Of James and Sarah’s daughter Nancy naught is known by this scribe.  Born in 1817, supposedly in Tennessee, possibly at Ducktown at the Hooper home, she may have died early as the census of 1830 does not show but one child age 10-15 in the James Shelton (8) household, that one likely being Cornelia, nor does James (8) include her in a listing on the flyleaf of an ancient book at hand where he named the children in 1835.  She is, however listed in James Family Bible with the other children.  She may have stayed in Polk County with the Hoopers.  The census of 1850 in Polk County includes the family of Benjamin Hyde, 29 years old.  His wife is shown as Nancy A., 25.  The children are John A., 8; William A., 6; Cornelia M., 4; and Elizabeth A., 1. Except for  the age shown for Nancy at 25, which could be in error (she was born in 1817, would have been 33), the family here looks like it could have been hers.  In the first place the children all bear names of Nancy’s siblings, and it is particularly significant that the older daughter is named Cornelia.  Further, this family’s residence is located between the residences of a large family headed by one Steaphann Shelton, born 1775, and another headed by James Shelton, born in Tennessee in 1822.  The place also had a family of Hoopers near on either side.  The census shows this family to have all been born in North Carolina except for the two youngest children.  Perhaps Nancy, born in North Carolina, came to Tennessee early in life. There is a further note at hand on Nancy Shelton, daughter of James (8):  Born about 1817.  There is some evidence that Nancy was not the daughter of James’ wife, Sarah Hooper Shelton, that James may have married the second time prior to his marrying Sarah.  There is record in Jefferson County, Tennessee, which county reportedly included what is now Greene County the county adjacent to Shelton Laurel, North Carolina, of one James Shelton having wed Jane Langdon there on June 8, 1816.  James returned to Shelton Laurel for awhile after having resided on Lookout Mountain in Cherokee Indian Nation.  One Nancy (Shelton) Hyde, possibly this Nancy, shown in Polk County, Tennessee. in census of 1850 as having been born in North Carolina in 1825, she having several children all with first names of her siblings, one, a daughter, was given the unusual name of Cornelia, that of her closest sibling, her younger sister.  It was in 1815 that James’ father, Roderick (7), deeded to James a tract of land in Shelton Laurel at the homeplace.  James returned there to claim his land.  It was about this time that his father died.  James may have wed at this time, going over into Tennessee for the ceremony.  He disposed of his land, ostensibly selling to his brother David.  In the meantime daughter Nancy was born, possibly of Jane Langdon Shelton.  She, however, apparently went out of the picture.  James (8) probably left Nancy with Shelton kin and shortly found his was to Polk County where he met Sarah Hooper, Nancy having stayed on in North Carolina where she married, had a family and later moved to Polk County.  The above is conjectural, not to be taken as fact.