Mourning Smith

Not the same as Mourning Tatom

Mourning Melton was born in ~1743 in Brunswick, Virginia. Her parents were Robert Melton (1696 - 1759) and Ann Hall (1710 - 1755). Her father asked that she be committed to the care of Mr. Robert Cate, Jr. in his will. The bond was 50 pounds and the bondsman was listed as Thomas Cate. Mourning's mother had already passed away and with her father's passing, it was felt that she was to young to take care of herself.[1]

• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Melton-2917
• Orange County, North Carolina, Court of Pleas & Quarter Session 1752-Aug 1766 Pages 82 & 52 Court of 1763