Samuel Norton Shelby, Sr.

1820 - 1881  (61 years)

• Name	Samuel Norton Shelby
  Suffix	Sr.
  Born	14 May 1820	Mecklenburg Co., NC
  Gender	Male
  Died	3 Jul 1881	Lauderdale, MS
  Buried	Bethel Cemetery, Lauderdale, MS
  Person ID	I5281	MyTree
  Last Modified	21 Jan 2015

  
  

  Father	Moses Shelby,   b. Abt 1775, Mecklenburg Co., NC ,   d. Abt 1826, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.  (Age ~ 51 years)
  Mother	Mary Ann Knox,   b. 28 May 1785, Mecklenburg Co, NC ,   d. 27 May 1855, Selma, Dallas County, AL  (Age 69 years)
  Married	Abt 1803	2nd Philadelphia Presbyterian Church, Mecklenburg Co, NC
  Family ID	F2760	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Priscilla Ross Gibson,   b. Nov 1827, Abbeville, SC ,   d. 1903, Lauderdale, MS  (Age ~ 75 years)
  Married	28 Oct 1847	Selma, Dallas County, Alabama
  Children	1. Joseph Alexander Shelby,   b. Selma, Dallas Co., AL   2. Grady Shelby,   b. Selma, Dallas Co, AL   3. William Lawrence Shelby,   b. Selma, Dallas Co, AL   4. Mary Ann Shelby,   b. Selma, Dallas Co, AL   5. Samuel Norton Shelby, Jr.,   b. Selma, Dallas Co, AL + 6. Evan Ross Shelby,   b. 31 Jan 1861, Selma, Dallas Co, AL ,   d. 24 Nov 1940, Lauderdale Co., MS  (Age 79 years)   7. Priscilla Shelby,   b. Selma, Dallas Co, AL
  Last Modified	17 Jul 2017
  Family ID	F2063	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos		Samuel Norton Shelby Photo taken in 1858
  		Samuel Norton Shelby Taken in 1821

  
  

• Notes

  1850 United States Federal Census Name: Samuel Shelly [Samuel Shelby] Age: 27 Birth Year: abt 1823 Birthplace: North Carolina Home in 1850: Woodlawn, Dallas, Alabama Gender: Male Family Number: 1256 Household Members: Name Age Samuel Shelly 27 Priscilla Shelly 24 Lawrence Shelly 2 Joseph Shelly 0 1870 United States Federal Census Name: Evins R Shelley [Evan R Shelley] Age in 1870: 9 Birth Year: abt 1861 Birthplace: Mississippi Home in 1870: Township 8, Lauderdale, Mississippi Race: White Gender: Male Post Office: Lauderdale Household Members: Name Age Samuel Shelley 47 Parcilla Shelley 41 William Shelley 21 Joseph T Shelley 19 Mary Shelley 16 Samuel N Shelley 12 Evins R Shelley 9 Poroilla Shelley 6 Lilian Shelley 5 1880 United States Federal Census Name: Evan R. Shelby Age: 18 Birth Year: abt 1862 Birthplace: Mississippi Home in 1880: Lauderdale, Lauderdale, Mississippi Race: White Gender: Male Relation to Head of House: Son Marital Status: Single Father's Name: Sam'l Shelby Father's Birthplace: North Carolina Mother's name: Priscilla R. Shelby Mother's Birthplace: South Carolina Neighbors: View others on page Occupation: Farm Laborer Household Members: Name Age Sam'l Shelby 59 Priscilla R. Shelby 52 Mary Ann Shelby 26 Sam'l N. Shelby 21 Evan R. Shelby 18 Priscilla R. Shelby 16 Lillian Shelby 12 Robt. E.L. Shelby 9 Moved to Sumter Co., Alabama then Lauderdale Co., Miss. just west of the state line. From the Samuel Shelby page just copied on page 3, at the top of the page and in left margin, written in the handwiring of the late Joseph Alexander Shelby is the following: "Sons of Moses Shelby of Mecklenburg Co., NC. Rufus Shelby - Died in Dallas County, Ala. Winfield Shelby. Buried at Elizabeth Church, Sumter County, Ala. James Madison Shelby, moved from Perry County, Ala. to Tyler, Texas 1869. Dan Shelby, moved from Perry County, Ala. to Louisiana. Smith Shelby of Tennessee. Father of Will L. Shelby who died in Avondale, Ala. Tommie Shelby. Married in Dallas County, Ala. to Miss Mary Morrow, and died in the Civil War. Samual Shelby, my grandfather. Recorded on this page. Joe Shelby never married. Died young in Dallas County, Ala. Miss. Silana Shelby married Wm. Henderson and moved to Texas. (daughter) Samuel Shelby moved from Dallas County to Sumter County 1854 (or 1845). Samuel and Priscilla Ross Gibson SHELBY mar. Dallas Co., AL. Oct. 28, 1847. Their children 1) Grady, 2) William Lawrence m. Nancy Jarman, 3)Joseph Theodore m. Martha Nancy Alexander, 4) Mary Ann m. James Rutherford, 5)Samuel Norton m. Annie Dove, 6)Evan Ross m. Nora Elizabeth Parker, 7)Priscilla C. m. S.E. Fortson. Samuel Norton Shelby was born 14 May 1820 in Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina and died 03 Jul 1881 in Lauderdale County, Mississippi. He married Priscilla Ross Gibson 28 Oct 1847. She was born in November 1827 in Abbeville, South Carolina and died in 1903 in Lauderdale, Mississippi. They are both buried at Bethel Cemetery in Lauderdale. They had at least one son, Joseph T.