Person:Mary Meadors (4)

Mary Polly Meadors Shelly
Birth: Sep. 23, 1795, North Carolina, USA
Death: Nov. 2, 1855 Whitley County, Kentucky, USA
Mother of Jane Shelly Parker Criscillis (1825 - 1903)

Order Book 1, p. 53, Mar Term, 1819, Whitley, KY
--Order that the following persons be certified to the register of the land office as the proper heirs of Thomas Meadows: Tarvie, Polly Shelley, Betsy Campbell, Thomas M. Meadows, William T. Meadows, Pleasant Meadows, Sally Meadows, Nancy W. Meadows, Darky Meadows, Harrison W. Meadows, Jamima Meadowes, and Jane S. Meadows.
Order Book No. 1, p 485, Whitley, KY, January Term, 1839
--Satisfactory proof was this day made in open court on the oath of Nathaniel Smith that Elizabeth Meadows, Polly Shelly, Mobley Meadors, Elizabeth Campbell, W. T. Meadors, Pleasant Meadors, Sally Meadors, Nancy Smith, Darky Mayfield, Mima Moor, Harrison Meadors, Jane Hughes are the heirs and legal representatives of Elizabeth Meadors

Children of Thomas and Elizabeth Meadows/Meadors
Mary “Polly” – b. 1795, SC, d. 2 Nov 1855 age 60,
m. 29 Jan 1813, Knox, KY by Angus Ross to Nathan Shelley (b. 1790, d. 19 Sep 1845 age 55, both buried Jellico Creek Cem., Whitley, KY. (Nathan Shelley went into Kentucky with his mother, Jane (Campbell) Shelley in the early 1800s and settled on Jellico Creek near Whitecotton Ford.)
Children: Thomas, Jeremiah, Nathan, John or Jackson L., Elizabeth, Jane, William T., Mary, and Nancy (From will of Nathan Shelley, which is possession of Charles M. Cornelius, Albuquerque, NM)

Shelly, Polly, 54, RE = $800, b. SC
, Nancy, 18, b. KY
, Polly, 14, b. KY

Shelly, Nathan, 3 males under 10 [Thomas, Jeremiah, Nathan Jr.], 1 male 26-44 [Nathan], 1 female 26-44 [Mary/Polly]

Nathan Shelley
2 males under 5 (b 1825-1830) [William (1827), Jackson]
2 males 5-10 (b 1820-1825) [Jeremiah, Nathan Jr. - see note below]
1 male 10-15 (b 1815-1820) [Thomas (1814)]
1 male 20-30 (b 1800-1810) [Nathan - see note below]
2 females 5-10 (b 1820-1825) [Elizabeth (1820), Jane (1825)]
1 female 30-40 (b 1790-1800) [Mary/Polly (1795)]

Note: There seem to be several problems with the age categories for the 1830 census. All known members of the family appear to be listed, but ages are more accurately recorded in the 1820 and 1840 census records.

Nathan Shely
2 males 10-15 (b 1825-1830) [William (1827), Jackson]
3 males 20-30 (b 1810-1820) [Thomas (1814), Jeremiah, Nathan Jr.]
1 male 40-50 (b 1790-1800) Nathan (1790)
1 female under 5 (b 1835-1840) [Mary "Polly"]
1 female 5-10 (b 1830-1835) [Nancy (1832)]
2 females 10-15 (b 1825-1830) [Jane (1825), unknown]
1 female 40-50 (b 1790-1800) [Mary/Polly (1795)]

8 November 1827
Surveyed for Polly Shelly, Betsey Campbell, Thomas M. Meadors, William T. Meadors, Pleasant Meadors, Sally Meadors, Nancy W. Meadors, Darkey Meadors, Harrison W. Meadors, Jemima Meadors, Jane L. Meadors heirs of Thomas Meadors 100 acres of land in pursuance of an act of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky approved February 6th 1819 being part of Knox County Court certificate No. 192 granted to Israel Mayfield on the first day of August 1813.
Situate in Whitley County on Cumberland River including the improvement Elizabeth mother of said children now lives on beginning on a chestnut and hornbeam on the north bank of Cumberland River thence up the same with the meanders N41E44 poles thence N27E42 poles to a hickory on the bank of the river thence leaving the river N44W215 poles to a double dogwood and a white oak thence S34W88 poles to a stake thence S42E215 poles to the beginning.
William Mayfield HK [House Keeper], William T. Meadors ChM [Chain man], Harrison White marker
Joseph Gilless sureyor

Shelly, Mary (Meadors) 2 Nov 1855 age 60 yrs., wife of Nathan