Person:Rachel Marrs (1)

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26. Rachel Marrs (James , John ) was born on 12 Oct 1787 in Goodletsville, Davidson County, Tennessee. She died on 5 Apr 1860 in Clarksville, Red River County, Texas. She was buried in McKinzie Cem., Clarksville, Texas.

Rachel Marrs was the daughter of James Marrs and Anna A. Shannon. She wasborn Oct.12,1787 in Manscar Station at Goodletsville, Tennessee. She movedwith her parents to Logan County Kentucky where she met and married Jesse Sheltonbefore going on to Arkansas and Texas. She died Apr. 05,1860 and is buried in an unmarked grave at McKenzie Cemetery at Clarksville, Texas. Rachel was atwin to William Blaine Marrs. She and Jesse Shelton had 10 children.

Source: Skipper Steely, Forty Seven Years pg. 77 Steely Collection, Shelton/Murphy file Sam McClure's thesis on Ft. Shelton at Texas A&M Commerce, Texas Dawes Application

Rachel married Jesse Shelton son of Jeremiah Shelton , Sr. and Nancy Asher on 22 Jan 1805 in Logan County, Kentucky. Jesse was born on 22 Feb 1782 in Henry County, Virginia. He died on 25 May 1855 in Clarksville, Red River County, Texas. He was buried in May 1855 in McKinzie Cemetery, Clarksville, Texas.

Jesse Shelton owned 223 Acres of land on the east fork of Sand Lick, 26Mar 1804, Book C, Page 55, "Index to Logan County, Kentucky Surveys".This family lived for a time in Posey County, Indiana then moved toHempstead County, Arkansas in 1826 and settling in Lamar County, Texasabout 1830.

Source: Steely Collection, Shelton/Murphy file Sam McClure's thesis on Ft. Shelton at Texas A&M Commerce, Texas

ROXTON, TEXAS. Roxton is at the junction of Farm roads 137 and 38,eighteen miles southwest of Paris in southwestern Lamar County. Theoriginal settlement, named Fort Shelton, was established in 1837 by JesseShelton on Cane Creek, three miles southwest of the current location. Thecommunity was known as Prairie Mound by 1853, when the first post officewas established with James H. Stevenson as postmaster. Prairie Mount waslocated 2½ miles northwest of the Fort Shelton site. The post office wasrenamed Roxton in 1869. The new name is believed to be a simplificationof Rockstown or Rockston; it refers either to a prominent white limestoneoutcropping located nearby or to a distinctive rock gate and posts builtby William Klyce at his home and store midway between Fort Shelton andthe present townsite. In 1887 the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway wasextended one-half mile west of the original location of Roxton in orderto connect with the Paris and Great Northern Railroad in Paris. Most ofthe town moved to the railroad soon afterward, and the original townsitebecame known as Old Roxton. Roxton had a population of 226 in 1890 andincreased to 1,200 by 1914. In that year the town had thirty businesses,including two banks, three gins, and a telephone company. The populationsubsequently remained between 700 and 900 for several decades. Roxtonserves as the marketing center of the surrounding agricultural area.Cotton was the original crop, but grain and cattle have since become themajor products. The town was incorporated by 1974, and in 1980 it hadtwelve businesses, including one bank. The post office, the second oldestin the county, was still in operation. In 1990 the population was 639.

BIBLIOGRAPHY: Lamar County Echo, January 6, 1977. Wright Patman, Historyof Post Offices-First Congressional District of Texas (Texarkana, Texas,1946?). Kathleen E. and Clifton R. St. Clair, eds., Little Towns of Texas(Jacksonville, Texas: Jayroe Graphic Arts, 1982).

Michael M. Ludeman

"ROXTON, TX." The Handbook of Texas Online.<http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/RR/hlr48.html>

Jesse and Rachel had the following children:

 99 M i William Shelton was born on 28 Nov 1805 in Butler County, Kentucky. He died in Nov 1855 in Red River County, Texas.  

+ 100 F ii Anna E. Shelton + 101 F iii Miranda Shelton + 102 F iv Minerva Shelton + 103 M v Harvey Shelton + 104 M vi Eli Jenway Shelton + 105 F vii Eliza Jane Shelton + 106 M viii Irvin Shelton + 107 F ix Lucinda Alice Shelton + 108 F x Marietta Shelton