Hi Kenneth, James Melton and Permelia Sooter are also my great great great grandparents and I too have researched James Melton's lineage for years with NO success...I have found a James Melton on the Western Cherokee Indian rolls that seems to fit OUR James Melton...based on what I have found, James Melton's movements WEST seem to parallel the Indian removal era (Trail of Tears)...James Melton & William Ragland seem to be contempararies who moved from Tenn. into Missouri by late 1820's & early 1830's. William Ragland's son, Reuben, married James Melton's daughter, Nicie A. Melton and come into Searcy County area of Arkansas by 1835 or so....some say Reuben and Nicie married in 1836 IN Searcy County & lived in Wiley's Cove along side Chief Wiley and the Indians who were there.....I have just about concluded that the reason Reuben and his wife, Nicie, co-exisited with the Indians so well, is because Reuben & Nicie Melton had a lot of Cherokee blood themselves....there is evidence that William Ragland's wife (Reuben's mother), Elizabeth (Elabestle) Polly Bounds, was also Cherokee, which further supports my theory.....anyone else want to jump in on this???? Dewayne Treat Kenneth Bradshaw wrote: > Who is Researching James Melton and Wife Permely Sooter i sure could > use > some help i Have James and Permely's Children i also have Permely's > Parents any help appreciated > Kenneth