Display Patriot - P-288582 - Gabriel SHELTON

Gabriel SHELTON

SAR Patriot #: P-288582

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State of Service: VA      Qualifying Service: Captain / Patriotic Service
DAR #: A102774

Birth: 1740 / / VA
Death: bef 20 Jun 1803 / Pittsylvania / VA

Qualifying Service Description:
  1. He served as a Captain of the Regiment of the Pittsylvania County, Virginia Militia
  2. Oath Of Allegiance in 1777
  3. Committee of Safety

Additional References:
  1. Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, Vol 23, 1985, pg 9
  2. Clement, Maud Carter, History of Pittsylvania County, Virginia, Virginia. Lynchburg: J. P. Bell Company, 1929, pg 138-139,185
  3. SAR Patriot Index Edition III (CD: PP2210, Progeny Publ, 2002) plus data to 2004

Spouse: (1) Elizabeth Shepherd; (2) Mary Buford
Children: Lettice; Elizabeth; Wyatt; Lemuel; Abraham;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
1995-07-26 AZ 205632 Jerrold Lynn Reed (144940) Wyatt   
1999-09-03 AZ 4113 David Edward Milam (140919) Abraham   
2015-11-12 KY 66274 James Thomas Henderson (157156) Abraham   
Burial:
UNKNOWN (Unindexed)
Location:
VA
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Comments:

Find-a-Grave lists the burial as UNKNOWN



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