Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 4335, for William Shelton, Virginia

SERVICE
Pa.
Shelton William Ann
NUMBER _____
K 4335
CONTENTS

Virginia 3471
Ann Shelton
Inscribed on the Roll of Richmond at the rate of 20 Dollars  Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 24 day of Nov 1840 and sent to Thos Williams Aspen Grove P.O. Pittsylvania Co. Virginia
Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1841. $200.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept 41 10.00
$ 210.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3 d }
Recorded by D. M. Gandy , Clerk. Book C , Vol. 1 , Page 172 .
Date of death not on a B

State of Virginia, Pittsylvania County (to wit), I Thomas Williams a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that Mrs Ann Shelton this day appeared before me and made Oath in due form of Law. This Old Paper Sewed up in the form of a Book. Containing a Memorandum of the date of her marriage with Williams Shelton, and also the date of the births of their children (viz) John, Thomas, Bennet, Noah. Sarah, Robert, Ann Elizabeth and Martha Shelton, was in the Possession of her husband the said Williams Shelton and kept by him as a Family Record up to the day of his death, since that Period, it has been in her Possession to this day —.
Given under my hand This 4 th day of November 1840.
Thos. Williams

State of Virginia, to wit
I, 1655. I Williams D. Turstall clerk of the County Court of Pittsylvania in the State of aforesaid do hereby certify that Thomas Williams is an acting justice of the peace in and for said County and that his signa- tures to the foregoing Certificate is genuine
In Witness Whereof I hereto subscribe my name & affix the Seal of said Court this 10 th day of November 1840
W. D. Turstall
110. Williams

Wm Shelton S. Family Record
d 27 m '79

William Shelton and Ann Jones was married by Lazarus Dodson a baptist preacher on the 12 day of February 1799

son of William Shelton John Shelton was born February the 18 1779

Cash for 29 3/4 gallons
William Shetton
cash of measured the Sup. 1796 82 receipt of Nathan Cunningham
at the rate of 17 1/2 for William Shetton
received of William Shetton
at 5 3/4 per gallon received by me for
Nathan Cunningham
for March 22 Day - 1797
Settled with William Shetton
Balance Due

John Shelton Shelton son of William was born
February 18 1779 Thomas Shelton was born
September 20 1782
Bennet Shelton was born January 31 1784
Noah Shelton was born August 3 1787
Sarah Shelton was born November 30 1789
Robert Shelton was born October 4 1792
Ann Shelton was born October 18 1794
Elizabeth Shelton was born February 1 1797
Martha Shelton was born in April 7 1799

STATE OF VIRGINIA,
(Pittsylvania) COUNTY, TO WIT: §
ON this 7 nd day of October 1838
personally appeared before Stephen H. Townes
Sworn
a Justice of the Peace for said County and State aforesaid
a resident of the County of Pittsylvania and State aforesaid, aged 81 years, who being first duly sworn
according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the
act of Congress, passed July 4th, 1836. That she is the widow of William Shelton who was a Private soldier in the Militia service in the War of the Revolution . He was drafted marched from the County of Pittsylvania Virginia under Capt. John Donaldson in the month of April 1776 and served three months against the Indians on New River . He was again drafted and left home on the first day of May 1781 and served three months under Captain Burwell . The Identical discharge received from him is herewith inclosed.
She further declares that she was married to the said William Shelton on the 17 th day of February in the year seventeen hundred and Seventy nine and that her husband the aforesaid William Shelton died on the 21 st day of August 1877 and that she has remained a widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed.
ann shelton
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written below
Stephen H. Townes J.P.
Virginia, to wit:
Stephen C. Townes
a Justice of the Peace for the county of Pittsylvania
in the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Ann Shelton who this day appeared before me, and subscribed and swore to the above declaration, by reason of old age and bodily infirmity cannot attend the Court of the County in which she resides. Given under my hand this 7 nd day of October 1838
Stephen C. Townes
Virginia, to wit:
We Joseph H. Turner
and Joseph Yeaman
residents of Pittsylvania County in the State aforesaid, do hereby certify that we are well acquainted
with Ann Shelton who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration and know that she is the widow of William Shelton who was reputed to be a Soldier in the army of the Revolution who died in the County of Pittsylvania Virginia in August 1877 that she has remained a widow ever since the death of her husband the said William Shelton
Joseph H. Turner Joseph Yeaman

State of Virginia to wit
I Stephen C. Townes a Justice of the Peace in the County of Pittsylvania and State aforesaid do Certify that Joseph H. Turner and Joseph Yeaman who swore to, and subscribed their names to the within Certificate are Credible Men, and that their Statement is entitled to Credit. Given under my hand this 2 nd day of October 1838
Stephen C. Townes J.P.
Pittsylvania County to wit
This day Nancy Slayden a Resident of the County aforesaid aged Seventy eight years of sound mind and good memory personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Pittsylvania in the State of Virginia and made Oath in due form of Law that she is the Sister of William Shelton who died in the County of Pittsylvania in the month of August 1827 that in the year 1776 the said Wm Shelton served a tour with Capt. Donaldson against the Indians and was gone from home more than three months that in the month of February 1779 she was present and saw her Brother said William Shelton lawfully married to Ann Somers by Parson Lazarous Hodson. That after the said Marriage in the year 1781 the said William Shelton was drafted and served another tour of three months in the Militia service under Captain Burnett - That Ann Shelton who is an Applicant for a Pension is the Widow of the aforesaid William Shelton and that she has not married since his death. Given under my hand this 5 th day of October 1838
Geo. Williams
I do hereby Certify that the above named Nancy Slayden is a Credible Woman and that her Statement is entitled to Credit
Geo. Williams

June 7, 1935
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BA-J/EEL Quinn William Shelton-W.4335
Mrs. James S. Jones Box 343, Chatham Virginia
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of William Shelton(or Chelton), of Pittsylvania County, Virginia, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 4335, based upon the military service in that war of William Shelton.
The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of William Shelton are not shown.
While a resident of Pittsylvania County, Virginia, William Shelton enlisted in April, 1776, served three months as a private in Captain John Donaldson's Virginia Company and went out against the Indians on New and Holston Rivers; he enlisted May 1, 1781, served as private in Captain Henry Burnett's Virginia Company and was discharged August 4, 1781.
He died August 4, 1827, in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
The soldier married February 12, 1779, at the house of Thomas Shelton(no relationship to soldier shown), Ann Lomax.
Soldier's widow, Ann, was allowed pension on her application executed October 2, 1838, while a resident of Pittsylvania County, Virginia, and aged eighty-one years.
The names of the following children of William and Ann Shelton are shown:
John Shelton born February 18, 1779. Thomas Shelton " September 20, 1782.

Children of William and Ann Shelton continued:
Bennet Shelton born January 3, 1784. Noah Shelton " August 3, 1787. Sary or Sarah Shelton " November 30, 1789. Robert Shelton " October 4, 1792. Ann Shelton " " 18, 1794. Elesebeth Shelton " February 1, 1797. Martha Shelton " April 7, 1799.
In 1839, soldier's sister, Nancy Slayden, was aged seventy-eight years and resided in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
There are no further family data.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Ann Shelton, widow of William Shelton(W.4335), you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:
Ann Shelton, Certificate No.3471, issued November 24, 1840, rate $20 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of July 4, 1836, Virginia Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

1914 Apr. 14 Hist. to Mrs. A. K. Campbell, T. S. K. 1924 - June 7 - Hist. to Mr. Jas. E. Brown, MMH. 1938 - July 18 - Mrs. E. Brown advised Perry hist. (full) only once etc. MMH. 1935 - Dec. 2 - Hist. to Miss Elizabeth Shelton - MMH. 1938 - Mar 20 - Hist. to Elizabeth Shelton - letter in case Army mustache, W 7488 MMH/ee
Perry  WIDOW, &c.
1935 - June 7 - Hist to Mrs Jas. S. Jones - Ebb
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File No. 4385
Ann Shelton  Wife  Mr. Shelton  Prattville, Ala.
Act: July 11 th 36, Sec. 321
Index: -Vol. M. , Page 201
[Arrangement of 1870.]

William Shelton as soldier in my Company of Militia from Pennsylvania having faithfully served his term of duty is hereby Discharged given under my hand this 1 st Day of August 1781.
Henry Burwell Col l !

Virginia
Ann Shelton widow of William
Sec let. to Thos. Williams, Sept. 12. 1839
Apr. 11. 1840 to same
Oct. 8. 1840 to same.
Act H. July, 1836

Ann Shelton 4012
Wid of William
VA
At July 4 1836
Marned 1779
dea 1827
Allow 6 m o per $20
per ann. No milita
Capt Burnell
Thos William Esq Aspen Grove P.O. Pitts a Co VA

W. M. Gurn. Va.
Dec 10 th
via Addams Shelton
L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington City

Pittsylvania County Virginia 3 rd Decemb r 1839
M c Edwards
Sir. Mrs Ann Shelton who is an applicant for a Pension under the act of July 11 th 1836. as the Widow of William Shelton a Soldier of the Revolution. has obtained in addition to the testimony already filed in your Office, the affidavit of George Pochon proving from his own knowledge that the Marriage took place in the time of the Revolutionary War and that her Husband was called on and did serve a tour of duty after the Marriage took place. but cannot recollect the day, the month or even the Year, I do not conceive from the expression of the law that it is necessary to prove the Marriage to the day or year, but to prove that the Marriage took place before the expiration of the last period of his service should and ought to be sufficient to entitle the Widow to a pension let me hear from you direct to Aspen Grove Post Office Pittsylv a County Virginia. and oblige Yours most obed t Tho. Williams atty

V Virginia H 8/12 Ann Shelton widow of William Act 1836
Report to Thomas. Milliam Aspen Grove P. Office Pittsylvania County Virginia

Virginia Court
I William M. Tunsall Clerk of the County Court of Pittsburgh in the State aforesaid hereby certify that Stephen G. Townes, Thomas Williams, and Henry D.arksdale are acting Justices of the Peace in and for said County and that the several foregoing signatures purporting to be theirs, are genuine -
In testimony of which I have set my hand and affix my seal of Office this 18 th day of October 1838 -
W. M. Tunsall
Virginia Court
At Pittsburgh County August Court 1839 the annexed declaration of a Sun Shelton with all things touching the same was examined approved by the Court and ordered to be certified.
In Testimony Whereof I William M. Tunsall clerk of the said Court hereunto subscribe my name and affix the Seal of said Court this 18 th day of September 1839
W. M. Tunsall

State of Virginia To Wit
This day, Abraham Olney a Resident of Pittsylvania County and Revolutionary Service of the United States of America and good and true Witness, personally appeared before me Henry W. Burkdale a Justice of the peace for said County of said State, and made oath in the form of Oath that he was well acquainted with William Shelton who lived in said County of Pittsylvania and that he was the husband of a daughter of said William Shelton who is now living in the said County of Pittsylvania and who is an applicant for a Pension, he said further that the said William Shelton was a soldier and served in the Military Service in the War of the Revolution that in April next the said William Shelton was drafted to serve a term of duty against the Britons and marched from the said County of Pittsylvania in a Company which was commanded by Capt John Randal and Lieut. Moses Hutchins and Ensign Joseph Williams that during the said march the said Company crossed New River at Coghins Ferry and was attacked in a place near the Forks of said River where his term of duty being three months expired when he was discharged and since have since in the year 1779 he marched from Salem Station in the said County of Pittsylvania and after which he served another term of duty under Captain Stewart he said Olney was a Witness and served with the said William Shelton under Capt Randal and feels confident that he served at least five months in the war of the Revolution.
Given Under My Hand This the 8 day of October 1838 Henry W. Burkdale
Pittsylvania County To Wit
I do hereby certify that the above named Abraham Olney is a Credible Witness and that his statement is entitled to Credit
Henry W. Burkdale

State of Virginia To Wit
This day before me, a Notary Public in and for the State of Virginia, personally appeared Henry W. Barksdale, known to me to be the person described in and who is known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same for the purposes and consideration therein expressed. Given under my hand and the seal of said Notary Public this 8th day of October, 1838. Henry W. Barksdale
Pittsylvania County To Wit
I do hereby certify that the above named Henry W. Barksdale is a creditable and worthy man and that his statement is entitled to credit.
Henry W. Barksdale

Pittsylvania County Virginia 5 September 1839 M c I L Edwards
Sir. I arrived at home from Florida where I had been for several months, about the 1 st of last month, and found your letters of April 19 th and June the 5 th last returning the Declarations of Mrs Mary Douglass Mrs Ann Shelton. Mrs Sarah Punnals and Mrs Nancy Devin, who had been made before Single Magistrates on account of their not being able to appear in Open Court; Agreeable to your requisition in said letters I have presented them to our last August Court, they were examined by the Court. Approved of and Ordered to be Certified to the War Department, I here with enclose them to you and hope you will find them in proper form &c but if they are not in form, sufficient to pass them please forward to me the exact copy of the Declaration the Certificate & evidence of Marriage proof &c of one that has been allowed,
I think your rules of evidence in proof of Marriage for the Old Widows of Virginia are too rigid, in many instances they cannot be complied with, in this State we have not Record of Marriages (except some recorded in Old Family Bibles &c) before the Year 1780. in many cases living testimony cannot be had to prove a Marriage previous to that time, I have met with two or three cases of the kind in this County, where the Marriage is recorded in a Family Bible together with the Birth of some several children, their Marriage and the Birth of their children &c all blended together on some blank page, in said Old Bible, do you mean when you require that the Original be sent to you, that the Old

Or the be sent, please inform me, it appears to me that the Department should not require stronger proof of Marriage to entitle a Widow to receive a pension on account of the Revolutionary Service of her dec d Husband, than the Courts of Virginia do to allow them Dower &c in their Husband's Estate. where it is evident that a Man & Woman lives together for a number of Years as Man & Wife nothing ever said or believed to the Contrary, especially where they raise Children, should be sufficient proof to entitle her to a pension as the Widow of a dec d Soldier
Yours Respectfully
Thos. William Patton

Pittsylvania County State of Virginia 24 th September 1840
M p . Edwards
Enclosed I send you the amended Affidavit of George Dodson which proves that the Marriage of William Shelton & Nancy his Widow who is an Applicant for a Pension took place at the house of Thomas Shelton in the Year 1779 and that said Shelton served a tour of duty after the Marriage was solemnized by the Rev d Lazarus Dodson, this Affiant cannot recollect the day of the Month when the Marriage took place - Mrs Nancy Glaydens Affidavit filed with the Declaration proves that they were positively Married in the Year 1779 - The Discharge signed by Capt. Burnett shows that he served a tour of duty in the Year 1781 - I hope You will upon examination find that Mrs Nancy Shelton the Widow of William Shelton Esq r is entitled to a Pension under the Act of July the 4 th 1836 and will forward to me at Aspen Grove Post Office Pittsylvania County Virginia her Pension Certificate and Oblige Your friend and Most. O b l d Thos. Williams

Pittsylvania County Va to wit
This day George Dodson personally appeared before me Stokley Turner justice of the peace for the County aforesaid and made Cath, that he saw the rites of Matrimony celebrated between William Shelton and Ann Somers, who is now the widow of the said William Shelton, that some time after the said marriage the said William Shelton was called on to  to serve a term of duty in the war of the Revolution between Great Britain & America: This affiant saith further that the said William Shelton served a term of duty against the Indians, on the western waters of this State; that the said Ann Shelton is now the widow of the said William Shelton; Du: who is now an applicant for a pension under the laws of the United States, & further sayeth not.
Subscribed and sworn to before me in the County aforesaid this 6th day of November 1839 GEORGE DODSON Sto. Turner J/P
I Stokley Turner justice of the peace for the County of Pittsylvania in the State of Virginia do hereby certify that George Dodson who appeared before me and subscribed and sworn to the above affidavit is a credible man and that his statement entitled to credit given under my hand this 6th day of Novr 1839 Sto. Turner J/P
I William H. Turnbull clerk of the County Court of Pittsylvania in the State of Virginia do hereby certify that Stokley Turner is a magistrate as above and that his signature is genuine In Testimony Whereof I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the Seal of said Court this 19th day of November 1839 -
(W. H. Turnbull)

Appen Grove Va. Sept 18th
Free
Wm. Ret'd Casey Mary Douglass Ann Skelton Sarah Rummell Nancy Devine
L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Washington City

Adams Grove, Va. 26 Sept
Sept 30
via
add proof
Nancy Shelton
Mail
Free.
L. Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City

(THE REVERSE SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS ONLY)
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D. C.
Rev 5/2

Colorado Springs, Colo
April 3, 1914
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington D.C.
Dear Sir: -
Have you any record of Wm Shellow, Henry Co., Va. who served in the Revolutionary war? If so kindly give it to me and very much oblige, Yours Truly
Mrs N. M. Campbell.
17 E. Copano St.

MRS. JAMES ELMER BROWN 302 WYOMING STREET BLUEFIELD, W. VA.
Wilder S. Metcalf, Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
In reply to your letter of recent date I wish to say that Daniel Maupin whose Revolutionary record I desire was born in 1725 and died in 1790. His wife Margaret Vie was born 1727 died 1785 - He enlisted from Albemarle Co. Virginia.
I would also like the Rev- olutionary record of Capt. John Waugh of Orange Co. Va and William Shelton of Pittsylvania

MRS. JAMES ELMER BROWN
302 WYOMING STREET
BLUEFIELD, W. VA.
Co. wife Anne Lomax - I believe.
Thank you.
Truly yours,
Mary S. Brown (Mrs. James E. Brown)

Chatham - Va -
May 18 - 1935 -
Pension Dept -
Washington - D. C. -
Gentlemen -
Will you give me the record of William Shelton (or Chelton ) of Pittsylvania County, Virginia - His wife, Ann, applied for a pension on his services as a Revolutionary soldier -
Yours truly, Mrs. James S. Jones Chatham Va -

302 Wyoming St. Blue field W. Va
Comissioner of Pensions Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
Is there in your office any record of the Revolutionary service of the following men,
not asked Peter Sibeck or Seibert va
Henry Kendall. va
W m Shelton va
Isaac Stephens va
not asked Andrew Brown va
Thanking you for your kindness in this matter, I am -
Truly yours.
Mary Stephens Brown Mrs. James Elmer Brown -

188 Rogers St. Bluefield, W. Va. Oct. 28, 1925.
The Adjutant General, Pension Bureau. Washington D. C.
Dear Sir;
Will you please send me the Revolutionary War record of William Shelton from Virginia. Thanking in advance I am, Yours truly, (Miss) Elizabeth Shelton.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
W. F. 4285
Washington, D. C., _____, 19_____
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of William Shelton a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Apr 1772 3 mos Pvt. John Donaldson Pa   May 1771 Aug 4 '71 Henry Russell                       
Battles engaged in, _____  Residence of soldier at enlistment, _____  Date of application for pension, Oct 11 1861  Residence at date of application, Pittsylvania Co. Va.  Age at date of application, 82
Remarks: Soldier married July 18 1779 Anne Lawson. He died Aug 4 1817 in Pittsylvania Co. Va. Children John, Thomas, Samuel, Leah, Sarah, Robert, Anna, Elizabeth and Martha.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
Births of children are omitted as records showed John to have been born July 18 1779.

mmhf
December 2, 1925
Miss Elizabeth Shelton 108 Rogers St., Bluefield, West Va.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 4335 it appears that William Shelton while a resident of Pittsylvania County, Virginia enlisted in April 1776 and served three months as a private in Captain John Donaldson's Virginia Company.
He enlisted May 1, 1781, served as a private in Captain Henry Burnett's Virginia Company and was discharged August 4, 1781.
He died August 4, 1827 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
Soldier married February 13, 1779, Ann Lomax. She was allowed pension on her application executed October 2, 1838 while a resident of Pittsylvania County, Virginia aged eighty-one years.
Their children were: John, Thomas, Bennet, Noah, Sarah, Robert, Ann, Elizabeth and Martha.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.
Col had sister Mary Blagden

EW Scott
July 18, 1925
Mrs. James Elmer Brown 303 Wyoming St., Bluefield, West Va.
Madam:
ref any John Waugh or to Daniel Maupin as described by you. On June 7, 1924 you were furnished the history of William Shelton, W. 4335, of Pittsylvania County, Virginia who married Ann Lomax. Owing to the lack of a clerical force avail- able for the purpose, the same history is furnished only once to each inquirer.
WINFIELD SCOTT

March 20, 1933
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BA-J/EEL Avery Mustain-W.7488 William Shelton-W.4535
Elizabeth Shelton 108 Rogers Street Bluefield, West Virginia
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Avery Mustain, William Shelton and Daniel Conner, soldiers of the Revolutionary War, of Virginia.
Due to the great pressure of current work, and the lack of a clerical force available for furnishing such data, the histories of only two soldiers are furnished each inquirer. The histories of Avery Mustain and William Shelton are given below as found in the papers on file in their respective claims for pension based upon their military services in the War of the Revolution.
Avery Mustain-W.7488
Avery Mustain was born February 26, 1756, near Camden Parish, Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
He enlisted, place not stated, and served as a private with the Virginia Troops as follows: from about June 1, 1776, in Captain Thomas Dillard's Company; marched to Gwyn's Island and assisted in driving off Lord Dunmore, after which he served in Captain Jesse Heard's Company, under Colonels Charles Lewis and McChristian and went on an expedition to the Holston River against the Cherokees Indians, assisted in burning their towns and crops and reached home a few days before Christmas, 1776; from about May 1, 1780, until the last of August, 1780, in Captain Isaac Clement's Company, marched to the south and was in the battle of Camden; from sometime in February, 1781, four or five weeks in Captains Gabriel Shelton and

Thomas Smith's Company; and from August, 1781, until the last of November, 1781, under Captains William Dix and Charles Williams, was at the siege of Yorktown, assisted in raising breastworks and after the surrender guarded prisoners to Noland's Ferry on the Potomac River.
Avery Mustain was allowed pension on his application executed August 22, 1832, while residing in Camden Parish, Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
He died August 31, 1833.
The soldier married in March, 1783, Mary Barber, who was reared in the same neighborhood with her husband. The date of her birth is not given.
Soldier's widow, Mary, was allowed pension on her application executed March 18, 1839, at which time she was aged seventy-four years and resided in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
Avery and Mary Mustain had the following children:
Drury Mustain born March 17, 1783. Joel Mustain " February ---, 1785. Seludy Mustain " March 31, 1787. ----- Mustain(torn) " May 6, 1789. Shadrack Mustain " July 11, 1792. Molley Avery Mustain " August 21, 1794. -----wood Mustain(torn) " September 21, 1796. -----ms Mustain(torn) " December 29, 1798. -----beth Mustain(torn) " March 7, 1801.
The following also appears in the papers in the claim:
Clark H. Moore, born February 7, 1807.
Polly Dalton, daughter of Samuel Dalton and Saluda, his wife, was born February 12, 1810.
Avery Dalton was born December 9, 1811.
Elizabeth Dalton was born July 25, 1813.
There are no further family data.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Mary Mustain, widow of Avery Mustain(W.7488), you should address the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, citing all of the following data:
Mary Mustain, widow of Avery Mustain, Certificate No. 4337, issued January 12, 1844, rate $40 per annum, commenced March 4, 1843, Act of March 3, 1843, Virginia Agency.
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William Shelton W.4336
Copied from m m 7: adding family data
The date and place of birth of William Shelton are not stated.
While a resident of Pittsylvania County, Virginia, he enlisted in April, 1776, served three months as a private in Captain John Donaldson's Virginia Company and went out against the Indians on New and Holston rivers; he enlisted May 1, 1781, served as a private in Captain Henry Burnett's Virginia Company and was discharged August 4, 1781.
He died August 4, 1837, in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
The soldier married February 12, 1779, at the house of Thomas Shelton(no relationship to soldier shown), Ann Louax.
Soldier's widow, Ann, was allowed pension on her application executed October 2, 1838, while a resident of Pittsylvania County, Virginia, and aged eighty-one years.
William and Ann Shelton had the following children:
John Shelton born February 18, 1779. Thomas Shelton " September 30, 1782. Bennet Shelton " January 3, 1784. Noah Shelton " August 3, 1787. Sary or Sarah Shelton " November 30, 1789.

Children of William and Ann Shelton continued:
Robert Shelton born October 4, 1792. Ann Shelton " " 18, 1794. Elezebeth Shelton " February 1, 1797. Martha Shelton " April 7, 1799.
In 1836, soldier's sister, Nancy Slayden, was aged seventy-eight years and resided in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
There are no further family data.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Ann Shelton, widow of William Shelton(W.4335), you should address the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, citing all of the following data:
Ann Shelton, Certificate No.3471, issued November 34, 1840, rate $20 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of July 4, 1836, Virginia Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. MILLER Assistant to Administrator.

mmh
June 7, 1924
Mrs. James E. Brown 302 Wyoming St., Bluefield, West Va.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 4335 it appears that William Shelton, while a resident of Pittsylvania County, Virginia enlisted in April 1776 and served three months as a private in Captain John Donaldson's Virginia Company.
He enlisted May 1, 1781, served as a private in Captain Henry Burnett's Virginia Company and was discharged August 4, 1781.
He died August 4, 1827 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
Soldier married February 12, 1779, Ann Lomax who was allowed pension on her application executed October 7, 1838 while a resident of Pittsylvania County, Virginia, aged eighty-one years.
Their children were: John, Thomas, Bennet, Noah, Sarah, Robert, Ann, Elizabeth and Martha.
Respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.