William Samuel Melton, son of William James Melton and Elizabeth O. Farrar , was born November 23,1729 in Richmond, Surrey Co. Virginia. He married Lettice (Letitia) White . He died February 11, 1771. Lettice (Letitia) White, daughter of Jeremiah White and Mary Martin , was born 27 JAN 1734/35. She died in Rutherford County, North Carolina.