Patrick County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Cemeteries.....Thomas A. Shelton Cemetery - Complete Survey
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Ron Martin cindyandron@bellsouth.net November 11, 2023, 7:50 pm

Abstracted By: Ron Martin

This cemetery is a historic cemetery located in a very rural 
area of Patrick County, Virginia.   It is located .61 miles 
off Union Church Road at GPS Coordinates 36.84029, -80.09000.  
There is an old roadbed that leads to this cemetery and it is 
just across the United States Army Corps of Engineers property 
line on the right.

Last Name     First Name    Middle Name               Birth             Death              Comment
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Foster        Gale                                    March 6, 1921     August 18, 1034    
Foster        Jimmie                                  March 1, 1937     October 23, 1938   
Foster        Joell         E                         August 25, 1916   January 21, 1921   
Hall          Turner        Clayton 'Jack'            March 19, 1897    February 6, 1927   He was shot dead in a gun fight
Shelton       Ernest        William                   December 6, 1896  November 15, 1932  He was murdered in a triple homice five years after the incident at Fayerdale.
Shelton       Mary          Elizabeth 'Bettie' Snead  April 3, 1875     July 29, 1958      
Shelton       Thomas        Alexander                 March 1, 1870     October 7, 1939    



Additional Comments:
This is a historic cemetery for anyone interested in early 20th century Patrick 
County history.   Turner Clayton "Jack" Hall was killed in a gunfight on Sunday, 
February 6, 1927 that also claimed the lives of Dave Cox and Maynard Cox.  
Ernest William Shelton accompanied Hall in the gunfight and was put on trial in 
a sensational trial in Patrick County Circuit Court that aroused much interest.  
Five years later, Shelton's life abruptly ended when he was also involved in a 
triple homicide.   A book was written about the gunfight in Fayerdale called 
"The Fayerdale Tragedy" which is a collector's item for Patrick County 
historians.

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