Pete and Hannah Shelton family picture
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Title |
Pete and Hannah Shelton family picture |
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Description |
Pete Shelton (pictured here) had a father who was killed in the Shelton Laurel Massacre. This picture was taken at home. The twins (babies) are Robert and Hobert. The three children are Jake, Bruce, and Macon Shelton. The two older children are Hettie and Whetsel. Baby Zona was not born yet. The Shelton Laurel Massacre took place in January 1863 in Madison County, N.C., and involved the execution by a Confederate regiment of thirteen accused Union sympathizers shortly after a raid on salt supplies. |
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Date |
circa 1917 |
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Place of original |
Unicoi County (Tenn.) |
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ID# |
unic008 |
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Digital type |
Image |
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Copyright |
No copyright - United States: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ |
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Ordering Information |
To order a digital reproduction of this item, please send our order form at http://tsla.tnsosfiles.com/general/forms/ImagingOrder.pdf to Photo Orders, Tennessee State Library & Archives, 403 7th Ave. N., Nashville, TN 37243-0312, or email to photoorders.tsla@tn.gov. Further ordering information can be found at the following location: http://sos.tn.gov/products/tsla/ordering-images-and-microfilm-digitization . |
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Location Digitized |
Erwin, Unicoi County, Tennessee |
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