Martha GRAVES

F, b. 9 September 1805, d. 15 July 1875
Relationship
3rd great-grandmother of John Kennedy BROWN Jr.
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Author's Pedigree Chart
     Martha GRAVES, daughter of William GRAVES and Sarah SMITH, was born on 9 September 1805 in Oglethorpe, Georgia.

Martha married Stephen SHELTON, son of Burrell SHELTON and Ann Lane, on 17 May 1822 in Autauga County, Alabama.

She was probably the female age 20 to 30 listed in the household of her husband, Stephen SHELTON, in the 1830 Federal Census of Capt. Franklin's District, Autauga County, Alabama, She would have been 25 years old.1 She and Stephen SHELTON sold a tract of land to James Huie on 27 April 1833 in Autauga County, Alabama. They sold him 80 acres consisting of east half of northeast quarter of section 23, township 16, range 15 for $560.2

She was probably the female age 20 to 30 listed in the household of her husband, Stephen SHELTON, in the 1840 Federal Census of Autauga County, Alabama, She would have actually been age 35.3

Martha GRAVES and Stephen SHELTON moved from Alabama to Morehouse Parish, Louisiana, in late 1848.

Martha GRAVES and Stephen SHELTON appeared as head of household on a census enumerated 1 June 1850 in Wards 3 and 4, Morehouse Parish, Louisiana. The household was listed as Stephen Shelton, 53, farmer, born North Carolina; Martha Shelton, 45, born Georgia; William Shelton, 15; David Shelton, 13; Josephine Shelton, 11; Autauga Shelton, 9; Augusta Shelton, 6; and Laura Shelton, 3. All of the children were born in Alabama. Also in the household were Levi Presley, age 28, and Louisa [Shelton] Presley, age 18. Levi was a Protestant-Methodist preacher. He was born in South Carolina and Louisa in Alabama.4

Martha GRAVES purchased a government land patent 7 December 1859 in Bastrop, Morehouse Parish, Louisiana. She patented 32 acres of southeast 1/4 of northeast 1/4 of section 12, township 21-N, range 5-E.5

Martha GRAVES appeared as head of household on a census enumerated 1 June 1860 in Morehouse Parish, Louisiana. The household was listed as Martha Shelton, 50, a farmer with $4000 in real estate and $10,120 in personal property; along with Frank, 21, a carpenter; David, 23, a lawyer; Autauga, 17; Augusta, 16; and Laura, 14.6

Martha GRAVES appeared on a census, enumerated 25 June 1870, in the household of her son William Graves SHELTON in Bastrop, Morehouse Parish, Louisiana. She was recorded as Martha Graves, age 62.7

Martha GRAVES died on 15 July 1875 in Lowndesboro, Lowndes County, Alabama, at age 69.
Last Edited=15 Feb 2023

Children of Martha GRAVES and Stephen SHELTON

Citations

  1. [S13] 1830 U. S. Census, Autauga County, Alabama, S. Shelton household, pg. 152.
  2. [S307] Autauga County Deeds: Book C, pg. 503.
  3. [S252] 1840 U. S. Census, Autauga County, Alabama, Stephen Shelton, pg. 9.
  4. [S309] 1850 U. S. Census, Morehouse Parish, Louisiana, Stephen Shelton household #364, Ward 3, pg. 407.
  5. [S232] Bureau of Land Management, online http://www.glorecords.blm.gov, Martha Shelton #LA1190__.433 (Monroe Land Office).
  6. [S199] Abney Hintgen Brewer, "Abney Research," e-mail to John K. Brown, 26 June 1999.
  7. [S326] 1870 U. S. Federal Census, Morehouse Parish, Louisiana, William G. Shelton household, Ward #4, Bastrop P. O., pg. 58.
  8. [S72] Abney Hintgen Brewer. "Abney Family History", (Unpublished manuscript), 1993 Author's Personal Collection.
  9. [S300] William D. Pressley, "Stephen Shelton Family," e-mail to John K. Brown, 5 July 1998.

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