Melton, Samuel Wickliffe, 1830-1899.
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.
From the description of Samuel Wickliffe Melton papers, 1860-1878. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 42520955
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| creatorOf | Melton, Samuel Wickliffe, 1830-1899. Samuel Wickliffe Melton papers, 1860-1878. | University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries | |
| referencedIn | Aldrich, Robert, 1844-1911. Robert Aldrich papers, 1885-1920. | University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries |
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| associatedWith | Bonham, Milledge L. (Milledge Luke), 1813-1890. | person |
| associatedWith | Clark, W. A. (Washington Augustus), b. 1842. | person |
| associatedWith | Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 | person |
| correspondedWith | Ewell, Richard Stoddert, 1817-1872 | person |
| associatedWith | Jackson, Stonewall, 1824-1863 | person |
| associatedWith | La Borde, Maximilian, 1804-1873 | person |
| associatedWith | Lee, Mary Custis, 1835-1918. | person |
| associatedWith | Leo XIII, Pope, 1810-1903. | person |
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| associatedWith | Melton, Mary Helen Gore. | person |
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| associatedWith | Pickens, F. W. (Francis Wilkinson), 1805-1869. | person |
| associatedWith | Smith, Gustavus Woodson, 1822-1896. | person |
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Birth 1830
Death 1899
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