Individual Details
Lucy Shelton
(CA, 1766 - 1775 - AUGUST 7, 1861)
Events
| Birth | CA, 1766 - 1775 | Virginia |  |  | |
| Marriage | DECEMBER 13, 1796 | Pittsylvania County, Virginia - Arthur Slayton | | | |
| Miscellaneous | From CA, 1808 to 1832 | Estate of Thomas Shelton - Pittsylvania County, Virginia | | | |
| Census | 1820 | Pittsylvania County, Virginia | | | |
| Miscellaneous | DECEMBER 28, 1839 | Republic of Texas Land Grant - Red River County, Texas | | | |
| Census | 1860 | Marion County, Texas | | | |
| Death | AUGUST 7, 1861 | Marion County, Texas | | |
Families
| Spouse | Arthur Slayton ( - 1808) |
| Child | Sanford Gustavous Slayton (1802 - 1868) |
| Child | Hickman Slayton (1800 - ) |
| Child | Sarah Slayton ( - ) |
| Child | Thomas Slayton (1796 - ) |
| Father | Thomas Shelton ( - 1808) |
| Mother | Jane Shelton (Maiden Name Unknown) ( - ) |
| Sibling | James Shelton ( - ) |
| Sibling | Nancy Shelton ( - ) |
| Sibling | Sally Shelton ( - ) |
| Sibling | Bennett Shelton ( - ) |
| Sibling | William Shelton (1759 - ) |
| Sibling | Thomas Shelton Jr. (1763 - 1857) |
Notes
Birth
Lucy Shelton Slayton was born in Virginia based on the residences of her parents in Virginia at the probable time of her birth.Marriage
Lucy Slayden is mentioned as his daughter in Thomas Shelton's will.The Slayden surname spelling was later changed to Slayton.
The marriage of Lucy Shelton to Arthur Slayden, on 12-13-1796, in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, is recorded in Marriage Bonds and Ministers' Returns of Pittsylvania County, Virginia, 1767-1805, Catherine Lindsay Knorr, Pine Bluff, Arkansas, 1956, p. 80.
Miscellaneous
Jimmie F. Chatham writes:"In Virginia, Lucy fought to get her sons released from the orphan's indentures after her husband's death. She was the heiress in an estate of considerable size. It was 15 years before she received her inheritance. Her sons knew first-hand what it meant to be from an affluent family but not to have access or be in control of the money."
Note: Sanford G. Slayton continued the cases to finalize Lucy's inheritance settlement from her father's estate until 3-3-1832.
Census
The 1820 US Federal Census for Pittsylvania County, Virginia shows:Lucy Slayton, head of household
1 white Male 10-15 - Probably son Hickman
1 White Female <10 -Possible unknown daughter?
1 White Female 16-25 -Probably daughter Sarah
1 White Female 26-44 - Lucy
1 White Female >45 -Probably her mother Jane Shelton
Note: Sons Sanford and Thomas were bound to John W. Paxton and John Noble at this time.
They appear to be indicated on the 1820 Pittsylvania County census reports for these two gentlemen.
Miscellaneous
On 12-28-1839, Lucy Slayton received a Republic of Texas land grant certificate #510 for 640 acres of land. The certificate was issued by the Red River County Board of Land Commissioners, and Lucy Slayton is listed on the Republic of Texas Clerk Returns for Land Grants at Clarksville on 12-30-1839.Her land was claimed on 9-25-1847, in Collin County, after residing in Texas for at least three years. This land was on Pilot Grove Creek, about 16 miles NE of the town of McKinney.
The original survey was made on 1-14-1844, for Lucy Slayton; and she patented the land on 9-3-1850.
Census
Lucy Shelton Slayton appears in the 1860 US Federal Census for Marion County, Texas, in the household of her son S.G. Slayton:S.G. Slayton, 54, b. VA
Mary, 55, b. VA
Lucy, 84, b. VA
Other family members are also listed.
Death
In Lawrence and Related Families, it is noted that the old Slayton Family Bible shows Sanford Gustavious Slayton's mother Lucy Slayton died on 8-7-1861.Endnotes
1. Compiler: Russell Elvis Lawrence, Lawrence and Related Families (Self Published, 1992).
2. John Frederick Dorman, Compiler, "The Chilton Families of Virginia and Maryland," The Virginia Genealogist Vol. 15: Page 32-41, Mark Chilton Family. Data has been substantiated by DNA, land, deed, and probate records..
3. John Frederick Dorman, Compiler, "The Chilton Families of Virginia and Maryland," The Virginia Genealogist Vol. 15: Page 33-41, Mark Chilton Family. Data has been substantiated by DNA, land, deed, and probate records..
4. Jimmie F. Chatham, "Marion County, Texas, Biographies (More Interesting Pages)," Family History, USGenWeb, UsGenWebsites (www.usgenwebsites.org : Accessed 18 August 2019), Slayton, Augusta Catherine ; Jimmie F. Chatham-Texaslegacy.org
5. "Family Search Family Trees", database, FamilySearch International, FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org : Accessed 16 September 2019), "2H58-GJY," Sanford G. Slayton; submitted 26 August 2013 by shalom; Documented Pittsylvania County, Virginia, Court Records.
6. 1820 U.S. Federal Census, Record Type: Microfilm image, Ancestry.com Website, www.ancestry.com..
7. Jimmie F. Chatham, "Marion County, Texas, Biographies (More Interesting Pages)," Family History, USGenWeb, UsGenWebsites (www.usgenwebsites.org : Accessed 18 August 2019), Slayton, Augusta Catherine ; Jimmie F. Chatham-Texaslegacy.org
8. Texas General Land Office, "Texas Land Grant Search," Digital Image of Original Records, Texas General Land Office, Texas General Land Office (www.glo.texas.gov : Accessed 7 October 2019), Slayton Land Grants; Republic of Texas
9. 1860 U.S. Federal Census Report, Record Type: microfilm image, Ancestry.com Website, www.ancestry.com..
10. Compiler: Russell Elvis Lawrence, Lawrence and Related Families (Self Published, 1992).