Notes for Mary Ann Melson
Census: 1850, RedLand Twp, Hempstead Co, AR p248 #17-- Francis39Mo Mary40Ms LeonaA15Ar SamuelGuinn2
Census-2: 1860, Beat No 3, Hopkins Co, TX p139, #1016/993-- Fran49Mo Mary50Ms SamlG14Ar Ward LeonaA23Ar Brasher Rosana14 Berry12
Census-3: 1870, Precint 5, Hopkins Co, TX p24 #159/162-- Fran59Mo Mary60Ms SamG23Ar EmmaA20Tx Williams John30Ar LeonaA33 John2
Census-4: 1880, Texas?
1. February 7, 1833, Clark County, Arkansas Territory, Francis Bittick married Mary Melson [see Marriages--Francis Bittick & Mary Ann Melson].
2. 1850, Hempstead County, Arkansas, Redland Township [census]
3. 1860, Hopkins County, Texas, Beat No 3 [census]
4. 1870, Hopkins County, Texas, Precint 5 [census]
5. June 14, 1890, Mary is 81 and living with her son, Samuel Guinn. Samuel says that his mother lived in Missouri when young [see Heirlooms-1890 Samuel Guinn Bittick Letter, page 5].
6. September 21, 1898, Ardmore, Indian Territory [Oklahoma], Mary A. Bittick testimony regarding her Mississippi Choctaw Application [see Other Documents--Mary A. Bittick's Choctaw Application].
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Early Settlements of Pike County, Arkansas
Little Missouri and Wolf Creek Settlements
James G. Melson settled about three miles south of the Kelleys near the Little Missouri river west of the public road. He arrived in 1816 from Boone County, Missouri. His previous residence was in Jefferson County, Mississippi. As prior indicated, when the first government land surveys were made (1819) in Clark (now Pike) County, Arkansas, the Melson improvements are shown in the original survey plat as two-cultivated areas each described as 'Melson's Field' in Township 9, South of Range 23 West. His family consisted of his wife Roanna Melson and children: Mary, Solomon, Rosanna, Washington and Emily. Other early settleres of this area of the Little Missouri included Samuel Bittick and Richard Wood.
[The Gems of Pike Co, Arkansas Vol. IV, No. 4, p4-54]
[Note: The Samuel Bittick mentioned is probably Samuel Bittick, born between 1755-1771, who married Nancy Williams. Richard Wood is the father of Polly Wood who married Jesse Bittick, son of Samuel and Nancy.]
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Is Mary Ann Melson Bittick buried in Delta Co, Texas?
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