Shelton Laurel

… community in N Madison County. Alt. 1,849. Settled by Martin and David Shelton about 1790 near the junction of Shelton Laurel Creek and Big Laurel Creek. There, on January 19, 1863, 13 Union supporters (12 men and a boy) were shot by a detail of Confederate soldiers in what has become known as the Shelton Laurel Massacre. White Rock, a post office from 1851 to 1936, was in the center of the Shelton Laurel community.