Notes:

NOTE 1./ Was recipient of his wifes father, Gray Andrews will: <>

This agreement made and entered into this 26th day of Sept 1900 between Annie M. Andrews, W. A. Andrews, B. L. Andrews, Mrs. Mary E. Duke, Mrs. Alice Waynewright, W. F. Andrews and James Mathews, husband of Claudia Mathews formerly Claudia Andrews now dead as guardian for their minor children Mac and Claudia. All heirs at law of the of the Estate of Gray Andrews deceased. Witnesseth may whereas the said Gray Andrews directed in his will that his estate should be directed in kind share and share alike after all debts are paid off and other directions fully complied with and paid off among all his heirs that had not been and otherwise provided for under and in said will. And therefore in
complianance with the terms and directions of said will the above named parties being all the heirs at law of said estate do there and now sell convey of forever quit claim each to the other all right title claim on demand we may have had in and to the following described land as administered ! and laid off and assigned to each other as follows No. 207. W. A. Andrews 73 acres on the North side of lot to 208 James T. Mathews guardian 73 acres in the center of lot No. 208. B. L. Andrews 55 1/2 acres off south side of
lot No 209. Mary E. Duke 73 acres in the center of lot No 209. Mrs. Alice Waynewright 73 acres off the North side of lot No 209. All of said land situated in the 2nd District of Crawford County, GA. To have and hold said above described lands with all the rights and appeuturances thereunto appertaining to each and all of said above contracting parties in fee simple forever. Witness whereof we have hereunto of fixed our hands and seals the day and year above written-------In the presence of J. M. Jackson Clerk of
Court
R. H. Culverhouse
J. W. Jackson Clerk of the Court

Annie M. Andrews (LS)
W. F Andrews
W. A. Andrews
B. L. Andrews (LS)
E. Waynewright J. W. Gurr JP
Alice Andrews (LS)
A. J. Dannielly
J. W. Jones Ordny as to W. F.Andrews
Mary E. Duke (LS)
B. J.Hoyt Walter F. Andrews (LS)
Jas T. Mathews (LS).

NOTE 2./ CRAWFORD COUNTY, GA - Bios Mattie Roberta McCrary Champion

Mattie Roberta McCrary Champion was born on November 20, 1881, the youngest daughter of Hiram David and Mollie McCrary. The town, Roberta, which grew up around the train depot was named for her since her father and JAMES MATHEWS gave the right-of-way for the Atlanta and Florida Railroad Company. She married Walter Eugene Champion. She died July 20, 1977, and is buried with her family in Salem Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery.

James married Claudia Gray ANDREWS on 18 Nov 1894 in Crawford County, Georgia. Claudia (daughter of Gray ANDREWS and Ann FITZPATRICK) was born in 1878; died in 1898 in Crawford County, Georgia; was buried in Knoxville Methodist Church Cemetery Crawford County, GA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Mack MATHEWS was born before 1898 in Crawford County, Georgia.
2. Claudia MATHEWS was born before 1898 in Crawford County, Georgia.

Family/Spouse: Eula WINDHAM. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

CSA married Susan Catherine PETERMAN on 16 Dec 1866 in Madison County, Florida. Susan (daughter of Columbus James PETERMAN and Martha Jane PATMAN) was born on 30 Nov 1849 in Oglethorpe County, GA; died on 02 May 1933 in Crawford County, Georgia; was buried in Roberta City cemetery, Crawford County, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joel married Jane Adeline MOORE on 17 Aug 1833 in Crawford County, Georgia. Jane (daughter of William MOORE and Sarah UNKNOWN) was born in 1811 in York County, South Carolina; died after 1880. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Columbus married Martha Jane PATMAN on 18 Jun 1839 in Oglethorpe County, GA. Martha was born on 18 Jan 1823 in Oglethorpe County, GA; died in 1873 in Taylor County, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

NOTE 1./
Philip appears in the Fairfield Dist. SC census of 1820
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The 1840 U.S. Census, Crawford Co. GA, lists:
Matthews, Philip
0-0-0-1-1-0-0-0-0-1-0 0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-0 0-2-0-88-0
1 male 15-20, 1 male 20-30, 1 male 80-90, 1 female 70-80.
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Note 2./
Buried: Providence Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, U.S, Hwy 80 West, Roberta, Crawford Co., Georgia; # 005 Headstone: MATHEWS, Philip N/D N/D "S.C. Regt. Rev. War"

NOTE 3./
"The Roster of South Carolina Patriots in the Revolutionary War" by Bobby Gilmer Moss, page 665:
Mathews, Philip R7031
b. 1760 Buckingham County, Va. He enlisted during 1781, while residing in Fair Forest District, and served one hundred fifty-six days under Lt. William Robb, Thomas Ammon, Capts. Thomas Parrot, Anderson Thomas, Charnel Durham, Andrew Gray and Colonel Richard Winn. (Moved to Ga.)
A.A. 4828A; S270.

NOTE 4./
PROVIDENCE CHURCH CEMETERY
U.S. 80 HWY WEST
ROBERTA, GEORGIA 31078

This Primitive Baptist Church is located in the City of Roberta and the Cemetery is located one mile from the Roberta City Limits on U.S. 80 Hwy. west of Roberta. "# 005- Mathews, Philip N/D N/D "S.C. Regt. Rev. War"."

NOTE 5./ Virginia Pension Roll of 1835 Report from the Secretary of War In relation to the Pension Establishment Of the United States 1835: <>

PHILIP MATHEWS
PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY
PRIVATE
VIRGINIA MILITIA
$23.33 ANNUAL ALLOWANCE
$69.99 AMOUNT RECEIVED
NOVEMBER 12, 1832 PENSION STARTED
AGE 78

NOTE 6./ Philip Mathews enlisted for service in July of 1781 under Captain Thomas Parrott and served a total of 156 days of militia duty, under Colonel Winn. During this time he was stationed at Congaree, Orangeburg, Four Hole and Edisto Fort.

NOTE 7./ About 1724, Philip Mathews moved his family to Crawford County, Georgia, about two miles south of Knoxville, Georgia, and about one-half mile off the Columbus highway. Nearby is Old Providence Cemetery, where most of the older Matthew's were buried.

NOTE 8./ The Year Was 1780 Historical time frame:

The year was 1780 and the American Revolution wasn't going well for the Americans in the South. British forces captured Charleston and 5,400 American troops garrisoned there. During the siege, South Carolina Governor John Rutledge managed to escape and when word reached the British General Cornwallis, he sent Lt. Col. Banastre Tarleton to chase Rutledge and troops under Colonel Abraham Buford who were escorting him to North Carolina. Tarleton's men caught up with Buford's troops near the Waxhaws District six miles south of the North Carolina state line, as Governor Rutledge continued north. Buford's men put up a brief fight during which Tarleton's horse was shot from under him. As the American troops began to surrender, Tarleton's men, thinking he had been killed began renewed their attack on the surrendering Americans. More than one hundred men were killed outright and perhaps another hundred died of their wounds shortly after.

Up to that point, most thought that the South was going to remain loyal to Britain, but the Waxhaws Massacre became a rallying point for the rebels, with "Tarleton's Quarter" becoming synonymous with "no mercy."

The divisions in the South were apparent in the Battle of King's Mountain, which was fought between two American forces--Tories under the command of Major Patrick Ferguson, and the "Overmountain Men," American frontiersmen from what is now Tennessee and parts of Virginia. The Americans surrounded the Tories and this time it was they who gave "no quarter" to the surrendering Tory troops. Eventually American officers were able to reign in the troops and the battle was over. The defeat was a turning point in the Revolution in the South and forced General Cornwallis to retreat further south.

To the north, a British spy was captured with correspondence revealing that Benedict Arnold, who had recently been given command of West Point, planned to surrender it to the British. When news that the spy had been caught reached Arnold, he fled to the safety of a British ship and became a brigadier-general for the British, siding with them for the remainder of the war.

There was trouble in England as well. In 1778 a Catholic Relief Act had been passed, which reversed some of the Penal Laws of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. It allowed Roman Catholics to join the armed forces with an oath amenable to Catholics and gave them the ability to hold longer leases on land. It also ended the requirement that a Catholic distribute his lands evenly among his sons upon his death. The Catholic Relief Acts weren't popular with some Protestants though and in 1780 Lord George Gordon established the Protestant Association in 1780. In June of that year an estimated 60,000 people marched on the House of Commons demanding the Relief Acts be repealed. The huge crowd turned violent and a week of rioting left two hundred and ninety people dead, and devasted Roman Catholic churches and related buildings, as well as the homes of prominent Catholics and supporters of the legislation. Troops had to be called in to end the rioting. Twenty-five of the leaders of the riot were hanged, but Gordon was found "not guilty" of treason.

May 19th was a dark day in New England--literally. A low-lying dark cloud that at times had a yellow and at times reddish hue descended on New England and was noted from Maine to as far south as New Jersey. It was darkest around northeastern Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire and Maine, where it became so dark that candles needed to be lit to see. The cause is thought to have been a combination of low clouds that mixed with smoke and ash from a forest fire, but at the time it wasn't known and the event caused panic for many.

New England's dark day was a minor event though in comparison to the hurricane season of 1780. Eight storms struck in various parts of America and the Caribbean. British fleets off American shores took heavy hits during several storms. (Hurricanes in the 1780s were the cause of more British Naval losses than battle.) The worst storm struck on October 10th devastating Barbados and the Windward Islands, and claiming an estimated 22,000 lives.

RS married Nancy Priscilla NELSON in 1790 in Fairfield District, South Carolina. Nancy (daughter of ThomasSr NELSON and Susannah WOODWARD) was born in 1771 in Fairfield District, South Carolina; died in 1850 in Crawford County, Georgia; was buried in Providence Cemetery, Roberta, Crawford County, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Sarah UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]