Fourth Generation

29. Parthenia "Peny" SHELTON was born about 1805 in Patrick County, Virginia.^{3,4,10,23,33,34} She died after 1880 in Stokes County, North Carolina.³⁴

Parthenia "Peny" SHELTON and Austin DURHAM were married on 13 Jan 1823 in Stokes County, North Carolina.^3,25 Bondsman: Drury Burge; Witness: Matt R. Moore Austin DURHAM (son of William DURHAM and Susannah "Susan" HATCHER) was born about 1802 in Henry County, Virginia.^{4,7,8,11,23,33,34} He died after 1880 in Quaker Gap, Stokes County, North Carolina.³⁴ In the 1830 Census for Stokes County, North Carolina, Austin Durham, age 20-30, is listed next door to William Durham, age 50-60.

In the 1840 Census for Stokes County, North Carolina, Austin Durham, age 30-40, (listed by Ancestry.com as "Martin Durham"), is listed as head of household.

In the 1850 Census for Stokes County, North Carolina (Peters Creek), Susan Durham, age 75 is listed in the household of Austin Durham, age 48, and wife Pena (Shelton), age 48. Parthenia "Peny" SHELTON and Austin DURHAM had the following children:

+77	i.	Alfred Martin DURHAM.
+78	ii.	James Nathan DURHAM.
+79	iii.	Mary Jane "Martha" DURHAM.
+80	iv.	Augustine H. "Guss" DURHAM.