William Melton, Jr. is the son of William & Sarah Melton, and a brother to Benjamin F. Melton. He married Margaret about 1870. She is about 18 years his senior. No children have ever been located. The actual burial place of William is not know, but it is assumed that he is buried here at the Melton Family Cemetery. William's nephew Absolam, son of Benjamin, owned the land where the family cemetery is now located. William was a Revolutionary War Soldier as was his brother. His Declaration for Revolutionary War Pension reads in part:
State of Illinois
County and Circuit of Lawrence
6th November AD 1821
On this sixth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty one, personally appeared in open court to wit. In the Circuit Court of the County aforesaid the same being a court of record, William Melton aged sixty three years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress of 18th March 1818 and the 1st of May 1820; that he the said William Melton enlisted to serve during the War sometime in the summer of the year 1776; in the company commanded by Captain Henry Dixon; (afterwards commanded by Capt. James Read) in the Regiment commanded by Col. Thomas Clark; in the line of the State of North Carolina on the continental establishment. That he continued to serve in the said corps until the taking of Charleston by the British; when he was taken prisoner and remained a prisoner until the end of the Revolutionary War; when he was set at liberty at Nova Scotia by the enemy and returned home but that his Regiment and Company were then dispersed and he was unable to procure a discharge. That he was in the Battles of Brandywine, Germantown and Monmouth and at the taking of Charleston as aforesaid, and; that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said service, except the testimony of Benjamin Melton whose affidavit is hereto annexed...
...and; I do further swear that I lost the use of one of my eyes while in service as aforesaid and have since nearly lost the use of the other; that I have no children; that my wife is above eighty years old and infirm, and; that I am in chance of becoming chargeable to the county in which I live; that I am by trade a tailor, but am not able by reason of my age and infirmity to pursue that or any other business...
William (his mark) Melton
State of Illinois
Lawrence County and Circuit
6th November AD 1821
In the Circuit Court of the county and state aforesaid. This day came Benjamin Melton who being duly sworn according to law, deposes and says; that he is brother to William Melton the despondent in the annexed affirmation; that he knows that said William Melton served as a soldier in the North Caroline line on the Continental establish- ment during the Revolutionary War for several years, but cannot testify as to the exact time of commencement or termination of his said service; that the said William Melton is now old, infirm, unable to labour and in very indigent circumstances, and further this despondent -----
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Benjamin (his mark) Melton
State of Illinois
County and Circuit of Lawrence
6th November AD 1821
On this sixth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty one, personally appeared in open court to wit. In the Circuit Court of the County aforesaid the same being a court of record, William Melton aged sixty three years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress of 18th March 1818 and the 1st of May 1820; that he the said William Melton enlisted to serve during the War sometime in the summer of the year 1776; in the company commanded by Captain Henry Dixon; (afterwards commanded by Capt. James Read) in the Regiment commanded by Col. Thomas Clark; in the line of the State of North Carolina on the continental establishment. That he continued to serve in the said corps until the taking of Charleston by the British; when he was taken prisoner and remained a prisoner until the end of the Revolutionary War; when he was set at liberty at Nova Scotia by the enemy and returned home but that his Regiment and Company were then dispersed and he was unable to procure a discharge. That he was in the Battles of Brandywine, Germantown and Monmouth and at the taking of Charleston as aforesaid, and; that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said service, except the testimony of Benjamin Melton whose affidavit is hereto annexed...
...and; I do further swear that I lost the use of one of my eyes while in service as aforesaid and have since nearly lost the use of the other; that I have no children; that my wife is above eighty years old and infirm, and; that I am in chance of becoming chargeable to the county in which I live; that I am by trade a tailor, but am not able by reason of my age and infirmity to pursue that or any other business...
William (his mark) Melton
State of Illinois
Lawrence County and Circuit
6th November AD 1821
In the Circuit Court of the county and state aforesaid. This day came Benjamin Melton who being duly sworn according to law, deposes and says; that he is brother to William Melton the despondent in the annexed affirmation; that he knows that said William Melton served as a soldier in the North Caroline line on the Continental establish- ment during the Revolutionary War for several years, but cannot testify as to the exact time of commencement or termination of his said service; that the said William Melton is now old, infirm, unable to labour and in very indigent circumstances, and further this despondent -----
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Benjamin (his mark) Melton
William Melton, Jr. is the son of William & Sarah Melton, and a brother to Benjamin F. Melton. He married Margaret about 1870. She is about 18 years his senior. No children have ever been located. The actual burial place of William is not know, but it is assumed that he is buried here at the Melton Family Cemetery. William's nephew Absolam, son of Benjamin, owned the land where the family cemetery is now located. William was a Revolutionary War Soldier as was his brother. His Declaration for Revolutionary War Pension reads in part:
State of Illinois
County and Circuit of Lawrence
6th November AD 1821
On this sixth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty one, personally appeared in open court to wit. In the Circuit Court of the County aforesaid the same being a court of record, William Melton aged sixty three years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress of 18th March 1818 and the 1st of May 1820; that he the said William Melton enlisted to serve during the War sometime in the summer of the year 1776; in the company commanded by Captain Henry Dixon; (afterwards commanded by Capt. James Read) in the Regiment commanded by Col. Thomas Clark; in the line of the State of North Carolina on the continental establishment. That he continued to serve in the said corps until the taking of Charleston by the British; when he was taken prisoner and remained a prisoner until the end of the Revolutionary War; when he was set at liberty at Nova Scotia by the enemy and returned home but that his Regiment and Company were then dispersed and he was unable to procure a discharge. That he was in the Battles of Brandywine, Germantown and Monmouth and at the taking of Charleston as aforesaid, and; that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said service, except the testimony of Benjamin Melton whose affidavit is hereto annexed...
...and; I do further swear that I lost the use of one of my eyes while in service as aforesaid and have since nearly lost the use of the other; that I have no children; that my wife is above eighty years old and infirm, and; that I am in chance of becoming chargeable to the county in which I live; that I am by trade a tailor, but am not able by reason of my age and infirmity to pursue that or any other business...
William (his mark) Melton
State of Illinois
Lawrence County and Circuit
6th November AD 1821
In the Circuit Court of the county and state aforesaid. This day came Benjamin Melton who being duly sworn according to law, deposes and says; that he is brother to William Melton the despondent in the annexed affirmation; that he knows that said William Melton served as a soldier in the North Caroline line on the Continental establish- ment during the Revolutionary War for several years, but cannot testify as to the exact time of commencement or termination of his said service; that the said William Melton is now old, infirm, unable to labour and in very indigent circumstances, and further this despondent -----
[illegible] not...
Benjamin (his mark) Melton
State of Illinois
County and Circuit of Lawrence
6th November AD 1821
On this sixth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty one, personally appeared in open court to wit. In the Circuit Court of the County aforesaid the same being a court of record, William Melton aged sixty three years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress of 18th March 1818 and the 1st of May 1820; that he the said William Melton enlisted to serve during the War sometime in the summer of the year 1776; in the company commanded by Captain Henry Dixon; (afterwards commanded by Capt. James Read) in the Regiment commanded by Col. Thomas Clark; in the line of the State of North Carolina on the continental establishment. That he continued to serve in the said corps until the taking of Charleston by the British; when he was taken prisoner and remained a prisoner until the end of the Revolutionary War; when he was set at liberty at Nova Scotia by the enemy and returned home but that his Regiment and Company were then dispersed and he was unable to procure a discharge. That he was in the Battles of Brandywine, Germantown and Monmouth and at the taking of Charleston as aforesaid, and; that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said service, except the testimony of Benjamin Melton whose affidavit is hereto annexed...
...and; I do further swear that I lost the use of one of my eyes while in service as aforesaid and have since nearly lost the use of the other; that I have no children; that my wife is above eighty years old and infirm, and; that I am in chance of becoming chargeable to the county in which I live; that I am by trade a tailor, but am not able by reason of my age and infirmity to pursue that or any other business...
William (his mark) Melton
State of Illinois
Lawrence County and Circuit
6th November AD 1821
In the Circuit Court of the county and state aforesaid. This day came Benjamin Melton who being duly sworn according to law, deposes and says; that he is brother to William Melton the despondent in the annexed affirmation; that he knows that said William Melton served as a soldier in the North Caroline line on the Continental establish- ment during the Revolutionary War for several years, but cannot testify as to the exact time of commencement or termination of his said service; that the said William Melton is now old, infirm, unable to labour and in very indigent circumstances, and further this despondent -----
[illegible] not...
Benjamin (his mark) Melton
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