Shelton, a lawyer in Sussex County, VA in the 1860 census, operated a school at Coppahaunk Springs near Waverly, VA when he enlisted on May 24, 1861 as a private in the Sussex Sharpshooters, Co. A of the 41st VA Infantry. He spent much of his time in service detailed as a clerk in the Quarter Masters Dept., and refused to reenlist in the spring of 1862 when his original term of enlistment ended, claiming exemption due to age. He was discharged in march 1862, only to be drafted back into his company in april 1862. He remained in service until he was discharged on September 6, 1862 as overage under the Conscript Act.
In 1866, Shelton became justice of the Sussex County Court. Censuses from 1870-1900 list him as a farmer. He served on the county Board of Supervisors from 1880-1882 and also taught school sometime in the early 1880s. Shelton died on Dec. 14, 1909 and is buried in Montrose Cemetery in Littleton, Sussex County, VA.
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