Born in Albemarle, Virginia, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of John Melton
and Sarah Melton
Sister of
Nancy (Melton) Morehead, Silas Cyrus Melton, Lettice White (Melton) Crow, William Norvell Buck Melton and John Jacob Melton [half]
Wife of
William Fortune Jr.
— married
3 Aug 1797 in Albemarle, Virginia, USA
Descendants 
Mother of
Nancy (Fortune) Melton, Sophia (Fortune) Weast, Sarah (Fortune) Melton and Lucy (Fortune) Freeman
Died
at about age 36
in Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 16 Feb 2014
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Biography
Sarah was born on 28 JAN 1777 in Albemarle, Virginia, USA. She was the daughter of John Melton and Sarah Melton. They were first cousins.[1]
She married William Fortune Jr. on 3 Aug 1797 in Albemarle, Virginia, USA. See his profile for more family information.
Sarah died in about 1814 in Rutherford, North Carolina, USA.
Sources
- ↑
Family History Or Pedigree:
"Family Data Collection - Births"
Ancestry Record 5769 #3022168 (accessed 30 December 2022)
Name: Sarah Melton; Father: John Melton; Mother: Sarah Melton; Birth Date: 28 Jan 1777; State: VA; Country: USA.
See Also:
- "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org), entry for this profile (PID https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LC39-XYS); contributed by various users.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sarah 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 Sarah:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sarah 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 Sarah:
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~3.12%
Marie Lane
:
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
~3.12%
Carol White :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #946844
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~0.78%
Kenneth Kent :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A511910 [compare], Ancestry member kennethakent
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A511910 [compare], FTDNA kit #B8533
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~0.39%
Jason W. Crews :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A678344 [compare], Ancestry member TheTexasGenealogist
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #328982
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~0.39%
Isabel Melton :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member izlovesanime123
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~0.39%
Shandra Carroll :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch UP8455800 [compare], yourDNAportal SHA85749039, Ancestry member ShandraCarroll
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