History and lore
John married Elizabeth Wilson in Washington County, Maryland, in 1784, lived in Kentucky in the early 1790s, and settled in Clermont County, Ohio, by 1799. He died in Brown County, Ohio, on 27 February 1838. He is named in his father’s 1804 will.
Read Bill Marlatt’s full study: Families of Peter Malott and Joseph Malott
