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SIMPSON MATLOCK
Simpson Matlock born 1814 TN Simpson married Maria H Shumate Dec 16 1838 Davidson Co TN. Simpson died 1871/79 Davidson Co TN
1840 MATLOCK SIMPSON Davidson County TN 318 10001-0001
1850 MATLOCK SIMPSON Davidson County TN 190 5th Civil District Simpson Matlock 36 WM Farmer TN Maria H 28 WF TN Mary E 8 WF TN P P 6 WM TN
1860 MATLOCK SIMPSON Davidson County TN 135 District 5 Simpson Matlock WM 45 Farmer TN V/RE $3000.00 V/PE $ 1385.00 Maria H WF 37 TN Phillip WM 16 Labor TN Ann S. WF 10 TN Adda WF 7 TN Louisa WF 3 TN 1870 MATLOCK SIMPSON Davidson County TN 253 5th Civil District, Nashville Simpson Matlock 56 MW Farmer TN v.R/E $890, v.pers $250 Maria 48 FW TN Annie 18 FW TN Addie 16 FW TN Cathariay 12 FW TN
1880 MATLOCK MARIA H Davidson Co TN 64D Maria H Matlock Head WF 56 Wd TN TN TN Addie Dau WF 23 S TN TN TN Seamstress Katie Dau WF 20 S TN TN TN
1900 MATLOCK
MARIAH H
Davidson Co TN
District 5 262
Children of Simpson and Maria
1 MARY E MATLOCK born 1842 TN
2 PHILLIP NEELY MATLOCK born Jan.9th 1844 Davidson Co. TN. Phillip married Mary Jane Jetton on June 18, 1865
1870 MATTOCK
P. N. Obion
County TN
194 Kenton
Station P.O.
1880 MATLOCK PHILLIP Obion Co TN 134 Phillip Matlock Head WM 36 M TN TN TN Physician Mary Jane Wife WF 34 M TN TN TN Phillip E Son WM 12 S TN TN TN Mary S Dau WF 9 S TN TN TN Nancy Jetton S/Law WF 32 S TN TN TN
1900 MATLOCK PHILLIP N Obion Co TN Dist 11 186 Phillip N Matlock Head WM Jan 1844 56 M 35 yrs TN TN TN Physician Mary Jane Wife WF Jan 1846 54 M 6/3 TN TN TN Preston Son WM Aug 1885 14 S TN TN TN Presley Son WM Aug 1885 14 S TN TN TN Mary E Jones G/Dau WF Mar 1899 1 S TN TN TN Richard Jetton B/Law WM Jun 1847 52 S TN TN TN Farm Labor
1909 Union City, 1868-69, citizens erected the first Monument To The Unknown Confederate Soldier. Some present at a 1909 dedication were: John Barnes; A. L. Brevard; W. W. Casey, J. B. Caudle; John Cavehaugh, J. E. Cloan, J. R. Hughes, T. R. Inman, J. T. Lasley, W. Z. Massengill, Dr. P. Matlock; Hugh McDonald; J. H. McDowell; H. P. McMurray; F. M. McRee; E. N. Moore; R. W. Powell, Rice Ross, W. H. Sanders, W. B. Sowell, C. G. Thomas
NAME:
Matloch,
Philip N.
1910 MATLOCK
P N Obion County
TN 125-1 N M Johnson S/Law WF 62 Wd 2/1 TN TN TN
1920 MATLOCK P
NEWT Obion
County TN 119-11
NAME:
Matlock,
Phillip N.
Biographical Sketch of Dr. P. N. Matlock (Memoirs Box 14) Written in 1916 contributed from John Matlock
Note: John read the book Sam Davis - Confederate Spy. In it the author used the Biography of Phillip N, Matlock as a reference. John contacted the Tennessee Archives, and asked for a copy of Phillip's biography and this is what they sent him (Memoirs Box 14) Written in 1916 :
Phillip Neely Matlock was born in Davidson county Tennessee January 9 1844 he was the only son of five children born to Simpson and Maria H (Shumate) Matlock they being natives of Davidson county Tennessee.
My Great Grand Father Nicholas Matlock with three brothers emigrated to America from near Glasgow Scotland about the year 1735 and settled in North Carolina and Virginia. Nicholas Matlock my Great Grandfather settled in North Carolina and married a Miss Terrill. Ten Children was born to this union three sons and seven daughters my Grand Father whose name was William being the eldest child. William and his father was soldiers in the Revolutionary war fighting the British. After the war closed grand Father William Matlock emigrated to Tennessee in the year of 1789 to what was called the Fort now Nashville in one of the battles with the Indians he was wounded in the arm with an arrow about where Broad and Markett street crosses he was also at Fort Buchanan when that Fort was attacked. About the year 1806 he settled on the head waters of McCrary's Creek eight miles south east of Nashville. He married a Miss Simpson and ten children were born to this union seven sons and three daughters my father whose name was Simpson being the youngest child. My Father and two of his brothers was soldiers in the Florida war they being members of Captain Joel A Battle's and Trousdale Regiment.
My Father Simpson Matlock and Maria Shumate was married December 16 1838 my mothers Father emigrated to Tennessee from Virginia about 1804 his ancestors came to America in an early day from Ireland and settled in Virginia You see I am Irish on my Mother side and Scotch on Irish on Father side.
I grew up on the home farm near the Murfreesboro Pike nine miles form Nashville well I do remember Nashville was a small place and nothing but Rocks and cedar snags where the capitol now stands. I attended the district Schools untill I was thirteen years old then taken a course in Franklin College conducted by Rev Talbert Fonning situated six miles from Nashville on Chicken Pike.
I began the study of medicine in the Spring of 1860 under the care of my uncle Doctor A. P. Grinstead whose wife was my mother's sister. I attended he Medical College at Nashville in the fall and winter of 1860 and 1861. In the spring of 1861 the war between the states began and I volunteered in the Confederate army joining the Hardin Artillery commanded by George Monseratt this was a twelve gun battery I must say Captain Monseratt was never with the company. Six guns of this battery was with General Zollicoffer in his Kentucky campaign commanded by Lieutenant Ed Baxter. The others six guns was then at Knoxville Tennessee under the command of Lieutenant Henry Baker I being this this part of the company. Few days after the disastrous battle at Fishing Creek we received orders to Fort Donelson when we arrived at Nashville we was then ordered to Fort Zollicoffer about five mile from Nashville on the Cumberland River while at Fort Zollicoffer the company was divided in to two companies Henry Baker was elected Captain and his company was known as company G Harding Artillery. Ed Baxter was elected Captain of the other part of the company and his company was know as company B Harding Artillery. Bakers company on the retreat from Nashville to Corinth Mississippi was assigned to General Statham Brigade and fought in the Shiloh Battle the six and seventh of April 1862 after the Shiloh Battle our Battery was engage in the battle of Farmington 9 of May 1862 being then under General Price we were engage in several minor engagement around Corinth When General Bragg was evacuated Corinth our Battery was ordered to Verona from there to Chalona from there to Tupelo and was with General Price in the Battle of Luka September 19 1862 from there we went back to Tupelo then to Ripley Mississippi where we joined General Van Darn then went to Corinth and attacked that stronghold and was engaged the third and fourth of October an was badly repulsed. On our retreat from Corinth we were attacked by General Hulbert in our front at Hatchie river bridge and our company being in front we lost our guns and about twenty men killed and wounded and eight captured.
Few days after we arrived at Holly Springs Mississippi owing to the loss of men our company and an Alabama company was consolidated which was very unsatisfactory to both officers and men. We was with General Price in the Battles of Abbyville, Oxford, Coffeeville and Water Valley while at Granada Mississippi on December the 9 1862 Andrew Moore and I was transferred to Captain Nathan W Carters company known as Wheelers Scouts and was ordered to report to Captain Carter at Murfreesboro Tennessee. When we arrived at Murfreesboro Captain Carter was out on a Scout and the Battle of Murfreesboro was on the third day after my arrival and I went in Battle with the 20 Tennessee Regiment of Infantry and was seriously wounded in the right Shoulder on Wednesday Evening December 31 1862 after my wound was dressed by Dr. D. J. Roberts I was sent to Atlanta Georgia to the hospital where I found Dr. Stroud in charge and he being a close friend of my Father he had close attention given me as there was Gangrene in some wards. Oh that we had had more such men as Dr. Stroud.
About the first of March 1863 I went back to the army then at Tullahoma Tennessee I staid with the 10th Tenn Regiment and about the first of May we moved to Fairfield between Wartrace and Hovers Cap. was with the Regiment in the Battle of Hovers Cap on the 23 and 24 of June 1863 also in the Battle of Tullahoma July the 1 1863. Col Sterns of the 4 Tennessee Cavalry was killed in front of the Regiment on the retreat from Tullahoma to Chattanooga the Regiment was in general engagement.
Few days after we arrived at Chattanooga Captain Carter came for me bringing a horse well equipped and commission first Lieutenant of his Company we did scouting and great deal of skirmishing untill the battle of Chickamauga on Saturday evening the 19th of September Captain Carter received an order from General Wheeler to send a commission officer and eight men to General A. P. Stewart head quarters Captain Carter ordered me to select eight men and report to Gen Stewart I selected James Castleman, Mose Crisp, Clay Page, Jim Merritt, Griff Burnett, Tom Harris, Tom Dennison and Robt Collins. I reported to General Stewart about seven oclock he ask me if we had any thing to eat or had any forage for our horses I told him we had neither. General Stewart ordered one of his staff to see that our want was supplied that we would have work for the next day. The Staff Officer who had our wants supplied was Bromfield Ridley.
On Sunday the Battle opened about 10 oclock and my Boys was going all the time carrying order to different officers and different commands Moses Crisp, Griff Burnett, Clay Page, Tom Harris, Robt Collins, Tom Dennison, Jim Merritt wounded seven out of nine was sounded none serious only three of the wounded had to leave the field. About twilight we drove the last Yankee from the field. Oh how the Boys did yell. General Stewart complimented my Boys highly for duty well discharged. The next day we were hunting the Yankees in the hills and hollows between Chickamauga and Chattanooga we captured about 500. Jas Castleman by himself captured thirty four in a house. On Thursday after the Battle of Chickamauga Captain Carter ordered me to select five men and report to General Bragg for orders. I selected Jas. Castleman, Moses Crisp, Clay Page, Mons Herreiston and Nute Jinkins. We had to go about three miles to reach General Bragg headquarters and found General Bragg engaged talking to his officers we remember the following Generals that were present on that occasion Generals Longstreet, Polk, Cheatham, Stwart, Bates others we do not recall. When I reported to General Bragg he inquired how many men I had with me as I had a very hazard expedition to make in the enemies line I answered five, he then taken our names and ordered one of his Staff to have passes issued to each man separately to pass his pickets or any Confederate Post at will any at any time. He told us that he was not sending us in the enemies line to fight but to learn everything we could what they was doing in fortifying at certain places especially to find out every thing we could about the Rail Road between Nashville and Bollingreen Ky amount of men at different station and report back to him in twenty days. I kept my pass for quite a while after the war but list it some way.
We made our way through the lines without much trouble at every station and bridge on the Rail Road from Nashville to Bollingreen was a garrison of 100 to 3000 men and all had good stockades on our return we stopped at Pete Castleman's Father of Jas Castleman the orderly Sergeant of our company we got there about 2 oclock in the morning we had a fine breakfast and horses were well fed. Mr. Castleman inform us that Captain Van Houten was then at Mr. Meredith Saunders recruiting fro the Confederate army. Castleman lived about 17 miles south east from Nashville and Saunders lived about 6 miles east of Castleman. Just about daylight we went to a large cedar thicket and sent one of Mr Castlemans young son to find Captain Van Houten ant tell him to come to us as we would rest our horses that day. About ten oclock the young Boy of Castleman and Captain Van Houten came he told us he had fifty or sixty new men but did not have enough but would move south in five or six days. We was then in six or 7 miles of my Fathers and I told Captain Van Houten I intended to visit my Fathers that night and would send all my men with him but Jas Castleman and we would be ready to move by the time he was by joining our forces we could go out better which was agreed to all my men going to his camp but Jas Castleman.
About one hour before sundown Castleman and I started to visit Father we had to keep in the woods untill dark we came to the Murfreesboro Pike at the eleven mile post from Nashville the moon as shining bright we hitched our horses about one hundred yards from the pike as we emerged from the woods we seen a man run across the pike and stop in the shade of a cedar tree we hailed him and asked who he was about that time we heard the click of his pistol and he demanded who we were. I answered Confederate Scout he recognized my voice and called me by name and then I recognized him as Sam Davis of Colemans Scouts how glad we were to meet one another. We sit down and Sam told us what he had been doing for the last week. After exchanging views Sam proposed that we go to Nashville, It was only about two miles to Fathers. We mounted our horses and arrived at Fathers about ten oclock and what a meeting with Mother and Sister one of my sisters was sick and the Doctor was there he being my uncle. Oh we did enjoy the supper Mother prepared. After supper we began to make inquires about how the people went to and came out of Nashville. They told us any body could go to Nashville but every body had to have a pass to get out. My uncle had been to Nashville that day and told us where the pickets were posted. We made known then our intentions was to go to Nashville the next day. Father, Mother and Uncle tried to keep us from going Said we would be recognized by some one for all three was well known by many people in Nashville and we would be captured tried as spies and executed. We told them we had determined to go. Next morning turned our horses over to George, a negro man belonging to my Father to keep hiding untill we return. We strip our coats and put on mine and Fathers coats also spurs each one had four six shooter we carried two on our saddles and two around our waist we carried only one to Nashville. We knew it was a very dangerous expedition but we were to one another came what may we would never forsake each other we left Mother and Sisters crying and Father said Boys I am fearful your all will be killed.
We started very early in the morning to walk to Nashville we had not traveled more than a mile when a negro came along driving a two horse wagon we got in the wagon and rode to the city when passing the pickets they paid no attention to us they were posted on the hill North of Browns creek the reserves were north of the Post about two hundred yards. When we reached Broad street we left the wagon and went to the St. Cloud Hotel situated on the corner of Church and Summer streets we three registered and assigned to the same room. Dinner was served short after we arrived one very long table and at that table sat General Rosecram who was in command at Nashville then and three officers that had been wounded at Chickamauga. Oh my how they did talk of battles and the Rebels we had to stand rat and keep our lips out of their conversation for we knew they were telling the truth all the time but we were not there to correct any thing they said about the Rebels or the Battle of Chickamauga.
After we finished our dinner we went to our room and there we held an important counsel of war, we swore to each other not to betaken never to be captured while in city but to die by each other on this we were one only we would die together. After taking an inventory we found we had about $350.00 in greenbacks on six shooter each. We then ventured to take in the city while on the Square Sam David was recognized by Nute Watson who lived in South Nashville Sam Davis had boarded with Watson short time when he attended Military School at Nashville. Watson wife was a cousin of my Mother and he had two brothers in the 20 Tenn Regiment. We had a long talk with Mr. Watson he told us he could buy any thing the yankees had he said they would sell their arms and as our Boys needed six shooters we gave Watson $150.00 to buy six shooters and to buy colts army or Navy and to place them in his coal house. We then went back to the Hotel for supper, after supper we strolled through the city while on the square we notice officers well mounded ride up to the Court House dismount and go in we concluded that was Headquarters for some officers we then and there decided that would be the place to get good mounts. When we left the square we returned to the Hotel and had a good night sleep. We was up early the next morning and seen no yankee soldiers at the breakfast table after partaking a hearty breakfast (will say not one us drank any intoxicating spirits) we went to the Square where we promised to meet Nute Watson and about 11 oclock Mr. Watson and Mr. Berry Brown came to us and taken us to an eating house at one of the corners of the Market House and fine dinner they treated us too. Watson told us that he had bought 38 six shooters with scabbard and Belts all colts any size had been placed in two sacks and could find them in his coal house he had spent all of the money we gave him but $10 we told to keep that for his trouble. After partaking such a bountiful dinner we bid Mrs. Watson and Brown good bye. We then went to a clothing house on Market street and each one fitted himself with a Hat, Boots, Pants, Woolen Shirt and drawers and we gave our old clothes to negros after being so well clothe we concluded to see more of the Court House and the Square for we were interested about getting horses for we had decided to leave that night being satisfied with our observations we went to south west corner of the Square at mouth of Deaderick stood a drinking and eating house Adam and Rue house the mouth of Deaderick was full of yankee soldiers drinking and searing we stop to take a look at the yankee boys when one of them came up to Sam Davis and said to him the he (Sam) had left them to soon and had missed all the fun. Sam had staid at a carnal where some soldiers was guarding horses about six miles west of the city he was with with them some three of four days he had left there the day that Castleman and I met him near my Fathers at the carnal was good many negroes cutting wood for the yankees. The soldiers did not like the negroes and one night they raided the negro camp and run them away. This soldier told us that the negroes thought it was Rebels after them how he did enjoy telling what part he took in running the negroes off, he then taken his six shooter off and told Sam he could have them for five dollars. Sam replied $4.00 was all the money he had and would give him that for them if he would promise not tell any of his comrades. He promised with an oath he would not. Sam then buckled them on under his coat. We then went to the Hotel and staid untill about 7:30 then went to the Square and watch for our time to get horses. We did not have to wait very long in a very short time there must of been fifteen to twenty horses hitched around the courthouse and the only lights that Nashville could boast of at that time was lamplight and very dim. Each one of us picked out a good horse well caparison and on each saddle was two six shooters. We mounted and I led the way Castleman in the center Sam Davis in the rear. We rode very slow we taken market street to South Nashville where Nute Watson lived got the six shooters that Watson bought I buckled one sack on my saddle and Jas Castleman the other sack on his saddle. We then went through what then was know as Slate town the territory laying between Murfreesboro and the Lebanon Pike right north of Brown's Creek. We had had quite a time crossing two rock fences and Brown's Creek. We came out on the Murfreesboro Pike about two miles from the Picket post we had been traveling very slow up to this time after reaching the Pike we decided to trying the speed of our new mounts and they proved to be excellent. We reached Fathers about 12 oclock that night and every one was shouting happy because we were safe.
Mother prepared supper and we did enjoy eating after gave them an account of our trip. George brought our horses to the house we bade Mother, Father and Sisters Goodbye. When about one mile south of Fathers we parted with Sam Davis he going to meet his company near Triune and Castleman and I going to Pete Castleman to find our Boys. That was the last time I seen Sam Davis it was but about six weeks from then when Sam Davis captured and executed as a spy by General Doge at Pulaski November 26 1863. We found our Boys with Captain Van Houten. We gave the six shooters to the recruits and the next night we started south with about sixty new men for the Confederate army and our trip was successful had only one engagement with the yankees none of our Boys got hurt, we captured eighteen yankees belonging to the Seventh Indiana Cavalry and I must say they were Jolly Boys. We were gone eighteen days from the time we left General Bragg Headquarters till we reported to him and after given our report we recieved quite a compliment from General Bragg.
A few days after we returned we was with General Wheeler on a raid in the rear of the enemy. We assisted in the capture of the 4th Tennessee Union Regiment at McMinnville. This was a bloodless capture on this raid General Wheeler cavalry captured about 3000 soldiers and destroyed about 2000 wagons loaded with commissaries stores it was the greatest destruction of wagons and Harness that occurred in the War.
We were not in battle of Missionary ridge but was at Ringold. Very little fighting done after the Ringold affair untill the spring of 1864. We remained in the neighborhood of Tunnel Hill all the winter doing great deal of Scouting. The last day of 1863 and the first day of 1864 was the coldest I ever seen. The Boys was cutting wood and making fires to keep from freezing. When spring open in 1864 those that staid in winter quarters had to get out as Sherman open his campaign to go to Atlanta. We were skirmishing or in a battle every day untill the first of July when Captain Carter was commission colonel through the influence of General Wheeler and ordered with his company to take position in North Alabama an raise a Regiment of cavalry inside the lines of the enemy. Robert Withers, T H Dudley and R T Morris who had served in the First Tennessee Infantry each was commissioned Captain and ordered in the Middle part of Tennessee to recruit companies for Colonel Carters Regiment. When General Forrest made his raid at Athens and Sulphur Trestle Carter had about 300 men and went with General Forrest on that raid. Colonel Carter was wounded in the knee at Sulphur Trestle and was not with the Regiment any more. Captain Withers being senior Captain commanded the Regiment untill an election was held after the Franklin Battle when he, Withers was elected Liut Col. R. H. Bridley Major at Sulphur Trestle. We had several wounded, I was shot in the left thigh only a flesh wound I being 1 Liut in Company G Carters old company I commanded the company untill the 3 day of April 1865 when I was wounded in the right leg above the ankle in a battle near Tuscaloosa Ala. When we recrossed the Tennessee river from the Sulpher Trestle raid we returned to our old camps near Natakista Springs north of Alabama and continued to send men in the enemies lines to recruit. When General Good made his raid in Tennessee we had 600 men in our Regiment all been brought out Middle part of Tennessee from the 1 July Caters Company was the nucleus of said Regiment when Hood crossed Tennessee river our Regiment was kept at the front untill we reached Columbia. We was in the Battle of Franklin loosing several killed and wounded.
Sometime in August 1864 while Captain Whithers was in Tennessee recruiting his company he and six of his men was captured by one Captain Richman of ?? union Regiment and it was their custom to kill all Confederate soldiers captured inside their lines but Richman turned Whithers and his men loose and did not take their arms or horses. Next day after the Battle of Franklin Col Whithers was ordered to move his Regiment to Triune. We captured Richman and seventeen of his men near a place called Snatch in Williamson county. That night Whithers turned Richman and his men loose but kept their arms and horses. We were with General Forrest and in the Battle of Murfreesboro, lost several men killed and wounded. After battle General Forrest complimented the Regt for its gallantry. We was sent to Shelbyville, while there we had several fights with the yankees that was at Wartrace and Tullahoma in one of the skirmishes between Watrace and Shelbyville my company and part of Company F had quite a sensation. We had gotten in the rear of the yankee and we charged them and I must say they acted foolish they wheeled and charged us. Each side passed each other no one hurt on our side, we captured five. Some of my Boys had holes shot in their clothes. While we were at Shelbyville the Battle of Nashville was fought and our army badly defeated. Hood had only 24,000 men and General Thomas the yankee General had 60,000 men. When we arrived at Columbia Col Whithers ordered me to report to Gen Walthall and my company was Gen Walthall escort on that memorable retreat from Columbia untill we crossed the Tennessee river. General Forrest and General Whithall was in command of the near guard and we were fighting some every day untill we crossed the Tennessee river. We lost three men killed and seven wounded between the Columbia and the Tennessee river. We crossed the river December the 27 or 19. I have forgotten which date. It was about Sundown when we crossed the river and went about three miles and camped.
The next morning I was ordered to report to General W H Jackson (known as old Red) at Corinth when we got to Corinth, General Jackson had gone to Vernon. We reported to him at Vernon. The Calvary was being reorganized by General Forrest. Our Regiment had been consolidated with the 15th and 20th and my company was kept at Gen Jackson Headquarters for special duty. In March 1865 we were in the saddle night and day watching the yankee cavalry and skirmishing. On the 3 day of April near Tuscaloosa I was wounded in the right leg above the ankle. I still have the bullet that hit me that day. The next day I went south of Tuscaloosa about 20 miles and stop with Mr. Tombert. James Castleman staid with me. The company continued with Gen Jackson and surrendered with him near Gainesville. Col Carter was at Gainesville and sent James Castleman and I our payroles by Moses Harrison and and Nute Jenkins members of our company and we four came home together. It has been fifty years and all of those grand Boys who composed of Carters Scouts which became company G of he 21 Tennessee cavalry are sleeping their last sleep, some in graves only three known that are living at this time. They were glorious Boys the names of every one should be written in gold throughout Tennessee.
I arrived home about the 16 of May with nothing but my horse and on the 18 of June I married Miss Mary J Jetton of Wilson county Tennessee. I then began the study of medicine again under my uncle Dr. A. P. Grinstead. Would study awhile and work awhile to get money to pay my way in the Medical College. In April 1866 I recieved my (sheepskin) Diploma. Dr. W. K. Bolling was my Friend and assisted me very much for which I am grateful. I then located near Fredonia Ky. and my practice my profession for three years, then moved to Obion county Tennessee. While I lived in Kentucky I joined the Masonic Fraternity. I was made an entered apprentice mason April 1867, FellowCraft May 1867, Master Mason June 1867 in Fredonia Lodge #247. When U came to Obion I settled near Mason Hall in District no 11 and officiated with Pearl Lodge #200. Still hold my membership in said lodge and have served as Worshipful Master for fifteen years. At different times I have officiated. up to this time (April 1916) at sixty one Masonic Funerals and conferred the Masters degree on 184 candidates. In January 1893 I was elected Junior Grand warden of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Tennessee, in January 1894 I was elected Senior Grand Warden, in January 1895 Deputy Grand Master and in January 1896 I was elected most worshipful Grand Master and have served as a member of the Jurisprudence come up to present. In October 1878 I taken the Royal Arch degree in Newbern Chapter #16. In 1880 I was one of the charter members of Kenton chapter and have served as High Priest in said chapter for eleven years. In 1890 I received the order of High Priesthood at Nashville. In 1911 I was elected President of the order of High Priesthood. In 1883 I taken the Council degrees in Kenton council #76 and served as Illustrious Master four years. In 1881 I was crested a Knights Templar in Jackson commandary # 13 and was a charter member Kenton commandary #18 and served as Emininent Commander for ten years. In 1896 while I was Grand Master Pitcin C Wright communicated to me the Scottish Right degree up to the 27 degree and went home to return in a few days to complete the work. He died a few days after he went home. In 1914 I taken all up to and including the 32 degree at Nashville Tennessee by order of Hon Jas. D. Richardson who was Grand Commander of the Southern Jurisdiction. Then was eighty four in the class including the Grand Master Thas J. Bomer and two Past Grand Master beside myself H. D. Smallman and W. H. Bumpus.
In 1900 I was elected Grand Master of the Second veil of the Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons, in 1912 elected Grand Master of fourth veil. In 1912 Grand Sour, in 1913 Grand Scribe, in 1914 Grand King, in 1915 Deputy Grand High Priest, in 1916 was elected Grand High Priest of the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Tennessee. I am fully aware that I have had honors conferred upon me I did not merit. I was a charter member of the Masonic Veterans Association and serving as vice president of said association.
I was a charter member of Mason Hall Chapter Order Eastern Star it being the first chapter organized in the western division of the state was worthy Patron 4 years and was elected worthy Grand Patron in January 1907 and have organized twenty chapters. I joined the Cumberland Presbyterian Church September 1871 as Beech valley and was elected Ruling Elder April 1872. I have represented the church in Presbytery and have represented the Presbytery in the General Assembly. Was superintendent of Sabbath School for 20 years. I tried my very best to live a Christian and discharge my duty as such. When the union of the Presbyterian and Cumberland Presbyterian church was consummated I went with the majority of my church to the Presbyterian church.
My life has been full of Sorrows but I can truthfully say that I have never wrong any one knowingly and have tried to treat every body as I would have treated me.
Tennessee and Tennesseans pg 1339
Phillip N Matlock a successful physician and a prominent and influential citizen of Obion county, Tennessee whose residence is at Masonhall, is a man of intrinsic merit as a man, a citizen and a physician, and as a supporting evidence of this statement is his record of forty-three years of continuous service there in a professional capacity and the fact that he has held the highest position in the Masonic order in Tennessee that the Free and Accepted Masons of the state could confer upon him. He comes of Revolutionary stock and is himself a confederate veteran of the Civil war.
Phillip N Matlock was born in Davidson county, Tennessee, January 9th, 1844, and was the only son in a family of five children born to Simpson and Maria (Shumate) Matlock, both of whom were natives of Davidson county Simpson Matlock owned a farm of five hundred acres and was a citizen of prominence there. Phillip N grew up on the home farm and after pursuing the usual studies in the common schools of that locality he completed a course in Franklin College. It was about this time that the storm of civil war lowering finally burst over the country. In 1861 young Matlock, then but a youth of seventeen years, entered the Confederate service, as a private in Harding's Artillery, being subsequently transferred by the war department to Carter's Scouts with the commission of first lieutenant, which rank he held until the close of the war. He was trice wounded, the first time at Stone's River on December 31st, 1862, when his right shoulder was injured. He was next wounded in his left thigh, at Sulphur Branch Trestle, Alabama, September 2nd 1862, and on April 3rd 1865, at Tuscaloosa, a few days before he surrendered, he received a wound in his right leg. Being paroled shortly afterward, he returned to his home in Tennessee and at once took up a course in medical study at Nashville College. Graduated in 1867 he began his practice of medicine first at Fredonia, Kentucky, but removing in 1869 to Masonhall, Obion county Tennessee, where he has since continued and where he is now the only reprehensive of his profession. In line with the interest of his life work he sustains membership in the Obion County Medical Society, the Tri-State Medical Society, the Tennessee State Medical Society and the American Medical Association.
On June 18, 1865, was solemnized his marriage to Miss. Mary J Jetton, and to this union were born six children, three of whom are yet living, viz: Phillip E, and Preston C and Presley, (twins).
Dr. Matlock has also literary gifts of considerable merits, and in a fraternal way is prominently affiliated with the Masonic order, as a member of the blue lodge, chapter and commandery. In 1896 he served as grand master of the Masonic Grand Lodge of Tennessee, is a past grand worthy patron of the Order of the Eastern Star of Tennessee, and is now (1912) grand sojourner of the Grand Chapter of Tennessee.
The Matlock family originated in Tennessee with William Matlock, the grandfather of Dr. Matlock, who came to this state from North Carolina in 1789. He was a solider in the Revolution and was captured at Charleston by the British. His wife was Mary Simpson, who alone survived of her family from a murderous attack by Indians in Nashville, Tennessee. Simpson, the father of Dr. Matlock was the youngest of ten children born to William and Mary (Simpson) Matlock.
Children of Philip and Mary :
1 Phillip E Matlock born 1868 TN
2 Mary S Matlock born 1871 TN
3 Preston Claude Matlock born Aug 7 1883 TN, Preston married Ada Elizabeth? On Sept 12 1918 Preston registered for the World War I Draft from Madison Co TN. Preston was of a medium height and build with brown eyes and black hair. Preston died Feb 15 1944 Shelby Co TN.
1920 MATLOCK PRESTON C Madison County TN Jackson 228 Preston C Matlock Boarder WM 34 M TN TN TN Railroad Elizabeth Boarder WF 32 M NC US US Dorothy Boarder WF 6 S TN TN NC
1930 MATLOCK PRESTON C Madison County TN Jackson 208 Preston C Matlock Roomer WM 43 M TN TN TN Mechanic Railroad Shop Elizabeth Roomer WF 41 M NC NC NC Dorothy Roomer WF 16 S TN TN TN
4 Presley Matlock born Aug 7 1885 TN.
3 ANN S MATLOCK born 1850 TN
4 ADDA MATLOCK born 1853 TN
5 LOUISA CATHARIAY MATLOCK born July 1857 TN Louisa married Frank Harrison
1900 MATLOCK
MARIAH H
Davidson Co TN
District 5 262
1910 HARRISON FRANK B Davidson Co TN Nashville 80 Frank Harrison Head WM 46 M1 13 yrs TN TN TN Lawyer Kate L Wife WF 45 M1 0/0 TN TN TN Maggie Neal Servant BF 23 M1 2 yrs TN TN TN Cook Eglad Neal Servant BM 23 M1 TN TN TN Musician Violinist
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