Born about in Hillsborough, Orange County, North Carolina
Ancestors 
Daughter of Jeremiah Moses Melton
and Mary Nancy (Keen) Melton
Wife of
Noell Luin Nelson
— married
1793 in Clarke, Georgia
Descendants 
Mother of
Mary Parker (Nelson) Ligon, Noah Nelson, Nancy Ann (Nelson) Malcom, Phoebe (Nelson) Knight, Matilda B. (Nelson) Haynie, Lena Nelson, Nathaniel Holly Nelson and Elva Judith (Nelson) Myhand
Died
at about age 64
in Hard Labor Creek, Morgan, Georgia, United States
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Biography
Caroline "Carrie" Melton was born about 1772 to Jeremiah Melton and Mary Keen in Hillsborough, North Carolina.
She married Noell Luin Nelson in 1793 in Clarke, Georgia. Their children were:
- Maria Eliza Nelson
- Mary Parker Nelson
- Martha Nelson
- Sarah Nelson
- Nancy Ann Nelson
- Noah Nelson
- Mahala Nelson
- Phoebe Nelson
- Moses Masey Nelson
- Ashley Shelby Nelson
- Matilda B. Nelson
- Lena Nelson
- Nathaniel Holly Nelson
- Elva Judith Nelson
She died, at the age of about 64, on November 7,1836 in Hard Labor Creek, Georgia. She was buried at the Nelson Family Cemetery, Rutledge, Morgan County, Georgia.[1]
Sources
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16704414/caroline-nelson : accessed 25 October 2021), memorial page for Caroline “Carrie” Melton Nelson (1772–7 Nov 1836), Find A Grave: Memorial #16704414, citing Nelson Family Cemetery, Rutledge, Morgan County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by Somewhere in Time (contributor 46868741) .
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Caroline by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Caroline by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
- Susan (Powell) Marx
:
Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test Full Sequence, haplogroup J1c1, FTDNA kit #B179480 - Angelina (Parker) Pease :
Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test Full Sequence, haplogroup H1j
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~1.56%
Doug Patton :
23andMe, GEDmatch AJ9015115 [compare]
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~1.56%
Durana McCall :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A938349 [compare], Ancestry member duranamccall
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~1.56%
Robert Brown :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member rlb1111
-
~0.78%
Sheila Tidwell :
23andMe, GEDmatch A306176 [compare], yourDNAportal SHE39a53e18
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A306176 [compare], yourDNAportal SHE39a53e18, Ancestry member AuntSheila
-
~0.78%
Dianne Hood :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch RA1350060 [compare], Ancestry member diannehood
-
~0.78%
~3.12%
Randy Quick :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A985556 [compare], yourDNAportal RANdb5b1058, Ancestry member rlquick73
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch HE7016916 [compare], yourDNAportal RANdb5b1058, FTDNA kit #159815
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~0.78%
Dennis Clack :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Bobby Hamby :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Glenda (Durrett) Kennedy :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Wanda (Tidwell) Ptomey :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch QL8924259 [compare], yourDNAportal WAN86847092, Ancestry member wptomey
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~0.78%
Ken Tidwell :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch TD1035181 [compare], yourDNAportal KEN4602ef39, Ancestry member ken611985
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Melton-424 and Melton-1129 appear to represent the same person because: Same locations, same relationships and children. Birth date is different but everything else matches
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on Melton-1129 (merged)
by Sheila Tidwell
Rejected matches › Caroline (Domgaard) Nielsen (1846-1908)
Caroline is 20 degrees from Emeril Lagasse, 18 degrees from Nigella Lawson, 20 degrees from Maggie Beer, 42 degrees from Mary Hunnings, 26 degrees from Joop Braakhekke, 24 degrees from Michael Chow, 20 degrees from Ree Drummond, 21 degrees from Paul Hollywood, 18 degrees from Matty Matheson, 21 degrees from Martha Stewart, 27 degrees from Danny Trejo and 25 degrees from Molly Yeh on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.
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