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Richard Melton (bef. 1717 - bef. 1795)

Richard Melton
Born before in St. Peter's Parish, New Kent, Virginiamap
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Son of and
Brother of , , , , , , , , , and
Husband of — married 1734 in Hanover, Virginia Colonymap
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Died before at about age 78 in Bedford, Virginia, United Statesmap
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Profile last modified | Created 7 Sep 2011
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Biography

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Richard Melton was born in Virginia.

Richard Melton was born about 1717. His place of birth has been claimed to be either St. Peter's Parish, New Kent, Virginia, or Hanover County, Virginia. He passed away in 1795 in Bedford County, Virginia.

Richard was mentioned on a memorial in Bedford Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Bedford, Bedford County, Virginia, United States with a death date of 1795.[1]

Event

Event:
Type: Tax Roll
Date: BET 1784 AND 1795
Place: Bedford County, Virginia [2]

Sources

  1. ↑ Memorial: Find a Grave (no image)
    Find A Grave: Memorial #213997040 (accessed 19 April 2024)
    Memorial page for Richard Melton (1717-1795), citing Bedford Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Bedford, Bedford County, Virginia, USA; Maintained by Lotsacousins (contributor 48730524).
  2. ↑ Tax Rolls of Bedford County, Virginia, 1784-1785




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Bayer-1265 Cynthia (Bayer) Melton
Gillian. I have been chasing Absolem Melton, wife of Mary (Lynne) Pollard, for a very long time and found nothing. Then I noticed that Pollard came up as wife of Richard Absolem Melton and realized there is no Absolem with a birth date of 1750. He is actually Richard Absolem Melton with a birthdate of 1722 and, in the process found the second account for Richard Absolem Melton [Melton-325]. I corrected the mistake on my account and requested a merge. Didn't mean to upset anyone; just wanted to get the facts straightened out. Hope that helps.
posted by Cynthia (Bayer) Melton
Gill Whitehouse
Wikitree does have rules for this. It may be that you just didn't find this birth record. We don't recycle profiles https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Recycling_WikiTree_IDs
posted by Gill Whitehouse
Bayer-1265 Cynthia (Bayer) Melton
Gillian. Let me understand what should happen on a junk profile. Should I have noted on the junk profile that it was the same as a sourced profile but with the incorrect name and date, make note of the two profile IDs, and referred the junk profile to the Unknowns Project? If I had noted why I changed the name and birthdate before I merged them, would that have solved the problem, without having to treat the file as a junk profile? No doubt I will find another profile that is wrong and I want to be sure I handle it correctly. Thanks for your help. Cyndee
posted by Cynthia (Bayer) Melton
Gill Whitehouse
Hi Cindee, well first of all we shouldn't really be changing the original dates, even if you can't find a source initially, the original dates make him more likely to be a son or grandson than the same as the father. If you really can't find anything to connect him then, then he should be detached from the family with a research note to say who he's been detached from and why he doesn't belong in the family with any other information you've found. The first place to look is to try to find the original tree that he came from and see if there are any clues there. I will say though, all these Absoloms look like a nightmare to track down, and there seem to be quite a few of them!

It's also important not to delete any information that can lead to clues such as:

WikiTree profile Melton-287 created through the import of O'Bryan Family tree.ged on Sep 6, 2011 by Tim Tropeck. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Tim and others.

posted by Gill Whitehouse
edited by Gill Whitehouse
Bayer-1265 Cynthia (Bayer) Melton
Ok, Gill.

Thanks for the information. You are so right! Not only are there a lot of Absolom Meltons, but also a myriad of John, Henry, William, Richard, and Thomas Meltons. And sometimes they are Meltons and sometimes they are Miltons. My bloodline is sometimes hard to trace. But I love tracing it!!

posted by Cynthia (Bayer) Melton
Bayer-1265 Cynthia (Bayer) Melton
Melton-325 and Melton-287 appear to represent the same person because: These profiles are the same person
posted by Cynthia (Bayer) Melton
Gill Whitehouse
This profile has been changed from an original birth date of 1750 and first name of Absolom with no explanation.
posted by Gill Whitehouse

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