
This is to certify that I am to pay ??
Melton eight Dollars for D. J. Allen &
this is to be his receipt against his (Melton’s)
Books
10/28/81
John A. Tyson
Again, I’m not sure of the initials, whether it’s PW Melton (I’m pretty sure that’s what the earlier initials are) or something else entirely. I can really only find the one Melton family in the area.
John A. Tyson also has me a little stumped. I can find a John H. Tyson in Centre, Stanly County, NC on the 1880 census. He was a physician. I can also find a John Tyson of Ansonville, Anson County, NC which is fairly close. I don’t have enough information, at this time, to made make a judgement call.
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