The Shelton family genealogy reads that John Shelton died at 21 years old in 1733 - contradicting his date of death on the Shelton family monument.
See page 87:
http://memory.loc.gov/master/gdc/scdser01/200401/books_on_film_project/loc06/20060630017re.pdf
His gravestone appears to be much older than those carved in the 1780s.
The Shelton family genealogy reads that John Shelton died at 21 years old in 1733 - contradicting his date of death on the Shelton family monument.
See page 87:
http://memory.loc.gov/master/gdc/scdser01/200401/books_on_film_project/loc06/20060630017re.pdf
His gravestone appears to be much older than those carved in the 1780s.
Inscription
Here Lyes the Body
of John Shelton
aged 21 years
died July ???
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