Daughter of Roderick Shelton, Jr. and Rachel Moore.
Nancy married Drury Norton (1815-1854, son of David and Sarah Shelton Norton). After he died, she married George W. Franklin, Jr.
Stories have been written that "Nancy was a spy during the Civil War. September 1864, a band of Confederate soldiers came and surrounded her house, shot her husband George Franklin at the springhouse, shot two of her sons; a third son hid under the porch. The soldiers set the house on fire to force him out, then shot him too. They left with Nancy and her two daughters standing outside the burning house...." "Revenge Dear For Nancy Norton" by Beale Fletcher, Shelton Laurel, NC.
Nancy and daughter Delany went to Knoxville, TN where they cooked, sewed, and cared for Union wounded.
Nancy lived with her remaining son George W. Norton and his wife Nancy after the War.
Her children were Catherine, Bayliss, George W., James, Josiah, and Delany Jane.
Photo of Nancy from "North Carolina Roots" included on this site was originally provided by s-way, which is from her grandmother's collection.
Nancy married Drury Norton (1815-1854, son of David and Sarah Shelton Norton). After he died, she married George W. Franklin, Jr.
Stories have been written that "Nancy was a spy during the Civil War. September 1864, a band of Confederate soldiers came and surrounded her house, shot her husband George Franklin at the springhouse, shot two of her sons; a third son hid under the porch. The soldiers set the house on fire to force him out, then shot him too. They left with Nancy and her two daughters standing outside the burning house...." "Revenge Dear For Nancy Norton" by Beale Fletcher, Shelton Laurel, NC.
Nancy and daughter Delany went to Knoxville, TN where they cooked, sewed, and cared for Union wounded.
Nancy lived with her remaining son George W. Norton and his wife Nancy after the War.
Her children were Catherine, Bayliss, George W., James, Josiah, and Delany Jane.
Photo of Nancy from "North Carolina Roots" included on this site was originally provided by s-way, which is from her grandmother's collection.
Daughter of Roderick Shelton, Jr. and Rachel Moore.
Nancy married Drury Norton (1815-1854, son of David and Sarah Shelton Norton). After he died, she married George W. Franklin, Jr.
Stories have been written that "Nancy was a spy during the Civil War. September 1864, a band of Confederate soldiers came and surrounded her house, shot her husband George Franklin at the springhouse, shot two of her sons; a third son hid under the porch. The soldiers set the house on fire to force him out, then shot him too. They left with Nancy and her two daughters standing outside the burning house...." "Revenge Dear For Nancy Norton" by Beale Fletcher, Shelton Laurel, NC.
Nancy and daughter Delany went to Knoxville, TN where they cooked, sewed, and cared for Union wounded.
Nancy lived with her remaining son George W. Norton and his wife Nancy after the War.
Her children were Catherine, Bayliss, George W., James, Josiah, and Delany Jane.
Photo of Nancy from "North Carolina Roots" included on this site was originally provided by s-way, which is from her grandmother's collection.
Nancy married Drury Norton (1815-1854, son of David and Sarah Shelton Norton). After he died, she married George W. Franklin, Jr.
Stories have been written that "Nancy was a spy during the Civil War. September 1864, a band of Confederate soldiers came and surrounded her house, shot her husband George Franklin at the springhouse, shot two of her sons; a third son hid under the porch. The soldiers set the house on fire to force him out, then shot him too. They left with Nancy and her two daughters standing outside the burning house...." "Revenge Dear For Nancy Norton" by Beale Fletcher, Shelton Laurel, NC.
Nancy and daughter Delany went to Knoxville, TN where they cooked, sewed, and cared for Union wounded.
Nancy lived with her remaining son George W. Norton and his wife Nancy after the War.
Her children were Catherine, Bayliss, George W., James, Josiah, and Delany Jane.
Photo of Nancy from "North Carolina Roots" included on this site was originally provided by s-way, which is from her grandmother's collection.
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