Husband Thomas Andrew Jackson "AJ" SHELNUT-[203]
AKA: Shelnot (1850c), Thomas (1860 census) SHELLNUT
Born: Aug 22, 1806 - Abbeville / Pendleton Dis, SC
Christened:
Died: Jun 20, 1883 - Pike Co, AL
Buried: - Lebanon Christian Church Cemetery, Roanoke, Randolph Co, AL
Father: Andrew Joseph SHELLNUTT Sr-[292] (1772-1825)
Mother: Elizabeth GENTRY-[180] (1775-1854)
Marriage: Oct 3, 1827 - Fayette Co, GA [MRIN:239]
Noted events in his life were:
• Land Deed - Huntsville, Alabama
Name: THOMAS SHELNUTT
Land Office: MARDISVILLE
Document Number: 393
Total Acres: 80.39
Signature: Yes
Canceled Document: No
Issue Date: August 01, 1839
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 E½SE HUNTSVILLE No 21S 12E 12
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Second Land Deed:
Name: ANDREW J SHELNUTT Land Office: MARDISVILLE Document Number: 4218 Total Acres: 80.13 Signature: Yes Canceled Document: No Issue Date: August 01, 1839 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 W½NW HUNTSVILLE No 17S 9E 29
Wife Jane M. WAKEFIELD-[819]
Born: Apr 18, 1810 - Clark Co, GA
Christened:
Died: Jul 3, 1882 - Randolph Co, Al
Buried: - Lebanon Christian Church Cemetery, Roanoke, Randolph Co, AL
Father: John WAKEFIELD-[1674] ( - )
Mother: Mrs. Dorothy WAKEFIELD-[1675] ( - )
Children
1 F Mary SHELNUT-[1519]
Born: Jul 23, 1830 - Fayette Co, Georgia
Christened:
Died: Nov 14, 1912 - Wedowee, Randolph Co, AL
Buried: Nov 16, 1912 - Wedowee Masonic Cemetery, Randolph Co, AL
Spouse: William Henry BENEFIELD Sr.-[1520] (1829-1886)
Marr: 1849 - Randolph Co, Al [MRIN:488]
2 M George W SHELNUT-[1513]
AKA: SHELLNUTT
Born: Dec 1832 - Randolph Co, Al
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
3 M Andrew Jackson SHELNUT Sr-[896]
Born: Nov 22, 1837 - Fayette Co, GA
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: Elizabeth-[899] (1840- )
Marr: 1856 [MRIN:255]
4 F Elizabeth J. SHELNUT-[890]
AKA: SHELLNUTT
Born: Feb 4, 1840 - Wedowee, Randolph Co, AL
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: J. M. SANDERS-[1514] (1833- )
Marr: [MRIN:484]
5 M John J. SHELNUT-[891]
Born: 1842 - Wedowee, Randolph Co, AL
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
6 F Dorothy Ann SHELNUT-[893]
Born: Jul 11, 1844 - Wedowee, Randolph Co, AL
Christened:
Died: Oct 10, 1923 - Randolph Co, Al
Buried: - Haywood Cemetery, Wedowee, Randolph Co, AL
Spouse: Patrick Graham BAILEY-[1794] (1838-1917)
Marr: Dec 15, 1859 - Randolph Co, Al [MRIN:581]
7 M James Thomas Louis "Jamie Lee" SHELNUTT-[897]
AKA: Jamie Lee SHELNUTT, John T. SHELNUTT
Born: Jun 11, 1846 - Wedowee, Randolph Co, AL
Christened:
Died: May 31, 1927 - Peace, Randolph Co, AL
Buried: - Haywood Cemetery, Wedowee, Randolph Co, AL
Spouse: Frances Eugenia "Fannie" SANDERS-[1521] (1846- )
Marr: 1869 - Peace, Alabama [MRIN:489]
Spouse: Nancy E. "Betty" CROCKER-[1524] (1852-1934)
Marr: 1889 - Alabama [MRIN:490]
8 F Sarah Frances "Fannie" SHELNUT-[894]
AKA: Sarah G. SHELLNUT
Born: Sep 22, 1848 - Wedowee, Randolph Co, AL
Christened:
Died: Nov 22, 1894 - Randolph Co, Al
Buried: - Haywood Cemetery, Wedowee, Randolph Co, AL
Spouse: John Daniel KIRBY-[1516] (1848-1935)
Marr: [MRIN:485]
9 M William J. SHELNUT-[1515]
Born: Mar 9, 1849 - Wedowee, Randolph Co, AL
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: Susan-[1518] (1852- )
Marr: [MRIN:487]
10 M Henry Nathaniel SHELNUTT-[898]
AKA: Henry V. SHELNUT
Born: Aug 1851 - Wedowee, Randolph Co, AL
Christened:
Died: 1935 - Randolph Co, Al
Buried: - Haywood Cemetery, Wedowee, Randolph Co, AL
Spouse: Nancy D. PITMAN-[1517] (1853-1926)
Marr: 1872 - Randolph Co, Al [MRIN:486]
General Notes (Husband)
Thomas Shelnut listed 1840 census, Randolph Co, Al, three boys and two girls..
Thomas was named AJ after Andrew Jackson, President USA - Census 1850
Weedower, Randolph Co, listed Name Thomas Shelnot. with 6 of nine children,
Mary and George not listed, child, Andrew, born Georgia 1838 and Elizabeth in Alabama 1840. The census 1850 listed Francis P Shelnot as 'male child b. 1848. Census 1860 list Sarah F Shellnut b. 1848.
Article by Keneth L. Newman in Carrol Co History has Thomas and Jane Wakefield married Feb 8, 1827 (License ?) in Fayette Co., GA
William J. Shelnut, born 1840, listed in Family Research, son of Thomas & Jane, but-- not in 1850 census. (could have been John [William] 1840)
Thomas & Jane are buried Lebanon Church Cemetery located North of Roanoke, off Hwy 431, 4 miles on County Road 79. [Another birth date "born Aug 27, 1807." - death listed in 1883, but was not found in 1880 Federal census]
Another date of death is 1873 - one could be typo.
General Notes (Wife)
Jane age 50 in 1860 census Roanoke, Randolph, Al Page 302, line 27.
John 20, James 14, Sarah F. 11 and Nathaniel age 9.
Record submitted by Carol Stafford Forbes list "Ann" as first child. Could have
died before 1850 census. Also has Dorothy Ann 1842 listed.
Notes (Marriage)
Another marriage date ? Jan 3, 1839.
General Notes for Child Mary SHELNUT-[1519]
Mary listed 1880 census, Burson, Randolph Co, AL, age 52 (b. 1828). Several records on Mary and some children not being confirmed by census. Mary would have been age 39 when married. Several Benefield families came to Randolph Co, Al. about same time 1845/1849. Last six children listed 1880c Burson, Randolph Co.
General Notes for Child George W SHELNUT-[1513]
Listed by age 5/10 census 1840; Not listed 1850 census; nor 1880c (Federal).
Birth should have been in Georgia ? Not listed Family Research.
Death Notes for Child: Andrew Jackson SHELNUT Sr-[896]
Civil War death.
General Notes for Child Andrew Jackson SHELNUT Sr-[896]
Andrew listed 1850c age 12 (b. 1838 Georgia) Listed 1860c Rock Mills, AL. age 23, Elizabeth 20, William T. 4 and Newton age 1.-- Elizabeth listed as 'Widow' 1870 census. Checking Civil War deaths --- A J Shelnutt and W J Shelnutt, with Co E, 17th Reg.from Montgomery, went to Pensacola, Fla.
General Notes for Child Elizabeth J. SHELNUT-[890]
Elizabeth listed 1850 and 1880 census born 1840 in Alabama.
Some records list her age as born in 1838.
General Notes for Child John J. SHELNUT-[891]
John and Artie M.(Missie) listed 1910 census ED 143, Prec 5, Randolph Co, Al. They had been married 14 years, 4 children, 3 living. -- John was neighbor to Andrew
General Notes for Child Dorothy Ann SHELNUT-[893]
1850c age 6, Buried as D.A Bailey, born 1842, d/o Thomas & Jane Shelnutt - Listed age 18 married to Patrick Bailey in 1860 Roanoke census line 10, page 323.
Not listed with parents 1860c.
General Notes for Child James Thomas Louis "Jamie Lee" SHELNUTT-[897]
"Jamie Lee" name on Death Cert, and used by family. Some Family has James Thomas and listed (James T. Shelnutt, 1880 census, born 1846, Roanoke, Randolph Co, AL).
Others use James Louis. (Pos Name: James Thomas Louis Shelnutt)
Age year 1844 taken from 1850 census (child between Dorothy and Francis P) page 11, line 34, Beat 1, Wedowee Randolph, AL (Thomas Shelnot)
Census 1910 LamarCo list Jamie Lee as John T. Shelnutt age 64, (1846),
married 21 years to Nancy, age 38. with Ludie 18 (born 1892) single.
General Notes for Child Sarah Frances "Fannie" SHELNUT-[894]
Census 1850 Wedowee, AL list "Francis P. Shelnot" age 2 (Male child) ? - Tombstone record - 1st wife of John Daniel Kirby --Had child's grave near her "Child of S.F.K." - Census 1860 list Sarah G. Shellnut age 11.
General Notes for Child William J. SHELNUT-[1515]
William, age 21 and Susan, age 18, listed Rock Mills, Randolph Co, 1870 census.
He was not listed 1850 nor 1860 census, Randolph Co. with his dad Thomas.
General Notes for Child Henry Nathaniel SHELNUTT-[898]
Listed Nathaniel Shelnut, age 18, 1870c Randolph, Co. Listed Bursons, Randolph Co. Listed 1880c Henry V. age 27, Nancy age 25 AL. with mother in law Mary Pittman age 52 & daughter Deartha Pittman age 18 in home.