JOHN MATLOCK

John Matlock is believed to have been born about 1753 possibly in NC. John married

1st Sarah, maiden name unknown, John married 2nd Mary Settle/Suttle in 1792. John

died Sept 1st 1838, Rockingham Co. NC. Mary died Sept. 22, 1845 Rockingham Co NC.

 

 The first records we have of John IV are on the Louisa Co Virginia

 tithes and census dated from 1767-1769

 

 1767   St Martins Parish   Matlock John, John Jr, Phillis

 1768           "           Matlock John, John Jr, Phillis

 1769           "                 "          "        " 

 

 Guildford Co. NC. Original Guilford County was formed from Orange County on

 the east and Rowan County on the west, the north-south line running just

 east of Greensboro. In terms of present divisions, it had as its northern

 boundary the state of Virginia; its eastern line extended to the counties

 of Caswell, Alamance, and Chatham; its southern border was formed by Moore

 and Montgomery; and its western limit was marked by Davidson, Forsyth, and

 Stokes. In 1779, the southern part of original Guilford was cut off to

 form Randolph County; in 1785, the northern part of original Guilford was

 cut off to form Rockingham County. The erection of these two counties

 reduced Guilford to its present size of 28.31 miles, running east and west

 along the southern border, and approximately 24 miles, running north and

 south, altogether about 679 square miles (Greensboro, North Carolina - The

 County Seat of Guilford, by Ethel Stephens Arnett) 

 

        

Roster of Soldiers From North Carolina in the American Revolution, Genealogical

Publishing Company, Baltimore, 1988. Originally published by the DAR, 1932.

 

Page 74: Private John Mattlock, Nelson's Company, Enlisted 18 April 1776, Term 3

years, Occurrences - Corporal in Feb 1778, Sergeant in Dec 1778, Discharged 1 May

1779.

 

Page 541: Abstracts of The Army Accounts of the N.C. Line, settled by the

Commissioners at Warrenton in 1776 - John Mattock settlement received by A.

Lytle. (Mattocks or Matlock?)

 

Page 244: Military Land Warrants, Continental Line - #580 John Matlock, Sergeant, 428

acres for 36 months service and actual sold to George Rowland. George Rowland. George

Rowland also bought the land (274 acres each) from Pvt. Wm. O' Harion and Pvt. David

Benton.

 

Page 619: Clark's State Records - Roll of Capt. Griffith John McRee's Co. of the 1st NC

Battalion, commanded by Col. Thomas Clark (Army Returns, Book 27, p.23) - John Matlock,

Corp.

 

Page 580: State Record's of NC (Clark) Vol 22, Miscellaneous-Nc Pensioners under the acts

of 1818 and 1832, as reported by the Secretary of State to Congress in 1835. # 954

SergeantJohn Matlock.

 

1780 Feb 3 Guildford NC Land entrys Feb 3 1780 John Mattlock enters 640a

in Guildford Co on Brushy fork; border on e side of William Allin's entry

and n side of Samuel Watts enty; includes improvements Joseph Owens

 

 1780 May 2 Jno Matlock 606 ac warrant #1989 issued May 2 1780 by William Dent

 to John Matlock for 640 ac on waters of Pruets fork, joins E side of William

 “Allan’s” entry, on N side of Samuel Watts’ entry, & includes his improvements

 made by Joseph Owen; 606 ac surveyed Oct 18 1782 by A Philips; Samuel Watt &

 Benjamin Allan, chain carriers; grant # 1067 issued Nov 8 1784. (Guildford Co

 Land Warrants 1778-1932 pg 89)

 

 1780 May 18 William Clark 108 acres; warrant # 342 issued May 18, 1780 by Ralph Gorrell to

 William Clark, Esq. for 200 acres, join his own deeded land, on a small branch of Hogan's

 Creek that heads in Peter O'Neal's improvement, and being caveated by Sarah Medlock and

 ordered to issue by Court to said Clark; 108 acres surveyed 6 June 1782 by Sampson Bethell;

 Joseph Clark and William Clark, Jr, chain carriers; grant # 812 issued 14 Oct 1783.

 

 1782 July 9 William Allen 240 acres warrant # 687 issued Aug 19 1779 by Ralph

 Gorrell to William Allen for 240 ac on both sides of Grames Br, begins on Joshua

 Suttle’s line runs “rounds”, includes his improvement on both sided of the branch

 and by order of Court Warrant issued to said Wm Allen; 240 ac surveyed July 9 1782

 by A Philips; William “Settle” and John Matlock, chain Carriers; grant # 721 issued

 Oct 14 1783. (Guilford Co Land Warrants 1778-1932 Pg 61)

 

 1786 May 20 "John Matlock and wife, Sarah, sell to Jeremiah Thacker 200

 acres on Pruitts Branch of (Lower) Hogan Creek...".(Deed Book A pg 234)

 

 Rockingham County, North Carolina was formed in 1785 from the County of

 Guilford, more than likely John IV didn't move, his land probably fell

 into the new county.
 

   1789 Nov 25 John Matlock and his wife Sarah to Joseph Clark for 20 pounds 100 acres

 on Hogan Creek Adj Medlocks own Land (Rockingham County Deed Book B Pg 154)

 

 1790 MEDLOCK JOHN Rockingham Co NC 168 1-1-3

 John 16 an over (30-39)

 Sarah and 2 daughters

 1 Male 1-15

 

 1790 Dec 29 William Clark Jr enters 50 acres in Rockingham Co NC; Boarder

 John Matlock: Thomas Allen and Josiah Little (Rockingham Co DB  Bk 2 p

 r89)

 

 1792 Aug John Matlock to Joseph Phillis for 50 pds 111 A on Hogans Creek

 adj Clark, Thacker, and Samuel Watt (Rockingham Co NC Deed Book C p 200)

 

 p. 205: Deed Book L. p. 205: Henry Cox of CC to Wm. Bethell of Rockingham Co., NC

 for 100 lbs 91 acres on Hogan's & Moon's Creeks adj Henry PERKINS, Samuel Walker,

 Robert MULLIN land he had of Wm. Walker..... Wit: R. Bethell, Nat Stubblefield,

 John Matlock. (Caswell County NC Deed Books 1777-1817. Abs by Katharine Kerr

 Kendall.; Southern Historical Press, Inc. Easley, SC, 1989)
 

 John Matlock High Sheriff of Rockingham Co NC 1798 and 1799

 

 1800 April 28 John Matlock Exec for John Settle (Rockingham Co NC Will

 Book A pg 97)

 

 1810 MATLOCK JOHN Rockingham County NC 026 20101-20010-11

 John 45 and over (50-59)

 Mary 26-44

 

 1 Male Matlock  16-25 Charles 17

 2 Female Matlock 0-9  Sally 13

 3 Male Matlock   0-9     Abishay 10

 4 Female Matlock 0-9  Elizabeth 7

 5 Male Matlock   0-9  John 2

 

 1816 March 30 "John Matlock and wife, Mary, witness the will of James Bateman..".

 (Will Book A, page 151)

 

 1818 Jan 3 John Stewart of Generostee Creek, Anderson District SC, gave power of

 attorney to John Matlock of Rockingham Co., NC to collect money due him from the

 estate of his father , John Stewart, late of Guilford Co NC. The family is found in

 Bedford Co Va. 1769 and in Henry, Botetourt and Halifax Co. VA c1782, then NC.

 (“Gone to Georgia” page 226)

 

 1820 MATTOCK JOHN Rockingham County NC 636 201101-00001-01

 John 45 and over (60-69)

 Mary 26-44

 

 1 Male Matlock 18-25 Abishay 20

 2 Male Matlock 16-18 John 12

 3 Male Matlock  0-9  Thomas

 4 Male Matlock  0-9  David

Pension Application Of John Matlock, Nat’l Archives Series M804, Roll __,

Application #W4723 State of North Carolina}


On this 27th day of August, 1823, personally appeared in open court of the
Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of the County of Rockingham and the state
aforesaid [which is a court of record], John Matlock, aged 70 years, residing
in Rockingham County and state aforesaid, and he being first duly sworn
according to law, declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows:

He enlisted under Captain John Nelson as a sergeant in the County of Guilford,
now Rockingham, state of North Carolina in the 1st regiment of North Carolina
troops on Continental establishment in the month of May 1776. The regiment was
commanded by Colonel Alexander Martin. I enlisted for the service a number of
soldiers in the county, until the month of April, 1777 at which time I marched
with the men I enlisted by order of my superior officers and joined troops
under the command of Colonel Thomas Polk in Granville. From that place we
marched to Georgetown, that is in the state of Maryland; from thence to
Philadelphia, and thence up the Delaware; from this place he marched to meet
Lord Cornwallis near the Head of Elk. That any __ line near Iron Hill at which
place he had a severe skirmish. I was selected in this affair as one of the
light infantry to march in front and was commanded by Colonel Martin? I was
then in the Battle of Brandywine, and was one of the ?number of soldiers who
___ ____ on? this? battle.

After this battle, went into winter quarters of the Schuykill. The spring
following, I was in the Battle of Germantown. After this, we pursued the army
to Sandy Hook, and we had another severe skirmish. After this I was in the
Battle of Stony Point; at this time was taken under the command of General
Wayne. After this, the army marched to a little town in Jersey, I think called
Paramus, of which place after a service of three years and some months I was
discharged by Colonel Thomas Clark and returned to what was then called
Guilford County [now Rockingham].

About a month after I had returned home the Tories and British being
troublesome in this state, I again volunteered my services under Colonel
Washington, and we had a severe skirmish at Whitesell’s Mills. After this I was
sent home to recruit more, and had persuaded several, and was on my way to join
the army again at the time of the Battle of Guilford. After this, I was
discharged from the service. At both times of my leaving the army, I received
from the commanding officer, an honorable discharge, but having been for twenty-
five years and more concerned in a great deal of ?personal business, I have
lost or mislaid them. During the whole time I was in the service I served as a
sergeant. I know of no person in particular, nor residing in this vicinity who
were with me in the six battles in which I fought,  but many persons in this
county can testify that I was a considerable time in the Revolutionary service.

I do also solemnly swear that I am a resident citizen of the United States on
the 18th day of march, 1818, and that I have not since that time, by gift, sale
or in any manner disposed of my property, any part thereof, with intent thereby
so to ____ as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of congress
entitled “An Act to Provide for Certain Persons Engaged in the Land and Naval
Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War passed on the 18th day of
March, 1818,” and that I have not, nor has any person in ____ _____ any
property or security, contracts or debts due to me, no have I any income other
than what is contained in the schedule hereunto annexed and by me subscribed:

I have a small crop of corn growing and ____ [inkblot] it may make 5 to 10
bushels. I have a very small quantity of provisions on hand for the support of
my family; I have had a number of small debts due me, but having been sheriff 
of the County of Rockingham for 26 years in succession, and having been
unfortunate in the pecuniary matters of my office, and my _____ having paid for
me considerable sums of money, I have _____ to them, honestly and in good
faith, all the debts and the property that are belong to me, all of which will
be for  ___ for paying to them the money which they have paid and will have to
pay for me.

My occupation at this time is ___ of tilling in the earth, has little ability
to do __; I am upwards of 70 years of age, have a second wife, have small boys,
am poor and stand in need of the assistance of the County for support, and have
not ____ or otherwise transferred any portion of my property to defraud the
government of the United States, or to bring myself into the provisions of the
law for the relief of Revolutionary soldiers. Jno. Matlock.

State of Rockingham County, North Carolina}On this 23rd day of November, 1844,

personally appeared before me, R. Reid, one of the acting justices of the peace

for the county and state aforesaid, Mary Matlock, a resident of the county and

state aforesaid, aged 70 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth

on her oath make the following declaration…:

That she is the widow of John Matlock, who was a private and sergeant
in the army of the Revolution, and who, she understood, served under John
Griffith ?McCray. The time he entered the service or how long he served, she
does not recollect, but she knows that he drew a pension of $96 per annum for a
number of years before his death and that he resided in this county at the time
his name was entered on the pension roll. For further proof as to his service
she refers to the records of the War Department.

She further declares that she was married to the said John Matlock in
the year 1792, she thinks in the month of November, but does not recollect the
day of the month. She is not even certain that it was in the month of November.
She has had careful examination made in the Clerk’s office of this county where
the marriage bonds ought to be, but it is not to be found, and she is informed
that many marriages took place in this county about the same period, the bonds
of which cannot now be found. The Bible which contains the family record was
carried to the west many years ago by a relative but she does not now know
where it is, or whether it contained a record of the marriage. She understands
that one of her sons has a copy of the record of the ages of her children taken
from the Bible that was carried to the west, but she learns that it does not
embrace the date of the marriage. The marriage took place at William Bethell’s
in this county, and she knows that she was married to the before mentioned John
Matlock, and that they lived together as man and wife up to the time of his
death and that the legality of the marriage was never questioned. Her husband,
John Matlock was High Sheriff of the county for upwards of twenty years and she
feels confidant that he had this marriage legally celebrated. She does not now
recollect of any person now alive who saw them married. Her eldest son, Charles
Matlock was born in 1793 and he is now living.

She further swears that her husband, the aforesaid John Matlock, died
on the 1st day of September, 1838. That she was not married to him prior to his
leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the 1st day of
January, 1794; that she is now a widow and has remained so ever since the death
of her husband, John Matlock. And she further declares, that in consequence of
bodily infirmity she is unable to attend court to make her declaration. Sworn
to and subscribed, this 23rd day of November, 1844, before R. Reid. Mary
Matlock, her mark.

State of North Carolina, Rockingham County}
This day, personally appeared John Matlock before me, Joseph W. ?Neil a
justice of the peace for the county and state aforesaid, who after being duly
sworn according to law,  deposeth and sayeth as follows:

That he is the son of John Matlock, who was a soldier of the Revolution
by his wife, Mary Matlock, who is an applicant for a pension under the Acts of
Congress; that the accompanying record hereunto annexed was taken from a Bible
formerly in the possession of his father, and that the said record as annexed
is in the proper and genuine handwriting of deponent’s father, John Matlock,
who was the husband of Mary Matlock. That his father, John Matlock, and his
wife Mary, the deponent’s mother, lived together as man and wife, up to the
time of his father’s death, which occurred on the 1st day of September, 1838.
The deponent does and has always believed that his father and mother were
legally married in the year 1792. Sworn and subscribed to on this 31st day of
December, 1844. John Matlock.

Additional Comments:
According to other documents contained in the file for John Matlock, Mary
Matlock’s maiden name was Settle or Suttle; She was his second wife and the
first wife was not named. The following is a list of the names of their
children. Whether the children of the first wife are included is unknown.
Charles born December 1, 1793
Sallay born April 21, 1797
Abishay born November 18, 1800
[record is torn] born August 12, 1803 or 1805
John born March __ 1808
David born March __ 1811
File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by:
Nancy Poquette npoq@hotmail.com February 25, 2007, 8:06 pm

 

1823 Nov 25 MATLOCK JOHN Sergeant, Rockingham Co Cont'l Line. John's

Annual Allowance was $96.00, Amount Recevied $1,010.32. Pension started

on Nov 25th 1823. 

 

1823 Received a deed from Sheriff John Matlock (for Frederick Brown) for

130ac on Jacob's Creek in Rockingham Co., NC.

 

 1830 MATLOCK JOHN Rockingham County NC 288 0001100001-00010001

 John  70-79

 Mary  50-59

 

 1 Male Matlock   20-29

 2 Female Matlock 15-19

 3 Male Matlock   15-19

 

 Matlock, John, Mary, W4723, NC Line, sol enl in Guilford Co the part that

 became Rockingham Co NC & he appl there 27 Aug 1823 aged about 70, sol m

 Mary Settle or Suttle his 2nd wife (1st wife not named) in 1792, sol d 1

 Sep 1838, wid appl 6 Apr 1843 Rockingham Co NC aged 72, children were;

 Charles b 1 Dec 1793, Salley b 21 Apr 1797, Abishay b 18 Nov 1800, name

 torn off b. 12 Aug 1803 or 1805 ?, John b in Mar 1808 & David b in Mar

 1811, in 1844 John Matlock was of Rockingham Co NC & in 1855 Charles

 Matlock also lived in said Co as a Mrs. Rhoda Settle or Suttle who was

 aged 76(Abstracts of Rev. War Pension files pg 2224)

 

 1840 MATLOCK JOHN Rockingham County NC 145 220001-100001001

 John   30-39

 Nancy  30-39

 Mary   60-69

 

 1 Male Matlock   5-9 Charles 7

 2 Male Matlock   5-9 William 5

 3 Female Matlock 0-4 M A  2

 4 Male Matlock   0-4 1836-1840

 5 Male Matlock   0-4 1836-1840

 

Mary Matlock was the widow of John Matlock who had been a sergeant of the American

Revolution. He was also a pensioner and was receiving a pension of $120.00 per annum

when he died in September 1838. By an act of Congress passed in 1838, widows were

entitled to received a pension of half the amount that their husbands had been

receiving. In November 1844 Mary made a declaration before the county court to

receive her pension. She stated that she married John in 1792 in the month of November

but she did not remember the day. She had not been able to find her marriage records

at the court house. She stated that the family Bible which contained the family records

was carried to the West many years ago and she did not know where it was. One of her

sons had a copy of the ages of her children taken from that Bible but that record did

not have her marriage date. She stated that her marriage took place at William Bethell's

in this county and she lived with John Matlock until his death. He had been High Sheriff

for about 20 years. She could not recall any person then alive who had seen her marriage.

Her eldest son, Charles Matlock, was born in 1793. Her declaration was dated November

1844. Mary's maiden name was Settle, and she was John's second wife. She was allowed a

pension February 12, 1845. She was then in her seventies and was living in Rockingham

county NC. Reference: Pension Claim #W-4723 ("Local Missing Marriage Bonds" by Linda

Vernon)

 

The Messenger - Wednesday, November 8, 1989, page B-12 - Former Sheriff Matlock Holds Record

For Longest Term In Office by Guy Lewis. (Local Missing Marriage Records by Linda C. Vernon,

page 1038)

 

 Sheriff John Matlock of Rockingham County, who was born c.1753  and died at the age of

eighty-five on September 1, 1838, was sheriff of this county from 1798 to 1824, a term of

twenty-six consecutive years; which is the longest term in that office by any sheriff in

the entire history of the county.

  

Back in the year 1776, when he was twenty-three years old, Matlock, who lived in the eastern

section of the county on lower Hogan Creek, enlisted in the army as a soldier of the American

Revolution.

 

A record of Matlock's pension application was found in the county court minutes for Quarter

Sessions begun on August 27, 1823. In his sworn affidavit the veteran stated his name as John

Matlock; and age as upward of seventy years.  He enlisted in the Continental Army in the year

1776.
 

And Page 619 of the Roster of Soldiers from North Carolina with Revolutionary service lists

Corporal John Matlock in Capt. Griffith John McRee's Company of the 1st. North Carolina

Continental Battalion, commanded by Colonel Thomas Clark.

 
Matlock was later promoted to sergeant and sent on an independent recruiting mission. He stated

in his declaration that he marched the men he had recruited to Granville County, where he and

the men were placed in Captain John Nelson's Company, which was a unit of the 4th North Carolina.

Continental Regiment, commanded by Colonel Thomas Polk. The regiment was then ordered to proceed

northward.  They marched up through Virginia and crossed the Potomac River into the village of

Georgetown, Maryland, a place that afterward became a part of the city of Washington, D.C. 

 

From Georgetown the troops continued northeastward across Maryland and crossed the border into

Pennsylvania, where they went on to the city of Philadelphia; and then up the Delaware River to

join the northern army of General Washington. On August 25, 1777, the British landed a large

expeditionary army of the King's troops at the head of Elk River in Maryland.  They disembarked

from the ships and made camp at Iron Hill near the Maryland-Pennsylvania border in preparation

for a campaign to take the nearby city of Philadelphia. At this time, Matlock said his regiment

was among those American troops who went back down to Iron Hill to block the invasion route of

the British, and had a "serious skirmish". While at Iron Hill, the Americans, in preparation for

the coming battle at Brandywine Creek on the Pennsylvania side of the border, selected men from

every state to make up an elite corps of light infantry.  This body of seasoned troops, which

included Sgt. Matlock, was  organized into a brigade of two battalions composed of four regiments. 

This elite brigade, according to Matlock, marched in front of the main body of American troops

during the battle of Brandywine. The brigade's commander during this action was Colonel Alexander

Martin (another Rockingham County man) whose regular command was that of the 2nd North Carolina

Continental Regiment. The Battle of Brandywine Creek occurred on the 11th of September.  The

Americans were defeated, and the British moved on into the city of Philadelphia and occupied it

on the 26th.The Americans moved around to the northwest side and attacked a village on the

outskirts called Germantown. Afterward, said Matlock, the American Army went into winter quarters

(this on the 18th of December) in the Schuylkill River Valley.  The place there was a village

called Valley Forge, a short distance up stream from Philadelphia.
  

Thus it was that while the British troops were warm and comfortable in the occupied city, Sgt.

Matlock was among those Americans camped out there in the snowy valley northwest of Philadelphia

during that freezing winter of 1777 and 1778. The Americans left their winter quarters in the

spring of ' 78 and commenced actions to dislodge the British occupying forces from the city.

Matlock's unit attacked the enemy again at Germantown on the northwest outskirts of Philadelphia. 

In June the last British soldiers evacuated the city of Philadelphia and hurried toward the Hudson

River to escape over that stream into New York, pursued by Sgt. Matlock and his unit all the way

to Sandy Hook, a narrow sandy peninsula on the New Jersey side of the mouth of the aforementioned

river. According to Matlock his unit had "severe skirmishes" with the fleeing British. 

 

Sgt. Matlock spent the cold months again up north with the American Army in winter quarters during

1778/1779.  That winter the Americans were camped at different sites on the outskirts of New York

City. In the summer of 1779, Matlock was selected a second time to be in a special, fast-striking

body of elite troops.  This time he was assigned to the 2nd North Carolina Continental regiment,

which was one of the regiments of Colonel Thomas Clark's brigade under the overall command of

General Daniel Morgan's corps, at first, and afterward, under that of General Anthony Wayne. This

elite corps, it has been written, was a body of men specially trained in the use of the bayonet

for an attack upon the British garrison camped at Stony Point.  Sgt. Matlock was in this force

that stormed and captured the British fort on Stony Point at midnight, July 15, 1779. Matlock

stated that after the Battle of Stony Point his unit marched back across the Hudson, to Paramus,

New Jersey where he received a discharge from Colonel Thomas Clark for a service of "three years

and some months". After his discharge, according to Matlock's declaration, he returned to his home

in that part of Guilford County which afterward became Rockingham. 

  

About a month after his return home, he states, the British Army in North Carolina and their Tory

allies became "troublesome" in this state; and he again volunteered for service-this time serving

in Col. William Washington's cavalry.  During this tour of service Matlock participated in what he

termed a "severe skirmish" at Whitsell's mill (which was located on Reedy Fork Creek in that part

of Orange County which was later formed into Alamance.)  After this he was sent home to recruit

men for the army.  He was discharged a second time after the Battle of Guilford Courthouse, which

occurred on March 15, 1781.
  

On page 244 of the aforementioned Roster of North Carolina Soldiers in the Revolution, Sgt. John

Matlock is listed as receiving on April 21, 1784, a land grant warrant for 428 acres for serving

thirty six months in Continental service.  Matlock did not go west to take up his land which was

in the Tennessee Territory.  The record shows he sold his warrant for this land to a man named

George Rowland. Matlock's application in 1823 for a pension was approved.  He is listed as a

pensioner under the Congressional Act of 1818 on page 580 of the above roster. Matlock was

married twice.  The following Rockingham County land records reveal the name of his first wife

was Sarah.

 

DEED BOOK A, page 234, May 20, 1786 "John Matlock and his wife Sarah sell to Jeremiah Thacker 200

acres on Pruitt's Branch of (lower) Hogan Creek..."

 

DEED BOOK A, page 154, Nov 25, 1789 " John Matlock and wife Sarah, sell to Joseph Clark 100 acres

on (lower) Hogan Creek adjoining Matlock's other land..."

 

When he filed his pension application in 1823, Matlock stated that he then had a second wife and

several small children.

 

The following record reveal's the name of Matlock's second wife as Mary.

 

WILL BOOK A, page 151, March 30, 1816 "John Matlock and wife, Mary, witness the will of James

Bateman..."

 

The following reveals, in addition to other information of the family, that one of the sons was

named Charles. Rockingham County Quarter Sessions Court Minutes, Page 393, Session beginning

February 1855 "Charles Matlock makes oath that he is the son of the late John Matlock, a

revolutionary pensioner; that said John Matlock died the 1st day of Sept., 1838; that Mary

Matlock, his widow, remarried; and that she died on Sept. 22. 1845."

 

 

 Children of John Matlock and Sarah:

 

 1 HENRY MATLOCK born 1785-1790...........................

 

 2 FEMALE MATLOCK born bef 1790 NC.

 

 3 NANCY MATLOCK born 1781/90 NC. Nancy Matlock Married Josiah Batman Dec 3 1807

   Rockingham County NC. Josiah Bateman B 1785 NC. D. 1863 Carroll Co. TN. 

 

   1830 BATEMAN JOSIAH Carroll Co TN 177 1110001-0012001 Nancy (40-50)

 

   1840 BATEMAN JOSIAH Carroll Co TN 48 00011001-00001001 Nancy (50-60)

 

   1850 BATEMAN JOSIAH Carroll Co TN 122

   Josiah Bateman 65 M Farmer NC

   Nancy          60 F        NC

   Shem Mitchell  14 MM       TN

 

   1860 BATEMAN JOSIAH Carroll Co TN 126b

   Josiah Bateman     65 M Farmer NC

   Nancy              75 F        NC

   Caroline Singleton 23 F        TN

 

       Children of John Matlock and Mary :

 

 4 CHARLES MATLOCK born Dec 1st 1793 Rockingham Co NC. Charles married 1st

   Sarah, 2nd Charlotte Carrell Nov 19 1862 Rockingham Co NC. Charlotte

   died 1896 Rockingham Co NC.

 

   1820 MATLOCK CHARLES Rockingham County NC586 000010-01100-01  

 

   1830 MATLOCK CHARLES Rockingham County NC 302  000001-000001

 

   1838 June 30 Account current of William Bethel decd from 1834 to 1838 by Mary

   Bethel special adm. Recd. from Charles Matlock and Samuel F. Adams for profits in

   trade. Samuel Hobson for rent; bonds on Peyton Key, David Kyle, Henry Delap, Josiah

   Dabbs; exec of A. Watts decd. Paid expenses of R.H. Scales to Natchez, MS, Dr. W.

   Courts, William Bethel's expenses to Buckingham Co. VA to collect money from David

   Kyle; paid Calvin Graves for legal services, William Bethel's expenses to Natchez

   for estate. 30 June 1838. (Caswell County NC Will Books 1777-1814 by Katherine Carr

   Kendall, page 139.1838-Book N-page 230 to 235)

 

   1840 MATLOCK CHARLES Rockingham County NC 151  0000101-0000001

 

   1850 MATLOCK CHARLES Rockingham County NC 021 Eastern District

   Charles Matlock 56 WM Farmer NC

   Sarah           55 WF        NC

   Mary Brecent    19 WF        NC

   Sally Martin    36 BF        NC

   Bob      “      16 MM        NC

   Mat             13 MM        NC

   Lucinda         11 BF        NC    

 

   1855 Feb "Charles Matlock makes oath that he is a son of the late John Matlock,

   a Revolutionary pensioner, that said John Matlock died the 1st day of Sep 1838;

   that Mary Matlock, his widow, remarried; and that she died on Sept. 22, 1845".

   (Rockingham Co Quarter Sessions Court Minutes pg 383)

 

   1860 MATLOCK CHARLES Rockingham County NC 066 Reedville
   Charles Matlock 65 MW Farmer NC
   Sarah           65 FW        NC
   William Wreh     8 MW        NC
   Sarah Martin    46 FB        NC
   James           23 MB        NC

   1880 MATLOCK CHARLOTT Rockingham Co NC Williamsburg 124A
   Charlott Matlock  Boarder WF 64 Wd   NC NC NC  
   Enumerated with Thos Sutliff

   Charlotte Matlock 084 1896 WB F/73 Rockingham

 5 SARAH "SALLY" MATLOCK born April 21 1797 Rockingham Co NC. Sally married

   Joseph Pritchett Dec 16 1816 Rockingham Co NC.

 

   1820 PRITCHETT JOSEPH Rockingham Co NC 10120-0001

 

   1840 PRITCHETT JOSEPH Rockingham Co NC 0000101-000101 (30-40)

 

   1850 PRITCHETT JOSEPH Rockingham Co NC 26

   Joseph Pritchett 58 M Farmer NC

   Sally            53 F        NC

   John             19 M        NC

   Wm               15 M        NC

   Sarah            13 F        NC

   R J Lambert       2 F        NC

 

   1860 PRITCHETT SARAH Rockingham Co NC 50

   Sarah Pritchett  64 F        NC

   William          27 M Farmer NC

   Sarah J          24 F        NC

   Rachel J Lambert 12 F        NC

 

   1870 PRITCHETT SALLIE Rockingham Co NC 34

   Sallie Pritchett 73 WF       NC

   Rachel           22 WF       NC

   Lindy? Lambert   20 WF       NC

   Joseph           15 WM       NC

   John             13 WM       NC

 

 6 ABISHA MATLOCK born Nov 18 1800 Rockingham Co NC. Abisha married

   Mary "Polly" Settle Jan 30 1822 Rockingham Co NC.

 

   1822 Jan 30 Bisha Mattock  Mary Settle (Bond# 000120841 Rockingham Co NC

   Bondsman C Mattock, Witness R Gallaway Jr)

 

   1830 MATLOCK ELISHA Christian Co KY 48 01001-00001

   1 male 5-10, 1 male 20-30 1 female 20-30

 

   1840 MATLOCK ABISHA Christian County KY 206 000001-000001001

 

   1850 MATLOCK A Christian Co KY Dist 2 346

   A Matlock 50 M Farmer NC

   M         47 F        NC

   M Walker  76 F        MD

 

   1860 MATLOCK MARY Christian County KY 715 Hopkinsville
   Mary Matlock  56 FW  NC v.R/E $3,500, v.pers $1,500
   Mary Walker   87 FW  MD

   1860 MATLOCK MARY Christian County KY 711 Hopkinsville
   Mary Matlock   43 FW  KY v.R/E $9,000, v. pers 2,000
   Mary V. Walker 75 FW  VA

 

 7 ELIZABETH MATLOCK born Aug 1 1803 Rockingham Co NC.

 

 8 THOMAS MATLOCK born Aug 1803/05 Rockingham Co NC. Thomas married 1st?

   2nd Elizabeth Faulks.

 

   1840 MATLOCK THOMAS B. Christian County KY 209 010001-12001

 

   1850 MATLOCK THOMAS Jackson County IL 234 South District
   Thomas Matlock 50 M Farmer NC
   Elizabeth      26 F        MS

 

 9 JOHN MATLOCK born March 1808 Rockingham Co NC.

 

 10 DAVID MATLOCK born March 1811 Rockingham Co NC. David married Jane ?

    David died 1863 Ballard Co KY.

 

    1840 MATLOCK DAVID Christian County KY 203 No Township 11001-1001

 

    1850 MATLOCK DAVID McCracken County KY 161 District 2

    David Matlock 39 WM Farmer NC

    Jane          37 WF        NC

    William       15 WM        KY

    E J           12 WF        KY

    John P         9 WM        KY

    C A            7 WM        KY

 

    1860 MATLOCK DAVID McCracken County KY 790 Paducah P.O

    David Matlock  49 MW Farmer     NC v.R/E $1,200, v.pers $600

    Jane           46 FW            NC

    Wm. J.         26 MW Carpenter  KY v.pers $500

    John           19 MW            KY

    Charles A.     17 MW            KY

    Mary E. Brown  12 FW            KY

 

    1880 MATLOCK JANE J McCracken County KY Woodville  225D
    William P Smith  Head  MW 56 M  VA MD VA Farmer
    Elija J          Wife  FW 43 M  KY NC NC  Keeping house
    Roxie C          Dau   FW 19 S  KY VA KY
    John D           Son   MW 17 S  KY VA KY
    William A        Son   MW 14 S  KY VA KY
    Jane J Matlock   M/Law FW 66 WD NC NC NC

 

    Children of David and Jane:

 

    1 William J Matlock born Oct 1833 KY. William married 1st Margaret,

      Margaret died Aug 25 1882 and is buried in the Boldry Cemetery.

      William married 2nd Mrs. Bettie Smith and 3rd Harriet. William

      died in 1921 and Harriet died in 1935, both are buried in the

      Spring Bayou Baptist Church Cemetery.

 

      1870 MATLOCK WILLIAM T. McCracken County KY 073 Pct. 6
      William T Mattock 36 MW KY Farmer,  v.R/E $2,400, v.pers $800
      Margaret A.       24 FW KY Keeping house
      Sarah J.           7 FW KY
      Midin A.           5 FW KY
      Samuel Tyson      24 MB NC Farm labor
      Robert Moorfield  16 MW KY Farm labor
      Ellen Venable     15 FW KY Domestic servant

 

      1880 MATLOCK WILLIAM J McCracken County KY Woodville  225D
      William J Matlock Head MW 47 M KY NC NC Farmer
      Margaret J        Wife FW 36 M KY NC NC Keeping house
      Mittie A          Dau  FW 15 S KY KY KY
      Alonzo Parmer          MW 13 S IL IL IL Laborer
      James Sumner           MW 23 S TN TN TN Laborer

 

      1900 MATLOCK W J McCracken Co KY District 8 259
      W J Matlock Head  WM Oct 1833 66 M 7 yrs KY NC NC
      Bettie      Wife  WF Jan 1849 51 M  3/3  KY VA VA
      John Smith  S/son WM Oct 1881 18 S       KY KY KY

 

      1910 MATLOCK WILLIAM J McCracken Co KY Dist 8 84B
      William J Matlock Head WM 76 M3  7 yrs KY NC NC Farmer
      Harriet           Wife WF 61 M2  4/2   KY VA KY

 

      1920 MATLOCK WILLIAM J McCracken County KY  159-9
      William J Matlock Head WM 86 M KY NC NC Farmer
      Harriet           Wife WF 71 M KY US US

 

      1921 Jan 3 Will Book H-Page 74

      McCracken County, Kentucky

      In the name of GOD amen I, William J. Matlock living in McCracken County, State of Kentucky

      being of sound mind and eighty seven years old, do make this my last will and testament as

      follows: That my debts and funeral expenses be paid first. That my home place consisting of

      about sixty acres of land more or less to be divided as follows My wife, Harriet Elizabeth

      Matlock to have twenty acres on the south end of said land for the period of her natural

      life. Said tract to include the buildings on said home place. At the death of land shall go

      to my daughter Mittie A. Graham, wife of John E. Graham. Second, the remainder of said

      homeplace after cutting the above twenty acres be given to my daughter Mittie A. Graham.

      That my great grand son Vernon Gill, bequeath ten dollars out of my estate. That all my

      personal property to be given to my wife, Harriet E. Matlock except one bed & it's

      furnishings which is to be given my daughter Mittie E. Graham. This the 3rd day of Jan 1921

      William J.(his X Mark) Matlock.. Witness Herbert Anderson Sr., J. A. Crawford State of

      Kentucky County of McCracken  I.L.E. Durrett, Clerk of the County Court for the County and

      state aforesaid, do certify that the foregoing Last Will and Testament of William J. Matlock,

      deceased, was on the 18th day of August, 1921, produced in Open Court, admitted to probate,

      and ordered recorded, which together with this certificate, is done accordingly. Given under

      my hand this 18th day of August, 1921.L. E. Durrett ....Clerk By Sarah Miller D.C.

 

      1921 July 13 William J. Matlock, 87 years old, one of the best known men in McCracken

      County died at 9:30 o'clock Wednesday night a his home in Grahamville. He was born in

      Christian County many years. He had been in feeble health for some time and death

      resulted from infirmities incident to advanced age. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Bettie

      Matlock, and one daughter, Mrs. John Graham, eight grandchildren. Funeral services were

      conducted at 11 o'clock Thursday morning at the Bayou Baptist Church, of which the

      deceased was a member. The Reverend Berkhart officiated and the burial took place in

      the church cemetery.

 

       Spring Bayou Baptist Church Cemetery,  McCracken County, KY
      Harriett E. Matlock   1849 - 1935
      W. J. Matlock         1833 – 1921

 

    2 Eliza J  Matlock born 1837 KY. Eliza married William P Smith Feb 2 1857.

 

      Smith, William P., Eliza Jane Matlock, 2 Feb. 1857. Sur., William J. Matlock.

      David Matlock came in and gave his consent for a license for his daughter, Eliza

      Jane Matlock. B. Small, clk. B. G. Grundy, D. clk. M'd Feb. 4, in the pres. of

      Anderson Wyatt and Martha Ratcliff. Signed, M. W. Holland, Baptist Minister

 

      1880 MATLOCK JANE J McCracken County KY Woodville  225D
      William P Smith  Head  MW 56 M  VA MD VA Farmer
      Elija J          Wife  FW 43 M  KY NC NC  Keeping house
      Roxie C          Dau   FW 19 S  KY VA KY
      John D           Son   MW 17 S  KY VA KY
      William A        Son   MW 14 S  KY VA KY
      Jane J Matlock   M/Law FW 66 WD NC NC NC

 

 

     3 John P Matlock born 1841 KY.

 

 

     4 Charles A Matlock born 1843 KY.

 

                         

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