Eliza Melton

From the 1850 federal census, Eliza Melton lived with her husband and children in Benton County, Tennessee. The family at the time consisted of:

• Head Merit Melton 35
• Wife Eliza Melton 33
• Daughter Pervilla Melton 12
• Son Henry Melton 10
• Daughter Kiziah Melton 8
• Daughter Penelope Melton 7
• Son Abnor Melton 6
• Daughter Elizabeth Melton 4
• Son William Melton 2

Father: Abner Herrin. Mother: Keziah Hendon. Spouse:: Rev. Matthew Merritt Melton, son of Phebey Mannon and Cooper Melton.

Children:

• Pervillia Melton b. 24 Aug 1837 in Tenn.,
• Henry P. Melton b. 16 Jan 1839 Benton Co., Tn.,
• Abner David Melton b. 29 Dec 1844 in Benton Co., Tn.,
• Kiziah Melton b. 3 Mar 1840 in Tenn.,
• Penelope Jane Melton b. 24 Dec 1842 in Tenn.,
• Elizabeth Melton b. 27 Aug 1846 in Tenn.,
• William Sutton Melton b. 29 Oct 1848 in Tenn.
• Mary Ann Melton b. 26 Jun 1851 in Tenn.,
• James Cooper Melton b. 13 Nov 1854 in Tenn. Or Tex,
• Basil Lucas Melton b. 9 Aug 1857 in Panola Co., Tx.