tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4750703629968856769.post2604130738887058056..comments2024-01-04T23:19:19.695-05:00Comments on Free Blacks in Antebellum North Carolina: my absenceErinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09747662199492089159noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4750703629968856769.post-43752061889135931862021-10-26T05:12:48.825-05:002021-10-26T05:12:48.825-05:00Good day everyone around the world This is an open...Good day everyone around the world This is an open invitation for you to become part of the world's biggest conglomerate and reach the peak of your career and achievement. As we begin 2021 membership initiation program and also our annual feast of harvest and charity is almost at hand. Here you have an opportunity to get an online membership and complete initiation. So if you wish to be a member of this Great organization send me text on whatsapp @+12523576002 and Email : Lordarchlesh66@gmail.com . Do not see distance as a barrier because the technology and digital age has made things more accessible and easier . NOTE: you must be above the age of 18+ and also know that we do not have any temple or initiation agent in Africa nor Nigeria please be ware of scammers because joining the illuminati is not so easy and free there a lots required to be an illuminati member . we are not a religion organization and we do not worship anything or lucifer, we have people of all religion as our members. we are just an organization that help it members to grow in their careers and Dreams.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4750703629968856769.post-4289922168012288872011-01-30T00:58:58.779-05:002011-01-30T00:58:58.779-05:00Hi Sandra,
I'm familiar with the Melton's...Hi Sandra,<br /><br />I'm familiar with the Melton's, but have not done a lot of research on them yet. In fact, I am a descendant of Melton's myself (John Melton b. abt 1742 and married Elizabeth Jones who lived in Bertie, Edgecombe, and Nash County areas), but I haven't done a lot of research on them either so I'm not sure if they are white or something else.<br /><br />A thought about your Melton is a variant spelling could be Milton, remember with census data, it is spelled how it sounded to the enumerator (which would explain why my VA ancestors named Foxworthy, after moving to IL, were enumuerated as Coxweathen hehe).<br /><br />No, so far I have not found any correlation between Pettiford and Melton, but I'm not really looking much in the area of Bertie County either.Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09747662199492089159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4750703629968856769.post-5354301606380313682011-01-07T16:23:24.219-05:002011-01-07T16:23:24.219-05:00Hi Erin...Welcome back!
I stumbled on your blog t...Hi Erin...Welcome back!<br /><br />I stumbled on your blog today and found it rather insightful and interesting. I, too, have deep ancestral roots in NC and VA (My roots stem from Bertie, Hertford and Halifax counties, NC; and the Isle of Wight area in VA). I'm wondering if you have any information on the "MELTON" family from Bertie County, NC.<br /><br />I've been told that my G-G-Grandfather was a full-blood Cherokee Indian from Halifax County (born abt 1820), who's surname was "BOWSER;" and that after the Civil War he changed it to "MELTON" (I haven't yet been able to confirm the info given). I have confirmed, however, that he married "Martha Boon" in Southampton County under the name "MELTON." The 1860 Census lists them as "Free Colored" but I can't find anything on "Jere, Jearrie,...possibly Jeremiah" Melton prior to 1860 (perhaps his name was in fact "Bowser) or after 1870 in Bertie County (name shows then as "Melton").<br /><br />"Jearrie and Martha" were listed as farmers at Mitchell's Township in Bertie County, NC. One of his sons (my G-Grandfather) married a Mitchell.<br /><br />During my research I noticed the surnames Melton, Mitchell and Pettiford surfacing together in the same township and on the same census record pages. I'm curious to know if you have any information available to share; or if you can direct me to someone who may have insight and/or information on the Melton family that would further assist in my genealogy research? I would also be interested to know if there is a correlation in the Melton/Pettiford families.<br /><br />Thanks in advance for sharing.<br /><br />S. MeltonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com