1880 United States Federal Census: Snow Creek Township, Stokes, North Carolina, United States
Name
Sex
Age
Status
Relation
Occupation
Birth Place
Peter Shelton
M
35
Married
Head
Distiller
Virginia, United States
Mary Shelton
F
30
Married
Wife
Keeping House
Virginia, United States
Effa Shelton
F
14
Single
Daughter
At Home
Virginia, United States
Thomas Shelton
M
10
Single
Son
Farm Worker
Virginia, United States
Adie Shelton
F
8
Single
Daughter
Virginia, United States
Maggie Shelton
F
5
Single
Daughter
Virginia, United States
James Shelton
M
3
Single
Son
Virginia, United States
Samuel Shelton
M
1
Single
Son
North Carolina, United States
Peter's widow states in her pension application that he died in 1906 of heart failure.[1]
Sources
↑Military:
"Alabama, Texas and Virginia, U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958",
Library of Virginia; Richmond, Virginia; Confederate Pension Rolls, Veterans and Widows; Collection #: CP-5_133; Roll #: 133; Roll Description: Patrick County (surnames Cr - Tr),
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1677 #1079738 (accessed 17 July 2022),
Name: Pater M Shelton [Peter M Shelton]; Application Date: 8 Apr 1903; Application Place: Patrick, Virginia; Spouse: Mrs Mary B Shelton; Marriage Date: 7 Oct 1867; Marriage Place: Patrick Country, Virginia; Death Place: Patrick County, Virginia; Application Type: Widow.
1850 Census: "United States Census, 1850", citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FamilySearch Record: M8DJ-TX4 (accessed 17 July 2022) FamilySearch Image: S3HT-6XM7-16C Image number 00325, Peter Shelt* (5) in Patrick, Virginia, United States.
"United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (Index Link : accessed 23 February 2016), Peter Shelton in household of Amanda Shelton, 1860.
"Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940," index, FamilySearch (Index Link : accessed 4 January 2015), P. M. Shelton and Mary A. Fry, 22 Jun 1866; citing Patrick County, Virginia, reference im 506; FHL microfilm 2,048,468.
"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (Index Link : accessed 17 February 2016), Peter M Shelton, Virginia, United States; citing p. 11, family 76, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,169.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (Index Link : accessed 18 February 2016), Peter Shelton, Snow Creek, Stokes, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district ED 248, sheet 381A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0982; FHL microfilm 1,254,982.
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (Index Link : accessed 18 February 2016), Peter M Shelton, Mayo River District (part) Stuart town, Patrick, Virginia, United States; citing sheet 8A, family 124, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,241,722.
Child's Death Record: "North Carolina, Deaths, 1906-1930," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F3H6-WK9 : accessed 4 January 2015), Peter M. Shelton in entry for Charlie E. Shelton, 12 Feb 1925; citing Pleasant Grove, Randolph, North Carolina, reference fn 919 cn 409, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,893,458.
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