Joseph Melvin (1764-1817)

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The following is taken from History of Madison County, Ohio Anonymous, 1883.

The Melvin family settled on the Glade in 1808 and 1809. It appears they were natives of Virginia, although they came to this county from Tennessee. The first family of this name to settle here was that of Thomas Melvin, who located here in the spring of 1808. He was born January 21. 1782. and died in the fall of 1808, having survived only a few months after locating here.

He was the eldest son of '''John Melvin. Sr.''' who married Jane Barnes, and with his family came to the Glade in 1809, locating on the place now owned by the Widow Marsh, and there resided till his death. Besides their eldest son mentioned above, they had the following children: all now deceased. In 1883 the only descendant of this large family, who wa a resident of Madison county, was John Melvin. Jr., a son of Bartholomew Melvin, who still resided on the Glade.
 * Charles,
 * Polly,
 * Abby,
 * Bartholomew,
 * Joseph,
 * Samuel and
 * Jefferson,

Joseph Melvin, a cousin of the above John Melvin, Sr., settled on the Glade, with his family at the same time of the latter. He married Phebe Van Vacter, and the following were their children:
 * Benjamin
 * John,
 * Silas,
 * Joseph,
 * Sallie,
 * Thomas and
 * Jane,

all deceased. In 1883 the only descendants of this family then in the county were the children of John. the second son, who married Sallie Inzer. by whom he had the following children:
 * .Josiah, who is married, and resides on the Glade,
 * Jane. married John Jones. of London;
 * Benjamin. resides in Indiana. and
 * Phebe. who married Isaac Jones. of London.

About 1808-10. Lewis Coon. a native of Virginia. and several of his nephews located on Deer Creek, on or near the Minshall lands. Son Jacob Coon, Sr., resided here till about 1848, when he removed to Missouri, and subsequently to Illinois, where he died, aged ninety-five years. He was twice married; by his first wife he had four sons and four daughters. Mr. Coon's second wife was Elizabeth Melvin, by whom he had three sons and four daughters; two of these sons died in the army, and the surviving one resides in Missouri; the daughters removed West and some are deceased. Mrs. Coon is still living in the West at an advanced age. From History of Madison County, Ohio Anonymous, 1883.

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Records
|TN 1814 Tax record Washington Co Lists a Joseph Melvin.

| Bekeley Co VA Rent Rolls
 * Name:	THOMS MELVIN
 * State:	Virginia
 * County:	Berkeley County
 * Township:	Rent Rolls
 * Year:	1772
 * Record Type:	Rent Role
 * Database:	VA Early Census Index

| Bekeley Co VA Rent Rolls]
 * Name:	JOHN MELVIN
 * State:	Virginia
 * County:	Berkeley County
 * Township:	Rent Rolls
 * Year:	1777
 * Record Type:	Rent Role
 * Database:	VA Early Census Index

Name:	THOS MELVIN State:	Virginia County:	Berkeley County Township:	Rent Rolls Year:	1777 Record Type:	Rent Role Database:	VA Early Census Index

JNO. OF CASTLE MELVIN State:	Virginia County:	Berkeley County Township:	Rent Rolls Year:	1776 Record Type:	Rent Role Database:	VA Early Census Index

Name:	James Melvin Year:	1776 Place:	Virginia Source Publication Code:	3110 Primary Immigrant:	Melvin, James Annotation:	General list of the Highland prisoners taken by Captain James and Richard Barron in the ship Oxford, and the assignment of them into fourteen divisions to be sent to various counties in Virginia. Source Bibliography:	"THE HIGHLAND PRISONERS. Journal of Committee of Safety June 5, 1776-July 5, 1776; Monday the 24th of June 1776." In Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine, vol. 5:1 (July 1923), pp. 59-63. Page:	62

James Melvin Year:	1717 Place:	Virginia Source Publication Code:	6223 Primary Immigrant:	Melvin, James Annotation:	Abstracts of Virginia Land Office patent books 9 through 14, covering the early decades of the eighteenth century. Includes numerous references to land patented by "French refugees," the Protestants (Huguenots) who fled France after Louis XIV revoked the Source Bibliography:	NUGENT, NELL MARION, abstractor. Cavaliers and Pioneers: Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants. Vol. 3: 1695-1732. Richmond [VA]: Virginia State Library, 1979. 578p. Indexed. Page:	196

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