John Melton of Nash County, North Carolina was the son of Zachariah and Sarah Thomas Melton. He was born in 1742 and died in 1797 in Nach Co., North Carolina. He married Elizabeth Jones of Edgecomb, North Carolina,1 October 1763. She was the daughter of Julian Jones and Frances Albrighton Jones.

John and Elizabeth had nine children.

Mary Melton, married Thomas Hart
Ann Melton
David Melton, b. 1765 in Nash Co., NC, d. 01 January 1815 in Warren Co., TN.
Matthew Melton, b. 17 May 1767 in Edgecomb, NC, d. 09 Feb 1845 in Round Prarie, IL.
Joseph Melton b. 1770 in Nash Co., NC, d. 1835 in Humphreys County, TN; (even though he was on the west side of the Tennessee river, it was not officially Benton Co. until 1836).
Fereby Melton, b 1775, Nash Co., NC, d. ca 1862 in Benton Co., TN
Cooper Melton, b. 1777 in Edgecomb, NC, d. 10 October 1849 in Benton Co, TN
Martha Melton, b. 1782
Thomas Melton, b. ca 1784 d. in Warren Co., TN.

John Melton's will was dated the 29th day of April 1797. It was not long after the will was probated that John and Elizabeth's children migrated to West Tennessee.


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