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.

Mary married Issac Edward MATHEWS about 1723 in King & Queen County, Virginia. Issac (son of Thomas MATHEWS and UNKNOWN) was born about 1700 in King and Queen County, Virginia; died on 19 Sep 1769 in Halifax County, North Carolina. [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
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"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./ Thomas Matthews Will - dated. August 17th, 1785 Chatham Co., NC Wills and Estates. Vol.1, Pg. 20(b), 21 N. C. State Archives film. # C.022.50001

In the Name of God Amen I Thomas Matthews of the county of Chatham in the State of North Carolina being weak in Body but sound memory blessed be God, do this day. August the seventeenth in the year of our Lord one thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty five make and publish this my last Will and Testament in manner following that to say, first I give to my Daughter Sarah Morgan one Shilling Sterling-also I give and bequeath to my son William Matthews one Shilling Sterling-also I give and bequeath to my Daughter Hannah Griffith one Shilling Sterling also I give an bequeath to my son Thomas Matthews one Shilling Sterling also I give and bequeath to my Daughter Elizabeth Matthews one Shilling Sterling also I give and bequeath to my son Ezekiel Matthews one Shilling Sterling-also I give and bequeath to my daughter Margaret McDade one Shilling Sterling also I give and bequeath to my loving wife Margaret Matthews all my goods chattels and personal Estate such as Horse Cattle Hogs and Household furniture all my farming and carpenters Tools during her life and after her death I leave unto Ezekiel Matthews two oldest Daughters to them their Heirs and assigns forever and I make and ordain my Loving Wife Sole Executrix of this my Will in trust for the intents and purposes in this my Will Contained in Witness whereof I the said Thomas Matthews have to this my last Will and Testament Set my hand and seal thid Day and year above written
Signed Sealed and delivered
in the presence of us...
George Hobson
Jesse Hobson
Adam Moffitt
Signed Thomas (his X mark Matthews \
A Copy Test John Ramsey, C. C.


Died:
Chatham County, North Carolina

Thomas married Margaret MATHEWS about 1748 in South Carolina. Margaret was born about 1730 in Virginia; died before 1810 in Laurens County, South Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ann UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Mary SMITH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Samuel DAVIS. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown HUMPHRIES. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From Here to Antiquity by Richard Woodville at <>

Court records involving the Estate of Isaac Matthews, Jr.

In Equity

Ninety Six District

To the Honorable Henry William Dessaussure, Thomas Waites, Theodore Gaillard, Waddy Thompson and William James, Esquires, Judges of the Court of Equity of the said State.

Humbly complaining show unto your Honors your Orater, Daniel Matthews and your Oratrix, Martha Matthews, widow of Moses Matthews, deceased, in behalf of herself and her children under age, viz: Budcade Matthews, William Matthews, Eleanor Matthews, and also in behalf of William Hardy and Anna, his wife, late Anna Matthews, Jacob Pope, and Elizabeth, his wife, late Elizabeth Matthews, and Daniel Cureinton and Cabell, his wife, late Cabell Matthews, children and heirs of herself and the said Moses Matthews, deceased, all except the said Daniel Cureinton of the District and State aforesaid; that on or about the 25th day of March in the year of our Lord, One Thousand seven hundred and ninety one Isaac Matthews of the said District and State departed this life leaving a widow, Anna Matthews, since deceased, and sons Moses Matthews, Lewis Matthews, Hardy Matthews, Micajah Matthews, and your orator Daniel Matthews, and daughters, Cabell Matthews, who intermarried with Thomas Pace, now deceased, and since with Benjamin Carr, resident of the State of Georgia and Elizabeth Matthews, who intermarried with George Fluker, resident in the District and State first aforesaid, leaving also a personal estate and real estate, the latter consisting of one tract of land alone, containing according to the original grant made to William Whitaker on the 4th of October, one thousand, seven hundred and sixty eight, two hundred and fifty acres situate on both sides of Little Saluda River near its junction with Big Saluda River; bounded at the time of the survey to east by lands of William West, and on all other sides by vacant lands, but containing five hundred and fifty acres according to a re-survey made by John Blocker, the younger, esq., which said tract of land was conveyed by the original grantor to John Chestnut, Esquire, of Camden, and purchased of him jointly by the deceased, Isaac Matthews and his son, Moses Matthews, now deceased (the eldest son of the said Isaac and the late husband of your oratrix, Martha Matthews) for the sum of one hundred pounds sterling, equal proportions of which the said Isaac and Moses actually paid to him, the said John Chestnut, although the titles to said land were made to the said Isaac Matthews alone and under the express agreement and understanding that one-half part of the said lands was to enure to the use, benefit and behoof of the said Moses as his absolute property and estate in fee simple. Your orator and oratrix further beg leave to show unto your Honors that is was the express, distinct and well understood dying wish and desire of him the said Isaac Matthews that his half of undivided moiety of the said land should on his death vest in and become the absolute and unqualified right and property of him the said Daniel Matthews, your orator, and that after the death of the said Isaac, the brothers of your orator, to wit: Moses Matthews, Lewis Matthews, Hardy Matthews and Micajah Matthews, being anxious to show that the estate of their father had been settled up and divided in the spirit of peace and brotherhood, and being under the solemn impression, knowledge and understanding that their father's half of the land should be the clear and undisputed right and property of your orator, did enter into, execute and deliver to your orator the following agreement in writing under their hands and seals the original of which is now ready to be produced, that is to say "South Carolina, Edgefield County…This is to certify that we five brothers, Moses Matthews, Lewis Matthews, Hardy Matthews, Micajah Matthews and Daniel Matthews do hereby bind ourselves in this bond of five hundred pounds sterling to stand to this sale that we are consenting to the 31st day of December, 1798. The property that was sold was part of the estate of our father, Isaac Matthews, deceased. The property is thus - one Negro man, named Anthony, and another Negro named Peter, a set of blacksmith's tools, and one wagon set up, and we five legatees have had a young Negro a piece as we come of age and agreed before witnesses that we were satisfied to take then at one price and be even and satisfied; again we four brothers, Moses Matthews, Lewis Matthews, Hardy Matthews and Micajah Matthews, do hereby agree and bind ourselves in the above bond to give and make rights and titles to our parts of the land to our brother, Daniel Matthews, and hereto set our hands and seals," and subscribed by two witnesses, and signed and sealed by the parties, etc. That according to the above agreement and the understanding of all parties, your orator did take possession and has hitherto together with your oratrix (before and since the death of her husband Moses Matthews0 kept the clear and undisputed possession of the tract of land above described although the said tract of land has never been partitioned or divided; that the said Thomas Pace who intermarried with Cabell Matthews, daughter of the said Isaac, deceased and George Fluker, who intermarried with the said Elizabeth Matthews, the other daughter of the said deceased, are perfectly satisfied with such parts of the estate of the deceased as they have received, appears by receipts and acquittances given by them, copies of which are herewith filed, marked A and B, which your orator and oratrix prays may be received as parts of their bill and referred to when necessary. That since the death of the said Isaac Matthews and also since the execution and delivery of the aforesaid agreement or instrument of writing and before any titles to the said lands have been made either to your orator or to the said Moses in his life time or to his heirs and legal representatives since his death. He, the said Moses, has deceased, leaving your oratrix, his widow, with the children aforesaid, three of whom have intermarried with William Hardy, Jacob Pope and Daniel Cureiton as aforesiad and the said Lewis Matthews has also deceased, leaving a widow Nancy Matthews, since intermarried with a certain Bailey Crouch, but having by him the said Lewis Matthews the following named children, to-wit: Elizabeth who intermarried with Thomas Waites, by who she had one child, Nancy, and died leaving the child now living a minor under the protection of its father the said Thomas Waites; also Sugar Jones Matthews, Cabell Matthews, Mary Quarles Matthews, Moses Matthews, Josiah Allen Matthews, Drury Matthews, Milbury Matthews, all of which said children are under age except the first which renders it indispensible to the perfecting a good title to said land in your orator and your oratrix and her children whom she represents, to seek the aid and interference of this honorable Court to partition and divide the said land and to compel the parties interested to make good titles to said land as in equity they are bound to do. BUT NOW SO IT IS may please your honors that the said Hardy Matthews, Micajah Matthews, Nancy Matthews in behalf of herself and her said children, George Fluker, and Elizabeth, his wife, and Benjamin Carr and Cabell, his wife, combining and confederating with divers and other persons at present unknown to your orator and oratrix, whose names when discovered they pray may be made parties hereto with apt words to charge them endeavoring to wrong and injure orator and oratrix in the premises that refused to make to your orator and oratrix a good title to the said tract of land in conformity with their agreement aforesaid, although they, (your orator and oratrix) have been in the peaceable and undisturbed possession of said land ever since said agreement. IN TENDER CONSIDERATION WHEREOF and for as much as your orator and oratrix are remediless in the premises by the strict rules of the common law and cannot compel a partition and specific performance of said agreement but by the aid and assistance of this honorable court where matters of this nature are properly cognizable and relievable. TO THE END THEREFORE, that the said Hardy Matthews, Micajah Matthews, Nancy Matthews, the widow of Lewis, in behalf of herself and her said children, George Fluker and Elizabeth, his wife, and Benjamin Carr and Cabell, his wife.

And their confederates when discovered may upon their corporal oaths true direct and perfect answers make to all and singular the matters aforesaid, and that as fully and particularly as if the same were herein again repeated and interrogated, and more particularly that they may set forth and discover whether the said Isaac Matthews did not die intestate leaving the children aforesaid and possessed of the tract of land before particularly described; whether it was not conveyed from the grantee to John Chesnut and whether the said Isaac and his eldest son, Moses, did not before either of their deaths jointly purchase said tract of land; whether they did not pay for it; each of them in equal proportions, and whether it was not the express and distinct understanding and agreement of the said Isaac and Moses that he, the said Moses, should actually own, possess and enjoy one-half of said land in his own right and whether he, the said Moses, did not thereupon take possession of a part of the said land and whether himself in his life time and his widow since his death have not constantly been in possession of the same although the titles and deeds were executed and delivered to the said Isaac Matthews alone, and whether it was not the express agreement and understanding that titles should be made to the said Moses by the said Isaac of one-half of the land at some convenient time thereafter upon a division or partition of this land. That the said defendants may further particularly disclose and set forth whether it was not the distinct, frequently expressed and well known dying wish and desire of him, the said Isaac Matthews, that your orator, Daniel Matthews, should not, after the death of the Isaac, own, possess and enjoy his half of the said land, and whether the said Moses, Lewis, Hardy and Micajah did not make and execute the deed before set forth binding themselves to make good titles of their parts of the said land to your orator, Daniel Matthews, under a solemn understanding of their said father's will and desire; whether your orator, Daniel Matthews, did not in conformity thereto take possession of said land and whether he has not ever since said agreement kept the constant and uninterrupted possession of the said land. That they or either of them may further declare whether the said Moses and Lewis Matthews have not both died leaving the children and heirs before set forth without ever having made titles to your orator of the said land in pursuance of their agreement, and whether said land has ever been partitioned or divided. That they or either of them may declare further whether Thomas Pace who intermarried with Cabell Matthews, did not give the receipt and acquittance, a copy of which is herewith filed, marked A, and whether this was not done with the knowledge and by the consent of the said Cabell Pace, his wife, and whether she was not then and is not now fully satisfied with such part of the estate of her deceased father as has come into the hands of herself and her former husband. That the said George Fluker, and Elizabeth his wife, may declare whether the said George did not give the receipt and acquittance, a copy of which is herewith filed, marked B, and whether himself and his wife are not fully satisfied and content; that good and sufficient titles should be made to the land as is hereinbefore claimed after partition of the same, and that every and all parties aforesaid may declare whether they are not satisfied and willing that titles should be ordered and decreed by this honorable Court in the manner claimed and set forth by your orator and oratrix. May it therefore please your honor to grant to your orator and oratrix writ of Subpoena to be directed to the said Hardy Matthews, Micajah Matthews, Nancy Matthews, in behalf of self and her children aforesaid, and the said Thomas Waites in behalf of himself and his child, Nancy, George Fluker and Elizabeth, his wife, Benjamin Carr, and Cabell, his wife, commanding and inquiring them under a certain penalty to be therein named personally to be and appear before your honors in this honorable Court on the 3rd day of October next ensuing and then and there particular answers make to all singular the matters and things herein contained; and that the said lands hereinbefore particularly mentioned and described may be order to be partitioned and divided by writ or partition to be issued from this honorable Court and that all and every the parties interested aforesaid including your oratrix, Martha Matthews, in behalf of her minor children, Enoch, Mary, Budcade, William, and Eleanor whom she represents by the order of this Court, and the said William Hardy and Anna, his wife, Jacob Pope, and Elizabeth, his wife, and Daniel Cureinton and Cabell, his wife, whom she represents by special power of attorney may be ordered and directed to make to your orator, Daniel Matthews, good and sufficient titles to one-half of said tract of land in such way and under circumstances as this honorable Court may deem equitable and expedient in pursuance of the agreement before set forth. And that all and every the parties defendants herein including the said Daniel Matthews, your orator, may be ordered and decreed after said partition and division to make your oratrix, Martha Matthews, in behalf of herself and the aforesaid minor children, as the said William, Jacob and Daniel and their respective wives aforesaid, or such person, or persons, for their use, benefit and behoof as the honorable Court may deem meet, good and sufficient title deeds to the other half or moiety of the said lands in such way and manner and under such circumstances as this honorable Court may deem just and expedient, and further to abide the orders and decrees of this Honorable Court in their behalf and also to grant such other and further relief in the premises as to equity and good conscience may appertain and to your honors may seem meet.

Sourh Carolina

Edgefield District

Personally appeared before me the said Daniel Matthews and the said Martha Matthews in her capacity aforesaid who upon their oaths declare that the matters and things contained in aforesaid bill are true so far as stated to be within their knowledge and they believe to be true and what relates to be knowledge of others. Sworn to before me 9th of September 1814.

(Signed) Martha Matthews

(Signed) Daniel Matthews

Eldred Simkins, J.Q.W.

Judgement Roll 95 in Office of Clerk of Court of Edgefield, S.C. Filed 13th September 1814.

State of South Carolina

County of Edgefield, I, L. T. May, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Edgefield, State of South Carolina, do hereby certify that the foregoing instrument of 5 pages is a true and correct abstract taken from the original records as found in the office of the Clerk of Court in and for the aforesiad County and State.

IssacJr married Susannah (Anna) Quarles CALHOUN on 12 Oct 1784 in Abbeville District, South Carolina. Susannah was born on 28 May 1745 in Augusta County, Virginia; died on 19 Dec 1830 in Edgefield .District,South Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

NOTE 1./ <>
Georgia: Wilkes County: James Mathews Will, 2 November 1822
WILL OF JAMES MATHEWS

Recorded the 23rd day of September 1828.

State of Georgia Wilkes County (?) 1822

I James Mathews of said County and State aforesaid now in usual health of Body and Strength of Mind Contemplating the Uncertainty of life - the Certainty of death and also the duty I Owe to my family and friends to make a disposition of my worldly good, which it has pleased God to bless me with,
which now I do in the following manner.
First I will all my just debt be first paid
Second I will the tract of land and all the plantation I now live on, all the stock, horses, cows, sheep, hogs and all the household and kitchen furniture I have now in possession and Jenny and her child Mariah Woffren(?) & Cearor(?), Aggy and Daniel to my wife Rebecca to have and enjoy in her full
possession during her natural life and at her death to be equally divided among my children.
Thirdly I will to my son Abraham two Negroes Mike a man and Sidney a woman, one bed and furniture
Fourthly I will to my son Jacob two Negroes Spencer and Amos and one bed and furniture
Fifthly I will to my son James two Negroes Seaborn and William both boys and one bed and furniture
Sixthly I will to my son Phillip two Negroes Jerry and Dudley and one bed and furniture
Seventhly I will to my son Isaac Newton two Negroes Henry and Creesy(?) and one bed and furniture
Eighthly I will to my sons Abraham Jacob and James in trust for my Daughters Mary Martha and Rebecca and their heirs the property hereafter described after their names or that may arise from an equal Distribution of the remains of my Estate, after my decease, with power to either of my sons to hire out said property and apply it to the Support and Maintenance of the daughter for whom the property is hired or may after by distribution be designated and also that the said trust or either of them have power to dispose of any the property that my Daughters or Daughter wish and also to buy out of any funds
arising from this property, any kind of property desired by my daughters or either of them.
Ninth I will to my daughter Mary the following Negroes Mary a woman and Caty her child and Emily a girl with all their future increase and one bed and furniture and one horse to the value of seventy five dollars
Tenth I will to my daughter Martha the following Negroes Vis, Charity a Negro woman and her four children (and all the future increase) Harriet Gilbert Micajah and Martha and one bed and furniture and one Horse the same as my daufghter Polly
Eleventh I will to my daughter Rebecca the following Negroes Miles a boy Aley (and her children and all future increase) and one bed and furniture and one horse the same as my other Daughters and a Side Saddle.
Twelfth I will the Balance of my property not disposed of be equally divided among my children
Thirteenth I will that my children receive out of the above fund three hundred dollars in cash. Excepting only those who have already received, which will be seen by referring to my Book
Fourteenth I will that my Executors pay for ten years annually to the partners of the Fishing Creek Church or to the mission board of the Georgia Association five dollars for the sole purpose of Missions and also that they pay at the same time to the Partners or board as aforesaid five dollars to promote the state of education in the Baptist Ministry
Fifteenth I will and appoint Abraham M Mathews Jacob G Mathews and James Mathews Executors of this my last will and testament.
In Witness whereof I have here unto set my hand and affixed my Seal this second day of November 1822.
Signed in presence of
James Armstrong
Stovall Pool J. L. Mathews - seal
John Llack(?)

The words "and their heirs forever," was interlined by me at the request of James Mathews. James Armstrong
The words for ten years interlined before signed
In chambers 26th August 1828.
Georgia
Wilkes county

Personally came before us James Armstrong one of the subscribing witnesses to the Mathews will who being duly sworn deposith and saith that he saw the testator James Mathews Sign and Seal the same as the last will and testament and at the time of his so doing he was of sound and disposing mind and
memory, that he subscribed the same as a witness at the request of the testator and in his presence.
Sworn to before us this 26th August 1828
W. C. Allison---(?) James Armstrong
Thomas (?) Wootten (?) ---(?)

Georgia
Wilkes County

Personally appeared in Open Court Stovall Pool a subscribing Witness to the Mathews will who being duly sworn saith that James Mathews acknowledged in his presence the Mathew Instrument of Writing to be his last will and testament and at the time of his so doing he was of sound and disposing mind
and memory that he subscribed the same as a witness in his presence and at his request and that John Llack (?) subscribed the same as a witness at the same time.
Sworn to in Open Court September 1st 1828 Stovall Pool
Attest
Jno. A. Dyson ---(?)

Recorded the 23rd day of Spetember 1828

NOTE 2./ Rev. JamesJr Mathews, went from Virginia to South Carolina, and did service as a soldier in the Revolutionary war. Soon after the close of the conflict he settled in Lincoln county, Georgia, where he bought a plantation, and in addition to his agricultural labors served as pastor of a Baptist church
in Burke county, a brief account of his pastorate being given in Campbell's History of the Georgia Baptists. The maiden name of his wife was Rebecca Carlton. She was born, reared and educated in old Virginia. Her father, Robert Carlton, who, with his brother, Thomas Carlton, emigrated from England to
America, settling in King and Queen county, Virginia, where he married a Miss Wafford. He fought with the colonists in their struggle for independence, and later, in 1785, migrated with his family to Georgia, becoming a pioneer settler of Wilkes county, where he spent his remaining days.

Rev married Rebecca CARLTON on 06 Feb 1786 in Terrell, Georgia. Rebecca (daughter of Robert CARLTON and Rebecca WOFFORD) was born on 01 Apr 1762 in King And Queen Co., Va; died on 05 Mar 1840 in Penfield, Greene County, Georgia; was buried in City Cemetery, Penfield, Greene County, Ga. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Rev married Unknown JENKINS before 1782 in South Carolina. Unknown was born about 1761 in South Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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]

William married Alice GAITHER in Lincoln County, Georgia. Alice was born about 1770; died in 1818 in Lincoln 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]

Notes:

NOTE 1./

JESSE3 MATHEWS was born c1788, and died in 1866 in Crawford County, Georgia. He had several children.

"Jesse Mathews, third son of Moses Mathews, Sr. removed from Lincoln County, Georgia to Crawford Georgia settling a few miles east of Knoxville, about the year 1860. He was Quite a prosperous farmer, owning a large farm and other property in Crawford County, Georgia. He raised several sons and daughters, the descendants of whom are farmers and prosperous men. His grandsons Benjamin F. and Enoch Mathews, and his granddaughter Mrs. Ray, live at and near Chance, Georgia and all have large families who are more or less prominent farmers, merchants and railroad men. The husband of Mrs. Ray, Col. Ray, represented Crawford County in the Georgia Legislature and was quite a prominent and influential citizen of his county. Jesse Mathews, Sr. like his Mathew ancestors was a devout Episcopalian. He was not a minister but took a great interest in church affairs and made it a point to visit his brother's and sister's families every year or two as long as he lived. He died at his home in Crawford County at the age of 78 years in 1866, leaving the bulk of his property and family records and other papers to his grandson, Benjamin F. Mathews at Chance, Georgia, who nursed him during his last sickness."

Family/Spouse: Sarah SPINKS. Sarah was born about 1788 in Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

SarahSally married Henry SMITH about 1785 in Georgia. Henry was born about 1766 in Pike County, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Rev Nicholas WARE. Rev was born in 1757 in Lincoln County, Georgia; died in 1827. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Hannah married GRIFFITH about 1767 in Chatham County, North Carolina. was born about 1742 in Chatham County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: MORGAN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married Eleanor MCKNIGHT in 1772 in South Carolina. Eleanor was born in 1749 in North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Rebecca JONES. Rebecca was born on 27 Jun 1763 in Laurens County, South Carolina; died on 07 Oct 1839 in Lilburn, Gwinnett Co. Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

James married Nancy DICKINSON in 1792 in Moore County, North Carolina. Nancy (daughter of Robert John DICKENSON and Mary PENDERGRASS) was born in 1773 in Moore County, North Carolina; died on 01 Oct 1844 in Olive Branch, Meriweather Co., Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Martha POPE. Martha was born in 1756; died after 09 Sep 1814 in Edgefield District, South Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Cebelle married Thomas PACE after 1770 in North Carolina. Thomas was born in 1745 in North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Cebelle married Benjamin CARR after 1795. Benjamin was born on 29 Nov 1769 in Wadessboro, Anson County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lewis married Nancy Elizabeth ALLEN about 1791 in South Carolina. Nancy (daughter of Josiah ALLEN and Elizabeth DELOACH) was born in 1773 in Edgefield District, South Carolina; died in 1830 in Mine Creek, South Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

NOTE 1./ Court Case: "South Carolina In Equity Ninety Six District" Re Daniels brother Moses Mathews
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"To the Honorable Henry William Dessaussure, Thomas Waites, Theodore Gaillard, Waddy Thompson and William James, Esquires, Judges of the Court of Equity of the said State.

"Humbly complaining show unto your Honors your Orator, Daniel Matthews and your Oratrix, Martha Matthews, widow of Moses Matthews, deceased, in behalf of herself and her children under age, viz: Budcade Matthews, William Matthews, Eleanor Matthews, and also in behalf of William Hardy and Anna, his wife, late Anna Matthews, Jacob Pope, and Elizabeth, his wife, late Elizabeth Matthews, and Daniel Cureinton and Cabell, his wife, late Cabell Matthews, children and heirs of herself and the said Moses Matthews, deceased, all except the said Daniel Cureinton of the District and State aforesaid; that on or about the 25th day of March in the year of our Lord, One Thousand seven hundred and ninety one Isaac Matthews of the said District and State departed this life leaving a widow, Anna Matthews, since deceased, and sons, Moses Matthews, Lewis Matthews, Hardy Matthews, Micajah Matthews, and your orator Daniel Matthews, and daughters, Cabell Matthews, who intermarried with Thomas Pace, now deceased, and since with Benjamin Carr, resident of the State of Georgia and Elizabeth Matthews, who intermarried with George Fluker, resident in the District and State first aforesaid, leaving also a personal estate and a real estate, the latter consisting of one tract of land alone, containing according to the original grant made to William Whitaker on the 4th of October, one thousand, seven hundred and sixty eight, two hundred and fifty acres situate on both sides of Little Saluda River near its junction with Big Saluda River; bounded at the time of the survey to east by lands of William West, and on all other sides by vacant lands, but containing five hundred and fifty acres according to a resurvey made by John Blocker, the younger, esq., which said tract of land was conveyed by the original grantor to John Chestnut, Esquire, of Camden, and purchased of him jointly by the deceased, Isaac Matthews and his son, Moses Matthews, now deceased (the eldest son of the said Isaac and the late husband of your oratrix,, Martha Matthews) for the sum of one hundred pounds sterling, equal proportions of which the said Isaac and Moses actually paid to him, the said John Chestnut, although the titles to said land were made to the said Isaac Matthews alone and under the express agreement and understanding that one?half part of the said lands was to enure to the use, benefit and behoof of the said Moses as his absolute property and estate in fee simple. Your orator and oratrix further beg leave to show unto your Honors that it was the express, distinct and well understood dying wish and desire of him the said Isaac Matthews that his half or undivided moiety of the said land should on his death vest in and become the absolute and unqualified right and property of him the said Daniel Matthews, your orator, and that after the death of the said Isaac, the brothers of your orator, to wit: Moses Matthews, Lewis Matthews, Hardy Matthews and Micajah Matthews, being anxious to show that the estate of their father had been settled up and divided in the spirit of peace and brotherhood, and being under the solemn impression, knowledge and understanding that their father's half of the land should be the clear and undisputed right and property of your orator, did enter into, execute and deliver to your orator the following agreement in writing under their hands and seals the original of which is now ready to be produced, that is to say "South Carolina, Edgefield County..... This is to certify that we five brothers, Moses Matthews, Lewis Matthews, Hardy Matthews, Micajah Matthews and Daniel Matthews do hereby bind ourselves in this bond of five hundred pounds sterling to stand to this sale that we are consenting to this 31st day of December, 1798. The property that was sold was part of the estate of our father, Isaac Matthews, deceased. The property is thus? one negro man, named Anthony, and another negro named Peter, a set of blacksmith's tools, and one wagon set up, and we five legatees have had a young negro a piece as we come of age and agreed before witnesses that we were satisfied to take them at one price and be even and satisfied; again we four brothers, Moses Matthews, Lewis Matthews, Hardy Matthews and Micajah Matthews, do hereby agree and bind ourselves in the above bond to give and make rights and titles to our parts of the land to our brother, Daniel Matthews, and hereto set our hands and seals," and subscribed by two witnesses, and signed and sealed by the parties, etc. That according to the above agreement and the understanding of all parties, your orator did take possession and has hitherto together with your oratrix (before and since the death of her husband Moses Matthews) kept the clear and undisputed possession of the tract of land above described although the said tract of land has never been partitioned or divided; that the said Thomas Pace who intermarried with Cabell Matthews, daughter of the said Isaac, deceased and George Fluker, who intermarried with the said Elizabeth Matthews, the other daughter of the said deceased, are perfectly satisfied with such parts of the estate of the deceased as they have received, appears by receipts and acquittances given by them, copies of which are herewith filed, marked A and B, which your orator and oratrix prays may be received as parts of their bill and referred to when necessary. That since the death of the said Isaac Matthews and also since the execution and delivery of the aforesaid agreement or instrument of writing and before any titles to the said lands have been made either to your orator or to the said Moses in his life time or to his heirs and legal representatives since his death. He, the said Moses, has deceased, leaving your oratrix, his widow, with the children aforesaid, three of whom have intermarried with William Hardy, Jacob Pope and Daniel Cureinton as aforesaid and the said Lewis Matthews has also deceased, leaving a widow, Nancy Matthews, since intermarried with a certain Bailey Crouch, but having by him the said Lewis Matthews the following named children, to?wit: Elizabeth who intermarried with Thomas Waites, by whom she had one child, Nancy, and died leaving the child now living a minor under the protection of its father the said Thomas Waites; also Sugar Jones Matthews, Cabell Matthews, Mary Quarles Matthews, Moses Matthews, Josiah Allen Matthews, Drury Matthews, Milbury Matthews, all of which said children are now under age except the first which renders it indispensible to the perfecting a good title to said land in your orator and your oratrix and her children whom she represents, to seek the aid and interference of this honorable Court to partition and divide the said land and to compel the parties interested to make good titles to said land as in equity they are bound to do. BUT NOW SO IT IS may please your honors that the said Hardy Matthews, Micajah Matthews, Nancy Matthews in behalf of herself and her said children, George Fluker, and Elizabeth, his wife, and Benjamin Carr and Cabell, his wife, combining and confederating with divers other persons at present unknown to your orator and oratrix, whose names when discovered they pray may be made parties hereto with apt words to charge them endeavoring to wrong and injure orator and oratrix in the premises that refused to make to your orator and oratrix a good title to the said tract of land in conformity with their agreement aforesaid, although they, (your orator and oratrix) have been in the peaceable and undisturbed possession of said land ever since said agreement. IN TENDER CONSIDERATION WHEREOF and for as much as your orator and oratrix are remediless in the premises by the strict rules of the common law and cannot compel a partition and specific performance of said agreement but by the aid and assistance of this honorable court where matters of this nature are properly cognizable and relievable. TO THE END THEREFORE, that the said Hardy Matthews, Micajah Matthews, Nancy Matthews, the widow of Lewis, in behalf of herself and her said children, George Fluker and Elizabeth, his wife, and Benjamin Carr and Cabell, his wife.

"And their confederates when discovered may upon their corporal oaths true direct and perfect answers make to all and singular the matters aforesaid, and that as fully and particularly as if the same were herein again repeated and interrogated, and more particularly that they may set forth and discover whether the said Isaac Matthews did not die intestate leaving the children aforesaid and possessed of the tract of land before particularly described; whether it was not conveyed from the grantee to John Chestnut and whether the said Isaac and his eldest son, Moses, did not before either of their deaths jointly purchase said tract of land; whether they did not pay for it; each of them in equal proportions, and whether it was not the express and distinct understanding and agreement of the said Isaac and Moses that he, the said Moses, should actually own, possess and enjoy one?half of said land in his own right and whether he, the said Moses, did not thereupon take possession of a part of the said land and whether himself in his life time and his widow since his death have not constantly been in possession of the same although the titles and deeds were executed and delivered to the said Isaac Matthews alone, and whether it was not the express agreement and understanding that titles should be made to the said Moses by the said Isaac of one?half of the land at some convenient time thereafter upon a division or partition of this land. That the said defendants may further particularly disclose and set forth whether it was not the distinct, frequently expressed and well known dying wish and desire of him, the said Isaac Matthews, that your orator, Daniel Matthews, should not, after the death of the Isaac, own, possess and enjoy his half of the said land, and whether the said Moses, Lewis, Hardy and Micajah did not make and execute the deed before set forth binding themselves to make good titles of their parts of the said land to your orator, Daniel Matthews, under a solemn understanding of their said father's will and desire; whether your orator, Daniel Matthews, did not in conformity thereto take possession of said land and whether he has not ever since said agreement kept the constant and uninterrupted possession of the said land. That they or either of them may further declare whether the said Moses and Lewis Matthews have not both died leaving the children and heirs before set forth without ever having made titles to your orator of the said land in pursuance of their agreement, and whether said land has ever been partitioned or divided. That they or either of them may declare further whether Thomas Pace who intermarried with Cabell Matthews, did not give the receipt and acquittance, a copy of which is herewith filed, marked A, and whether this was not done with the knowledge and by the consent of the said Cabell Pace, his wife, and whether she was not then and is not now fully satisfied with such part of the estate of her deceased father as has come into the hands of herself and her former husband. That the said George Fluker, and Elizabeth his wife, may declare whether the said George did not give the receipt and acquittance, a copy of which is herewith filed, marked B, and whether himself and his wife are not fully satisfied and content; that good and sufficient titles should be made to the land as is hereinbefore claimed after partition of the same, and that every and all parties aforesaid may declare whether they are not satisfied and willing that titles should be ordered and decreed by this honorable Court in the manner claimed and set forth by your orator and oratrix. May it therefore please your honor to grant to your orator and oratrix writ of subpoena to be directed to the said Hardy Matthews, Micajah Matthews, Nancy Matthews, in behalf of self and her children aforesaid, and the said Thomas Waites in behalf of himself and his child, Nancy, George Fluker and Elizabeth, his wife, Benjamin Carr, and Cabell, his wife, commanding and inquiring them under a certain penalty to be therein named personally to be and appear before your honors in this honorable Court on the 3rd day of October next ensuing and then and there particular answers make to all singular the matters and things herein contained; and that the said lands hereinbefore particularly mentioned and described may be ordered to be partitioned and divided by writ or partition to be issued from this honorable Court and that all and every the parties interested aforesaid including your oratrix, Martha Matthews, in behalf of her minor children, Enoch, Mary, Budcade, William, and Eleanor whom she represents by the order of this Court, and the said William Hardy and Anna, his wife, Jacob Pope, and Elizabeth, his wife, and Daniel Cureinton and Cabell, his wife, whom she represents by special power of attorney may be ordered and directed to make to your orator, Daniel Matthews, good and sufficient titles to one?half of said tract of land in such way and under such circumstances as this honorable Court may deem equitable and expedient in pursuance of the agreement before set forth. And that all and every the parties defendants herein including the said Daniel Matthews, your orator, may be ordered and decreed after said partition and division to make your oratrix, Martha Matthews, in behalf of herself and the aforesaid minor children, as the said William, Jacob and Daniel and their respective wives aforesaid, or such person, or persons, for their use, benefit and behoof as the honorable Court may deem meet, good and sufficient title deeds to the other half or moiety of the said lands in such way and manner and under such circumstances as this honorable Court may deem just and expedient, and further to abide the orders and decrees of this Honorable Court in their behalf and also to grant such other and further relief in the premises as to equity and good conscience may appertain and to your honors may seem meet.

"South Carolina
Edgefield District

"Personally appeared before me the said Daniel Matthews and the said Martha Matthews in her capacity aforesaid who upon their oaths declare that the matters and things contained in aforesaid bill are true so far as stated to be within their knowledge and they believe to be true what relates to be knowledge of others. Sworn to before me 9th of September, 1814. (Signed) Martha Matthews Eldred Simkins, J.Q.W. Daniel Matthews
"Judgment Roll 95 in Office of Clerk of Court of Edgefield, S.C. Filed 13th September 1814.
"State of South Carolina
County of Edgefield.

"I, L. T. May, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Edgefield, State of South Carolina, do hereby certify that the foregoing instrument of five pages is a true and correct abstract taken from the original records as found in the office of the Clerk of Court in and for the aforesaid County and State.
"Given under my hand and official seal this the 19th day of April 1929. L. T. May, Clerk of Court of Common Pleas for Edgefield, State of South Carolina. [Seal]

Family/Spouse: Mariah UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married George FLUKER on 04 Sep 1781 in Warren Co. North Carolina. George was born on 19 Apr 1759 in Northumberland Co. Virginia; died on 18 Sep 1834 in Wilcox County, Alabama; was buried in Gastonburg Cemetery, Wilcox County, Alabama. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Micajah married Mary CROUCH before 21 Feb 1806 in Edgefield District, South Carolina. Mary was born about 1785 in South Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joseph married Margaret BROUGH on 18 Sep 1807 in Abbeville District, South Carolina. Margaret died in 1860 in Abbeville District, South Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Abraham married Eliza EASON on 24 Dec 1811 in Wilkes County, Georgia. Eliza was born about 1790 in Wilkes County, Georgia; died about 1812 in Wilkes County, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Abraham married Betsy BURROUGHS on 15 Dec 1813 in Oglethorpe Co., Ga. Betsy was born about 1795 in Wilkes County, Georgia; died about 1853 in Wilkes County, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jacob married Winney JORDAN on 20 Apr 1814 in Oglethorpe County, Georgia. Winney was born about 1794 in Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

NOTE 1./ <>
The senior James Matthews, a Virginian by birth, was a prominent Baptist minister of Wilkes
County, Georgia, where he resided when his son James was born. The father brought up his children
in the nurture and admonition of the Lord, and manifested a peculiar anxiety for their salvation.
His hope in this regard, however, was delayed until they were all grown and chiefly settled in families.
James, the son, was the first of the household in whose conversion these parental solicitudes found
their fruition. He united with the Clerk's Station church, in that county, in 1825. His mind was
drawn to the ministry from the earliest stages of his Christian experience, and his ordination occurred
four years later in 1829. For ten years he prosecuted his pulpit labors with faithfulness and success,
in the bounds of the Georgia Association. He moved in 1839 to Stewart County, and resided there until
his death in March, 1848, being one of the most prominent and influential ministers in the Bethel
Association, and for three sessions proceding his demise, its Moderator, namely in 1844, 1845 and 1847.
He was pastor of the Lumpkin Church for several years, of the Eufaula Church for two or three, and of
Benevolence Church, Randolph County, from its constitution until his death. His removal to Stewart
County led to a great increase of his zeal in the ministry. There were then but few churches in that
part of the State, and the vast amount of destitution impressed him with the importance of engaging at
once more fully in the work of preaching and organizing new churches. He delighted in holding protracted meetings, was always ready for whatever evangelistic service he could render for the diffusion of saving truth, and saw the crown of a marked blessing from the Lord placed on his humble but earnest life.

NOTE 2./ JamesJr Newton Mathews, Rev

Rev. James Mathews entered the ministry when a young man, and for a time preached in "Wilkes county. Moving from there to Stewart county, he bought a plantation in the vicinity of Lumpkin, and for many years carried on farming with the help of slaves. He held pastorates in Lumpkin and Benevolence, and served as one of the first moderators of the Bethel Association. He died whenbut fifty years old, on his home plantation. He married Kiturah Pope, a descendant in the sixth generation from Lieutenant Colonel Nathaniel Pope, who was styled "A Gentleman of England," the line of descent being as follows:
Lieutenant Colonel Nathaniel [2] Pope, Nathaniel [2] Pope, Nathaniel [3] Pope, John [4] Pope, John Henry [5] Pope, Capt. John [6] Pope, and Kiturah [7] Pope.

Rev married Keturah POPE on 11 Oct 1815 in Georgia. Keturah (daughter of Captain RS John POPE and Elizabeth SMITH) was born in 1794 in Wilkes County, Georgia; died in 1870 in Senoia, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Rev married Mary GRIMES on 29 Aug 1837 in Stewart County, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Rev married Elizabeth CLARK on 08 Feb 1815 in Flatwoods-Elbert County, Georgia. Elizabeth (daughter of DavidSr CLARK and Mary Ann UNKNOWN) was born about 1796 in Elbert County, Georgia; died on 14 Jun 1850 in Elbert County, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Rev married Unknown WILKES about 1852 in Meriwether Co., Ga. Unknown was born about 1831 in Meriwether Co., Ga. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Issac married Catharine RUDDELL on 08 Mar 1820 in Wilkes County, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown DEVANT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married John LAWSON on 30 Nov 1819 in Wilkes County, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married John CONNER on 23 Jan 1825 in Wilkes County, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Martha married James DEVANT on 08 Aug 1822 in Wilkes County, Georgia. James was born about 1794 in Penfield, Greene Co., Ga. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Mary Ann MILLER on 22 Dec 1839. Mary (daughter of James MILLER and Ann J WALLACE) was born about 1821 in Georgia; died about 1849. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Mary Beaufort GREEN on 15 Jan 1851 in Houston County, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Tryphena MOORE on 03 Jan 1855 in Upsom County, Georgia. Tryphena was born on 19 Jan 1823 in Georgia; died on 16 Nov 1905 in Ft Valley Houston County, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Phillip married Christine MCKEITHAN in 1847. Christine was born on 10 Apr 1829 in Bladen County, North Carolina; died on 20 Oct 1871 in Fort Mitchell, Alabama. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

JohnSr married UNKNOWN in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Edward married Mildred Elizabeth MATHEWS on 28 Dec 1841 in Elbert County, Georgia. Mildred (daughter of Rev Philip MATHEWS and Elizabeth CLARK) was born on 24 Dec 1821 in Elbert County, Georgia; died on 12 Oct 1901 in Meriwether County, Georgia; was buried in Mathews Cemetery, Meriwether County, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

NOTE 1./ 1850 Slave Schedules
Age Gender Race Name of Slave Owner Home in 1850

45 Male Black E Mathews Division 20, Crawford, Georgia
30 Female Black E Mathews Division 20, Crawford, Georgia
24 Male Black E Mathews Division 20, Crawford, Georgia
18 Female Black E Mathews Division 20, Crawford, Georgia
18 Female Black E Mathews Division 20, Crawford, Georgia
16 Female Black E Mathews Division 20, Crawford, Georgia
12 Male Black E Mathews Division 20, Crawford, Georgia
9 Female Black E Mathews Division 20, Crawford, Georgia
7 Male Black E Mathews Division 20, Crawford, Georgia
5 Male Black E Mathews Division 20, Crawford, Georgia
0 Male Black E Mathews Division 20, Crawford, Georgia
0 Male Black E Mathews Division 20, Crawford, Georgia

NOTE 2./ 1860 Slave Schedules
Age Gender Race Name of Slave Owner Home in 1860

80 Male Black Enock Mathews Knoxville, Crawford, Georgia
51 Male Black Enock Mathews Knoxville, Crawford, Georgia
36 Male Black Enock Mathews Knoxville, Crawford, Georgia
28 Female Black Enock Mathews Knoxville, Crawford, Georgia
26 Female Black Enock Mathews Knoxville, Crawford, Georgia
21 Male Black Enock Mathews Knoxville, Crawford, Georgia
19 Female Mulatto Enock Mathews Knoxville, Crawford, Georgia
12 Male Black Enock Mathews Knoxville, Crawford, Georgia
10 Female Black Enock Mathews Knoxville, Crawford, Georgia
7 Female Mulatto Enock Mathews Knoxville, Crawford, Georgia
6 Male Mulatto Enock Mathews Knoxville, Crawford, Georgia
2 Female Black Enock Mathews Knoxville, Crawford, Georgia
2 Female Black Enock Mathews Knoxville, Crawford, Georgia

Summary of Slave census data:
The number of slaves owned by Enoch Mathews indicates his vast wealth for this time period. Since there is no information discovered so far indicating where, when or how he acquired the slaves, it has to be assumed that some of the aforementioned lot were brought from South Carolina, for which Charleston was a major slave trading center. His migration from South Carolina to Jones, then Crawford County Georgia was prior to 1824, since the place of birth of his first son Moses, is given as Georgia.

Enoch married Nancy MATHEWS on 11 Feb 1819 in Gray, Jones County, Georgia. Nancy (daughter of Micajah MATHEWS and Mary CROUCH) was born in 1802 in Barnwell County, South Carolina; died after 12 Jun 1880 in Crawford County, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah married Patrick M CALHOUN on 07 Jul 1846 in Crawford County, Georgia. Patrick was born in 1790 in South Carolina; died in in Crawford County, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

NOTE 1./
American Civil War Soldiers
Name: James R Mathews ,
Residence: Crawford County, Georgia
Enlistment Date: 18 March 1861
Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
State Served: Georgia
Unit Numbers: 397
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 18 March 1861
Enlisted in Company H, 1st Infantry Regiment Georgia on 18 March 1861.
Promoted to Full Sergeant 4th Class on 18 March 1862 (Estimated day of Promo)
Mustered out Company H, 1st Infantry Regiment Georgia on 18 March 1862 in Augusta, GA
Enlisted in Company K, 45th Infantry Regiment Georgia on 18 March 1862.
Wounded on 30 June 1862 at Frazier's Farm, VA
Wounded on 25 March 1865 at Fort Stedman, VA

NOTE 2./
The Telegraph and Messenger Macon Ga , 7 August 1877 Page 4 Col,2

Homicide in Crawford county A sad affair took place at Brices Mill in Crawford County ,last Saturday evening in which Mr James R Mathews was shot and killed by Mr F M Abbott .
It seems they had a previous altercation in reference to some land and Mathews on going to the mill to carry some corn was told by Abbott not to enter. Mathews persisted and was shot.
As the matter is to be investagated,Judically it would be improper to publish any of the rumors in circulation

NOTE 3./
The Butler Herald , Tuesday, March 31, 1896, Page Three

Items of Interest from Crawford
Roberta Enterprise
Francis M. Abbott, charged with the killing of James R. Mathews which took place at Brice’s mill in this county nine years ago, was acquitted last week. He returns to his Texas home a happy man, we presume, where we are told he is doing well.

Family/Spouse: Martha UNKNOWN. Martha was born in 1805 in South Carolina; died after 1870 in 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]

Notes:

NOTE 1./ 1860 Knoxville, Crawford County Georgia census:

Name Home Age Est Birth Yr Birthplace Gender
Philip Mathews Knoxville, Crawford, GA 52 1807 South Carolina Male
Pricilla Mathews Knoxville, Crawford, GA 38 1821 North Carolina Female
Susanna Mathews Knoxville, Crawford, GA 22 1837 Georgia Female
Elizah Mathews Knoxville, Crawford, GA 18 1841 Georgia Male
Elisha Mathews Knoxville, Crawford, GA 16 1843 Georgia Male
Cherley Mathews Knoxville, Crawford, GA 14 1845 Georgia Male
Naomi Mathews Knoxville, Crawford, GA 12 1847 Georgia Female
George W Mathews Knoxville, Crawford, GA 10 1849 Georgia Male
Wm H Mathews Knoxville, Crawford, GA 7 1852 Georgia Male
Nancy E Mathews Knoxville, Crawford, GA 5 1854 Georgia Female
Francis Mathews Knoxville, Crawford, GA 3 1856 Georgia Male

Philip married Priscilla BASS on 13 Oct 1839 in Crawford County, Georgia. Priscilla was born in 1822 in North Carolina; died before 1880 in Crawford County, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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]

Frances married Archibald PERKINS on 11 Mar 1822 in Lagrange, Troup, Georgia. Archibald was born in in Georgia; died in in Lagrange, Troup, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

ThomasJr married Nancy TERRY in 1799. Nancy was born in 1776 in Laurens County, South Carolina; died in 1866 in Gwinnett Co. Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth NASH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Partheny WADKINS in 1827 in Gwinnet County, Georgia. Partheny was born in 1805. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Robert married Mary SMITH on 31 Oct 1805. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ezekial married Susan ABERCROMBIE in 1805 in Laurens County, South Carolina. Susan was born on 20 Jun 1785. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Avery MOORE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Elizabeth CROFT about 1817 in Laurens County, South Carolina. Elizabeth was born in 1796 in South Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Archibald married Jennie CHAPPEL about 1808. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Francis married Mary MCDANIEL about 1823 in Gwinnet County, Georgia. Mary was born on 25 Jan 1800; died in in Gwinnett County Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Charity JONES. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Joseph BROWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Julia married Thomas MATHEWS on 14 Jan 1821 in Laurens County, South Carolina. Thomas (son of ThomasJr MATHEWS and Nancy TERRY) was born on 10 Apr 1803 in Laurens County, South Carolina; died on 08 May 1878 in Gwinnett County Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown ANDERSON. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Martha MURPHY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Mary Mason SHERRILL. Mary was born on 25 Feb 1798 in Burke Co., North Carolina; died on 08 Jul 1879. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Jason MINTON on 12 Sep 1822 in Jackson County, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Titus LANEY. Titus was born in 1778; died on 29 Sep 1855 in Alexander, Russell Co., Al. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah married Eldridge WHITEHEAD on 09 Feb 1830 in Jackson Co., Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Rebecca ALLGOOD. Rebecca was born on 21 Feb 1807 in Walton County, Georgia; died on 09 Dec 1874. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Polly married John G HEARD on 17 Apr 1831 in Jackson County, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Margaret THOMAS. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Jacob POPE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Daniel CURRINTON. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mariah married William HARDY on 07 Jan 1844 in Talbot County, Georgia. William was born after 1787. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Arthur H. FORT. Arthur was born after 1797. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Bud married Matilda Amelia PERRY on 28 May 1822 in Edgefield District, South Carolina. Matilda was born on 08 Nov 1802 in Edgefield District, South Carolina; died on 26 Jan 1843 in Edgefield District, South Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Bud married Dorothea Ann MILLER after 1843. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Martha UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Moses married Sarah WELCH on 21 Dec 1815 in Morgan County, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Cebelle married Willis BARRINGTON on 12 Jan 1815 in Edgefield County, South Carolina. Willis (son of Elisha BARRINGTON and Abigail ROBERTS) was born on 30 Jun 1791 in Edgefield County, South Carolina; died on 18 Oct 1837 in Stewart County, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Josiah married Lucy F MARTIN on 12 Jun 1821 in Edgefield Co., South Carolina. Lucy was born on 08 Feb 1805 in Edgefield County, South Carolina; died on 06 Dec 1879 in Forest Academy(Mineral Spr), Hopkins Co., TX. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Drury married Jane UNKNOWN before 1834 in South Carolina. Jane was born about 1805 in South Carolina; died after 1860 in De Soto, Louisianna. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Thomas WAITES. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: John LANGFORD. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

George married Elizabeth THOMPSON on 23 Apr 1820 in Jones County, Georgia. Elizabeth (daughter of Henry THOMPSON) was born about 1800; died about 1865 in Texas; was buried in Holland Cemetery, Wood County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Nancy married Enoch S. MATHEWS on 11 Feb 1819 in Gray, Jones County, Georgia. Enoch (son of RS Philip MATHEWS and Nancy Priscilla NELSON) was born in 1792 in Fairfield District, South Carolina; died before 20 Aug 1870 in Crawford County, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jane married Peter BEVILL on 17 Dec 1818 in Abbeville District, South Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ezekiel married Catherine Lucretia FRINNIE on 13 Aug 1829 in Abbeville District, South Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Nancy married Edward Robison BURNS on 12 Oct 1835 in Abbeville District, South Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Eleanor married William C ROBERTSON on 05 Nov 1829 in Abbeville District, South Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jane married George Ambus CHRISTOPHER in Abbeville District, South Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Edward BURNS in Castelberry, Abbeville District, South Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Rachel married James Patrick C MCCASLIN on 01 Jan 1846 in Abbeville District, South Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Jane CHRISTOPHER. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]