Josephine SHELTON1
F, b. 14 March 1839, d. 1 September 1858
- Relationship
- 2nd great-grandaunt of John Kennedy BROWN Jr.
Josephine SHELTON, daughter of Stephen SHELTON and Martha GRAVES, was born on 14 March 1839 in Autauga County, Alabama.1
She was probably the female under age 5 listed in the household of her father, Stephen SHELTON, in the 1840 Federal Census of Autauga County, Alabama.2
Josephine SHELTON appeared on a census, enumerated 1 June 1850, in the household of her parents Stephen SHELTON and Martha GRAVES in Wards 3 and 4, Morehouse Parish, Louisiana. She was recorded as Josephine Shelton, age 11, born Alabama.3
Josephine SHELTON died on 1 September 1858 in Shelton, Morehouse Parish, Louisiana, at age 19.1 She was buried in Shelton Cemetery, Shelton, Morehouse Parish, Louisiana.
Josephine SHELTON Excerpt from an article From Bastrop Enterprise : "Hidden History-Traces of the Shelton Sawmill Community" By Wes Helbling.
She was probably the female under age 5 listed in the household of her father, Stephen SHELTON, in the 1840 Federal Census of Autauga County, Alabama.2
Josephine SHELTON appeared on a census, enumerated 1 June 1850, in the household of her parents Stephen SHELTON and Martha GRAVES in Wards 3 and 4, Morehouse Parish, Louisiana. She was recorded as Josephine Shelton, age 11, born Alabama.3
Josephine SHELTON died on 1 September 1858 in Shelton, Morehouse Parish, Louisiana, at age 19.1 She was buried in Shelton Cemetery, Shelton, Morehouse Parish, Louisiana.
Josephine SHELTON Excerpt from an article From Bastrop Enterprise : "Hidden History-Traces of the Shelton Sawmill Community" By Wes Helbling.
"A definitive history of Morehouse Parish would have to include several towns, villages and communities no longer found on modern maps. The Shelton Sawmill Community is one such vanished town.
Shelton was a vibrant little community about three miles north of Bastrop in the 1920s. Abandoned during the Great Depression, Shelton exists today in the form of photographs, ruins and artifacts uncovered at the former site.
In 1993 Ray Harrison and Lilla Mae Hawkins gathered information about the town for "Shelton: A Sawmill Community of the Pre-Depression Era," placed in the State Archives and reprinted by the Enterprise for Pride 1995. The following derives from the courthouse records and anecdotal evidence collected by Harrison and Hawkins.
The story begins with the lone grave of Josephine Shelton, who was born March 14, 1839 and died of unknown causes on Sept. 1, 1858.
Josephine was the daughter of S.M. Shelton, who owned the future town site as early as 1839. W.C. Shelton, presumed to be the son of S.M. Shelton, sold 60 acres of the property to W.T. Gulledge in 1917 for $900 cash. A gin house stood on the site at this time, but was not included in the sale and was removed.
Brothers W.T. and L.E. Gulledge built a sawmill there and dubbed it "Cornal Shelton." In 1922 the brothers sold the property to Frost Johnson Lumber Co. for $25,000 cash. The Gulledge mill was soon replaced by a permanent steam-powered mill with dry kiln, planer mill and lumber yard...4
Shelton was a vibrant little community about three miles north of Bastrop in the 1920s. Abandoned during the Great Depression, Shelton exists today in the form of photographs, ruins and artifacts uncovered at the former site.
In 1993 Ray Harrison and Lilla Mae Hawkins gathered information about the town for "Shelton: A Sawmill Community of the Pre-Depression Era," placed in the State Archives and reprinted by the Enterprise for Pride 1995. The following derives from the courthouse records and anecdotal evidence collected by Harrison and Hawkins.
The story begins with the lone grave of Josephine Shelton, who was born March 14, 1839 and died of unknown causes on Sept. 1, 1858.
Josephine was the daughter of S.M. Shelton, who owned the future town site as early as 1839. W.C. Shelton, presumed to be the son of S.M. Shelton, sold 60 acres of the property to W.T. Gulledge in 1917 for $900 cash. A gin house stood on the site at this time, but was not included in the sale and was removed.
Brothers W.T. and L.E. Gulledge built a sawmill there and dubbed it "Cornal Shelton." In 1922 the brothers sold the property to Frost Johnson Lumber Co. for $25,000 cash. The Gulledge mill was soon replaced by a permanent steam-powered mill with dry kiln, planer mill and lumber yard...4
Last Edited=15 Feb 2023
Citations
- [S72] Abney Hintgen Brewer. "Abney Family History", (Unpublished manuscript), 1993 Author's Personal Collection.
- [S252] 1840 U. S. Census, Autauga County, Alabama, Stephen Shelton, pg. 9.
- [S309] 1850 U. S. Census, Morehouse Parish, Louisiana, Stephen Shelton household #364, Ward 3, pg. 407.
- [S696] Find A Grave (website), online http://www.findagrave.com, Josephine Shelton, Record ID #230371966, Accessed: 15 FEB 2023.
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