George Washington Melton (1845 - 1895)

Born 13 Oct 1845 in Roane, Tennessee, United States

Husband of Nancy Carline (Thompson) Melton — married 9 Oct 1873 in Roane County, TN

Descendants

Died 25 Dec 1895 at age 50 in Morgan, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

This biography is a rough draft. It was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import and needs to be edited.

Name

Name: George Washington /Melton/^[1][2]

Birth

Birth:

Date: 1845

Place: Roane County, TN^[3][4][5][6]

Object: @M51@

Death

Death:

Date: 1895

Place: Morgan County, TN^[7]

Object: @M52@

Burial

Burial:

Place: Potter's Chapel, Lancing, Morgan County, TN

Object: @M53@

Census

Census:

Date: 1880

Place: Morgan County, TN, Civil District No. 8^[8]

Census:

Date: 1860

Place: Roane County, TN, District No. 3 (Post Office: Papaw Ford)^[9]

Census:

Date: 1850

Place: Roane County, TN, Subdivision No. 20^[10]

Occupation

Occupation: Farmer

Date: 28 JUN 1880

Place: Morgan County, TN, Civil District No. 8^[11]

Residence

Residence:

Date: 28 JUN 1880

Place: Morgan County, TN, Civil District No. 8^[12]

Residence:

Date: 19 JUN 1860

Place: Roane County, TN, District No. 3 (Post Office: Papaw Ford)^[13]

Residence:

Date: 22 OCT 1850

Place: Roane County, TN, Subdivision No. 20^[14]

Event

Event: Can read and write

Type: Literacy

Date: 28 JUN 1880

Place: Morgan County, TN, Civil District No. 8^[15]

Event: George's brother, John B., and sister, Ann, both lived with him and his family.

Type: Misc

Date: 28 JUN 1880

Place: Morgan County, TN, Civil District No. 8^[16]

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S2 Page: Roane County, TN, Subdivision No. 20, page 163. Listed as "George W."
2. ↑ Source: #S4 Page: Roane County, TN, Division No. 3 (Post Office: Papaw Ford), page 53. Listed as "Geo W."
3. ↑ Source: #S8 Page: Morgan County, TN, Civil District No. 8. ED #132, page 24. Lists his age as 32, making year of birth 1848, born in TN.
4. ↑ Source: #S4 Page: Roane County, TN, Civil District No. 3 (Post Office: Papaw Ford). Page 53. Lists his age as 14, making year of birth 1846, born in TN.
5. ↑ Source: #S2 Page: Roane County, TN, Subdivision No. 20, page 163. Listed as 4 years old, making year of birth 1846, born in TN.
6. ↑ Source: #S34 Data: Text: George's headstone shows a birthdate of 1845.
7. ↑ Source: #S34 Data: Text: George's headstone gives a death date of 1895.
8. ↑ Source: #S8 Page: Morgan County, TN, Civil District No. 8. ED #132, page 24.
9. ↑ Source: #S4 Page: Roane County, TN, Civil District No. 3 (Post Office: Papaw Ford). Page 53.
10. ↑ Source: #S2 Page: Roane County, TN, Subdivision No. 20, page 163.
11. ↑ Source: #S8 Page: Morgan County, TN, Civil District No. 8. ED #132, page 24.
12. ↑ Source: #S8 Page: Morgan County, TN, Civil District No. 8. ED #132, page 24.
13. ↑ Source: #S4 Page: Roane County, TN, Civil District No. 3 (Post Office: Papaw Ford). Page 53.
14. ↑ Source: #S2 Page: Roane County, TN, Subdivision No. 20, page 163.
15. ↑ Source: #S8 Page: Morgan County, TN, Civil District No. 8. ED #132, page 24.
16. ↑ Source: #S8 Page: Morgan County, TN, Civil District No. 8. ED #132, page 24.

• WikiTree profile Melton-615 created through the import of Colleen's Family_2013-01-09.ged on Jan 9, 2013 by Colleen Arnold. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Colleen and others.

• Source: S2 Title: 1850 Census NOTE Source Medium: Book
• Source: S34 Title: Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 24 June 2019), memorial page for George Washington Melton (13 Oct 1845–25 Dec 1895), Find A Grave: Memorial #24640848, citing Potters Chapel Cemetery, Lancing, Morgan County, Tennessee, USA ; Maintained by Jim (contributor 46924703) .
• Source: S4 Title: 1860 Census NOTE Source Medium: Census
• Source: S8 Title: 1880 Census NOTE Source Medium: Census