"SION MELTON"

Sion was the second child of Joseph Melton. There is reason to believe that his mother may have been an Indian woman, from North Carolina.
(Note: Family rumor has always been that Sion was Joseph's half- breed son, he brought to Tennessee from North Carolina.)
There is no known document to prove this is true or false, but my research has led me to agree with the fact that Sion Melton was from an Indian bloodline.

Sion was a farmer in the Harmons Creek Community. He was born in 1802 in North Carolina. He married twice in his lifetime.
His first marriage was to Lucretia Farmer in about 1820. Lucretia was born in about 1795 in North Carolina to Conrad Farmer and Mary Huffines.


Sion and Lucretia had five children.

1. Narcissa Jane Melton was born in 1821 in Tennessee. She married twice, first to Wyly Walker on March 24, 1839 in Benton Co., TN, by Berry Vester, JP and second to William Cole between 1850-1860. (No marriage record could be found for her second marriage.)
Narcissa had no children by Wyly Walker or William Cole. William Cole was born in 1833 in Tennessee and appeared in the Benton Co., TN census in 1860.
As with so many of the Indian descendants, I've been unable to find her death date or burial place.

2. Charity Melton was born in 1822 in Tennessee. She married Hiram Warnick about Oct.28, 1848 in Benton Co., TN. (This license was issued, but never registered.
   Hiram was born in 1818 in Tennessee to David Warnick & Elizabeth (unknown).
   Charity and Hiram had one child, Araminta (Minta J.) Jane Warnick.
   Charity died sometime after 1880, her burial was in the old Melton Cemetery on Harmon's Creek in Benton Co., TN in an unmarked grave. Hiram Warnick died sometime after 1880 and also buried in an unmarked grave in the Melton Cemetery.
   
3. Conrad J. Melton was born in 1827 in Tennessee. He married Lucretia Holland on April 10, 1844 in Benton Co., TN, by John Pafford, MG.Lucretia was born in 1820, possibly in Tennessee. (Parents are unknown.)

   Conrad and Lucretia had three known children; William in 1840, Martin in 1844 and Mary in 1850. All three children were born in Tennessee.
   They are listed in the Benton Co., TN census in 1860, but do NOT appear in the 1870 Benton Co., TN census. Nothing further is known.

   
4. Unknown male Melton Child was born between 1835 and 1840. This child died before the 1850 Benton Co., TN census was taken.


5. Analiza Melton was the last child of Sion Melton and Lucretia Farmer. She was born about 1838 in Tennessee. She married twice. Her first marriage was to Alfred Myers between 1850 and 1858. (No marriage record could be found.) Alfred was born in 1837 in Tennessee to John Myers and Elendor (unknown).Alfred died between 1858 and 1863. His burial place is unknown.
Analiza and Alfred had one child, Lucretia P. Myers in 1859 in Benton Co., TN.

Analiza married her second husband, William W. Davidson on March 15, 1863 in Benton Co., TN, by J.P. Arnold, JP. William died between 1865 and 1870.
They had one child, Mary J.C. Davidson in 1866 in Tennessee.



Lucretia (Farmer) Melton died between 1870 and 1871, her burial location is unknown.



Sion Melton married his second wife, Lucy Rop in December of 1871 in Benton Co., TN.(Their marriage license was issued but never registered. Her name on the license is very difficult to read, but appears to be ROP or ROPE.)
Lucy was born in 1844 in Tennessee. (Her parents are unknown.)

Sion Melton died in 1886 in Benton Co., TN, his burial was as he requested in an unmarked grave on the Woody Hollow Ridge in Harmon's Creek in Benton Co., TN. Sion's grave remained unmarked until the 1980's.
Lucy (Rop) Melton died on July 3, 1924, her burial was in the Flatwoods Cemetery in Benton Co., TN. They had no children together.
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"From Our Branch - to Yours", Doris M. Hightower, Nov.12, 1998