Pittsylvania County, VA - Shelton Family Bible File submitted for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Contributed by Dean Ab-Hugh ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net *********************************************************************** Note: The entry in the bible that says "Coras father and his brothers and sisters" Laura Irby doesn't think that the info on Cora is correct, but that's what was in the bible. Shelton Family Bible The following info was taken from the Shelton family bible in Chatham, Va. My great-grandmother was Nellie Ellen Shelton: John P. Shelton and Judia A. Motley Married at Samuel Motleys 23 Dec. 1873. Witness John Motley and W.T. Shelton. (Judia was Nellies Mother) 1. John P. Shelton B. 11/23/1851, Married 12/23/1873, Died 5/7/1924 2. Judia A. Motley B 7/13/1852, Married 12/23/1873, died 4/17/1936 3. Nellie E. Shelton B 12/20/1874 Married 12/21/1892, died 1/29/1948 4. Promis R. Shelton Born 4/14/1876 Married 11/22/1899 Died 3/18/1952 5. Flossie M. Shelton Born 5/17/1878 Married 6/17/1895, died 7/14/1925 6. George P. Shelton born 3/18/1881 Married 7/19/1903 7. Fitz Lee Shelton born 1/5/1883 Married 2/16/1916 8. Bright A. Shelton born 11/8/1885 9. Frank M. Shelton born 10/15/1889 10. Cora Lee Shelton born 4/20/1895, Married 7/9/1917 Children of Promis Rest Shelton a. Archer William Shelton B. 7/29/1901 b. Roy Hiett Shelton B 4/4/1905 Gladys Alberta Shelton B. 4/21/1905 c. John Willoughby Shelton B. 4/21/1905 d. Mary Elizabeth Shelton B. 1/15/1913 e. Raymond Carter Shelton B. 2/18/1915 f. Promis Ashworth Shelton B. 4/4/1917 Cora Sheltons Father, and his brothers and sisters. 1. Father Allen M. Shelton B 4/25/1808 2. Mother Patsy Shelton B. 5/29/1816 Married 10/28/1835 3. Joanne Lutzy Shelton B. 12/4/1836, died Jan 1848 4. Mary Anne Shelton b. 12/18/1838 5. George Jefferson Shelton B 4/3/1841 6. James Saton Shelton B. 4/27/1843 7. Elizabeth Susan Shelton B. 3/10/1845 8. Samuel Harten Shelton B. 6/30/1847 9. Matildea Francis Shelton b. 6/11/1849 10. John Preston Shelton B. 11/21/1851 11. William Tunstal Shelton B. 1/12/1854 12. Danuel Wicker Shelton B. 3/16/1856 13. Abrum Fox Shelton b. 1/4/1861