Shelton
- Name
- Shelton
- Alternate Names
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Shilton
Sheltron - Sex
- Male
- Age
- Between 50 and 70 years old (FB, 1866)
- Record(s) Seen In
- Inventory, Appraisements, and Sales Book 4
- Confederate Slave Payrolls
- Roanoke County Slave Requisition Records
- Freedmen's Bureau Census - Roanoke County
- Page and Line Number
-
IAS 4: PP. 50
FB: PP. 314 - Date(s) Seen in Records
-
IAS 4: December 18, 1862
CSP: December 1862 - January and February 1863 -
RR: December 19, 1862
FB: 1866 - Name of Enslaver
- William L. Walton
- Location
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CSP: At and near Richmond
RR: Roanoke County
FB: Roanoke County - Purchaser
- James Walton
- Additional Information
- In the appraisement of William L. Walton's property, an entry states that Shelton was "bought" by James Walton for $1,300.00.
- Shelton labored for 60 days at a pay rate of $16.00 per month. The estate of William Walton received $32.00 for the work he completed.
- The Requisition Record shows that James Walton forced Shelton to labor in Richmond in response to the impressment order.
- The Freedmen's Bureau Census shows that Shelton returned to Roanoke County after the war. William L. Walton is reported as having been his enslaver.
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