Individual Details
Eleanor "Nellie" Greer
(Abt, 1784 - April, 1856)
"William Shelton and Eleanor Greer married January 9, 1797; surety, Moses Greer." (OVER THE MOUNTAIN MEN, "Franklin County, Virginia Marriage Records," page 19 by Anna L. Worrell. (NOTE FROM RALPH TERRY: A descendant of William and Eleanor (Greer) Shelton, Joseph Luther, 9101 Whispering Wind Road, Lincoln Nebraska 68512, tele: 402-423-4161, email: jluther@neb.rr.com>, May 2003, gives a marriage date of 20 November 1797 for William and Eleanor (Greer) Shelton.)
"Nelly Greer married William Shelton, settled in Davidson County, Tennessee." (PIONEER FAMILIES OF FRANKLIN COUNTY, VIRGINIA, 1935, by Marshall Wingfield, page 87.)
(Lois Temple FGS 1238)
Information about the children of Eleanor and William Shelton from Diana Harrison, email: deedee@netstorm.net>, 2001. and Janis Beck-Taylor, email: mojoma@midsouth.rr.com>, 2001.
"The Will of Eleanor Shelton: I, Eleanor Shelton of the County of Davidson ... give to my son William H. Shelton, to my dau Mary Harris and to my grandchildren Sarah Agnes Jordan, Lydia Ellison [Allison], Hugh Ellison, Eleanor Kellam, Wm. H. Kellam, Susan Kellam, Lucy Kellam, & Isabellea Kellam, my two slaves Sylvia & Maria, all my stock of horses, cows, hogs, and all my household and kitchen furniture, the debt due me in Virginia, one third to William H. Shelton - one third to Mary Harris - other one third to be divided among above children of Lucy Kellam - Wm . Harris and Warren Jordan, executors. - witnesses: Jesse Jordan, C. G. Olovell; Court term: April 1856." (Dickinson County, Tennessee Will Book A, pages 298 and 299, recorded 10 April 1856.)
"Nelly Greer married William Shelton, settled in Davidson County, Tennessee." (PIONEER FAMILIES OF FRANKLIN COUNTY, VIRGINIA, 1935, by Marshall Wingfield, page 87.)
(Lois Temple FGS 1238)
Information about the children of Eleanor and William Shelton from Diana Harrison, email: deedee@netstorm.net>, 2001. and Janis Beck-Taylor, email: mojoma@midsouth.rr.com>, 2001.
"The Will of Eleanor Shelton: I, Eleanor Shelton of the County of Davidson ... give to my son William H. Shelton, to my dau Mary Harris and to my grandchildren Sarah Agnes Jordan, Lydia Ellison [Allison], Hugh Ellison, Eleanor Kellam, Wm. H. Kellam, Susan Kellam, Lucy Kellam, & Isabellea Kellam, my two slaves Sylvia & Maria, all my stock of horses, cows, hogs, and all my household and kitchen furniture, the debt due me in Virginia, one third to William H. Shelton - one third to Mary Harris - other one third to be divided among above children of Lucy Kellam - Wm . Harris and Warren Jordan, executors. - witnesses: Jesse Jordan, C. G. Olovell; Court term: April 1856." (Dickinson County, Tennessee Will Book A, pages 298 and 299, recorded 10 April 1856.)
Events
| Birth | Abt, 1784 | Franklin County, Virginia | |||
| Marriage | January 9, 1797 | Franklin County, Virginia - William H. Shelton | |||
| Death | April, 1856 | Dickson County, Tennessee |
Families
| Spouse | William H. Shelton (1778 - ) |
| Child | William H. Shelton Jr. (1797 - 1853) |
| Child | Lucy H. Shelton (1805 - ) |
| Child | Nancy F. Shelton ( - ) |
| Child | Mary Pollard Shelton (1817 - 1908) |
| Father | Moses Greer Sr. (1744 - 1834) |
| Mother | Ann Nancy Bailey (1748 - 1827) |
| Sibling | William Greer (1766 - 1844) |
| Sibling | Moses Greer Jr. (1768 - 1848) |
| Sibling | Walter F. (or T.) Greer (1770 - 1843) |
| Sibling | Mary "Molly" Greer (1771 - 1855) |
| Sibling | John Fitch Greer Sr. (1772 - ) |
| Sibling | Thomas Bailey Greer (1774 - 1845) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth "Betsy" Greer (1775 - 1856) |
| Sibling | Nancy Greer (1778 - 1848) |
| Sibling | Sarah "Sally" Greer (1782 - ) |
| Sibling | Catherine B. "Kitty" Greer (1790 - 1852) |