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- Mecklenburg Co. Marriage Bonds, pg. 222: Shelby, Winfield - Melissa
Alexander, 7 Dec 1830, Bondsmen Chas. B. Wilson and A. B. Jettson.
Groom: Winfield Shelby
Bride: Melissa Alexander
Bond Date: 07 Dec 1830
Bond #: 000083541
Level Info: North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868
ImageNum: 000109
County: Mecklenburg
Record #: 02 222
Bondsman: Charles B Wilson
Witness: A B Jetton
Alabama Land Records
Name: Winfield M Shelby
Land Office: CAHABA
Document Number: 38854
Total Acres: 40.025
Signature: Yes
Canceled Document: No
Issue Date: 2 Feb 1852
Mineral Rights Reserved: No
Metes and Bounds: No
Statutory Reference: 3 Stat. 566
Multiple Warantee Names: No
Act or Treaty: April 24, 1820
Multiple Patentee Names: No
Entry Classification: Sale-Cash Entries
Land Description:
1 SESW ST STEPHENS No 19N 11E 31
(In consideration of the Parents of Mary Ann Knox)
Here is what I know about Charles B. Wilson and A. B. Jetton:
A. B. Jetton is Alexander Brevard Jetton, son of Lewis Jetton and Priscilla Sharpe. He was the father of Martha Nantz Jetton who married Robert J. Wilson Knox, son of John Knox and Polly B. Robison. He was a Ruling Elder, member and is buried at Bethel Presbyterian Church, Cornelius, Mecklenburg Co, NC.
Charles B. Wilson is a puzzle...I see no connection to Samuel Wilson, Jr, but he does seems to have a Knox connection:
Charles B. Wilson, b. abt 1808, NC, appears in Hopewell, Mecklenburg Co, NC in 1850. Also in his HH is an Elizabeth Knox, b. abt 1787, relationship unknown. In 1860 Elizabeth is listed as his housekeeper. No record of either Charles or Elizabeth is found in 1870.
In 1880, Charles he appears in Lemley, Mecklenburg Co, NC, listed as "single" b. abt 1813, NC, both parents b. NC. [Neighbors appear to be the same families as 1860/1870, so fairly sure this is the same person.]
There are loose estate papers for a Charles B. Wilson, 1880, Mecklenburg , so he may have died intestate [don't know what's in the papers].
Charles B. Wilson appears with James Hastings as a witness to the 1865 LWT of David Cherry , whose Executor was Ezekiel Alexander. No other Wilson Wills mention him...no Mecklenburg Deeds mention him...he didn't leave many tracks!
I have no idea who Elizabeth Knox is either...judging by her age (21 years older than Charles..) she's a possible widowed Aunt, or an old maid Aunt...or no kin at all, and someone who simply worked for him for 20 years. (Source: Peggy Bruckner)
1850 United States Federal Census
Name: J. M. Shelby (Winfield M.)
Age: 39
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1811 [sic 1814/1815?]
Birth Place: North Carolina
Gender: Male
Home in 1850 (City,County,State): Summerfield, Dallas, Alabama
Household Members: Name Age
J M Shelby 39, NC, farmer, 800 (Should be W.M. Shelby)
Rachael E Shelby 46, NC [second wife of Winfield...]
Houston Shelby 17, NC
[Winfield & Melissa (Alexander) Shelby's eldest son Joel Houston Shelby]
Margarete Shelby 13, NC
Mary Shelby 11, NC
Ann Shelby 9, NC
Prudence Shelby 8, NC
Mary Bell 40, NC [Rachael's sister...]
On the 1860 Census of Jerico, Perry Co, AL, it looks like the family arrived in Alabama about 1848; however, on the 1870 Census of Troupe, Canton Beat, Smith Co, TX, they indicate they were still in NC until after Lenora was born about 1853...so there is some confusion on this point.
1870 Census Sumter Co., Earbee, AL:
Shelby, Winfield 68 m w farmer b. NC
--- Mary 17 f w keeps House b. AL
Bell, Jimmie 14 m w farm laborer b. Al
Locher, Seeley 28 f w keeps house b. AL.
Joel aka "Houston" Shelby and Franklin B. Shelby appear to be the sons of Winfield M. Shelby and Melissa Alexander, daughter of Stephen Winslow Alexander & Isabella Shelby. Andrew Springs Knox was the youngest son of John Knox, assumed half-brother of Mary Ann (Knox) Shelby, and guardian of Moses Shelby's children. John Knox, b. 1777, d. 1860, is buried at Bethel. I am working to prove his line back to Capt Patrick Knox...close, but not there yet...](Peggy Bruckner)
Winfield M. Shelby was born between 1804 and 1806 in North Carolina and died 19 Jun 1881 in Intercourse, Sumter County, Alabama. He is buried in the chestnut Grove Cemetery in Intercourse, Sumter County, Alabama. He married first Susan Melissa Alexander 07 Dec 1830 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. She was the daughter of Stephen Alexander and Isabella Shelby. She was born 05 Aug 1807 in Mecklenburg County died in Sumter County, Alabama. He married second Rachel Bell on 27 Apr 1869 in Dallas County, Alabama. She was born about 1834. It is not known whether Winfield and his first wife, Melissa, had children. However, by his second wife he had two children, Lucy and Wiley.
Other sources say that Winfield was buried at Elizabeth Presbyterian Church's Cemetery. Unclear if that cemetery is called Chestnut Grove. The church is located 15 miles from York, AL
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Abt 1804 - 1881 (~ 77 years)