendricks Co, IN in 1835..."

He was married to Susanna --?-- about 1780 in PA.  Bliss Morton to Charles E Shelby- 1972:  "...Data given on children came from a report by Mrs Robert G Watson, Vincennes, IN...Mrs Watson gives the names and brief data on Joshua's children: [as shown-have not computerized it all]

  Charles E Shelby, Coll. - Letter to him, 28 Jan 1970, from Bliss Morton of Indianapolis-
 "..My wife [doesn't name her] of 50 yrs passed away some eight yrs ago. We were childless. My wife was not interested in genealogy, but had mentioned the name of her great-grandfather Joseph SHELBY. In my study, I was able to go back one step farther, to Joshua SHELBY.

Joshua was my wife's gr gr-grfather, believed to be a native of Mason Co, KY. I believe that is not correct. Neither do I know the date of his birth.
His oldest son was born in 1789, therefore Joshua SHELBY may have been born about 1765. His wife's name was Susanna... I do not have a list of names of children of Joshua & Susanna, but Joseph was probably oldest, & I believe that John and an Evan also were his sons."

"Union Co, IN Probate Court Records indicate Joshua SHELBY died abt August, 1830, as his estate was settled that year. Items of property were sold at auction and records list names of buyers, among them being Joseph, Evan & John SHELBY (probably his sons). I do not know where he (or his wife) were buried..."

  Susanna --?-- died after 1830 in Union Co, IN.  Joshua SHELBY and Susanna --?-- had the following children:

 +2 i. Jemima SHELBY (born on 30 Apr 1781).
 3 ii. Isaac SHELBY was born about 1782 in PA. [new update! Wife Anna]
 4 iii. Sarah SHELBY was born about 1788 in PA.  She died in 1833 in Alqonquin, McHenry Co, IL.
 +5 iv. Joseph SHELBY (born on 7 Apr 1789).
 6v David SHELBY was born ca 1792 in Mason Co, KY.  [new update! Wife Deborah HALL]
 7vi. Marcia SHELBY was born about 1795 in Mason Co, KY.  She died about 1864 in Bedford, Lawrence Co, IN.
 +8 vii. John SHELBY (born about 1796).
 9 viii. Evan SHELBY was born about 1798 in Mason Co, KY. [wife Phebe VAN BLAIR]
 10 x. Lydia SHELBY was born about 1799 in Mason Co, KY.  She died in 1891 in Richmond, IN.
 11 xi. Susan SHELBY was born about 1803 in Mason Co, KY.  She died in 1878.
 

SECOND GENERATION

2.  Jemima SHELBY was born on 30 Apr 1781 in PA.  She died on 21 Jan 1867 in Wayne Co, IN.  Buried Abington Cem, next to 1st husband.

She was married to William DYE Jr on 16 Nov 1802 in Mason Co, KY.  Mason Co marr rec's  William DYE Jr was born on 20 Mar 1783.
He was buried in Sep 1820 in Wayne Co, IN.  He & Jemima are buried in the Abington Cem, (town?), with the DYE's  He died on 20 Sep 1820 in Wayne Co, IN.
Jemima SHELBY and William DYE Jr had the following children:

 12 i. Eli DYE was born on 13 Apr 1818 in IN.  Eli was age 24y-8m-7d, at the time of his death- taken from tombstone  He was buried in Dec 1842 in Wayne Co, IN.
Buried next to parents in the Abington Cemetery, (town?) Wayne Co, IN  He died on 20 Dec 1842 in Wayne Co, IN.

5.  Joseph SHELBY was born on 7 Apr 1789 in Mason Co, KY.  He died on 8 Apr 1849 in Union Co, IN.  His tombstone reads:
JOSEPH SHELBY
         died
April 8, 1845
Age 60 yrs 1 da

Union Co, IN- Bliss stated he did not know death or place of Joseph's wife.  Data for Joseph- From Bliss Morton to Charles E Shelby, 28 Jan 1970.

He was married to Elizabeth WILLIAMS about 1814 in Union Co, IN.  Data from Bliss Morton  Elizabeth WILLIAMS was born in SC.
Joseph SHELBY and Elizabeth WILLIAMS had the following children:

 +13 i. Joshua W SHELBY (born on 16 Jun 1815).
 14 ii. Lydia Ann SHELBY was born about 1818 in Union Co, IN.
 15 iii. Eliza Ann SHELBY was born in Union Co, IN.
 16 iv. John M SHELBY was born on 25 Jan 1823 in Union Co, IN.  He died on 20 Jan 1890.  He was a Farmer about 1853 in Indianapolis, Marion Co, IN.
 17 v. Rebecca Jane SHELBY was born in Union Co, IN.  Called Reba Jane
 18 vi. Benjamin Franklin SHELBY was born on 15 May 1829 in Union Co, IN.  He died in 1911 in Indianapolis, Marion Co, IN.  Bliss Morton gives
more data for Benj and his family of 12 children
 19 vii. Susannah SHELBY was born on 2 Jun 1831 in Indianapolis, Marion Co, IN.  She died on 1 Oct 1863 in Indianapolis, Marion Co, IN.
Bliss Morton states: "...My wife and I were residing in Indianapolis in  May 1927. One bright day we picked up her mother and drove about 18 miles east to the old Shelby Farm on Sugar Creek, where she had been born. A main east-west road ran in front of the farm. From it a little used dirt [road] ran north on west side of the creek for years.
   The old log house sat there, roof fallen in, dilapidated, grass, weeds, bushes where once was the yard and garden.

   About a hundred yards from the house, on banks of creek had been the early burial place for the family, now grown up in tall grass, weeds, briars, and trees, with cattle pasturing around.
   Searching among trees, briars and weeds, I found pieces of head-stones. after brushing dirt off them we were able to read inscriptions:
   JOSEPH SHELBY died April 8, 1845 Age 60 yrs 1 da
   SUSANNAH BENNETT wife of James Bennett died Sept 1, 1863 aged 32 yrs 3 mos 29 da
   MARY E. dau. of J. & N. Shelby died June 20, 1864, aged 16 yrs 8 mos 24 da

   I do not know death or place of burial of Joseph's wife."

 +20 viii. Hampton Brown SHELBY (born on 18 Oct 1834).

7.  John SHELBY was born about 1796 in Mason Co, KY.  He died on 26 Dec 1843 in Jefferson Twp, Mont Co, OH.  John died intestate, wife Sarah was his Adm'x for his estate.

He was married to Sarah MCCAULEY on 23 Sep 1823 in Union Co, IN.  Sarah MCCAULEY died before 24 Mar 1848 in Montgomery Co, OH.
She signed a will on 24 Mar 1848 in Montgomery Co, OH.  Sarah names her children, & signs with her mark. Wit's -John SNYDER & J.H. VOGT.

A full copy of this will appears in THE SHELBY EXCHANGE, Apr-Jun 1996, Vol 9 #2, p17

  John SHELBY and Sarah MCCAULEY had the following children:

 21 i. Granville SHELBY.  Named in mother's will
 22 ii. Sarah Jane SHELBY.  Named in mother's will
 +23 iii. William L. H. SHELBY. [have more on him]

THIRD GENERATION

13.  Joshua W SHELBY was born on 16 Jun 1815 in Union Co, IN.  He died on 5 Jan 1889 in Union Co, IN.  He was a Sheriff, Twp Trustee, Farmer in Union Co, IN.
From Bliss Morton to Charles E Shelby- 1972
 "They farmed in Buck creek Twp, Hancock Co; he was elected county sheriff, but that work displeased him, resigning after one year; also was Justice of Peace and township trustee..  The Pioneers of Madison & Hancock Co's IN, by Hardin 1895- p394
 "One of the grand old pioneers, was born in IN in 1815, son of Joshua SHELBY. The family came to Buck Creek Twp, Hancock Co in 1834. The elder Joshua died in 1839.
Joshua Jr, was married to Nancy DUNN in 1839. She is the dau of Abner DUNN, an early citizan of the same locality.

Joshua, whose name heads this sketch, was elected Sheriff of Hancock Co in 1852 as a democrat but only served a few months. He served as Justice & Trustee for Buck Creek for several years. he was an honest man & well calculated for a pioneer life, caring little for superfluities of to-day. The following are the names of his children: Catherine E; Samuel N; Sarah; Lydia; Elvira; John F."

I am glad to give this family a sketch in the "Pioneer" Mr SHELBY died, I think, in 1884

[This article, typical of county histories, is full of errors! I have give the lineage correctly-Names of children are slightly different from what Bliss Morton gives- and the 1850 census for Hancock Co, names a son Calvin F and a daughter Mary E.]

He was married to Nancy DUNN on 26 Dec 1839 in Indianapolis, Marion Co, IN.  According to Bliss Morton-his wife's ancestor-  Nancy DUNN was born on 4 Oct 1813 in SC.  From Old Southern Bible Records, by Lister-Gen Publ Co 1974- Bible of Samuel DUNN  She died on 11 May 1889 in Union Co, IN.
Joshua W SHELBY and Nancy DUNN had the following children:

 24 i. Calvin D SHELBY was born in 1841 in Indianapolis, Marion Co, IN.  He died on 11 Apr 1914 in IN.
 25 ii. Samuel N SHELBY was born on 1 Apr 1843 in Indianapolis, Marion Co, IN.  The Pioneers of Madison & Hancock Co, IN, 1895- pp406, 409
     History of Hancock Lodge # 101, F & A.M. [Masons] Among the members was:
   Samuel N SHELBY- Gave $5.00 towards building a new building...no date is given, but before 1895.
     [Bliss Morton gives some data on him-as shown]
 26 iii. Edward SHELBY was born in 1845 in Union Co, IN.  Bliss Morton's dates varied slightly, in an earlier letter
 27 iv. Mary E SHELBY was born in 1846 in Indianapolis, Marion Co, IN.  She died on 20 Jun 1864 in Union Co, IN. Buried next to father and her sister, Susannah

   MARY E
   dau. of
   J. & N. Shelby
   died June 20, 1864
   aged
   16 yrs 8 mos 24 da
 +28 v. Sarah Jane SHELBY (born on 20 Mar 1848).
 29 vi. Elvina N SHELBY was born on 27 Jun 1854 in Indianapolis, Marion Co, IN.  In a previous letter Bliss Morton gives her name as Elena L & born 1852  She died on 5 Jun 1877.
 30 vii. Lydia Ann SHELBY was born on 21 Sep 1856 in Indianapolis, Marion Co, IN.  Bliss Morton gives date as 1852 in a previous letter- & this one is not clear.  She died on 21 Mar 1915.
 31 viii. John F SHELBY was born in 1859 in Indianapolis, Marion Co, IN.  In a previous letter Bliss Morton gives date as 1859- in this same letter names & dates of children are slightly different- He must have consulted a Bible or some other record and wrote again in to Charles E  He was an Operated dairy in 1880 in Shelby Farm on Sugar Creek.  He died in 1936 in Indianapolis, Marion Co, IN.  The Pioneers of Madison & Hancock Co's - p 267
[I don't know if this is the John being referred to]
  "Dedicated to the late Wesley WILLIAMS of Hancock Co- There are many whose memory is as dear to me who, like Mr WILLIAMS, are now dead..
"[Among many] Mrs John SHELBY
     [Note- date appears to be betw 1880 & 1895]
 32 ix. Catherine E? SHELBY.  She's named in the Pioneers of Madison & Hancock Co- Bliss Morton does not name her.
 33 x. Elvira? SHELBY.  Pioneers book names her- Bliss Morton doesn't.

20.  Hampton Brown SHELBY was born on 18 Oct 1834 in Union Co, IN.  He died on 23 Feb 1893 in Indianapolis, Marion Co, IN.

Re: Hampton from Hancock Co
Posted by: Anita Berk
            Date: July 13, 2000 at 10:27:49
In Reply to: Re: Hampton from Hancock Co by Johnnie Mullinax Johnson
  I'm sure you saw my old posting from Crown Hill Cemetery the other day.

It appears that he died in 1893, not 1899 as you stated. According to Kathryne, he died 1 month before he was buried in Crown Hill.

Thank you for your inquiry. Our records do indicate that he was interred on February 23, 1893. The purchase of property was made on February 21, 1893.
Perhaps you could contact the Marion County Health Department to obtain a death certificate. Or are you certain that the Hampton Shelby that you're inquiring about is the same Mr. Shelby interred here at Crown Hill? If you would like you may also submit a genealogy request through our website.
Our geneologist will find as much information as possible and respond to you through the mail. Let us know if we can be of any further assistance.

Posted by: Anita
                Date: July 07, 2000 at 01:23:56
In Reply to: Re: Hampton from Hancock Co by Kathryne

Thank you for the information. This is very helpful. The Crown Hill Cemetery searchable database http://www.crownhill.org/cgi-local/db_search.cgi, indicates that Hampton was buried 22 Feb 1893, six years before he "died". Is there any possibility that he died in 1893, or is the cemetery database wrong?

Bliss Morton states ".. Hampton was one year old when family moved to Hancock Co, IN. He was but eleven when his father died. As he grew up he was the last of children to remain with widowed mother; and he continued on the Sugar Creek farm after his marriage to Mary Anna Brizendine, 23 Feb 1856.
He and wife moved to Indianapolis about 1889, where he was injured in a railroad yard and died 23 Jan 1899. His wife died 14 Aug 1909; both are buried in Crown Hill Cem, Indianapolis.

Note may be taken of his given names. His mother was from South Carolina, and perhaps instisted on naming her last baby for well-known Carolinians, "Hampton and Brown"...they had 7 ch"

USGENFORUM-SHELBY

Re: Hampton from Hancock Co
Posted by: Kathryne
                  Date: July 04, 2000
In Reply to: Hampton from Hancock Co by Anita

Anita,
My records indicate that Hampton Brown Shelby b. 18 Oct 1834 ,Union,Indiana m. Mary Anna Brizendine 23 Feb 1856, Hancock, Indiana d. 23 Jan 1899 and is buried in Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Indiana. The only information I have about Mary Ann is from the 1900 census which states b. <Jan 1839> Indiana. Hampton's father was Joseph Shelby b. 7 Apr 1785 , Mason Co, Kentucky d. 8 Apr 1849 and is buried in the Shelby  Cemetery, Center Township, Hancock Co, Indiana.I have no info on Joseph Shelby's wife other than Elizabeth Williams b.<1799> N.C. Which of the seven children of Hampton's do you come from?
Kathryne

Posted by: Kathryne
       Date: July 07, 2000
In Reply to: Re: Hampton from Hancock Co

Anita,
Wow! a great sight--thanks. I can't verify Hampton B. Shelby's death date-sorry. I can see that Hampton's nephew George W. Shelby and George's wife Augusta Nash are also buried at this sight. Thanks for your help. It also looks like Martha Josephine's first husband Andrew Edward Drischel is also buried there. Did you notice the strange spelling on Martha's burial record? Maybe the person giving the information didn't know the correct spelling.
Kathryne

He was married to Mary Ann BRIZENDINE on 23 Feb 1956 in Indianapolis, Marion Co, IN.
Posted by: Anita
              Date: July 13, 2000 at 23:29:53
In Reply to: Re: Hampton from Hancock Co by Johnnie Mullinax Johnson

Yes, I did read all of your messages. I just didn't go to that specific one before I answered. I think it is great that you have found all of these people!
I know how much work that must have been. I am searching the Brizendines. All I am interested in is the information about Hampton and Mary Ann(a) and their descendants.

Posted by: Kathryne
            Date: July 04, 2000
In Reply to: Hampton from Hancock Co by Anita

Anita,
My records indicate that Hampton Brown Shelby b. 18 Oct 1834 ,Union,Indiana m. Mary Anna Brizendine 23 Feb 1856, Hancock, Indiana d. 23 Jan 1899 and is buried in Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Indiana. The only information I have about Mary Ann is from the 1900 census which states b. <Jan 1839> Indiana.
Hampton's father was Joseph Shelby b. 7 Apr 1785 , Mason Co, Kentucky d. 8 Apr 1849 and is buried in the Shelby Cemetery, Center Township, Hancock Co, Indiana. I have no info on Joseph Shelby's wife other than Elizabeth Williams b.<1799> N.C.
Which of the seven children of Hampton's do you come from?
Kathryne

Posted by: Kathryne
               Date: July 07, 2000
In Reply to: Re: Hampton from Hancock Co by Anita

Anita,
I looked in ,Marion Co, Indiana deaths and it had Shelby, H. Male White 58yrs. Jan 23, 1893 Indianapolis, Marion Co, Indiana. Maybe he died and was reburied alongside his wife or maybe not. Maybe this H. Shelby is a different person. You have me stumped.
By the way I also looked in , Marion Co, Indiana marriages and Augusta Nash was not a Nash but a Moesch (I think the typing was very old and the film wasn't picking up on it. All the letters that were an o,e,c looked the same. George W. married Augusta Moesch May 1, 1892 , Marion Co, Indiana.
Kathryne

Posted by: Anita
             Date: July 17, 2000
In Reply to: Re: Hampton from Hancock Co

Yes, I 8 children now. Got the names from Kathryne; I have Martha Josephine, Walter V, Minorah Jane, Frances, Cora Alice, Arthur, Attie and Craig. I have not yet time to look these up. Thanks. Anita

Anita,
Wow! a great sight--thanks. I can't verify Hampton B. Shelby's death date-sorry. I can see that Hampton's nephew George W. Shelby [12/26/1922] and George's wife Augusta Nash [12/27/1944]  are also buried at this sight. Thanks for your help. It also looks like Martha Josephine's first husband Andrew Edward Drischel is also buried there. Did you notice the strange spelling on Martha's burial record? Maybe the person giving the information didn't know the correct spelling.
Kathryne

  Hampton Brown SHELBY and Mary Ann BRIZENDINE had the following children:

 +34 i. Martha Josephine SHELBY.
 35 ii. Walter V SHELBY.
 36 iii. Minorah Jane SHELBY.
 37 iv. Frances SHELBY.
 38 v. Cora Alice SHELBY.
 39 vi. Arthur SHELBY.
 40 vii. Attie SHELBY.
 41 viii. Craig SHELBY.

23.  William L. H. SHELBY signed a will on 13 Nov 1882 in Dayton Twp, Mont Co, OH.  Names his wife Mary, & mentions children but does not name them.
Wit's - Charles A & William CRAIGHEAD.  He died before 12 Dec 1890 in Dayton Twp, Mont Co, OH.  Named in mother's will

He was married to Mary F --?-- in Montgomery Co, OH.

FOURTH GENERATION

28.  Sarah Jane SHELBY was born on 20 Mar 1848 in Indianapolis, Marion Co, IN.  Bliss Morton gives the date as 1856 in a later letter  She died in 1925 in Wayne Co, IN.
She was buried in 1925 in Wayne Co, IN.  Buried in Abington Cem

She was married to John DYE on 20 Mar 1873 in IN.  Marriage date was taken from Tombstone Inscriptions in Wayne Co, IN Vol II, p2, 1968-
Whoever was giving the data for this article (don't have the cover page) appears to have added this data- I doubt it was on the tombstone.
John DYE was born on 15 Sep 1835 in IN?.  He died in 1915 in Wayne Co, IN.  He was buried in 1915 in Wayne Co, IN.  John & Sarah are buried in the Abington Cem, somewhere in Wayne Co, IN- taken from Tombstone Inscriptions in Wayne Co, IN Vol II 1968, p2  Sarah Jane SHELBY and John DYE had the following children:

 +42 i. Frank G DYE (born on 20 Oct 1876).

34.  Martha Josephine SHELBY.

She was married to Andrew Edward DRISCHEL.  Andrew Edward DRISCHEL was buried in Feb 1920 in Indiannapolis, Hancock Co, IN.
http://www.crownhill.org/cemetery/cem_history.html

1863
Sept. 25:
Cemetery is incorporated as a non-profit, non-denominational, and non-sectarian with a Board of thirty corporators.

Oct. 16:
First 236 acres of land are purchased from three local farmers for $51,000.

Dec. 31:
Fredrick Chislett, landscape architect and first superintendent, moves his family into a cabin on the south approach of "The Crown."
He died on 16 Feb 1920 in Indianapolis, Marion Co, IN.
 

FIFTH GENERATION

42.  Frank G DYE was born on 20 Oct 1876 in IN.  He was buried in Nov 1958 in Wayne Co, IN.  Tombstone Inscriptions  in Wayne Co, IN
Vol II, p125, 1968-Elkhorn Cem  He died on 21 Nov 1958 in Wayne Co, IN.

He was married to Lucinda COLVIN on 24 Sep 1902 in IN.  Marr date taken from Tombstone Inscriptions in Wayne Co, IN - date had been given by someone-it was not part of the tombstone.  Lucinda COLVIN was born on 31 Jan 1876 in IN?.  She was buried in Feb 1961 in Wayne Co, IN.  Buried next to husband in the Elkhorn Cem, Wayne Co, IL. She's Alta L, on her tombstone.  She died on 2 Feb 1961 in Wayne Co, IN

1. William Halem SHELBY. Born on 9 Mar 1825 in Montgomery County, Tennessee. William Halem died in Montgomery County, Tennessee on 28 Oct 1891, he was 66.

On 25 Apr 1844 when William Halem was 19, he married Sarah Ann WALKER, in Montgomery County, Tennessee. Born on 12 Nov 1826. Sarah Ann died on 19 Feb 1909, she was 82.

They had the following children:
 2 i. James I. (1846-1916)
  ii. Evan. Born  abt 1852.

 3 iii. John William (~1853-1932)
 4 iv. George Ervin (1857-1902)
 5 v. Martha Sophronia (1860-1927)
  vi. Sarah Elizabeth. Born in 1863.

 6 vii. Andrew Jackson (1865-1940)
 7 viii. Eudora Margaret (1870-1906)
 

2. James I. SHELBY. Born on 3 Apr 1846 in Tennessee. James I. died in Stewart County, Tennessee on 12 Oct 1916, he was 70.

On 29 Jun 1870 when James I. was 24, he married Elizabeth Frances "Fannie" CHESTER, daughter of Henry CHESTER & Elizabeth B. "Betsy" THWEATT, in Stewart County, Tennessee. Born on 31 Jul 1854 in Stewart County, Tennessee. Elizabeth Frances "Fannie" died in Stewart County, Tennessee on 14 Feb 1926, she was 71.

They had the following children:
 8 i. William H. (1872-1956)
  ii. James B.. Born in Aug 1873.

James B. married Lila M.. Born in 1875 in Tennessee.

 9 iii. Leona Madliane (1876-1908)

3. John William SHELBY. Born  abt 1853. John William died in May 1932, he was 79.

On 5 Dec 1870 when John William was 17, he first married Maryann Elizabeth ROBERTS, in Stewart County, Tennessee. Born on 4 Jun 1854 in Stewart County, Tennessee. Maryann Elizabeth died in Stewart County, Tennessee on 2 Apr 1881, she was 26.

They had the following children:
 10 i. Docia Adeline (1873-1922)
 11 ii. Edward Green (1875-1943)
  iii. James B.. Born on 2 May 1879.

James B. married Nora.

  iv. Georgia Ann. Born on 12 Feb 1881. Georgia Ann died on 4 Sep 1883, she was 2.
 

In 1883 when John William was 30, he second married Lucy Catherine SANDERSON, in Montgomery County, Tennessee. Born in 1854. Lucy Catherine died in 1932, she was 78.

4. George Ervin SHELBY. Born in Feb 1857 in Tennessee. George Ervin died in 1902, he was 44. Buried in Oakwood, Montgomery County, Tennessee.
On 16 Oct 1883 when George Ervin was 26, he married Edna Anne BENTON, in Christian County, Kentucky. Born in Jul 1862 in Tennessee. Edna Anne died in 1904, she was 41.

They had the following children:
 12 i. William Foster (1884-1949)
  ii. Goldie Edna. Born on 7 Apr 1887 in Christian County, Kentucky. Goldie Edna died in Del Norte, Rio Grande County, Colorado on 13 Apr 1955, she was 68. Buried on 15 Apr 1955 in Del Norte Cemetery, Del Norte.

 13 iii. Oakley Mitchell (1889-)
  iv. Nora O.. Born in Feb 1890 in Clarksville, Montgomery County, Tennessee.

  v. Emma Florence. Born in Nov 1894 in Clarksville, Montgomery County, Tennessee.

  vi. UNNAMED. Born in 1896 in Clarksville, Montgomery County, Tennessee.

 14 vii. George Adrian (1897-1977)
  viii. UNNAMED. Born in 1898 in Clarksville, Montgomery County, Tennessee.

  ix. Alma Nina Nettie. Born on 14 Jun 1899 in Oakwood, Montgomery County, Tennessee.

  x. UNNAMED. Born in 1900 in Clarksville, Montgomery County, Tennessee.

  xi. Isaac. Born in 1900 in Oakwood, Montgomery County, Tennessee.
 

5. Martha Sophronia SHELBY. Born in 1860. Martha Sophronia died in 1927, she was 67.
On 21 Apr 1878 when Martha Sophronia was 18, she married James Robert SMITH. Born in 1856. James Robert died in 1902, he was 46.

They had one child:
  i. Charles Bailey. Born in 1890. Charles Bailey died in 1979, he was 89.

6. Andrew Jackson SHELBY. Born on 31 Jan 1865 in Shawneetown, Gallitin County, Illinois. Andrew Jackson died in Hopkinsville, Christian County, Kentucky on 16 Jan 1940, he was 74. Buried on 17 Jan 1940 in Dogwood Cemetary, Hopkinsville, Christian County, Kentucky. Occupation: Farmer.

On 7 Oct 1886 when Andrew Jackson was 21, he first married Amanda C. CHOATE, daughter of Andrew Jackson CHOATE & Nancy E. (Nannie) BROWN, in Montgomery County, Tennessee. Born in 1868 in Trigg County Kentucky. Amanda C. died in Hopkinsville, Christian County, Kentucky on 2 Jun 1925, she was 57.

They had the following children:
  i. John W.. Born in Apr 1888 in Tennessee.

 15 ii. Edna A. (1890-1914)
 16 iii. George Alex (1893-1960)
 17 iv. Rosa Lee (1895-1966)
  v. James Lurton. Born on 6 Apr 1898 in Hopkinsville, Christian County, KY. James Lurton died in Sumiton, Alabama in Jun 1972, he was 74.

 18 vi. Robert Leslie (1903-1979)

Andrew Jackson second married Vinnie VEACH.

At 08:11 PM 08/24/1999, you wrote:
 I found the "Shelby Exchange" on the Internet. I am working on a line of Shelby's in Mississippi. My GGGGrandfather was Samuel Shelby, married to Lavinia Meadows. He was born approx. 1799 in Tippah Co., MS. One of his sons was Alfred Shelby, married to Malinda Jane Hopkins.
Their son was Sam Houston Shelby, married to Florence Duncan. As far as I can tell, the family stayed in Tippah Co. for all of those generations.
Do you have anything on this branch of the Shelby's? Any help would be appreciated!!
 Margaret Clausen

Were your Samuel and Lavinia/Viney ever in Sumpter Co, AL?? 1836 time frame? There was a Samuel & Viney Shelby there.

Samuel Shelby (parentage unknown) & (1st wife) Lavinia had a daughter Mary Matilda Shelby b 24 Dec 1824; married c1840 to Joel Johnson Meadows.
Samuel & (2nd wife) Hannah Stewart had a daughter Mary Jane Shelby, who married Sampson Meadows, 4th child & 3rd son of her half sister, Mary Matilda [That's what my notes say, anyway]

Hannah Stewart had married 1st to William Lassley & had several children

Alfred's (b c1838 TN) wife Malinda (b c1837) died 14 Jan 1914. They had 6 children- one of which was your Samuel.
 The data came from Mrs J. J. Meadows- Mary Matilda Shelby was her husband's grandmother.. [said name had been Meador]...and no, do not at this point know who the first Samuel belongs to.. :-(   Researchers have been looking for a long time

Something I should have picked up on from your first message-
The first 'fault' here is, Samuel was not born in Tippah Co, MS, nor could they have been married there -Probably TN, as their dau Mary was born there 24 Dec 1824, county not mentioned....Mississippi didn't become a State until late 1817, and Tippah did not become a county until 1836, and it was taken from the Chickasaw Cession before this date...

Also...Sumpter Co, AL needs a closer look..As mentioned there was a Samuel and Viney Shelby there in 1840 census. Sumpter became a county in 1832, and was also taken out of the same Chickasaw Cession...

Adding to the confusion...1850 census for Tippah, says he's age 55 b TN. The 1860 census for Tippah Co, MS says Samuel, age 66, was born in SC

"Margaret Clausen"
At 06:00 PM 10/11/1999 -0700, you wrote:
 Thanks for the info. According to census records, SAMUEL SHELBY was born about 1799 in Tippah Mississippi. He married LAVINIA MEADOWS (Vina) in 1823. Their son, Alfred, married Malinda Jane Hopkins, who was born in June, 1835 in Tennessee. One of their children was SAMUEL HOUSTON SHELBY, born 12 Oct 1866 in Ripley, Mississippi. He married ALVARED FLORENCE (Fannie)  DUNCAN on 25 Sept 1888 in Benton, Mississippi. One of their children, EMMA PEARL SHELBY, was born on August 4, 1893 in Ripley, Mississippi. She was my Grandmother.

HUSBAND NOTES: Samuel SHELBY
Birth:
 1850 census Tippah Dist 3, dwg 907, Tippah Co, MS- Samuel is age 55 b TN
Death1:
During the War of 1812 a Samuel Shelby served as private, 24 Sept 1814-12 Mar 1815, in Capt William Welch's company of Colonel Alston's 3rd SC Militia. Samuel's complied service record shows him on rolls dated at "Handrells Point" and "Orangeburgh SC but does not give his age or place of residence.

Pension for this service was granted to Samuel Shelby on his application of 27 April 1871 from Tippah Co, MS. Samuel died 6 Oct 1876 in Tippah, and his widow Hannah, aged 70, applied from Ripley, MS, on 4 Aug 1877 for a widow's pension. Hannah was born Stewart; as widow of William Lassle she was married to Samuel Shelby on 25 Dec 1849 in Tippah. Hannah (Stewart) Lassley Shelby d 2 Nov 1883 in Tippah (War of 1812, Compiled Service Records and Pension Papers SC 8032 and WC 29016, National Archives, Washington)

The 1850 census shows Samuel Shelby as head of family in the 3rd Division of Tippah Co (p555, family 907). He is listed as 55 years old and born in TN.
In his HH are wife Hannah and three Lassley children. Also in the 3rd Division are a George Shelby (family 881, aged 52 and born in NC) and several other Shelbys (in families 615, 806, 956), of aes to be possibly considered as children of either Samuel or George Shelby.

In Columbia Co, GA, on 10 Mar 1813 a Samuel Shelby married Verlinda Harris Gardner, daughter of Col. Lewis Gardner, RW soldier and local official who died testate 1799 in Columbia Co (Will Book A, pp108-11).

In 1837 Verlinda's old-maid sister Sarah Gardner made her will in Decatur Co, GA (Will Book A, pp 6-7), and named al her siblings who were then alive or those having children. After several specific bequests, Sarah directed that her land and slaves be sold, the proceeds divid into 8 equal parts, "...one part to be divided between the children of my sister Verlindar Shelby..."

REES & MARY SHELBY, and their Descendants, by Johnnie M Johnson, p 457: 1871 Samuel applies for a pension for War of 1812 Service, records Wash D.C. Pension File SC 20096; Capt Welches Co SC Militia.

Descendants: Gladys J Meadows of Salt Lake City, UT; and Helen Shelby Cook(?) of Pine Bluff, AR. Both deceased.

WIFE NOTES: Vina MEADOWS
1850 cen Tippah Dist 3, Tippah Co, MS- Also here- parentage unknown:
     Henry C SHELBY 27 b KY-with family-also-(brother?)  John SHELBY 18 KY
John SHELBY 19 b KY- in HH of Pam CARR age 54 SC, & children

Could these be sons of Samuel and his 1st wife?? Other SHELBYs this county are identified

http://www.familyhistory.com/

                 Message #29  Thursday, November 04, 1999
                      Subject:
                             Shelby''s
                   Posted by:
                              Norma Hopkins
                    Message:
                             Temple Shelby d/o Samuel and Lavina Meadows Shelby b. 1830, resided in Tippah Co. Ms. and married Sion Hopkins.
Need  information on Samuel and Lavina. Anyone with Shelby info please contact.
 

CHILD NOTES: Mary Matilda SHELBY
CHILD NOTES: Alfred SHELBY
General:
http://www.familyhistory.com/
 Ancestry.com--Message board
                 Message #230  Thursday, November 04, 1999
                      Subject:
                             HOPKINS
                   Posted by:
                              Norma Hopkins
                    Message:
I am researching the same family line -Benjamin and Naomi had a son Sion who married Temple Shelby d/o Samuel and Lavina Shelby. Please contact and we will share!

 Message #140  Tuesday, August 24, 1999
                     Subject:
                              Benjamin, Naomi and Malinda Hopkins
                   Posted by:
                              Margaret
                    Message:
Looking for info on Malinda Jane Hopkins, who was born abt 1835 in Tennessee. Her father was Benjamin Hopkins and her mother named Naomi. Malinda married Alfred Shelby from Tippah Co., Mississippi about 1853. Would really appreciate any help!

 Message #12  Tuesday, August 24, 1999
                     Subject:
                              Shelby Family
                   Posted by:
                              Margaret
                    Message:
 I'm looking for more information about Samuel Shelby, born about 1799 in Tippah Co., Mississippi. He was married (I think) to Vina Meadow. One of their sons was Alfred Shelby, who was married to Malinda Hopkins. One of their sons was Sam Houston Shelby, my GGrandfather. Would appreciate any information.Thanks!

 Message #31  Friday, November 12, 1999
                     Subject:
                              SAMUEL SHELBY AND LAVINA MEADOWS
                   Posted by:
                              Norma Hopkins
                    Message:
I am also searching for Samuel SHELBY b. 1798 and Lavina's b. abt 1802, family. Temple SHELBY is a sister of Sam Houston, Alfred and Mary Matilda. Anyone with information?

 Message #34  Wednesday, November 17, 1999
                     Subject:
                              SHELBY>HOPKINS>MEADOWS
                   Posted by:
                              Norma
                    Message:
 We are researching the same family, cousin. Please contact and we will compare notes. My line is Temple Shelby whose brother was Sam Houston Shelby, d/o Samuel and Lavina Shelby married Sion Hopkins. Look forward to hearing from you!
 

CHILD NOTES: Temple SHELBY
General:
Thursday, November 18, 1999
                     Subject:
                              HOPKINS>SHELBY>MEADOWS
                   Posted by:
                              Norma Hopkins
                    Message:
My husband is a direct line from Temple Shelby and Sion Hopkins. Let me know your e-mail and we can compare notes. Great to hear from you!

SAMUEL SHELBY AND LAVINA MEADOWS
   Author: Norma Hopkins
  Date: 11 Nov 1999
     In Reply to: Shelby Family  by:  Margaret Clausen
I am also searching for Samuel SHELBY b. 1798 and Lavina's b. abt 1802, family. Temple SHELBY is a sister of Sam Houston, Alfred and Mary Matilda. Anyone with information?

SOURCES
1.  Charles Edwin Shelby's Research papers given to the KY Historical Society in Frankfort, KY-14 reels-all of which I have. Charles died in the summer of 1985, in Savannah, GA.
  - Note: M# refers to the microfilm reel number; F# refers to the folder number on the reel.  Microfilmed by the Kentucky Historical Society, Frankfort, KY -abt 1985.  M#218; F#646- Pension record for Samuel Shelby, provided by Malcolm Gardner of Arlington, VA, 26 Oct 1971-and 5 Apr 1975 to CES.
 
 

Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 06:41:24 -0700
Hello again Judith:
 We know that this Evan Shelby descended from Rees & Mary Shelby. There is a deed from Cumberland Co., PA, that proves it since it mentions Evan as their "son."
 
I have not found any such documentation for the children of Evan Shelby and his first wife, Charity. The Johnson book of 1994 lists six issue but mentions that the proof and order of birth is "uncertain" and that the data is from "CKS" or Cass Knight Shelby.
 
Can you share with me what data or documentation CKS may have had that suggested the names of this Evan Shelby's children?  Is there a family Bible somewhere?
 
Thanks for any assistance you may be able to render.
 
Francis Keenan [His wife is the Shelby]
 

CKS letter to M. M. Wilkinson of Shelby, MS [no date-probably 1940s- I did not photocopy]:
  Cass stated he had spent many years collecting Shelby’s and “in 1926 started in earnest to consult original and authentic sources, having found that most of the printed matter in our libraries was hardly worth the paper it was printed on. By now I believe I have seen nearly every if not every public record in PA, MD, VA and have been sent copies of many in TN, KY and the Carolina’s”

CKS letter to Grace Shelby, 19 Jan 1954: [did not photocopy]
  “Can supply first 3 generations, but, since my knowledge of the next four down to the present is rather fragmentary”

My added note- Judy – I gather from Cass’ letter’s he had stopped his own research by 1954 and was working to put his records in order for future generations, as he was loosing his eyesight to cataracts. He extracted the data he thought was important from all his correspondence and documents, placing the data under each individual – After doing that he may have pitched the originals- but that is guess work on my part- I just know there were no originals of any kind in what I went through.
His collection of glass negatives numbering probably near 200 or more, in pristine condition, all labeled and organized, are located in the photo department in the Filson Club Library. Which is the bases of my thinking that Cass pitched all his originals after they were typed, knowing no family member wanted them. I mean, if they went so far as getting rid of all the family photos, they certainly wouldn’t be interested in keeping his research papers.

Well, there were a few letters which were bound in such a way I couldn’t copy them-the only original items that were there-some letters written by Cass’ father. So I figured if the family didn’t want these or the negatives, no telling what may have just been dumped…

CKS letter to “My dear Cousin” [Mrs Frank L Moss of Paris, IL; 2 August 1950]:
 “…We have no account of Evan’s private life in the Cove, or even the names of his first wife and their children. It is not reasonable to think, however, that he would remain on and work a large farm for three decades if he had no family. As a matter of fact, a township census taken in 1784 credits him with a dwelling and “10 whites,” indicating quite a large one. And yet, there is no record that I can find that names them, or says what became of them. On the other hand, there were six or seven younger persons living in southwest Penn’a. at that period, whose parentage is not of record and whose numerous descendants have no knowledge on the subject. It is but natural to suppose, is it not, that these “orphans” were the offspring of Evan Shelby of Bedford and Greene and grandchildren of Rees? For your information and to complete the picture, they were:
    (a)  Evan Shelby, who was a private soldier and ranger of the frontier betw. 1778-83, Bedford Co., Pa. Later we find an unidentified Evan at Maysville, Ky., associated with Matthew Campbell. It is my belief that both Evans were one and the same person and the son of Ensign and Capt. Evan of Bedford.
    (b)  Eli Shelby, a frontier ranger, 1778-83, , in S.W. Penn’a. Nothing more about him. He could have been either a son of David Shelby of Dunkard who d. young, or a son of Evan of Bedford and Greene.
    (c)  George Shelby, who lived in Fayette Co. and was a soldier in the War of 1812.
    (d)  Joshua Shelby, b. abt. 1759-60, lvd. Fayette Co. across the Monongahela from your David, but abt. 1793 moved to Maysville, Ky., where he lvd. For twenty-seven years and was associated there with the Campbells. In 1820 he remvd. To Wayne County, Indiana, where he d. 1830. Had ten children, one of whom was David Shelby, b. Pa. abt. 1784 and m. Jane McCoffery of Mason Co, Ky., then 2d. Jemima E. Walker in 1840. he had mvd. To Champaign Co., Ohio as early as 1827. It is he who I think was the “Cousin David” your grandmother referred to in her “diary,” since he was the only one of that name who fits in there.
   (e)  (a female) Shelby, who mar. Jeremiah Williams.
   (f)  Mary Shelby, who mar. Matthew Campbell of Brownsville, Pa. and Maysville, Ky. And had a son Evan Campbell. This Matthew and Evan Shelby of Maysville were of the first boatload of settlers to go to Cincinnati in 1788-9. Your David’s son Benjamin of Pickaway Co., Ohio, had a son Evan Campbell Shelby.  And lastly, we have your
   (g)  David Shelby, (the younger), who was born in 1765, which makes it perfectly possible, so far as dates go, for him to have been a son of Evan and his first wife of Bedford Co., Pa., and hence of the fourth, not the third generation.
    The third generation came into being between 1748 and 1780; the fourth, those whose parents we know about, that is, began to arrive about 1773; but, since Rees and his son Ensign Evan, seem to have married at ages earlier than the others, it is not out of line for the latter’s children to have been born somewhat earlier and thus spanned the time or periods of two generations. That often happens in other “families” for the same reason…Your David himself, married at the age of seventeen, you remember. Enoch Williams, the father of Mary, who married David, also lived in the Little Cove and thus produced the necessary propinquity to bring about that event.
…It seems strange that of all the very numerous descendants of this Evan Shelby who are now living, we cannot seem to find one who knows something about him; he’s really worth claiming….
   Very sincerely, Cass K. Shelby

In other letters in this same time frame Cass stated “There isn’t a scratch of the pen telling us who Evan Shelby’s first wife was, or the names of their issue. And yet he would not have gone on cultivating a 300 acre farm for nearly thirty years and even adding to it, if he hadn’t a family. In short, the Bedford County, Penn’a., tax lists (The Little Cove was in Bedford before it was transferred to Franklin) for 1784 assessed him for a dwelling and #10 whites”, showing that his family was quite a large one.  Looking elsewhere for his children we find that there were several younger Shelbys living for a time at a somewhat later period in southwest Pennsylvania, whose parentage is now unknown. Among them were your David of Laurel Pint and a Joshua Shelby, who seems slightly older, who lived on the east side of the Monongahela in Fayette County and later migrated to Mason County, Kentucky, and still later of near Richmond, Indiana. I can show conclusively that these “orphans” were not from either of the immigrant’s sons, Capt. Evan, Jr., John, or Moses, who migrated south; they were not of his son, the older David of S.W. Penn’a. and Missouri and the only one then that they could have sprung from was the son Rees, through Rees’s son Evan.. I can give you detailed evidence tending to support this opinion, though it is not absolute proof…”

“Evan Shelby….. born probably 1739/40. On May 7, 1759 he was commissioned an ensign in Pa.Regiment (Pa. archives, Fifth Series, Vol. I, pages 300, 312.
On Dec. 10, 1760 his father gave him the Little Cove farm. This valley was attached to the new County of Bedford in 1771 as a part of its Ayr Twp. And Evan was chosen tax assessor on Oct. 1, 1773 (the Bedford Co. Pa. Quart. Sessions Docket No. I page 58)
In the Revolution he was commissioned Capt. 1777, Bedford troops. (Pa. Archives, Fifth Series, Vol. IV, 250, Vol. V, page 71)

Wisconsin State Historical Society at Madison: Kentucky papers, page 492, Index 13CC151, 176-8. John D Shane’s interview with Robert Jones, who arrived at Limestone (later Maysville), Kentucky, March 16, 1786; refers to Evan Shelby, trader of Limestone.

   Kentucke Gazette, December 15, 1787:
  “Four Dollars Reward. Was stolen or taken by mistake from the subscriber at Limestone landing on the 27th the following articles, viz; one piece of fustian, No. 57, containing 24 yards; about two and a half yards of cotton delienea, a small remnant of gray german serge, two shirts with sundry other articles which cannot be ascertained. “Whoever returns the same to Captain James Bray’s in Lexington or to Captain Morrison at Bairdstown shat receive the above reward” [sig] “Evan Shelby” Nov 30th, 1787”

   Filson Club Publications, No. 27, “Petitions of Early Inhabitants of Kentucky to the General Assembly of Virginia,” compiled by James Rood Robertson, printed 1914:
    Page 117 – Petition No.54: Sundry inhabitants of Bourbon County asking for a division of the shire. All resident in Limestone settlement. Among them was Evan Shelby. Undated, but endorsed Oct 25, 1788. [Mason County was taken from Bourbon in 1789]

George Shelby….1790 census Franklin Co, PA:
George has 3 white males over 16 yrs; 2 white males, under 16, 5 white females.
Fayette County land records at Uniontown- Deed book E, page 238, Item No. 729. Aug 20, 1801- George Shelby buys 50 acres of land in German Township from Abraham Steward and wife. Recorded May 18, 1804…

Eli Shelby…. Pennsylvania Archives, Third Series, Vol.XXIII, - Page 208: List of Soldiers who served as Rangers on the Frontier; Eli Shelby, Washington Co, PA
  Fifth Series, Vol. IV, - page 421: Soldiers who received depreciation pay as per cancelled certificates on file in the Division of Public records, Pennsylvania State Library, “Washington County, Eli Shelby, private.”
    Page 728: “List of Soldiers of the Revolution who received pay for Services, “ taken from manuscript records having neither date or title, but under “Rangers of the Frontier, 1778-1783”
  {There are a few more items of this nature for Eli- Judy}

Mary Shelby…. Letters, Paul Wisenall, c/o Inland Oil Company, Cincinnati, Ohio, to CKS – Excerpts:
   Oct 17 and 26, 1894. “ I am a direct descendant of Matthew Campbell of Maysville (formally Limestone or Washington), Kentucky. He was my maternal great-great-grandfather. Family tradition says that Matthew Campbell married  a Shelby and I am trying to find out her name and the name of her father with proof. One of the older members of the Campbell family informed me positively that she had often heard her father speak of his “Uncle Evan Shelby.”  Thus:
   Matthew Campbell = ? Shelby
       Evan Campbell <brothers>     John Campbell
 John B Campbell    Julia Campbell (my informant)
     Jane E Campbell
  Paul Wisenall
I cannot give you the date of Mathew’s birth. The record in the oldest family Bible that I have found simply states that he died in 1819, tradition saying that he was then a very old man.

    On February 14, 1928, I [CKS], I called on Paul Wisenall at his office, 819 First National Bank Buildg., Cincinnati (He was then official reporter for the U.S. Court of the Eastern District of Kentucky), who took me over to his home, 2222 Eastern Avenue, Covington, KY, where he showed me some copies of old Bible records he had made. They are reproduced herewith – C.K.S.
 Matthew Campbell, father of Evan Campbell, departed this life Jany. 18, 1819.
 Evan Campbell, born Apr. 2, 1780, died Dec. 20, 1859.
 Evan Campbell and Mary Byers were married May 10, 1803, in the 16th year of her age.
 Margaret Campbell, born June 2, 1787, died May 13, 1849, in the 62nd year of her age. Sister Campbell was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania.
[Among a long list of other names – Shelby Campbell, born Apr 9, 1809, married Mary Chambers of Mayville, KY – I’ll supply the rest if you need them – Judy]

Letters, Anna Delia (Mrs. W. L.) Yellman, 831 Twenty Third Street, Rock Island, Illinois, to C.K.Shelby; excerpts:
     July 5, 1927. “I am trying to locate a Shelby great-grandmother. My father’s grandmother was Mary (Shelby) Campbell, said to have been a daughter of Evan Shelby. She married Mathew(sic) Campbell and they lived at Aberdeen [Brown Co.] Ohio, and Limestone (Maysville), Kentucky, where Mathew died, January 18, 1819, and was buried at Aberdeen (across the river). Mary and Mathew’s children were Evan Shelby, John, Malinda, Levisa Jane (who was my grandmother).
    Mathew Campbell and his wife Mary were on their way to New Orleans, La, when she died of yellow fever and was buried on an island near Vicksburg, Miss., known by river men for many years thereafter as “My wife’s Island,” but later called Paw Paw Island. Mathew is aid to have come from Redstone [Brownsville, Pa], but formerly from Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Draper’s Notes say that a James Campbell was killed by Indians at Limestone. He was a brother of Mathew, both being sons of James Campbell. Have you any data which will help me place this Mary Shelby? Her daughter, Levica Jane, was born in 1794, died in 1873 and was buried at Aberdeen, Ohio.
They had land there and my mother’s father, Dr Thomas Miles Moore, bought this land in 1832; on it was a house called “Traveler’s Rest.” My grandfather moved part of it, but left one room and a chimney standing in the field until twenty years ago. My father died when I was five years old. He was one of the younger children.
All I know of the family is wehat cousins have written me, two of them now being ninety years old. I imagine my father was born in 1828. I am a child of his second marriage, which accounts for my ignorance of our ancestry..
     Dec 1, 1927. My Power line (running back):
1. Ann Delia (Power) Yellman; b 1872, daughter of
2. Hugh Power; b 1828, mar. 2nd, Martha E. (b. 1841, dau. Of Dr. T.M. Moore, 1809-1895, and wife Ann Delia Harris, 1809-1886; she d. 1921), died 1878, son of
3. James Power (1788-1833) and wife Levis Jane Campbell (1794-1873), who was the daughter of
4. Mathew Campbell (d 1819), son of James Campbell.
 
Letters, Nannie Power (Mrs Charles Carroll) Brown, 805 Cliff Avenue, Spokane, Washington, to C.K.Shelby:
    Dec 28, 1927. Refers to Matthew Campbell as her great-grandfather, who married a Shelby by the name of Mary, whose father was an Evan Shelby, and goes on to say that Matthew and Mary named their first child Evan Shelby Campbell b. April 2, 1780. {CKS noted –Bible has no middle name}
Just where Matthew and Mary were married I do not know; he inlisted(sic) at Brownstone, Pa. in 1778. Matthew Campbell came to Kentucky in 1787. My grandmother, Levica Jane Campbell, was born at Limestone, now Maysville, in April, 1794. She married James Power, son of Hugh and Sarah (Dyes) Power, in 1810. Evan Shelby and Matthew Campbell were always associated together, going to Kentucky about the same time… My father was Capt. James Campbell Power, builder and owner of steamboats on the Ohio, Mississippi and Missouri rivers. Mrs Yellman’s father and my father were brothers…
…Matthew Campbell; d. Jan 18, 1819, mar. Mary, bur. At “The Narrows,” Aberdeen, Ohio…
Matthew built a large stone house at the beginning of the old Indian trail at Aberdeen about 1790. It was used as an inn and a fort…
 
 
 

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