Born [location unknown]
Daughter of [father unknown] and Woman of Ani-Wadi Cherokee
Sister of
Sister of Doublehead (Cherokee) Watts, Utsi'dsata Cherokee, Pumpkin Boy Cherokee, Sequechee Cherokee, Nancy Cherokee and Wah-hatch Cherokee
Wife of
John Melton
— married
1780 in Lawrence County, Alabama
Descendants 
Mother of
Charles Melton, David Melton, Lewis Melton, Elick Melton, Thomas Melton, James Melton, Merida Melton and Unknown (Melton) Rhea
Died
at about age 72
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 4 Jun 2014
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Biography
Acumo was Cherokee.
Member of the (?) Clan
Acumo
John Melton and Acumo had several children, they were half Irish and half Cherokee, and were Celtic-Indian mixed blood members of Cherokee Nation. Most of them married white people.
Acumo wrote a letter to Colonel Return J. Meigs shortly after her husband John Melton's death on June 7, 1815. In the letter dated June 30, 1815 she voices her concerns about her husband's brother getting all the property they had accumulated. "My husband John Melton died at his residence below Ft. Hampton 7 instant. He became a resident of Cherokee Nation 35 years ago and married me not long afterward according to established custom of my nation. He died of considerable property which I am told me and my children will be deprived of by his brother, a citizen of the United States who resides on Duck River in Tennessee. Please advise me what to do." [1]
Sources
- Mrs. Acumo Melton's letter to Colonel Meigs was found in microcopy 208, roll 7, and number 3229
The above quote from the Acumo's letter is not the entire letter. The letter is a page and a half which has been deciphered and typed.
- ↑ Records of the Cherokee Agency in Tennessee, 1801-1835. National Archives and Records Administration. Record group 75, publication number M208. 1815, p. 126
- Records of Alice (Hoffman) Baratone
- Records of Ann (Melton)Duzansky
- Doublehead:Last Chickamauga Cherokee Chief by Rickey Butch Walker
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Acumo by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Acumo:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Acumo by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Acumo:
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~1.56%
Cherie Sharp
:
23andMe, GEDmatch M653347 [compare]
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~1.56%
Karen Hoffman :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
Alice (Hoffman) Baratone :
AncestryDNA
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Autosomal DNA Test, GEDmatch MC2444554 [compare]
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~0.78%
Melissa Howard :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA
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MyHeritage DNA
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~0.78%
~6.25%
David Rose :
23andMe, GEDmatch M144221 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch M144221 [compare]
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch M144221 [compare], FTDNA kit #382910
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MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch M144221 [compare]
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~0.78%
Arthur John Cole :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Heather Howard :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Tatumgayle65
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~0.39%
Kendra Clayton :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A117270 [compare], Ancestry member kendrawebb1
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