The Helonaki Deep Dive
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The Helonaki Deep Dive
Shackelford: Family Trials
August 19, 2021
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The Helonaki
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Season 1
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Episode 19
In 1855, William Franklin Shackelford's uncle Caleb and aunt Frances filed a bill of complaint against another aunt, Sarah, and a man named Benjamin Matthews over land that had been left to William's great-aunts Nancy, Polly, and Caty in 1810. This complicated case reveals a great deal about the Shackelford family in Culpeper County, Virginia in the late 1700s and early 1800s that would otherwise be unknown.
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