Notes:

NOTE 1./ NEWSPAPER ARTICLE, ENTERPRISE LEDGER, ENTERPRISE, AL 1976
"DAUGHTERS OF REVOLUTIONARY WAR VETS CITED"

Two daughters of Revolutoionary War veterans, buried in Coffee County, were honored by having DAR (Daughters of the American Revolution) markers dedicated at their graves.
The first marker was dedicated to Mrs. Elizabeth Horn Cole, who is buried in Cole Cemetery..........
Mrs. Susannah Mathews Ham was the second Revolutionary War daughter honored. She is buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Elba, at the side of her husband, James Ham.
Among those attending the dedication of this marker were a number of her great-granddaughters.
The program followed the same order as the first dedication. The personal tribute was given by Mrs. Mary Brunson for her great grandmother. The dedication was again given by Mrs. Annie Lorrie Stutts, DAR state historian.
Mrs. Ham was both a daughter and a granddaughter of Revolutionary War soldiers. Her father, Philip Mathews, was a militiaman in General Marion's Brigade. Her grandfather, Moses Mathews, was a gunsmith in Gen. Sumter's Brigade. Her great grandfather was Gov. Samuel Mathews of Virginia........she has been described as a lady of charm, dignity and character, representing Southern Ladyship at its best

NOTE 2./ taken from James Ham & Family at <>

Susannah's GGGGrandfather was Samuel Mathews, Jr., Governor of the Virginia Colony:

LDS AFN: J5PP-WL
Came to Virginia before 1618.
Member, House of Burgesses, 1623.
Councellor, 1648.
Governor, 1657-1659.
Coat of Arms: in file.
Samuel MATHEWS, Jr, Governor of Virginia, was born in Virginia about 1630 to Samuel MATHEWS and Frances GREVILLE. He attained the military rank of Lieutenant Colonel by 1652 and was appointed to the Council in 1655, a position he held until 1657.
He was married and had one child:
1. John, died before 1 May 1706, VA; married Elizabeth TAVERNOR, 24 Mar 1684
It is believed that his wife was of the Cole-Digges family.
He attained the military rank of Lieutenant Colonel by 1652 and was appointed to the Council in 1655, a position he held until 1657. He was elected to succeed Edward Digges as Governor of Virginia in December 1656, but did not assume office until early 1657.
Mathews' tenure as governor was marked by periodic clashes between the young chief executive and the Virginia House of Burgesses. When in 1658 Mathews and his Council attempted to dissolve the Assembly, the Burgesses, claiming that the governor did not possess that authority, decided to ignore the dissolution order. Mathews and the Council were unable to resist this show of strength, and they eventually yielded when the Assembly called for a new election. Despite his attempt to test the Assembly's power. Mathews was re-elected, probably because he indicated his willingness to co-operate with the effort of the Lower house to seek "confirmation of their present priviledges." Shortly before Mathews' death in January 1660, however, Richard Cromwell resigned as Lord Protector of England, a development which cast into confusion the political status of the Assembly in particular and the colony of Virginia in general.

"Virginia Biography"
Governor of Virginia from March 13, 1658, to his death in January 1660. Born in England about 1600 and came to Virginia in 1618.
Historians and genealogists who have attempted to identify Governor Samuel Mathews of Virginia, who died in office in January, 1659/60, have assumed that his induction on March 13, 1657/8 was the beginning of his services as Governor, and, because of the youth of Lieutenant Colonel (afterwards Colonel) Samuel Mathews, Junior, it has been assumed, wrongly, that the Governor was Captain Samuel Mathews, Senior. The young Samuel Mathews, Jr., could not have been over 25 or 26 years of age when be became Governor. This would seem incredible did we not know something of the circumstances surrounding the man. Samuel Mathews Junior was a Lieutenant Colonel and a Burgiss from Warwick County in 1652. In 1655 he was elevated to the Council, and as we have seen, to the chair of Governor in 1657.
I have 10 pages of research to substantiate this.
Residence was at "Denbigh," on Deep Creek, Warwick County, where he had a fine house and employed many servants. Mathews seat was not always called Denbigh because on 13 Nov., 1626, the Court ordered William Ramshaw to go "down to Mathewes-Manor and work at the trade of a blacksmythe."
"proved back in the forties by Minnie Cook that the Governor was Samuel Mathews II. It was reproved by John Frederick Dorman in the 70's or 80's by following the Mathews deeds. There is a deed in King George's Co,. VA that lays out the entire history of the land."

First Governor of Virginia to be elected by the House of Burgess, during Cromwell's Protectorate.
Title: William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, Pages:
92-93
Abbrev: Mathews Family
Publication: 1898
Quality: 3
Title: William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, Pages:
92-93
Abbrev: Mathews Family
Publication: 1898
Quality: 0
Title: Adventures of Purse and Person Virginia 1607-1624/5, Edition:
third edition
Abbrev: Purse & Person
Publication: Order of First Families of Virginia, 1607-1624/5, Richmond, Virginia, 1987, Original Date, 1956

NOTE 1./ James Ham & Family

James Ham, b 8 May 1811 and Smith Ham, b. abt. 1795, settled in Crawford Co. about the time it was formed. James Ham married Susannah Eleanor Mathews in Crawford Co. on 16 July 1827. Her parents were Philip Mathews and Nancy Nelson. Her grandparents were Moses Mathews Sr. and Sarah Findley

Susannah married James HAM on 16 Jul 1827 in Crawford County, Georgia. James was born on 08 May 1811 in South Carolina; died in 1858 in Elba, Coffee County, Alabama; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Elba, Alabama. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Sarah Ann Elizabeth HAM was born in 1831 in Crawford County, Georgia; was buried in Beaver Dam Cemetery,Coffee Co.,Alabama.
2. CSA James W. HAM was born in 1832 in Crawford County, Georgia; died on 08 Oct 1862 in CSA, Perryville, Kentucky; was buried in Perryville Battlefield Cemetery, Perryville,KY.
3. Nancy H. HAM was born in 1833 in Crawford County, Georgia; died in in Texas.
4. Gerusha Ophelia HAM was born on 05 Jan 1835 in Crawford County, Georgia; died on 08 Jan 1888 in Coffee County, Alabama; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Elba, Alabama.
5. Mary Ann A. HAM was born in 1837 in Crawford County, Georgia; died on 22 Feb 1917 in Covington County, Alabama; was buried in Valley Grove Cemetery,Opp,Covington County,AL.
6. Alzeda Samantha HAM was born in 1839 in Crawford County, Georgia; died in 1922 in Elba, Coffee County, Alabama; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Elba, Alabama.
7. CSA Phillip Jefferson HAM was born on 07 Apr 1841 in Crawford County, Georgia; died on 08 Aug 1915 in Coffee County, Alabama; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Elba, Alabama.
8. Susanna HAM was born in 1843 in Crawford County, Georgia.
9. CSA William Wesley HAM was born on 24 May 1844 in Crawford County, Georgia; died on 05 Dec 1920 in Coffee County, Alabama; was buried in Beaver Dam Cemetery,Coffee Co.,Alabama.
10. Martha Emma HAM was born in 1846 in Crawford County, Georgia; died in in Coffee County, Alabama.
11. Jane Eliza HAM was born in Dec 1849 in Crawford County, Georgia; died in in Coffee County, Alabama.
12. John Thomas HAM was born in 1853 in Crawford County, Georgia; died on 27 Oct 1923 in Coffee County, Alabama.

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]

Notes:

NOTE 1./ from James Ham & Family at<>

Moses Mathews was a gunsmith and maker of fine guns.
From: "A Genealogical History of the Mathews Family from a Remote Period to the Present Time" as compiled by Dr. James C. Mathews (now deceased), Greenville, Georgia. "Moses Mathews was born in Virginia in 1725. In 1753/54 he married Sarah Finley. Their first child James was born in Virginia in 1755. He moved his wife and firstborn to Winfield County, South Carolina and settled on the Broad River near Winsboro. In 1760/61 he bought a tract of land where he later built a gun shop where he could repair and manufacture guns. During the Revolutionary War his shop became a Government shop for the Colonial Government. He made and repaired guns for General Sumpter's command. Just before the end of the war his home was raided by the Tories. His stock of horses was stolen and his home, gun shop, his shop books, accounts, and family records were burned. He may not have been fully paid for his services and for materials furnished during the war. There is an account against the Government for $18,000.00 which was never fully paid. The only payment he ever received was a land grant of several hundred acres in then Wilkes County, (now Lincoln County) Georgia. In 1784 he was granted 270 acres on Lloyd's Creek. He built a home here with his family where he conducted a large farming interest until his death in 1806. He was one of the wealthiest men in Georgia in his day. He and his wife, along with other family members, are buried in a churchyard near his home.
From "Roster of Revolutionary Soldiers in Georgia" compiled by Mrs. Howard H. McCall, published by the Georgia Society Daughters of the American Revolution, 1968: "Moses Mathews, b. Halifax Co., Va., 1725; d. Wilkes Co., Ga.1806. Was a Rev. Sol.; served as a gunsmith in Gen. Sumpter's S.C. Regiment; received grant of land in Ga. for his service. Mar. in Va.,Sarah Findley."

NOTE 2./ Will of Moses Mathews is as follows: March 13, 1806, Crawford County, Georgia
<>

"In the name of God Amen: I Moses Mathews of the State of Georgia and county of Lincoln being weak of body but of sound mind and perfect memory and knowing the uncertainty of life and the certainty of death do constitute this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following.
ITEM. I give and bequeath to my beloved wife Sally Mathews my house and land on the North side of Loyds Creek, two Negroe fellows named Bob and Pompey and two Negroe women named Denna and Jane for her comfort during her natural life to be disposed of at the discretion of my executors and two honest hearts of her choice and after her decease the above named Negro Bob to devolve to my son James Mathews and the above named Negroe Pompey to my daughter Polly Ware,wife of Nicholas Ware. I give to my son Jesse one Negroe woman named Jane after my wife's death.
ITEM. I give and bequeath to Sally Smith the wife of Henry Smith, one Negroe boy named Jack. I give my son William one girl Hannah.
ITEM. I give and bequeath to my son Phillip Mathews one Negroe fellow named Will.
ITEM. I give and bequeath to my son Moses Mathews five hundred dollars to be paid after his mother's decease or sooner if circumstances will admit the money to be raised by the hire of two Negroes named Jack and Will and all the money made over and above supporting my wife Sally Mathews yearly to go towards the payment of the above mentioned five hundred dollars till paid with all the livestock that can be spared by discretion of the here in after mentioned executors.
ITEM. I will and bequeath to my son Moses one feather bed of furniture.
ITEM. I will and bequeath that all my lands should be equally divided among my three sons Moses, William and Jesse Mathews agreeable to quantity and quality.
ITEM. I will that my wife should live peaceable on the plantation whereby she now lives during her life. ITEM. I will and bequeath that after the death of my wife Sally Mathews that all the stock that may be on this plantation may be sold with all the household furniture and all my tools and the money to be equally divided between James and Phillip Mathews, Sally Smith and Polly Ware. I will that Bob and Pompey should be hired after the death of my wife and the money go towards the payment of the within five hundred dollars. I do hereby constitute and appoint my sons James Mathews and Nicholas Ware Executors to this my last Will and Testament. In Witness where of I have set my hand and this 13th day of March and in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Six. Signed Sealed and Delivered Moses Mathews Assigns and Acknowledges in the Presence of Benjamin Samuel Issac Essy William Griffin. The Original Will as has been proven in Open Court William Harper C.C.O.

NOTE 3./
Wilkes County was created in 1777 as one of the original 11 counties of Georgia.
The original Wilkes (in some old records Wilks) County included all of the area now in Lincoln, Elbert, and Wilkes Counties; most of Oglethorpe,, Madison, Taliaferro and Warren Counties; half of Hart County, and parts of Clarke, Glascock, Greene Hancock , and McDuffie Counties, and of course present day Wilkes County. The County seat of Wilkes County is Washington.

NOTE 4./
DAR Patriot Lookup: Reference Code RFTYZXK:
Matthews Sr., Moses
Birth: VA 1725
Service: SC
Rank: Civil Service
Death: GA 1806
Patriot Pensioned: No Widow Pensioned: No
Children Pensioned: No Heirs Pensioned: No
Spouse: (1) Sarah Findley

RS married Sarah FINDLEY in 1748 in Halifax County, Virginia. Sarah was born in 1728 in Virginia; died after 1806 in Wilkes (now Lincoln) County, Georgia; was buried in buried in a churchyard near his home in Lincoln County, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

NOTE 1./ Wilkes County was created in 1777 as one of the original 11 counties of Georgia.
The original Wilkes (in some old records Wilks) County included all of the area now in Lincoln, Elbert, and Wilkes Counties; most of Oglethorpe,, Madison, Taliaferro and Warren Counties; half of Hart County, and parts of Clarke, Glascock, Greene Hancock , and McDuffie Counties, and of course present day Wilkes County. The County seat of Wilkes County is Washington.

ThomasSr married Susannah WOODWARD. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

LDS AFN: P50J-K6
The will of Isaac Mathis is will number 38, page 225, Will Book #1, 1758-1774 in Halifax County, North Carolina. In it he mentions his son Samuel, son Reaps, sons Robert and Peter, wife Mary, and Thomas, Jean, Isaac, Mary, Sarah, and daughter Susanna Humphris. It has son Isaac and son-in-law Samuel Davis as executors. It does not mention son Moses but if he was the eldest he had already moved to South Carolina so would not necessarily be mentioned.

From "The History of Gwinnett County, Georgia":

"The Mathews family," according to C. H. Ward, genealogist, "has a history dating back to Sir Ivan, 12th Lord of Cardigan, of Oril College, Oxford, England who married Cecily, daughter of Sir Robert de Clare, who was the second son of Richard, 4th Earl of Hertford and his wife Amecia, sister of Isabel, wife of King John of England, and a descendant of Adelaide, sister of William the Conqueror. Sir Mathew, son of Sir Ivan, born about 1360, was knighted during the reign of Richard II (1382-1399) and his descendants are those who bear the name of Mathews in any of its varied forms."
"Captain, General, Governor Samuel Mathews, third son of Archbishop Tobias Mathews of Oxford, came to Virginia in 1622. Mary Mathews, daughter of Captain Samuel Mathews of Virginia, married Isaac Mathews, a grest-grandson of John Mathews of Milton and their son, Thomas Mathews, born in Virginia in 1726, came to South Carolina in 1767 and died there in 1831."

Isaac Edward Mathews and his wife Mary Mathews were distant cousins; Gov. Mathews was an ancestor of Mary. Their lineage converges in Sir Mathew ap Evan, Knight, b. 1368, Llandaff Court, Glamorgan, Wales, d. 1419, Glamorgan, Wales, married to Jenet Fleming. Their son Sir Dafydd Mathew, Knight, married to Gwendoline Hebert, is the direct ancestor of Isaac. His brother Sir Robert Mathew, married to Alice Thomas, is the direct ancestor of Mary.

Issac married Mary MATHEWS about 1723 in King & Queen County, Virginia. Mary (daughter of Captain Samuel MATHEWS and Elizabeth BRAXTON) was born in 1702 in Richmond County, Virginia; died on 10 Sep 1782 in Old Charles City, South Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Samuel((4)) (John((3)), Samuel((2)), Samuel((1))) married several times. In Essex records, 1720, there is a bond dated 1706 from Samuel Mathews, of St. Stephen's parish, King and Queen County, to Major George Braxton for the benefit of Elizabeth Mary Mathews((5)), "whom I had by my deceased wife." In Samuel Mathews' will (November 16, 1718), proved in Richmond County, he refers to this bond as "executed" from him "the day I was married to Katherine Dunstall when I was very much in drink." By his first marriage he also had John, died s. p., Baldwin, died s. p.