Melinda ABNEY1

F, b. 14 November 1811, d. 29 March 1839
Relationship
1st cousin 4 times removed of John Kennedy BROWN Jr.
     Melinda ABNEY, daughter of Zachariah ABNEY and Tabitha TOWNSEND, was born on 14 November 1811 in Edgefield District, South Carolina.1

Melinda ABNEY appeared on a census, enumerated 7 August 1820, in the household of her father Zachariah ABNEY in Edgefield District, South Carolina. She was listed as one of four free white females under 10.

Melinda married Col. James L. Mosley Gilder on 29 September 1831 in Saluda County, South Carolina.2 She was buried in the Zachariah Abney Cemetery, Saluda County, South Carolina.

On 29 March 1839 Melinda died in Saluda County, South Carolina, at age 27 leaving James L. Mosley a widower. After her death Col. Gilder married Harriet Yarborough, daughter of Gilson and Elizabeth Yarborough of Saluda.1
Last Edited=30 Jan 2020

Citations

  1. [S276] Edgefield Chapter South Carolina Genealogical Society, ABCDs of Edgefield, Zachariah Abney Bible, pg. 115.
  2. [S902] Mary B. Parkman, Our Saluda County Ancestors, pg. 19.

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