Sarah Shelton (1738–1775), was the first wife of Founding Father Patrick Henry, the first Governor of Virginia. Shelton was born and raised in her family's...

others." In 1754, Henry married Sarah Shelton, reportedly in the parlor of her family house, Rural Plains. (It also became known as Shelton House.) As a wedding...

horse farm. The Henrys then moved to a plantation called Mount Brilliant, in the Piedmont area of Virginia. Patrick married Sarah Shelton. He studied law...

Sarah Elmira Shelton (née Royster; 1810 – February 11, 1888) was an adolescent sweetheart of Edgar Allan Poe who became engaged to him shortly before his...

George Henry Shelton (June 16, 1871 – November 2, 1920) was an American brigadier general during World War I. George Shelton was born on June 16, 1871...

William Henry (1734–1785) was the son of John and Sarah Winston Syme Henry. William Henry lived in Virginia and served in the House of Burgesses. He was...

orator Patrick Henry from a speech he made to the Second Virginia Convention on March 23, 1775, at St. John's Church in Richmond, Virginia. Henry is credited...

William Louis Shelton (born April 6, 1941) is an American guitarist and music producer. During the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s Shelton was a session musician...

Henry Shelton Sanford (June 15, 1823 – May 21, 1891) was an American diplomat and businessman from Connecticut who served as United States Minister to...

and sold local tobacco. Patrick Henry purchased the house in 1771 and lived there with his wife, Sarah Shelton Henry, and their six children. This was...