Martha D. SHELTON1

F, b. 11 April 1829, d. 9 August 1844
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2nd great-grandaunt of John Kennedy BROWN Jr.
     Martha D. SHELTON, daughter of Stephen SHELTON and Martha GRAVES, was born on 11 April 1829 in Autauga County, Alabama.1

She was probably one of the 2 females under age 5 listed in the household of her father, Stephen SHELTON, in the 1830 Federal Census of Capt. Franklin's District, Autauga County, Alabama.2

She was probably one of the 2 females age 10 to 15 listed in the household of her father, Stephen SHELTON, in the 1840 Federal Census of Autauga County, Alabama.3 She died at age 15 of the measles on 9 August 1844 while a student in Tuskegee, Macon County, Alabama.1,4 She was buried in Tuskegee City Cemetery, Tuskegee, Macon County, Alabama.5
Last Edited=15 Feb 2023

Citations

  1. [S72] Abney Hintgen Brewer. "Abney Family History", (Unpublished manuscript), 1993 Author's Personal Collection.
  2. [S13] 1830 U. S. Census, Autauga County, Alabama, S. Shelton household, pg. 152.
  3. [S252] 1840 U. S. Census, Autauga County, Alabama, Stephen Shelton, pg. 9.
  4. [S650] Letter, J. H. Lloyd to Stephen Shelton, 10 August 1844, The letter was hand delivered to Stephen in Montgomery while on his way to Tuskegee.
  5. [S696] Find A Grave (website), online http://www.findagrave.com, Martha D Shelton, Record ID #49101279, Accessed: 15 FEB 2023.

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