Jane was born in 1848. She is the daughter of Phillip Melton and Jane Beesely. [1][2] It may be this Jane Melton who married Young Graves in 1870. [3]
Sources
↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4LV-M4G : 12 April 2016), June Milton in household of Philip Milton, Yalobusha county, Yalobusha, Mississippi, United States; citing family 76, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
↑ "Mississippi Marriages, 1800-1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V28B-89Z : 10 February 2018), Young Graves and Jane Melton, 18 Aug 1870; citing Yalobusha,Mississippi; FHL microfilm 894,126.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jane by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' 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 Jane: