Individual Details

Mark Chilton

( - CA, 1801)

Events

MiscellaneousOCTOBER, 1755 - MARCH, 1756Military Service - Fairfax County, Virginia
MiscellaneousFrom 1760 to 1771Residence - Loudoun County, Virginia
MiscellaneousSEPTEMBER 7, 1762Law Suit - Prince William County, Virginia
Miscellaneous1773 - 1777Residence - Pittsylvania County, Virginia
MiscellaneousMARCH 1, 1773Land Grant - Pittsylvania County, Virginia
MiscellaneousAft 1773Shelton Surname - Pittsylvania County, Virginia
MiscellaneousDECEMBER 16, 1779Land Sale - Pittsylvania County, Virginia
DeathCA, 1801Pittsylvania County, Virginia
Miscellaneous1801
WillMAY 25, 1801Pittsylvania County, Virginia
MarriageAft 1773 and before 1801Pittsylvania County, Virginia - Rachel Chilton (Maiden Name Unkown)
MarriageMary Chilton (Maiden Name Unknown)

Families

Notes

Miscellaneous

Mark Chilton was a member of Capt. Lewis Ellzey's militia company, enrolling in October 1755. The company marched to Winchester and then Hampshire County in October 1755.
He was one of 20 men in the company who refused to reenlist after their 30 day draft expired, although he did not receive his pay until March 1756.
Sources for his military service are found in Journals of the House of Burgesses, Volume 1752-1758, Richmond, 1909, pp. 374-375 and The Statutes at Large...of Virginia, Henning, W. W., Richmond, 1820, p. 21.


Miscellaneous

Mark Chilton was on the Loudoun County, Virginia Tithables List in 1760, 1762, 1765 through 1771.
In 1760, 1762, and 1765, Benjamin Hardy was listed with him.

Miscellaneous

On 9-7-1762, Mark Chilton received 238 pounds of tobacco as settlement of a law suit against William Murphey in Prince William County, Virginia.

Miscellaneous

Mark Chilton first appeared on the Pittsylvania County, Virginia, Tithable Lists in 1773.
In 1774, he was listed with his son John.
In 1775 and 1777, he was listed with John, and George. These are probably his sons.
The surname is spelled Shelton after 1773.

Miscellaneous

Mark Chilton (now called Shelton) was granted 399 acres of land on the branches of Sandy and Birches Creek in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, on 3-1-1773.

Miscellaneous

Mark Chilton's surname began to be spelled Shelton after the 1773 listing in the Pittsylvania County, Virginia Tithables records.

Miscellaneous

On 12-16-1779, Mark Shelton sold 200 acres of his Sandy and Birches Creek land to William Hardy.
Mark Shelton is described as a Pittsylvania County planter in the deed.
His wife Rachel relinquished her right of dower to this land.
This suggests that Mark married Rachel after he purchased the property in 1773.

Miscellaneous

The nine children of Mark Chilton (Shelton) are listed in his will, however, the marriage dates for his two wives, Mary (1) and Rachel (2) are not known nor are the birthdates for all of his children.
The mother of his children is shown as Mary or Rachel in this genealogy.

Will

Mark Shelton made his will in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, on 5-25-1801, and the will was proven on 6-21-1802.
His will lists his wife Rachel and his nine children: John Shelton, Nancy Davidson, George Shelton, Rachel Davidson, Frankey Write, William Shelton, Charles Shelton, Henry Shelton, and Spencer Shelton.

His wife Rachel was given sole possession of his estate for her lifetime. At her death his land and plantation was to be divided equally by his two youngest sons, Henry and Spencer.

His personal possessions were divided equally between his nine children.

His sons John and George were named executors.
The will was witnessed by Cuthburt and Lucy Goodwin Hudson .

Marriage

Rachel Chilton was the second wife of Mark Chilton.
Since Rachel relinquished her right of dower to property Mark bought in 1773 and sold in 1779, Mark and Rachel Chilton (Shelton) probably married after 1773.

Marriage

Mary Chilton was the first wife of Mark Chilton.

Endnotes

1. 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..

2. Various Virginia Counties, "Tithables," Loudoun County, Virginia, Tithables, 1760-1771, Virginia State Library, Mark Chilton Record; Various Virginia Counties, Various Virginia Cities.

3. Various Virginia Counties, Court Records of Various Virginia Counties Prince William County, Virginia, Order Book, 1761-1763, p. 65, Mark Chilton vs. William Murphey, Mark Chilton Record, 7 September 1762; Various Virginia Counties, Various Virginia Cities.

4. Various Virginia Counties, "Tithables," Pittsylvania County, Virginia, Tithables, 1767-1785, p. 65, p. 102, p.124, p. 171, Mark Chilton (Shelton) Records; Various Virginia Counties, Various Virginia Cities.

5. Various Virginia Counties, Deed Records of Various Virginia Counties, Pittsylvania County, Virginia, Patents, Volume 41, pp. 126-127, Mark Chilton (Shelton) Record, 1 March 1773; Various Virginia Counties, Virginia, USA.

6. 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..

7. Various Virginia Counties, Deed Records of Various Virginia Counties, Pittsylvania County, Virginia, Deed Book 5, pp. 321-325, Mark Shelton to William Hardy Land Sale, 16 December 1779; Various Virginia Counties, Virginia, USA.

8. 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..

9. 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..

10. Various Virginia Counties, Probate Records of Various Virginia Counties, Pittsylvania County, Virginia, Deeds and Wills, Volume 11: p. 244, Will of Mark Chilton (Shelton); Various Virginia Counties, Various Virginia Cities.

11. 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..

12. 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..

13. Various Virginia Counties, Deed Records of Various Virginia Counties, Pittsylvania County, Virginia, Deed Book 5, pp. 321-325, Mark Shelton to William Hardy Land Sale, 16 December 1779; Various Virginia Counties, Virginia, USA.

14. 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..