Riley H. Melton. From Wayne County. Convicted of Petit Larceny by Circuit Court, Wayne County. Sentence: 3 years. Rec’d at State Penitentiary 14 Oct 1841. He is 19 years old, weighs 117 lbs., 5 feet 6 inches high. Born in Bedford County 12 miles from Shelbyville, three miles from Fishing Ford on Duck River. His father, John Melton now lives in Wayne County, 12 miles from Waynesboro on the Florence Road. He has fair hair, blue eyes, and fair skin, tolerable good countenance.
(Record of Convicts, Rec. Group 25, Vol. 45, p. 120. TSLA)

Riley H. Melton, age 19, born in Tennessee, occupation: labourer. Convicted of Petit Larceny by Circuit Court, Wayne County and sentenced to 2 years in the Penitentiary. Received 14 Oct 1841, discharged 14 Oct 1843. Conduct fair.
(Convict Record, Rec. Group 25, Ledger 86: 534. TSLA)

Submitted by Edgar D. Byler, III