Family of West Allen Melton, Sr.

(This person can be viewed within the Melton/Sharp Ancestry Chart by clicking here)

 

 

1.  WEST ALLEN5 MELTON, SR.  (THOMAS4, NATHAN3, ROBERT2, RICHARD1)1,2 was born August 08, 1792 in Georgia3,4, and died April 18, 1846 in Greensboro, Greene Co., AL.5.  He married (1) SUSANNAH ANDERSON6,7,8 June 26, 1817 in Jones County, Georgia9,10,11,12, daughter of BENJAMIN ANDERSON and MARY CURETON.  She was born April 03, 1798 in Georgia13, and died July 29, 1842 in Greene County, Alabama14,15.  He married (2) JULIA T. UNKNOWN16 September 19, 1844 in Greene County, Alabama17.  She was born Abt. 1810 in South Carolina.

 

Notes for WEST ALLEN MELTON, SR.:

 

Ancestry.com "Georgia Marriages to 1850 shows his Jones County, Georgia marriage date as 6/26/1817.

 

West Allen Melton is shown in the 1817 Putnam County, Georgia Tax list as having land there

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Candidate for Greene County Sheriff

 

1830 Alabama Census, Greene County, Southern District.

West A. Melton, Roll No. 2, pg. 385

Elizabeth Melton, Roll No. 2, pg. 385

Ann Melton, Roll No. 2, pg. 384

 

 

Melton, Thomas Sr. -------15 Dec 1823 ------------Fed. Land Rec'd

Melton, West A. -------------09 Jan 1826 -------------Fed. Land Rec'd

Melton, William -------------22 Dec 1823 -------------Fed. Land Rec'd

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ALABAMA LAND PATENTS

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Patent Description AL0040__.175

Cancelled: N Document Nr. : 1768 Misc. Document Nr. :

Patentee Name: MELTON, WEST A

Warrantee Name:

Authority: April 24, 1820: Cash Entry Sale (3 Stat. 566)

Signature Present: Y

Signature Date: 6/10/1826 Metes/Bounds: N

Survey Date: Subsurface Reserved: N

Land Office: ST. STEPHENS

Comments:

Legal Land Descriptions

Nr. Aliquot Parts Sec/Blk Township Range Fract. Sect. Meridian Acres Counties

1 W½NW 15/ 21-N 4-E N ST STEPHENS MERIDIAN 79.825 HALE

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Patent Description AL0020__.285

Cancelled: N Document Nr. : 861 Misc. Document Nr. :

Patentee Name: MELTON, WEST A

Warrantee Name:

Authority: April 24, 1820: Cash Entry Sale (3 Stat. 566)

Signature Present: Y

Signature Date: 10/20/1824 Metes/Bounds: N

Survey Date: Subsurface Reserved: N

Land Office: ST. STEPHENS

Comments:

ASSIGNEE OF DAVID SCOTT

Legal Land Descriptions

Nr. Aliquot Parts Sec/Blk Township Range Fract. Sect. Meridian Acres Counties

1 E½SW 10/ 21-N 4-E N ST STEPHENS MERIDIAN 79.76 HALE

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Patent Description AL0020__.286

Cancelled: N Document Nr. : 862 Misc. Document Nr. :

Patentee Name: MELTON, WEST A

Warrantee Name:

Authority: April 24, 1820: Cash Entry Sale (3 Stat. 566)

Signature Present: Y

Signature Date: 10/20/1824 Metes/Bounds: N

Survey Date: Subsurface Reserved: N

Land Office: ST. STEPHENS

Comments:

ASSIGNEE OF DAVID SCOTT

Legal Land Descriptions

Nr. Aliquot Parts Sec/Blk Township Range Fract. Sect. Meridian Acres Counties

1 W½SW 10/ 21-N 4-E N ST STEPHENS MERIDIAN 79.76 HALE

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A newspaper article dated 2/1916 concerning the 61st anniversery of the marriage of his son Jesse to his daughter in-law Martha, the paper said that when Jesse was 11 years old, he moved with his family to Texas while it was still a Republic. It further states that he lived there in San Augustine, Texas for several years before returning to Alabama. West Allen Melton's family was found in the 1840 Greene Co., AL Census, thus  they probably moved to the Republic of Texas in 1840. Two brothers-in-laws of West, James and Oliver Anderson, were married to two of West's sisters. They both migrated to San Augustine, Texas in 1837. Lastly, since West's wife Susan died in Greene Co. AL in July 29, 1842, the West Allen Melton family probably had returned to Alabama before her death. This implies that the West Allen family would have lived in the Republic of Texas no more than 2 years.

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More About WEST ALLEN MELTON, SR.:

Census 1: 1830, Greene Co, Alabama18

Census 2: 1840, Greene Co, Alabama19

Occupation 1: Farmer

Occupation 2: 1820, Justice of the Peace, Clarke Co., AL

Residence 1: Bet. 1809 - 1817, Putnam County, Georgia

Residence 2: 1817, Jones County, Georgia

Residence 3: 1824, Alabama

 

More About WEST MELTON and SUSANNAH ANDERSON:

Marriage: June 26, 1817, Jones County, Georgia20,21,22,23

 

Notes for JULIA T. UNKNOWN:

CENSUS YR:  1850:  Greene  Co, AL REEL NO:  M432-6  PG:  330A    REF:  F. P. Strother 24th day of Dec. 1850

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 LN   HN  FN         NAME                AGE SEX        OCCUP.     VAL.  BIRTHPLACE       SCH.  R/W  DDB

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37  1357 1357 Jordan, Charles C.     53   M         Farmer    7,200    Geo

38  1357 1357 Jordan, Julia T.          40   F                                       SC

39  1357 1357 Jordan, Louisa J.       22   F                                        AL

40  1357 1357 Jordan, James T.       18   M         Student                  AL                      X

41  1357 1357 Sims, Christopher C. 12   M                                        AL                      X

42  1357 1357 Jordan, Charles L.       8   M                                        AL                      X

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 1   1357 1357 Jordan, Darwin            6   M                                        AL

 

 

More About JULIA T. UNKNOWN:

Census: 1850, Greene Co, AL, pg 330A

 

More About WEST MELTON and JULIA UNKNOWN:

Marriage: September 19, 1844, Greene County, Alabama24

     

Children of WEST MELTON and SUSANNAH ANDERSON are:

              i.   WILLIAM A.6 MELTON25,26, b. August 12, 1818, Greene County, Alabama27,28; d. May 15, 1864, at camp in Arkansas29,30; m. LUCINDA F. CLEVELAND31, August 27, 1838, Greene County, Alabama32,33,34; b. Abt. 1821, Alabama; d. Bef. 1910.

 

Notes for WILLIAM A. MELTON:

On October 17, 1846, the Alabama Beacon reported a Wm. A. Melton in their list of names for people having letters held at the Greensboro Post Office.

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A W. A. Melton was found to be in this outfit. It may be the one William was in.

 

CONFEDERATE ARKANSAS TROOPS

 

1st Regiment, Arkansas Cavalry (Monroe's)

 

1st (Fagan's-Monroe's) Cavalry Regiment [also called 6th and 1st Arkansas Trans-Mississippi Cavalry], organized by Colonel J. F. Fagan in May, 1861, contained men from Izard and Carroll counties. Attached to General Cabell's Brigade, it participated in the conflicts at Cane Hill, Prairie Grove, Fayetteville, and Marks' Mills where 13 were killed and 23 wounded. The regiment later skirmished in Arkansas and disbanded in May, 1865. Its commanders were Colonels James F. Fagan and J.C. Monroe, Lieutenant-Colonel A. V. Reiff, and Majors M. D. Davis and James M. O'Neil.

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More About WILLIAM A. MELTON:

Burial: Washington, Arkansas35

Census 1: 1850, Greene Co. AL page 251a36

Census 2: 1840, Greene Co, Alabama37

Census 3: 1860, Spring Hill, Hempstead Co., AR

Occupation: Farmer

Residence: 1855, Mississippi

 

More About LUCINDA F. CLEVELAND:

Census: 1850, Greene Co. AL page 251a38

 

More About WILLIAM MELTON and LUCINDA CLEVELAND:

Marriage: August 27, 1838, Greene County, Alabama39,40,41

 

              ii.   SUSAN MELTON 42, b. 1820, Greene County, Alabama43.

             iii.   JOSHUA T. MELTON44,45,46,47, b. January 29, 1822, Alabama48,49; d. April 01, 1864, Claiborne County, Mississippi50,51; m. LUCINDA THURMOND52,53, September 19, 1842, Greene County, Alabama54,55; b. Abt. 1825, Alabama.

 

Notes for JOSHUA T. MELTON:

 

CENSUS YR:  1850  STATE:  AL  CO:  Greene  REEL NO:  M432-6  PAGE NO:  258 REF:  F. P. Strother 15th day of Oct. 1850

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 LN  HN   FN  LAST NAME      FIRST NAME     AGE SEX  RACE  OCCUP.         VAL.      BIRTHPLACE       MRD.  SCH.  R/W  DDB

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 26  216  216 Day            Rachel         58   F                        300       NC                            X

 27  216  216 Day            Amanda J.      21   F                                  AL

 28  216  216 Day            Frances C.     20   F                                  AL

 29  216  216 Day            William J.     17   M         Farmer                   AL

 30  216  216 Maton          Robert         14   M                                  AL

 31  217  217 Melton         Joshua T.      28   M         Farmer         6,120     AL

 32  217  217 Melton         Lucinda        24   F                                  AL

 33  217  217 Melton         Robert         18   M         Student                  AL                      X

 34  217  217 Melton         Matthew H.     13   M                                  AL                      X

 35  217  217 Melton         Benjamin M.    12   M                                  AL                      X

 36  217  217 Melton         Mary E.        15   F                                  AL                      X

 37  217  217 Melton         Elizabeth W.   14   F                                  AL                      X

 38  217  217 Roberts        Henry C.       20   M         Carriage Maker           D.C.

 39  217  217 McMillan       Olliver F.     23   M         Carriage Maker           AL

 40  217  217 Mitchusson     John T.        16   M         Apprentice               AL

 41  217  217 Andrews        Mary J.        21   F                                  AL

 42  217  217 Whitfield      Betty          22   F                                  NC

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 1   217  217 Melton         Robert A.      1    M                                  AL

 2   218  218 Kinard         John           48   M         Blk. Smith     350       SC

 3   219  219 Kinard         Priscilla      40   F                                  SC

 4   219  219 Kinard         Henry          18   M         Farmer                   SC

 5   219  219 Kinard         John           16   M         Farmer                   AL                      X

 6   219  219 Kinard         Drucilla       14   F                                  AL                      X

 7   219  219 Kinard         Charlotte      12   F                                  AL                      X

 8   219  219 Kinard         Daniel         9    F                                  AL                      X

 9   219  219 Kinard         William        5    F                                  AL

 10  219  219 McCoy          Charlotte      59   F                                  SC

 11  220  220 Melton         Jessee A. C.   39   M         Farmer                   Geo

 12  220  220 Melton         Mary           38   F                                  Geo

 13  220  220 Melton         Jessee M.      15   M         Farmer                   AL

 14  220  220 Melton         Mary C.        10   F                                  AL

 

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from Elizabeth Harper's "Twenty-one Southern Families"

 

Greene Co. Deed Book Q p 880: JOSHUA T MELTON and wife Lucinda to Pleasant W KITTRELL 3 Oct 1850 $3328 consideration for 96.67 acres SE 1/4 of Sec 14 and SW 1/4 of Sec 24 Twp 20 Range 5 East and NE 1/4 of Sec 23 same Twp and Range, containing 410 acres, 256 acres of it being lands formerly owned by heirs of William THOMAS and remained formerly owned by estate of Thomas THURMOND.

 

Greene Co. Deed Book S p 408: JOSHUA T MELTON and wife Lucinda to Alexander MCALPINE 25 March 1854 SE 1/4 of Sec 4 and E 1/2 of NE 1/4 of Sec 4 and E 1/2 of W 1 2 of NE 1/4 of Sec 4 and NE 1/4 of Sec 3 and E 1/2 of NW 1/4 Sec 3 all in Twp 20 Range 4 East; also W 1/2 of SE 1/4 Sec 35 and E 1/2 of SE 1/4 Sec 34 Twp 21 Range 4 East?680 acres, $8000 consideration, Witness R SHACKLEFORD, William JONES.

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More About JOSHUA T. MELTON:

Cause of Death: Killed by a Civil War deserter

Census 1: 1850, Greene Co., AL. - pg 258a, Property  $6,120

Census 2: 1860, Baton Rouge, Louisiana - pg 617

Occupation: 1850, Greene County, AL. farmer

 

More About LUCINDA THURMOND:

Census 1: 1860, Baton Rouge, Louisiana - pg 617

Census 2: 1880, Hollow Square, Hale, Alabama

 

More About JOSHUA MELTON and LUCINDA THURMOND:

Marriage: September 19, 1842, Greene County, Alabama56,57

 

             iv.   JAMES WESLEY MELTON58,59,60,61,62, b. May 27, 1824, Greene County, Alabama63,64; d. May 29, 1888, Madison Station, Mississippi65,66,67; m. (1) NANCY BALDWIN THURMOND68,69,70, January 29, 1850, Greene County, Alabama71,72,73,74; b. Abt. 1832, Alabama75; d. September 21, 186676,77; m. (2) MARGARET C. ROSE 78, December 02, 187479.

 

Notes for JAMES WESLEY MELTON:

CENSUS YR:  1850  STATE:  AL  CO:  Greene  REEL NO:  M432-6  PAGE NO:  264B REF:  F. P. Strother 4th day of Nov. 1850

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 21  330  330 Martin         Pharis         33   M         Farmer         600       SC

 22  330  330 Martin         Rebecca        37   F                        1,000     SC                            X

 23  330  330 Martin         Margaret E.    5    F                                  AL                      X

 24  330  330 Martin         Mary C.        2    F                                  AL

 25  330  330 Stokes         John           73   M         Farmer                   SC

 26  331  331 Martin         John           40   M         Farmer         300       SC

 27  331  331 Martin         Bathsheba      23   F                                  NC                            X

 28  331  331 Martin         Mary A. E.     14   F                                  AL

 29  331  331 Martin         Francis E.     13   F                                  AL

 30  331  331 Martin         Julia Ann      11   F                                  AL                      X

 31  331  331 Martin         Margaret       8    F                                  AL                      X

 32  331  331 Martin         John H. F.     5    M                                  AL                      X

 33  331  331 Martin         Elzy           2    F                                  AL

 34  331  331 Martin         Martha A.      1    F                                  AL

 35  332  332 Cox            Henry P.       36   M         Farmer         6,000     SC

 36  332  332 Cox            Nancy B.       48   F                                  Geo

 37  332  332 Cox            John T.        2    M                                  AL

 38  332  332 Melton         James W.       26   M         Farmer                   AL                X

 39  332  332 Melton         nancy B.       16   F                                  AL                X

 

 

More About JAMES WESLEY MELTON:

Burial: Melton-Bennett Cemetery, Madison Co., MS

Census: 1850, Greene County, AL, page 264

Occupation: 1850, Greene County, Alabama, farmer

 

Notes for NANCY BALDWIN THURMOND:

It probably is Nancy, rather than Margaret, who is buried alongside James at the Melton-Bennett Cemetery in Madison County, Mississippi. Alice, the youngest daughter of James and Nancy, married A. G. Bennett, and the cemetery seems to be from the family of James' first marriage.

 

More About NANCY BALDWIN THURMOND:

Census: 1850, Greene County, AL, page 264

 

Marriage Notes for JAMES MELTON and NANCY THURMOND:

Married by C. F. Sturgis - Greene County,  Alabama Marriage Records B-90

 

More About JAMES MELTON and NANCY THURMOND:

Marriage: January 29, 1850, Greene County, Alabama80,81,82,83

 

More About JAMES MELTON and MARGARET ROSE:

Marriage: December 02, 187484

 

             v.   WEST ALLEN MELTON, JR. 85, b. February 18, 1826, Greene County, Alabama86,87; d. September 9, 184188,89.

             vi.   1ST LT. JESSE JEFFERSON MELTON90,91,92,93,94,95, b. March 07, 1828, Greene County, Alabama96; d. July 10, 1916, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas96; m. MARTHA ANNE HOUCK97,98,99,100, February 09, 1854, Greensboro, Greene County, Alabama101,102; b. Bet. February - April 1834, Montgomery County, Alabama103; d. March 27, 1922, Ft. Worth, Tarrant Co., TX.

 

            vii.   OLIVER A. MELTON 126, b. May 13, 1830, Greene County, Alabama127; d. July 12, 1841128.

           viii.   DR. ROBERT D. MELTON129, b. September 09, 1832, Greene County, Alabama130; d. May 17, 1913, Malakoff, Henderson County, Texas130; m. SARAH J. MITCHAM, July 31, 1872, Henderson County, Texas; b. October 28, 1853, Anderson County, Texas; d. May 06, 1935, Malakoff, Henderson County, Texas.

 

Notes for DR. ROBERT D. MELTON:

The better known pioneer Medical Doctors of Rice were: Dr. J. A. McGee and Dr. Melton who came in 1877, Dr. Hugh Sloan began his practice in 1884, and Dr. Jim Tolleson who came to Rice in the early 1900s.  Their unselfish devotion to the needs of the community is gratefully acknowledged.

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Rice has the distinction of being one of the few towns that has never had a saloon. A small amount of whiskey was sold in grocery stores until 1876, but there was no regular saloon. In 1876, Mr. Fletcher Mitchem drew up a petition which provided that no intoxicating liquor should be sold within three miles of Rice.

 

Except for one occasion the increase of population in Rice has been very slow and even. In this particular instance the population was almost doubled in one day. One morning in December 1877 a train stopped here which carried about 100 new settlers who had come from New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. This train was of the conventional type with the exaggerated smokestack. It could run at the enormous rate of 35 miles an hour and could scare all the cows of the countryside so that they wouldn’t give their milk. These settlers had heard much of the lovely sunshine of Texas and were looking for a good place to settle. Rice proved to be the most attractive place they had seen so far. They decided to give it a trial at least. A number of them stayed at the hotel run by Haynie and Ward for the first few days.

 

On the morning after their arrival, the ground was covered with snow. This was a great disappointment to them, especially to one young man of a poetic temperament, who was among those staying at the hotel. Early that morning he walked out on the veranda to view the landscape. The scene, which met his eyes, reminded him of his old home up north, and he became engulfed in a deep state of depression. Suddenly he burst into poetry. He spoke in desperate and impassioned tones that would have done credit to any professional tragedian. It is not known exactly what he said, but it ran something like this: "Tell me though in mournful numbers, this is but an empty dream. Far through the boundless sky, no gleam. Of light no breath, nor motion. As idle as a frozen ship upon a frozen ocean."

 

Most of the new settlers left Rice within a few months.

 

At this time Rice had two doctors, Dr. (J.A.) McGee and Dr. Melton. The first doctor to settle here was named Martin. At that time all other doctors went to see their patients on horseback, but this one always walked. Horses were entirely too slow for him. He could very often be seen hurrying across the prairie to see a patient. Dr. Martin lived in Rice only a few years. Dr. McGee moved here in 1877, and Dr. Sloan in 1884. They had an office together for some time on the second floor of Mr. J.A. Lackey’s store. Dr. Carter moved to Rice in 1913

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Feb 24, 1882 -

 

POSTMASTER ASSASSINATED AT RICE

Waxahachie Enterprise Feb. 24, 1882

 

 

Mr. J. A. Mitcham of Rice, was in Waxahachie on Wednesday. He was one of the jury of inquest over the dead body of Dr. J. W. Norris who was foully murdered at that place on last Monday night, and we are indebted to him for the following account of the horrible deed.

 

Mr. Morris was a merchant and postmaster at Rice. He had finished distributing the mail that came on the 8 o'clock train that night, and entered his residence just at the rear of his store. He soon stepped out to get some kindling wood, but returned and asked his wife for matches, saying that someone wished to get something from the store. About ten minutes afterward he came running in excitedly and said to his wife, "I am shot; I am a dead man." Dr. Melton, who lives close by, was summoned immediately, and to his questions Mr. Norris replied: "He made me hold up my hands and shot me twice." Two shots were heard. One of them penetrated his left side nearly under the arm and passed near the heart. The assassin's motive is not known, but is supposed to have been money or revenge. Mr. Norris was a man highly respected by the people of that community and his sad fate is much regretted by all.

 

[Donated by Barbara Knox]

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More About DR. ROBERT D. MELTON:

Census 1: 1850, Student, Greene Co, AL - pg 258A

Census 2: 1860, Baton Rouge, Louisiana - pg 617

Census 3: 1880, Rice, Navarro Co., TX; pg332B131

Census 4: 1910, Henderson County, Texas132

MILI: Military: Civil War - Surgeon 6th Miss. - 4 yrs

Occupation: 1876, Allopathic Physician

Residence: Bet. 1876 - 1882, Rice, Navarro County, Texas133

 

Notes for SARAH J. MITCHAM:

Athens Weekly Review

August 2, 1923

Mrs. M. E. Carswell Dies at Big Springs

A telegram was received by relatives Sunday stating that Mrs. M. E. Carswell of this city had died a 6 o'clock Sunday morning at the home of her son, A. J. Gallemore at Big Springs, from heart trouble. The body arrived here Monday on the afternoon Cotton Belt and was taken immediately to the Methodist church where funeral services were conducted by Dr. J. L . Massey, the pastor.

Mrs. Carswell left here several weeks ago for Big Springs and was in apparent good health. The news of her sudden death came as a severe shock to the relatives here.

Mrs. Carswell was 70 years of age and had been a lifetime member of the Methodist church. She is survived by two sons, Albert and Walter Galimore and two sisters, Mrs. W. T. Eustace of this city and Mrs. R. D. Melton of Malakoff. The two sons accompanied the remains here.

 

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Athens City Cemetery -

Gallemore, Elizabeth          4 Oct 1821     13 Jan 1884

 

 

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Athens Weekly Review

Thursday April 26, 1934

Death of Mrs. W. T. Eustace Occurs Friday:

Mrs. Martha Ellen Eustace, widow of the late Captain W. T. Eustace, died at her home on North Prairieville street at 11:30 A.M. Friday following an illness lasting about three weeks. She has been slowly sinking for the past three days. Mrs. Eustace suffered two light strokes three weeks ago that hastened the end. The first of these resulted in a fall in which she was injured.

Funeral Services were held from the Methodist Church Saturday morning at 10:00 o'clock with Rev. R. E. Connell, Pastor, in charge. Burial was at the city cemetery.

The deceased passed her 77th birthday last November. She was born six miles west of Athens and had resided here continuously since. She is survived by one sister, Mrs. Sallie Melton, of Malakoff, who is the last of five children. A number of neices and nephews also survive.

Mrs. Eustace was a faithful member of the Methodist Church for the greater part of her life. Since the death of her husband seven years ago, Mrs. Eustace had continued to live at the family home on North Prairieville street. She was married to Captain Eustace in 1882.

 

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Found this on W. T. Eustace indicating he was Clerk of the Court in 1887 (Elsewhere  found him Clerk in 1886 as well):

Volume 3, Page 362 has Miss Eliza PHILLIPS to A. L. LAWSON

License issued Jan 27, 1887 by W.T. Eustace, Clerk

Ceremony performed Feb 6, 1887 by J.C.Warren, Justice of the Peace, Prec.

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Athens City Cemetery -

Eustace, Mattie E.       6 Nov 1950    6 Jan 1927

 (birth date must have been copied wrong)

 

Eustace, Wm. T. (Capt.)          24 Aug 1845    6 Jan 1927

 Pvt. 1st Co., Richmond Howitzers-enlisted Richmond, VA.  Aug. 22, 1863 for 3 years.

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Civil War - CSA (widow's pension #46426) Filed and approved on April 12th, 1930.

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More About SARAH J. MITCHAM:

Cause of Death: Diabetes & myacardia

Census 1: 1880, Rice, Navarro Co., TX; p332-2134

Census 2: 1910, Henderson County, Texas135

Residence: Bet. 1882 - 1935, Henderson County, Texas

 

More About ROBERT MELTON and SARAH MITCHAM:

Marriage: July 31, 1872, Henderson County, Texas

 

             ix.   MARY E. MELTON 136,137, b. April 18, 1835138,139,140; d. 1864141,142; m. JOHN H. DORROH143,144, Madison County, Mississippi; b. Abt. 1838; d. 1936.

 

Notes for JOHN H. DORROH:

Harper book shows spelling of surname as "Dorrah".

I assume that her husband was part of the Dorroh family I found in 1850 Greene Count census. Need to confirm. Will try by checking for marriage records and by 1860 census.

 

More About JOHN H. DORROH:

Burial: Melton-Bennett Cemetery, Madison Co., MS

Census: 1850, Greene Co. AL page 248a

 

More About JOHN DORROH and MARY MELTON:

Marriage: Madison County, Mississippi

 

             x.   ELIZABETH WEST MELTON145,146, b. April 03, 1837, Greene County, Alabama147,148; d. April 13, 1901, Greensboro, Hale County, Alabama149,150; m. (1) CYRUS ANTHONY TORBERT151,152, January 04, 1853, Hollow Square, Greene County, Alabama153,154; b. Abt. 1824, Erie, Greene County, Alabama; m. (2) JULIUS EDWARD BAYOL155,156, Aft. 1856.

 

More About ELIZABETH WEST MELTON:

Burial: Greensboro, Alabama  Cemetery

 

More About CYRUS ANTHONY TORBERT:

Census: 1850, Greene Co. AL pg 250b - val=$5,915

Occupation: 1850, Farmer

 

More About CYRUS TORBERT and ELIZABETH MELTON:

Marriage: January 04, 1853, Hollow Square, Greene County, Alabama157,158

 

More About JULIUS BAYOL and ELIZABETH MELTON:

Marriage: Aft. 1856

 

             xi.   MATTHEW HOBSON MELTON159,160, b. February 25, 1839, Greene County, Alabama161; d. June 20, 1861, camp near Manasas, Prince William County, Virginia161,162.

 

Notes for MATTHEW HOBSON MELTON:

Died in camp (was this related to the Civil War?)

 

 

More About MATTHEW HOBSON MELTON:

Census: 1860, Baton Rouge, Louisiana - pg 617

 

            xii.   BENJAMIN N. MELTON163, b. July 01, 1841, Alabama163; d. May 11, 1912, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas163; m. (1) ADELAIDE HUTCHINSON164,165,166, January 18, 1869, Greensboro, Hale County, Alabama167,168; b. Abt. 1845, Greene County, Alabama169; d. 1901170; m. (2) CHARLOTTE B. UNKNOWN171,172, Abt. 1902.

 

Notes for BENJAMIN N. MELTON:

1850 census shows him as 12 yrs (1838 vs 1841)

 

 

More About BENJAMIN N. MELTON:

Census 1: 1860, Baton Rouge, Louisiana - pg 617

Census 2: 1880, Dallas, Dallas Co., TX - pg 68B

MILI: Military: Possibly Capt. Co. E, 6th Miss. Inf. CSA

Occupation 1: Bet. 1878 - 1879, Melton & Stone, Ft. Worth, Texas173

Occupation 2: 1880, Supt., Cotton Press (from census)

Residence: 1877, Ft. Worth, Texas174

 

More About BENJAMIN MELTON and ADELAIDE HUTCHINSON:

Marriage: January 18, 1869, Greensboro, Hale County, Alabama175,176

 

More About CHARLOTTE B. UNKNOWN:

Residence: Bef. 1902, Galveston, Texas177

 

More About BENJAMIN MELTON and CHARLOTTE UNKNOWN:

Marriage: Abt. 1902