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Joseph "Cooper" Melton 1777–1849 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1777

Birth Location: Nash County, North Carolina, USA

Death Date: 10 Oct 1849

Death Location: Harmons Creek, Benton County, Tennessee, USA

Father: Reuben Melton

Mother: Sarah ^Mayflower^

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Joseph "Cooper" Melton was born in 1777 in Nash County, North Carolina, USA, the child of Reuben Buck Jones Melton And Sarah Sally Jones Melton Reuben Mayflower. Joseph "Cooper" Melton passed away in 1849 in Harmons Creek, Benton County, Tennessee, USA.

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Biography

  • Joseph "Cooper" Melton was born in 1777 in Nash County, North Carolina, USA, the child of Reuben Buck Jones Melton And Sarah Sally Jones Melton Reuben Mayflower.
  • Joseph "Cooper" Melton passed away in 1849 in Harmons Creek, Benton County, Tennessee, USA.

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Joseph Melton's Ancestors

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Joseph Melton
1777–1849
Birth Place: Nash County, North Carolina, USA
Parents
Reuben 'Buck' (Jones) Melton
1757–1825
Charlottesville, Albemarle, Virginia, United States
Sarah ('Sally' Jones (Melton) _ Reuben) ^Mayflower^
1757–1836
Charlotteville, Albemarle, Virginia, United States
Grandparents
William (Samuel Melton) II
1729–1772
Richmond, Colony of Virginia, British Colonial America
Lettice ("Letty" White REV) WAR
1731–1785
Northern Neck Albemarle VA
John (Edwin) Jones
1721–1797
Hopkinton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
Mary Sturdivant
1728–1760
Of Bristol Par, Prince George, Virginia, United States
Great-Grandparents
William Melton
1698–1752
Mary Farrar
1698–1753
Dr. Sr.
1695–1776
Mary White
1709–1796
John Esq
1691–1773
Mary Baldwin
1694–1798
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Richard II
1670–1742
Mary Melton
1675–1750
Thomas Farrar
1663–1742
Kathryn Perrin
1668–1748
Col White
1663–1729
James Martyne
1644–
Letitia Lewis
1687–1718
Isaac Sr
1664–1701
Joseph WOBURN
1672–1754

Joseph Melton's Timeline

2 Records

1777
1777
Birth of Joseph "Cooper" Melton in Nash County, North Carolina, USA
Nash County, North Carolina, USA
1849
10 Oct 1849
Age 72
Death of Joseph "Cooper" Melton in Harmons Creek, Benton County, Tennessee, USA
Harmons Creek, Benton County, Tennessee, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1777
    Event Place: Nash County, North Carolina, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 10 Oct 1849
    Event Place: Harmons Creek, Benton County, Tennessee, USA

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