Indenture 28 Nov 1839 Between Obadiah Meador John V Meador Mary Meador Martha Meador their wives of Sumter County, AL and William Melton of same place who paid $3,870 for land in Sumter County in the [Land Office] District of Demopolis E1/2 of SW1/4 and W1/4 of SW14 of Sec 22 T19 R1e also the SE fractional 1/4 of Sec 21 of same Township and Range also a fraction of the NE end of the other jst above mentioned being in Sec 2 T19 R1E it being a parcel of land a part alienated to John Walker as head of a Choctaw family of the other part granted to aid Meadors by preemption and transferred to said Meders y John Walker containing 349 acres more or less Signeed Obadiah x his mark Meador John V Meador Mary x her mark Meador Martha x her mark Meador Witnesses Robert Grady, A. Duren JP Recorde 28 Nov 1839
Melton, Wm, 62, farmer, RE=$2560, PE=$7200, b. GA , Sarah, 55, b. SC Meadows, Mary, 87, b. NC , John, 30, PE=$60, b. SC , Jane, 30, b. AL , Obadiah, 13, b. MS , Ann, 11, b. MS , Joel, 9, b. MS , Benjamin, 7, b. MS , John D., b. MS
In the 1800 US Census for Chesterfield, South Carolina, there was (p. 351) a William Vines, over the age of 45, with a daughter 16-25 and wife (over 45), and one slave.
