Husband: John SKELTON
Birthdate: 1774
Birthplace: Union District, South Carolina
Death date: 15 Dec 1827
Place of death: Montgomery Twp., Gibson, Indiana
Burial: near Johnson Cem, Gibson Co., Indiana
Father: William SKELTON
Mother: Sarah

Marriage date: ca 1797
Marriage place:

Wife: Sarah POTTER
Birthdate: 1781
Birthplace: Virginia
Death date: 1827
Place of death: Owensville, Gibson, Indiana
Burial:
Father:
Mother:

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: "Major" James SKELTON
Sex: M
Birthdate: 12 Sep 1798
Birthplace: Anderson County, South Carolina
Death date: 23 Dec 1866
Place of death: Gibson County, Indiana
Burial: Gibson County, Indiana
Marriage date: 11 Nov 1822
Marriage place: Gibson County, Indiana
Spouses' names: Mary "Polly" MONTGOMERY

Child No. 2: Prudence SKELTON
Sex: F
Birthdate: 1800
Birthplace: Anderson County, South Carolina
Death date:
Place of death:
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Marriage date: 11 Nov 1818
Marriage place: Gibson County, Indiana
Spouses' names: Levi JONES

Child No. 3: Martha "Patsey" SKELTON
Sex: F
Birthdate: 1803
Birthplace: Anderson County, South Carolina
Death date:
Place of death:
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Marriage date: 20 May 1823
Marriage place: Gibson County, Indiana
Spouses' names: Barnes REAVIS

Child No. 4: Joseph M. SKELTON
Sex: M
Birthdate: 16 jan 1805
Birthplace: Warren County, Kentucky
Death date: 25 Nov 1858
Place of death: Owensville, Gibson, Indiana
Burial: Gibson County, Indiana, Thompson Cemetery
Marriage date: 25 Feb 1830
Marriage place: Gibson County, Indiana
Spouses' names: Nancy MONTGOMERY

Child No. 5: Ellen SKELTON
Sex: F
Birthdate: 1806
Birthplace: Warren County, Kentucky
Death date:
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Marriage date: 14 Nov 1826
Burial:
Marriage place: Gibson County, Indiana
Spouses' names: Jacob JOHNSON

Child No. 6: Elizabeth SKELTON
Sex: F
Birthdate: 26 Sep 1809
Birthplace: Knox County, Indiana Territroy
Death date: 23 May 1875
Place of death:
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Marriage date: 15 May 1827
Marriage place: Gibson County, Indiana
Spouses' names: Jacob WARRICK, JR.

Child No. 7: Nancy SKELTON
Sex: F
Birthdate: 1813
Birthplace: Knox County, Indiana Territory
Death date:
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Marriage date: 29 Oct 1829
Marriage place: Gibson County, Indiana
Spouses' names: John MALONE, JR.

Child No. 8: Lydia SKELTON
Sex: F
Birthdate: 1816
Birthplace: Gibson County, Indiana
Death date:
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Marriage date: 7 Jun 1837
Marriage place:
Spouses' names: James WOODLAND

Child No. 9: Sara "Sally" SKELTON
Sex: F
Birthdate: 1819
Birthplace: Gibson County, Indiana
Death date: 1890
Place of death: Indiana
Burial:
Marriage date: 15 Oct 1838
Marriage place: Gibson County, Indiana
Spouses' names: Rev. Lewis WILSON

Child No. 10: John Robert SKELTON
Sex: M
Birthdate: 1822
Birthplace: Gibson County, Indiana
Death date: 13 Mar 1891
Place of death:
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Spouses' names: Martha Jane Warrick
 
 
Documentation:
(1) Family Group Records from Lisa Hightower-Chadwick, 5347 Felicia Street, Camarillo CA 93021 dated 31 May 1993;
(2) Online Marriage Record Index, Indiana State Library;
(3) Gibson County, Indiana History by Gil R. Stormaont, 1914, B. F. Bowen & Company Publisher, Pages 48 & 49;
(4) Book Pages 249 thru 253 for family of Major James Skelton;
(5) Gibson County, Indiana Deed Book M, Page 527, sale of 1/2 acre lot in Owensville to Abraham, John & Alfred Mauck for $1,015.50 on 9 Oct 1859 by James & Mary Montgomery Skelton & Joseph Roberts:
(6) Gibson County, Indiana Deed Book D, Page 247 for land of Sarah Skelton to sons Joseph Skelton & John R. Skelton for $10.00, the S W Quarter of Section 33;
(7) Gibson County, Indiana Courthouse, Princeton, Attic Records Room, Box 85, file #1?? for John Skelton. It reads as follows- In the name of God Amen. I, John Skelton, of Gibson County, Indiana, being weak in body, but of sound memory, thanks be to God, and calling to mind that it is appointed for all men to die, do make, ordain, constitute and appoint, This my last Will and Testament. In the first palce I commend my soul to Almighty God my Creater, and my body to the earth to be buried in a Christian like manner at the discretion of my Executors in hopes of a joyful Resurrection- - and as touching the wordly goods wherewith God has been pleased to bless me I will and dispose of in the following manner after my legal debts are paid. Item: I will and bequeath to my beloved wife Sarah all my personal property for her use during her life in order to raise my children and as touching the plantation whereon I now live I will and bequeath to my two sons Joseph Skelton and John R. Skelton to be equally divided between them, and I do hereby make, ordain, contitute and appoint Mr. Jacob Johnson and my son James Skelton, joint executors of this my Last Will and Testament. Giben under my hand this 7th day of December One thousand Eight Hundred and twenty-six-- Signed John
(X His Mark) Skelton, Signed sealed and delivered in the presence of Robert Curry, James P. Waters & William w. Waters; Codicil to the Last Will and Testament of me John Skelton - I do will that my wife aforesaid should have the whole benefit of my farm during her life or widowhood and her claim to the personal property to be equivalent to the above clause and in every case the younger children to be equally righted with his Elder. Signed John
(X by his Mark) Skelton Proved by James W. Waters in 1828 Feby Term, John Neely, Clerk
(8) Gibson County, Indiana Book D, Page 79, Appraisement Bill of John Skelton, deceased; Page 79 two tubs, churn and sive $.75; one pot and bale $1.00; one cupboard and furniture $7.00; 1 kettle $2.00; 3 bells $1.12 1/2; 1 (no entry) $1.75; two plows $2.25; one axe, wedge and two hoes $1.75; one pair of gears $2.00; one mattock and hoe $1.37 1/2; one bee hive $1.00; one flax wheel $1.50; one set of spools and real $1.50; one clock $8.00; one flat iron $.37 1/2; one pair fire irons $2.25; one chest $1.75; one table $1.25; Page 80 one keg $.50; 4 chairs $1.00; one bed and bedding $7.00;one second bed and do $14.00; five head of sheep $6.50; one colt $16.50; one mare $45.00; one small table $.50; one bacon box $.25; one small oven and bale $1.50; one large oven 42.50; Total $127.87. cupboard and ware taken -$7.00. Balance $120.87. 7 head of cattle $23.50; 2 reads each $.50 = $1.00; Total $145.37. 7 head of geese $1.75; Total $147.12. We as appraisors of the property of John Skelton dec'd do certify that the above amount is agreeable to our judgment this 15th day of Dec'r 1828. Signed W. T. Smith & Barnes Reavis. FOR THE OLD LADY one bed and bedding $8.00; one lot of articles $5.00; 2 sheep, one lamb and one ram $2.75; one iron gray colt $16.00; one eight gallon pot $1.00; Total $32.75. cupboard and ware added $7.00; loom harness $.25;
(9) Kathy Duffy Moore twolynns@gibsoncounty.net for Sarah Potter's surname, wife of John Skelton.

Notes:
* Since John is a brother to my Robert Skelton, and not my direct line ancestor, I have not completed research on this family. Would appreciate any additional information on this family of John Skelton & Sarah Potter;
* I believe this to be an incomplete record of the estate of John Skelton.