John Helton

John was born in 1869 in ,Hawkins, Tennessee.¹   John's father was Wiley Helton and his mother was Mariah.  His paternal grandparents were John Helton and Charity. He had six brothers and three sisters, named James C., Jackson, Wiley Blount, Brownlow, William H., Stokley, Lucinda, Mary E. and Matilda J..  He was the fourth youngest of the ten children.