Descendents of John Medlin II son of John Medlin and Ferby Whitley. John was a very wealthy man the 1859 tax
list shows him 1206 acres of land and by 1860 he owned 10,000 acres. He operated a grain mill on Richardson
Creek. He was a member of the High Hill Church. In 1847 he was involved in the death of a slave he was
charged with manslaughter along with Clem Curlee. Pleading an old English clergy law he was fined $3000.
Union County used the money to build a County Jail in Monroe. The Jail has since been named in the National
Register of Historic Places. He left NC after the Civil War and went to Carbondale Illinois (one story states with
a chest of gold) where he died in 1870.
* John Medlin b. 1790 d. Oct 1870 m. Unity DeBerry b. 1895
1 DeBerry Medlin b. Jan 15 1819 d. Mar 9 1877 m. Mahala Richardson b. 1818
Delpha Medlin b. May 2 1842
Martha Margiana Medlin b. Nov 6 1843
DeBerry Medlin Jr. b. Dec 1843 d. Feb 2 1868 m. Alcy Clementine Keziah b. Jul 11 1845 d. Oct 8 1916
Thomas Medlin b. 1868
Leander Medlin b. Dec 1869
John I Medlin b. Nov 14 1879 d. Nov 12 1954 m. Nov 25 1900 Nettie J Dees b. March 18 1883 d. Sept 22 1922
Miriam Medlin b. Sept 26 1847 d. Nov 13 1928 m. 1878 Issac Keziah b. Jan 20 1849 d. Nov 6 1929
Julie B Keziah b. July 10,1871 d. Sept 7 1926 m. March 16 1899 Henry Naylor Dees b. 1861
Carl Dees b. Sept 14 1903 D Jan 19 1893
Ruby Dees b. 1903
Henry Sampson Dees b. 1901
Ernest Dees b. 1904
Asberry Dees b. 1907
Josiah Medlin b. March 6 1849
Semira Medlin b. July 12 1851
Sarah E Medlin b. May 1856
William Medlin b. 1858 d. 1880 M Harriet Helms
Thomas Medlin b. Aug 9 1861
2 Samyra Medlin b. Dec 1 1820 d. Nov 26 1901 m. Feb 25 1841 Addison Franklin Whitley b. Dec 25 1819 d. Dept 15 1866
Julia Ann Whitley b. Dec 17 1841 d. Mar 12 1928 m Osborne Thomas
Eunity Adleline Whitley b. Feb 22 1844 d. Nov 5 1928 M William Dudley Edwards
Jemima Whitley b. Feb 22 1844 d. Nov 21 1922 m. Nov 22 1860 Jemiah Hinson b. April 8 1840 d. Nov 10 1915
Samira Whitley b. April 26 1845 d. Nov 21 1922 m. Aaron Hinson b. April 14 1843 d. Jan 17 1925
Philip Whitley b. Nov 27 1847 d. Sept 4 1935 m Mary Etta Simpson
Mary A. Whitley b. March 7 1848 d. July 19 1928 m. Feb 13 1873 Levi Wilson Helms b. April 25 1850 d. Sept 23 1878
Addison Whitley b. 1853 d. 1899 m Laura Armelzel Hinson
Louiza Whitley M John Deese
John Shepard Whitley b. May 28 1859 d. April 11 1934
m. Lacy Harris
m. Elmira Medlin
m. Jane Baucom
Joshua Whitley b. Feb 1861 d. 1904
Eunice Whitley b. 1861
Green Sheppard Whitley b. March 21 1863 m. Polly Dees
3 Eunice Medlin b. Apr 20 1821 d. Jan 14 1905 m. Clement D Curlee b. Sep 6 1817 d. May 14 1885
4 Ervin Medlin b. Nov 24 1822 d. May 20 1901 m. 1843 Lydia P Muse b. June 22 1822 d. Sept 17 1904
Myers Medlin b. Dec 22 1849
Amanda Medlin b. May 1 1852
Alfred Medlin b. 1854
Mary I Medlin b. April 21 1856 d. Feb 2 1883
John Deberry Medlin b. July 28 1859 d. June 28 1932
LaQueen Medlin b. March 28 1867 d. Dec 19 1928
5 Jemima Medlin b. Jan 16 1825 d. Feb 4 1905 m. 1844 Samuel T Secrest b. Feb 4 1823 d. Nov 29 1887
(see Andrew Secrest)
6 Eliza Medlin b. Apr 10 1827 d. April 16 1899 m. Aug 24 1846 Victor Crook b. 1794
Williford Crook b. 1865 m. Nov 3 1887 Lessie Ross b. 1868
7 Sabra (Sarah) Medlin b. Dec 6 1828 m. David Simpson Sept 28 1849
m. Mar 20 1853 Albert Helms b. 1832 d. 1870 before
Asgill Helms b. Oct 24 1853 d. Aug 27 1931
Beedy Helms b. 1858 d. 1868
Martha Ellen Helms b. Dec 13 1862
James Helms b. 1859 d. 1870 before
8 Mary (Polly) Medlin b. Sept 18 1830 m. Jan 26 1848 James Russell Winchester b. July 4 1825
Ellen Saphronia Winchester b. April 11 1851 d. Jan 4 1828 m. S Tilrow Secrest b. Oct 9 1838 d. Dec 14 1922
Ciero F Winchester b 1858
9 Nellie Medlin b. Mar 12 1833
10 Elsie (Aisley) Medlin b. May 29 1835 m. Dec 11 1849 William Oliver Parrott Benton b. 1827
William Benton b. March 14 1850
11 Patsy Medlin b. July 11 1837
12 John Medlin Jr b. July 15 1839 m. Jan 19 1866 Rebecca Helms b. 1841
13 Joseph Medlin b. Oct 1 1841 m. Sept 5 1858 Mary Ellen Helms
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