8. | MosesJr MATHEWS was born about 1753 in Buckingham County, Virginia (son of RS Moses MATHEWS and Sarah FINDLEY); died about 1833 in Roanoke, Stewart County, Georgia; was buried in Wesley Chapel, Georgia. Notes:
Notes for MOSES MATHEWS, JR.:
Moses was a circuit riding Methodist minister. He had charges from North Carolina to Georgia. In 1808 he married Mrs. Helen McRee Turner. She had a son, John T. B. Turner, who was reared by Moses. Moses and Helen had five sons of their own. They moved to Stewart County, Georgia in the 1830's and there he had a store in Roanoke. This was destroyed when the indians burned the town. Moses was buried in Roanoke but his body was later removed to Wesley Chapel where his was wife was buried.
Several sons and daughters of Moses Mathews, Jr. moved to Texas before the Civil War. His son William Mathews married three times.
MosesJr married Helen MCCREE on 18 Aug 1808 in Stewart County, Georgia. Helen was born about 1782 in North Carolina; died on 22 Oct 1844 in Roanoke, Stewart County, Georgia; was buried in Wesley Chapel, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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