George W. Shelby

1816 - 1855  (39 years)

• Name	George W. Shelby
  Born	23 Jan 1816	Tennessee, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Tax Lists	1837	Johnson County, Arkansas, USA   [1]
  Probate	1844	Johnson County, Arkansas, USA   [2]
  	"Sarah Shelby, dec. G. W. Shelby, adm." [Not sure what this signifies. His wife Sarah was still living at the time of the 1850 census unless he married another Sarah. His daughter Sarah wasn't born until 1850. Who is the deceased Sarah Shelby?]
  Census	28 Oct 1850	Marion township, Crawford County, Arkansas, USA   [1, 3]
  	1. Shelby, George W., 34, male, farmer, Tennessee 2. _____, Sarah, 26, female, Illinois, cannot read or write 3. _____, Gilbert M., 8, male, Arkansas, attending school 4. _____, Martha A., 6, female, Arkansas, attending school 5. _____, Susan E., 4, female, Arkansas 6. _____, George J., 2, male, Arkansas 7. _____, Sarah J., 1 month old, Arkansas [Next door to William Wilsey, likely parent or sibling of George Shelby's wife Sarah, identified in Ancestry tree as "Sarah Jane Willsie."]
  Land	1855	Sebastian County, Arkansas, USA   [1]
  	Granted 40-acre land grant,
  Parents	Only from the Ancestry database.  [4]
  Died	27 Sep 1855	Sebastian County, Arkansas, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I9066	Full
  Last Modified	16 Sep 2022

  
  

  Father	William Shelby,   b. Abt 1785, North Carolina, USA ,   d. Abt 1832, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA  (Age ~ 47 years)
  Mother	Sarah King,   b. Abt 1798, Tennessee, USA ,   d. 1844, Dickson County, Tennessee, USA  (Age ~ 46 years)
  Married	1815  [4]
  Family ID	F2406	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah Jane Willsie,   b. Abt 1824
  Married	1839	Johnson County, Arkansas, USA   [1, 4]
  Children	1. Gilbert M. Shelby,   b. Abt 1842, Arkansas, USA   2. Martha A. Shelby,   b. Abt 1844, Arkansas, USA   3. Susan E. Shelby,   b. Abt 1846, Arkansas, USA   4. George J. Shelby,   b. Abt 1848, Arkansas, USA   5. Sarah J. Shelby,   b. Abt September 1850, Arkansas, USA
  Last Modified	11 Sep 2022
  Family ID	F3384	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S6648] Find A Grave (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 10 September 2022), memorial 74440807, for George Washington Shelby (1816?1855); citing White and Shelby Cemetery, Central City, Sebastian County, Arkansas, USA). . [S6655] Mickel, Mrs. R. W., Probate court records : wills, estate settlements, deeds, 1835 tax list, 1840 census: Johnson County, Arkansas, section "Probate Court," p. 11, for Sarah Shelby, deceased, and G. W. Shelby, administrator, 1844; digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/viewer/265535/ : accessed 16 September 2022), digital p. 17. [S6652] 1850 U.S. census, Crawford County, Arkansas, population schedule, Marion township, p. 2 (penned, recto), p. 298 (stamped, verso), dwelling 13, family 13, George W. Shelby household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 11 September 2022; citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 25. [S6647] Tammy1861, "Brock Family Tree," for William Shelby-Sarah A. King, tree pages, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/311798/person/-258191546/facts : accessed 10 September 2022).