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Lest We Forget ; Our Melvins and Kin by Lionel Dane Melvin NCMcKay Home "Lest" Contents Page Book Index-> A-F, G-Mc, M-Q, R-Y <--Pg. 013 Pg. 015--> 14 son, Jack Jones, married Marie Costin. dau. Mary Lois Jones, never married. dau. Kate Jones, never married. dau. Louise Jones, married John Andrews. dau. Mildred Jones, married Carey E. Sloan. dau. Margaret Jones, married Euland Stone. dau. Wilma Jones, never married. CATHERINE (KATHERINE) MELVIN (1791-1864) John (2), Daniel (1). Daughter of JOHN MELVIN (1762-1853) and Keziah Suggs of Bladen County, N.C. Born in Bladen County 30 Nov. 1791, died 20 Oct. 1864. Married Henry Bullard of Cumberland County, N.C., born 17 March 1791, died 29 July 1873. He probably operated the Old Melvin Mill at Peters Creek in Bladen County, for the old mill-site now is known as Bul- lard's Mill. Children of CATHERINE MELVIN and Henry Bullard: son, Henry Bullard, born c1823. dau. Rosanna Bullard, born c1826. son, Owen Bullard, born c1828. son, Jonathan S. Bullard, born c1834. Note: Just south of the old Melvin-Tatum Cemetery near the site of the Melvin-Bullard Mill there is a gravestone with this inscription: "David, son of Henry and Kath- erine Bullard born Jan. 18, 1816 died Sept. 1820" there may have been other children not shown above. Buried in the Bullard Cemetery in N.C. Highway at Har- rison's Creek, Cumberland County, N.C., is Thomas Bul- lard, born 31 Dec. 1759, died March 1837. He served in Sharp's Company, 10th Cont. Army from 10 Nov. 1778 through 1781, was pensioned 28 Aug. 1833. One son, Wil- liam Bullard, had a daughter, Ellen, who married MAR- SHALL MELVIN, born 1844, died c1870, son of PETER MEL- VIN. The Henry Bullard above who married CATHERINE MEL- VIN may have been a son of this Revolutionary veteran. CATHERINE (KATHERINE) MELVIN (1802- ) Daniel (2), Daniel (1). Daughter of DANIEL MELVIN, II (1769-1846) and Sarah West (1772- 1844) of Bladen County, N.C. Born 25 May 1802 in Bladen Co., N.C. Married c1819 in Bladen John Isham Smith, b. 1795. The Smith descendants say that Isham Smith died in military ser- vice while stationed in the state of Georgia. CATHERINE in- herited land and property from her father's estate and sup- posedly lived upon the land of her inheritance. Children of CATHERINE MELVIN and Isham Smith: son, Daniel M. Smith, born in Bladen County, N.C., 13 Jan. 1820, died in Bladen 20 Nov. 1880. Married Lucy Streety, daughter of Anne Jane Poynter Streety Harvey. Children: dau. Lizzie Smith, married Bizzell Downing. Children: <--Pg. 013 Pg. 015--> HTML Editor's notes: Variant word list: Word searches conducted by computer may produce disappointing results. Therefore, for each page, there will be a list like this of names with middle names omitted, maiden names and married names used, hyphenated words reconstructed, etc. Perhaps this strategy will help those people who are conducting searches on the Internet find who they are looking for on this page. It has already proven helpful to the HTML Editor. Mary Lois Jones, Mary Jones Louise Jones Andrews, Louise Andrews Mildred Jones Sloan, Mildred Sloan Margaret Jones Stone, Margaret Stone Carey E. Sloan, Carey Sloan Catherine Melvin, Katherine Melvin Catherine Melvin Bullard, Catherine Bullard Katherine Melvin Bullard, Katherine Bullard Jonathan S. Bullard, Jonathan Bullard Bullard's Mill Katherine Bullard Harrison's Creek Thomas Bullard Ellen Bullard, Ellen Bullard Melvin, Ellen Melvin William Bullard Marshall Melvin Peter Melvin John Isham Smith, John Smith Catherine Melvin Smith, Catherine Smith Katherine Melvin Smith, Katherine Smith military service inherited land Daniel M. Smith, Daniel Smith Anne Jane Poynter Streety Harvey, Anne Poynter Streety Harvey Anne Jane Streety Harvey, Anne Jane Harvey Lizzie Smith Downing, Lizzie Downing