Individual Details
Bennett Shelton
( - )
Events
| Marriage | JULY, 1795 | Pittsylvania County, Virginia - Maryan Ausling |  |  | |
| Miscellaneous | AUGUST, 1796 | Guardian - Pittsylvania County, Virginia | | | |
| Miscellaneous | History | | |
Families
| Spouse | Maryan Ausling ( - ) |
| Child | Thomas Shelton ( - 1874) |
| Child | Washington Shelton ( - ) |
| Child | Jesse Shelton ( - ) |
| Father | Thomas Shelton ( - 1808) |
| Mother | Jane Shelton (Maiden Name Unknown) ( - ) |
| Sibling | James Shelton ( - ) |
| Sibling | Nancy Shelton ( - ) |
| Sibling | Sally Shelton ( - ) |
| Sibling | William Shelton (1759 - ) |
| Sibling | Thomas Shelton Jr. (1763 - 1857) |
| Sibling | Lucy Shelton (1766 - 1861) |
Notes
Marriage
The marriage of Bennett Shelton to Maryan Ausling in July 1795 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. 15.Miscellaneous
In August 1796, Maryan Ozling (Ausling) orphan of Jesse Ozling, chose Bennett Shelton as her guardian.Miscellaneous
The following information may pertain to Bennett Shelton, son of Thomas and Jane Shelton of Pittsylvania County, Virginia.Was on Williamson County, TN tax list in 1812, 1814, 1815, 1819, and 1826.
Living in Williamson County, TN in 1820, 1840 and 1850 (born in VA age 82.)
Possibly had sons Washington, Thomas, and Jesse; descendants DNA tested Chilton/Shelton.
If son of Thomas and Jane Shelton, he married Maryann Ozling (Ausling) in 1795, Pittsylvania County, VA.
Possible son Washington Shelton:
Was on Williamson County, TN tax list 1823, 1827, 1828, 1829, and 1830; census 1840.
Married Mary M. Fields Nov 27, 1827, in Williamson County, TN.
In 1826 sold 78 acres on Big Harpeth, E of Old Natchez Trace in Williamson County, TN to Thomas Shelton.
In 1842, purchased from Thomas Shelton land and house "where Bennett Shelton now lives.”
Living in Perry County, TN in 1850, age 53, born in VA, with wife Mary.
In 1857, Washington Shelton of Perry sold 50 acres in Williamson County, TN, "where Bennett Shelton lives."
He had 3 children who married descendants of Ann Shelton Dodson, daughter of Charles (died 1795.)
Children: Josephus, Olynthus G., Mary, Elizabeth, Virginia, George, Albert, Sarah, and Williamson.
Endnotes
1. 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..
2. Various Virginia Counties, Probate Records of Various Virginia Counties, Pittsylvania County, Virginia, Order Book 7: p. 29, Guardian of Maryan Ozling (Ausling) ; Various Virginia Counties, Various Virginia Cities.
3. Chilton/Shelton Family Records (Email communications, online Genealogy and DNA records, ), Photocopies privately held by Karol Hartwig Richardson, , 2019 (Distant cousin-paternal line (Shelton)). Chilton/Shelton family records of descendants of Mark and Mary Keys Chilton. Records compiled by group of Chilton/Shelton descendants using local and state original records, family genealogies, and DNA..