The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
It is considered a research aid and is intended to assist in locating sources that can be used as proof.
State of Service: SC
Qualifying Service: Patriotic Service / Private
Birth: abt 1745 / / VA Death: abt 1825 / Warrick / IN
Qualifying Service Description:
Furnished horse, claim for furnishing horse not paid
Private, SC
Additional References:
SAR Patriot Index Edition III (CD: PP2210, Progeny Publ, 2002) plus data to 2004
Phillip & Hart, They Came to Warwick Co, Capt Jacob Chapter, DAR, Boonville IN
The Second Supplement to the DAR Patriot Index, First edition. (Paperback NSDAR, Washington, D C 1973) "Skelton, William: b c 1745 d c 1825 m Sarah Pvt SC", pg 57
Spouse: Sarah Beck Scales Children: Zachariah; Mary; Jacob; Prudence; Ralph;
No Marker found at Skelton Cemetery in Warrick Co., IN
Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:
Author: William Ryan Bartz
The Skeltons were from Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, and moved to Spartanburg County, South Carolina. This William Skelton appeared at Union County, South Carolina, in the mid-1760s. He took land at John's Creek, a north tributary of the Enoree River, Union District, of the Province of South Carolina in 1770. In the 1780s, the Skeltons moved to Anderson County, South Carolina, where they purchased land. They bought land at Elbert County, Georgia. His name appears on the list of South Carolina Revolutionary War claims filed 1783-1786. He aided the War by providing sundries for the War. His younger brothers actively fought in the War of Independence. By October 1, 1788, he and his wife Sarah Scales Skelton, had divested themselves of title to their land and appear to have moved to South Carolina. In the 1790 United States Census, William and his family appear at Pendleton County, South Carolina. He appears to have lived at the Union District of South Carolina through the Revolution.
Records show William Skelton and his family, with the probable exception of their eldest son Jacob, moved from Pendleton County, South Carolina, across the Savannah River to Elbert County, Georgia, in 1792. They lived on land possibly from a John Scales, a relative of his wife, on Cedar Creek. William and his wife had many children, including Zachariah, Ralph and others. About 1803, the Skelton-Scales families, by then much inter-married, began the long migration from Elbert County, Georgia, to Pendleton County, South Carolina to Warren County, Kentucky. It seems that John Skelton, son of William, led the way, as he was the first to pay taxes at Warren County, Kentucky.
In late 1807, the Skelton-Scales family group moved from Warren County, Kentucky, across the Ohio River into Knox (present-day Gibson) County, Indiana Territory. In 1813, they moved southeastward to Warrick County, Indiana Territory, and settled near the present-day site of Selvin, long before there was a town there. William Skelton last appeared in the United States Census living with his son Zachariah. His grave has not been discovered, nor has a will or estate proceedings been discovered.
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