Melton, Samuel Wickliffe, 1830-1899.
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Melton, Samuel Wickliffe, 1830-1899.
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Melton, Samuel Wickliffe, 1830-1899.
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Lawyer, journalist, judge, and Confederate officer of Chester and Columbia, S.C.; Colonel of Confederate States Army; judge of Fifth judicial circuit, 1870; Attorney-General of S.C., 1872-1876; District Attorney of S.C., 1881-1885; during antebellum era, graduated 1852 class of South Carolina College; editor of "Chester Standard" (1853-1854); founder and owner of "Yorkville Enquirer" newspaper (1855-1858); native of York, S.C.; son of Samuel Melton (1789-1860) and Sarah T. Davis Melton (d. 1854); husband of Mary Helen Gore Melton; father of Lawson D. Melton and six additional children.
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Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va., 1861
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