Mecklenburg County NC Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

1826 February Session, 124

 

[Tuesday, Feb 28, 1826]

 

Ordered that JOHN KNOX be Guardian for John R., Winfield, Smith, Eleanor, Thomas, Samuel & Joseph Shelby, children of MOSES SHELBY who appeared in Court and was bound with James Doherty, Security, in the Sum of £250.

 

[Mecklenburg County NC- Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions - Volume III: 1821-1830; transcribed by Herman W. Ferguson, page 94]

 

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PRB Notes:

 

·         Two minor sons are omitted from this list: James Madison Shelby, b. 8 Jan 1814; and David Daniel Shelby b. 12 Jan 1815…why?

 

·         James Madison (a.k.a Madison) Shelby, as well as other Shelby children and grandchildren, later appears in Bethel Church Records.

 

·         Bond does not state that Moses Shelby is decd.  Was this an oversight?  No Court Minutes, Will or loose estate papers are found in Mecklenburg – Why?

 

·         Moses Shelby m. Mary Ann Knox, probable half-sister of John Knox.