Molly Williams Genealogy
Record modified: 2010-04-11
Born: about 1766-00-00 Virginia USA
Died: (unknown)
Notes:
married Godfrey Shelton
A message on the Shelton Genforum says Godfrey Shelton s/o Josiah Shelton + Elizabeth (unknown)
married in Charlotte Co VA 1788-02-02 Martha Hughes Williams.
Most RootsWeb entries show Godfrey's wife as Molly Williams c1768 d/o Thomas.
One says Godfrey's wife was Martha Hughes Williams d/o John Williams + Frances Harefield Hughes.
Godfrey c1760 Lunenburg Co VA d 1830-10-20 TN
Their children are supposed to be
Frances 1788-09-13 d 1842-07-08 Rutherford Co TN + 1807 Edward Gregory
Thomas W c1791 VA + Elizabeth (unknown)
William c1793 VA + 1819-07-20 Jane Gower
John c1795 VA + 1814-01-27 Anne Allen
Robert W c1797 VA + 1831-05-23 Matilda M Mann
Elizabeth c1798 VA + 1812-12-21 Charles H Cody
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1830 census Davidson Co TN p252
Godfrey Shelton 1 M 20-30, 1 M 70-80, 1 F 10-15, 1 F 70-80
1820 census Davidson Co TN p121
Godfrey Shelton 3 M 16-26, 1 M 26-45, 1 M 45+, 1 F 16-26, 1 F 45+
[Robert, John, Thomas, William, Godfrey 60, Elizabeth, Molly 54]
[At least three of those children should be married already.]
1820 census Rutherford Co TN p91
Edward Gregory 4 M <10, 1 M 10-16, 1 M 26-45, 1 F <10, 1 F 26-45
On the 1810 census the only Shelton in Charlotte Co VA is
1810 census Charlotte Co VA p64b
William Shelton 1 M <10, 2 M 16-26, 1 M 45+, 1 F 10-16, 2 F 16-26
That can't be her family unless she died before then.
Probably they were in TN, but Rutherford is the only county whose 1810 census is extant.
Prior to 1810 no census is extant for TN or VA.
Hinds Site: Genealogy of Ken Hinds -- page 606
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