BROWN, BURT, ABNEY, WATTS, and related families

Martha GRAVES

F, b. 9 September 1805, d. 15 July 1875

Martha GRAVES|b. 9 Sep 1805\nd. 15 Jul 1875|p114.htm|William GRAVES|b. 9 Jul 1755\nd. 24 Feb 1836|p143.htm|Sarah SMITH|b. 1761\nd. 2 Oct 1841|p144.htm|William GRAVES|b. c 1724\nd. c 1809|p1238.htm|Dorothy STERN|d. c 1809|p1239.htm|Charles SMITH|b. c 1740\nd. 1807||Nancy Burks|||

Relationship=3rd great-grandmother of John Kennedy BROWN Jr.

Charts: Author's Pedigree Chart

     Martha GRAVES was born on 9 September 1805 in Oglethorpe, Georgia, daughter of William GRAVES and Sarah SMITH.
     Martha married Stephen SHELTON, son of Burrell SHELTON and Ann Lane, on 17 May 1822 in Autauga County, Alabama.
     Martha GRAVES and Stephen SHELTON appeared as head of household on a census enumerated 1 June 1830 in Capt. Franklin's District, Autauga County, Alabama. The household was listed as 1 male 5-10 [Burrell Willis], 1 male 20-30 [Willis Shelton], 1 male 30-40 [Stephen], 2 females under 5 [Nancy, Martha], and 1 female 20-30 [Martha]. They had 26 slaves.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
     Martha GRAVES and Stephen SHELTON moved from Alabama to Morehouse Parish, Louisiana in late 1848.
     Martha GRAVES appeared on a census, enumerated 1 June 1850, in the household of Stephen SHELTON in Morehouse Parish, Louisiana.³ She 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.⁴
     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, 14.⁵
     Martha GRAVES appeared on a census, enumerated 25 June 1870, in the household of William Graves SHELTON in Bastrop, Morehouse Parish, Louisiana.⁶
     Martha GRAVES died on 15 July 1875 in Lowndesboro, Lowndes County, Alabama, at age 69.

Last Edited=19 Mar 2008

Children of Martha GRAVES and Stephen SHELTON

Nancy SHELTON⁷ b. 4 Apr 1823, d. 7 Apr 1823
Burrell Willis SHELTON⁷ b. 3 Sep 1824, d. 1862
Sarah Virginia SHELTON+ b. 7 Mar 1827, d. 20 Sep 1874
Martha D. SHELTON⁷ b. 11 Apr 1829, d. 9 Aug 1844
Stephen Francis SHELTON⁷ b. 2 Mar 1831, d. 30 Aug 1865
Louisa SHELTON⁷ b. 4 Nov 1833, d. 1 Feb 1905
William Graves SHELTON⁷ b. 4 Feb 1835, d. 23 Apr 1921
David SHELTON⁷ b. 27 Dec 1836, d. 16 Sep 1905
Josephine SHELTON⁷ b. 14 Mar 1839, d. 1 Sep 1858
Autauga SHELTON⁷ b. 22 Aug 1841, d. 26 Nov 1860
Augusta SHELTON⁷ b. 20 Mar 1844, d. 5 Jul 1904
Laura Georgia SHELTON⁸ b. 20 Sep 1847, d. 16 Jul 1915

Citations

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

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