Individual Details

Amelia "Milly" Shackleford

(Abt 1764 - 16 Feb 1821)



Name given on marriage bond as Milly SHACKELFORD. Named in various sources as Mary and Milly. Family members recall her as Amelia. It is possible her name was Mary Amelia, the name of her 2nd daughter. No documentation suggests her name was Mary. She was indentified by her nickname Milly in the bond for her marriage and was named Milly or Amelia in every grant deed or other document that was recorded, and as Amelia in her obituary.

She married John Metcalfe, 1 May 1782, Fauquier Co, VA

1813, 18 Aug: John METCALF and Amelia his wife of Bourbon Co., KY deed to George GRANT of Mason Co., KY, for $400, 120 acres of land on Indian Creek in Mason Co., KY, beginning at George SHACKLEFORD to Mrs. Annie PARKER, being part of the farm owned and occupied by the late James SHACKLEFORD, and which descended by his death to his daughter Amelia METCALF, wife of said John METCALF. Wits. Bourbon Co., KY JPs Andrew H. WRIGHT, Vat. PEERS.

Events

BirthAbt 1764Fauquier County, Virginia
Death16 Feb 1821Fleming County, Kentucky

Families

FatherJames B. Shackleford (1724 - 1790)
MotherMary Stamps (1740 - )
SiblingJames Shackleford (1763 - 1824)
SiblingJohn Shackleford (1765 - )
SiblingGeorge Shackleford (1766 - 1843)
SiblingSarah Shackleford (1769 - 1814)
SiblingEdmund Shackleford (1770 - 1833)
SiblingWilliam Stamps Shackleford (1774 - 1824)
SiblingThomas Shackleford (1776 - 1835)