TO INDEXJ. MEDLOCK, shown on 1830 Autauga Co., Ala. census.
J. A. MATLOCK, died 9 Dec. 1930 in Weatherford, Parker Co., Tx. Death records indicate he was born 1857 in Tenn. His father,Moses, and his mother a Persons, Wife was a Rogers who died 19 March, 1934 same county.
J.H., shown 1860 Texas Co., Mo census. Records indicate he was born ca 1832 in Ky. Wife, Elizabeth, born ca 1832 in Va. Also shown Elizabeth born 1854 in Mo.; William born 1858 in Ark. and Sarah born 1860 in Mo.
J.J., born 27 March 1817, died 2 Nov. 1890 according to Cemetery Records of McLennon Co., Texas.
J.J., married in DeSota Co., Miss. 2 July 1853 to Mary Bridges.
J.M., born ca 1834 shown in 1870 Harrison Twsp. Moniteau Co., Mo. census with wife M. E., born 1842 in Ill. and 4 female children and 1 male.
J.R., married 31 Feb. 1871 in Denton Co., Tx. To Addie Aiken.
JAMES, shown 1820 in Lancester, S. C.
JAMES, born 1785 in Virginia. Probable son of Luke. Lived Dickson Co., Tn. 1820, 1830, 1840 and 1850. From Dickson Co. records it would appear that their children were : John, Duncan, James, Milberry, Melinda, Nancy and Minthe. Perhaps others. James fought in the War of 1812. Enlisted sarne day, same company as Littleberry. Wifes name was Sarah.
JAMES, shown 1790 census of Rutherford Co., N. C. Land Court Records of Ga. list J. Matlock with 200 acres May 2, 1791. Franklin Co., Ga. records show James of Rutherford Co. N. C. sold to Samuel Blackburn of Elbert Co., Ga. 350 acres on Cedar Creek, part of a grant of 400 acres Apr. 19, 1790 to said Matlock. Also James Matlock to Wm. Flanigin of Ebert Co. 100 acres on Little Branch, including the plantation to where said Flanigin now lives in Elbert Co. Jan. 19, 1790. Another sale - Wm. Flanigin to Jonathan Arnold 100 acres on Little Beaverdam and Cedar Creeks being part of original grant of 440 acres to James Medlock,
JAMES, son of Jason Jr. and Elizabeth Hicks Matlock. Family records show he married Catherine Colernan. The census records of Polk Co. Tn. for 1850 show: James Matlock 21 born Tn., Catherine 21 born Tn ,Sarah Jane 4 Tn.
JAMES, shown on the 1870 and 1880 census records of Barry Co., Mo. with wife, Mary and children Hannah, Preston and Elmira (1870) and same plus additional child - William C. (1880). I have seen Bible records of this family. It states that James was born 8 May, 1828 in East Tennessee and his wife, Mary Ann Langley was born 6 March 1835 in East Tennessee. Wm. C. was born 1 Aug. 1871 in Mo. Ray Matlock of Lufkin, Texas says his grandmother died in'Mo4 but his grandfather carne to Texas and died. His body was taken back to Mo. for burial. He says his grandfather had a brother, Absolom, in Texas. Also the descendants of Absolorn say that they were brothers. So, it would seem that this James was a son of Jason, Jr. and Elizabeth Hicks Matlock and probably the same as the one listed before.
JAMES, born ca 1806 in Tn. shown on 1850 White Co., Ill. census. Also shown Caroline 36, born Ky.: Narcissa A., 13; Elizabeth, 8; Henry C., 6; and John, 3 all born Ill.
JAMES, shown 1816 Clarke Co., Miss. Terr. census with wife and 3 males and 2 females all under 21. Since Thomas was here in same co., I would imagine they were brothers and that James later went to Indiana. Thomas was a known son of Wm., Sr. and Sarah Matlock. James, son of Wm., Sr. and Sarah married Rosannah Wood. James is the ancestor of Mr. McGee of Salt Lake City.
JAMES, born ca 1790 in N. C. Married Martha Gunn. Went to Randolph Co., Mo in 1836. Another record says James born 1781 in Caswell Co., N. C. Among their children were : Sarah Ann, Nicholas G. and Sterling.
JAMES MEDLOCK, born Oct. 1800 in S. C. married Sallie (Sarah) Jones. They had the following children Elizabeth Jane, James Travis, Mazy Caroline, Martha Ann and Sarah Lucinda. James died 16 Jan. 1839 and Sallie died 8 Jan. 1882 both in Laurens, S.C.
JAMES MATLACK, b. 14 Feb., 1791 son of William who was the son of Col. Timothy. Children: Timothy, John, James, William, Thomas, Guy, Joseph Ristine, Samuel and Louisa. Births range from 1812 to 1835.
JAMES, born ca 1837 in Va. son of Charles and Mary of Lee Co. Va.
JAMES A., shown on 1860 Randolph Co., Mo. census records. wife was Susan born ca 1829 inN. C. Children shown: Thomas J., Leona, James B. and George. Births range from 1844 to 1859 all Mo.
JAMES H., shown 1870 census records of Jackson Co., Ind. #778. Wife shown as M. A. and fernale child, Cora. No. 779 shows George Matlock.
JAMES HARRISON, born 1873 in Rusk Co. , Tx., son of Thomas J. and Mary Jane Fenton . Married Etta Lunsford. Children: Biddie, 'I'ellia, Beatrice, Ollie (male), Bonney (male), Ralph, Mattie and La Vada. Harrison d. 23 March 1948.
JAMES HENRY, born 6 -Apr. 1841/2 in Little Rock, Ark. Married Nettie Steers and had Walt, John Ernest and Charles Edward. James Henry died Dec. 1946 in Pendleton, Oregon. (This is ancestor of Vera Swartz of Jefferson, Oregon).
JAS. ISHAM, born ca 1847, son of William and Lydia McKenny MatLock. Married Kate Saladin and had two sons and two daughters.
JAMES M., born 20 Nov. 1823, son of John R. and Lucinda Mayfield Matlock (John R. used the name Medlock). He married and had four children in Arkansas, Lucy, Gus, Columbus and Irving (Pete). His wife died and he left all four of these children with Semantha Medlock Ballard, his sister who had no children. He became engaged in the slave-trade business and later returned to Ga. and Ala. from which states the family moved to Ark. He married a second time and raised a family and never returned to Arkansas. No further records. (This information taken from the notes of Marcus A. Matlock and sent to me by Mrs. Jack H. Matlock of Ft. Worth, Texas, whose husband descends from John R.).
JAMES M., born 1850 in Tenn. Son of Absolom and Nancy Ann Dugan Matlock
JAMES M., born 22 May 1811 in Tennessee, son of William and Mary E. Matlock. Married 1835 in Franklin Co., Tn. Mary Helena Gray, daughter of George Gray.. They had the following children: George Gray, born 1836 in DeSota Co., Miss.; Mary Eliza, 1838, James William, 1840; Isaac Gray, 1844; Lucy, 1839. (Mrs. J. W. Treadwell is a descendant of this James M. and she and her husband have done much research on this.family). James M. died ca 1847.
JAMES MADISON, born 24 Nov. 1851 in Cole Co., M.o, son of Nathaniel and Evaline McDonald Medlock. Married Mary Nevada Steely on 21 Dec. 1892. She was the daughter of Isiah and Mary Jane Collett Steely. James Madison died 8 April 1925 Fish Trap Co., Oregon. His wife died 27 October 1915 Coquille, Coos Co. Oregon. Their children: Wendyl Wray, born 16 Oct. 1893, Cole Co., Mo. d. 1 Feb. 1974, buried Pocatello, Idaho, m. Bessie Gladys Woodcock; Frendy Dee, Sr., born 15 June 1895, Cole Co.Mo. married 1918 Ida Louisa May Corbin; George Leonard, born 23 Dec. 1896 Cole Co. Mo. Died 20 Nov. 1963 Coos Co. Oregon, married (1) 1919 Helen Kathleen Gimlin and had one daughter, (2) LaVelle Heater & (3) Hulda Evelyn Warner. No children by last two. (above sent by Helen Whitson)
JAMES, born. ca 1824 in Tn. Shown in household of Norwood Kirby in 1850 census of Marshall Co. Miss. Wife's name Sarah and son James, born 1849 in Tn.
JAMES, born ca 1815 in Tn. Shown in household of Larkin Rice in 1850 census of Marshall Co., Miss. Wife's name Sarah. No children shown.
JAMES M., shown in 1850 census of Tunica Co. , Miss. as follows: James M. 33, born Tn. ; Susan S. 29, born S. C. ; 3 Cartwright children ;William Matlock 23, born Tn.; Wm. Rush; Mersilla Rush 7/I2; Jane Cartwright 65, born Va.
JAMES M. JR., born 1818 in Tn., son of James and Mary. Married 1839 in Franklin Go., Tn. to Mary Jane Dyer. Shown in 1850 census of DeSota Co., Miss. Died there in 1854. First cousin to James M. son of William and Mary E. Matlock. Children: Elizabeth, James, George and Mary W.
JAMES M., son of John Milton and Martha Walker Matlock. Married Sarah (Sally) Lantz. Lived in Parker Co., Tx. Both died of srnallpox while in their thirties. Their children shown in 1880 in household of the Lantz grandmother as L. (female); J. W. (male), M.E. (female) and B. L. (male). (See Benton Lafayette Matlock)
JAMES MANSFIELD, born 31 January, 1846 in Tippah Co., Miss. Son of Lewis James and Amanda Jane Bell Matlock. Married in 1869 Martha Jane Bates, daughter of David Evan and Elizabeth Jane Bullock. They lived in Nacogdoches and Rusk Co’s. Tx. "Manse" was a Confederate soldier. They had the following children: Francis Monroe, Alice Bernette (Nettie), M Arminta (Mintie), Martha Elizabeth, Nancy Leila, Adeline (Addie), Thomas A., Mary Melvina (Vinie) and Leonard C. "Manse" died ca 1919 (descendants disagree on exact date) and both he and his wife are buried in the Gatlin/Matlock Cemetery at Mt. Enterprise, Rusk Co., Tx.
JAMES MONROE, born 18 July, 1818 in Ky., son of Absolom M. and Hannah Moore Matlock. Married 6 Jan. 1848 Elizabeth Summers. They had the following children: Real H., Laura I., Samuel Moore, Martha E., John W., James T., Joseph R., Mary E., Presley B., Hulda A. and Alice A. Ages range from 1850 to 1869. James Monroe died 19 June 1903 and his will was recorded 6 July, 1903 in Logan Co., Ky. In his will he mentions his sons, Presley and Joseph and his wife, Elizabeth. His son, Samuel was appointed the executor.
JAMES RANDOLPH MEDLOCK, M. D. born 24 Jan. 1837 Laurens.Co., S. C., son of Silas and Catherine Murff Medlock. He moved to Bentonville, Ark. at age 18 after the death of his parents. He practiced medicine in the office of Dr. John Gray and in 1859 he Graduated from Cincinnati Medical College and returned to Bentonville to practice. He served in the Confederate Army until the end of the war.He afterward practiced in Huntsville, Ark. And in 1876 he moved to Orange Co., Ca. He had married in 1869 Martha Mcferrin Adams. They had two children, one of whom died in childhood. He died in 1913 at Santa Ana, Ca. (Sent by Helen Whitson)
JAMES RANSOM MATLOCK - b. 1787 prob. Washington Co., Tn. d. 1839 m. 1812 in Tennessee Barbara Broad Hale b. 1796 Tn. d. Dec. 27, 1864 prob. Maries Co. Mo. dau. of Meshack and Mary Carl (Buckingham) Hale, (she was supposedly a widow before marrying Meshack Hale). Barbara was sister to Nancy Ellen Hale Matlock who married James' brother, John Matlock
Children of James and Barbara:
JAMES T., born 8 Dec. 1836 Rush Co., Ill., son of Thomas Sirnson and Mary Alexander Matlock. Died 17 Sept. 1855.
JAMES THOMPSODT, born 22 Oct. 1838 in Danville, Hendricks Co., Ind. Was a Captain in the Civil War. He was the son of William Lee and Nancy Hadley Matlock. Wife Emily Burns. He died 7 Jan., 1906. (Sent by Leonard McGee).
JAMES TRAVIS MEDLOCK, born 7 May 1826 in S. C., son of James and Sallie Jones Medlock. Married (1) Cornelia Jones and (2) Martha J. Babb. Died 26 Nov. 1885.
JAMES W., born ca 1830 probable son of Littleberry and Phoebe Tharp Matlock. Shown in household of Phoebe 1850 Franklin Co., Ala., 1860 same co. and in 1880 in Colbert Co., Ala. (Colbert Co. formed from Franklin Co.). From census records only, children appear to be: John M., N.J., Phoebe, Franklin, James W., Cynthia and possibly Jackson W.
JASON SR., (possibly James Jason), born 18 July, 1769 in Va. Parentage not proven, but appears to be son of Moore and Jane Powell Matlock. Early records show him as a witness to a land sale from Moore to son, Zachariah, in 1794. Land in Washington Co., Tn. In 1796 he is listed as tax payer in Sullivan Co., Tn. along with Luke. By 1802 he was in Roane Co., Tn. He is shown on the 1805, 1808 , etc. tax lists. By his first wife, name unknown, he seems to have had three daughters and two sons: Elizabeth, Rebecca, Minerva, James Jason and Moore. He married (2) in Roane Co., Tn. Mary "Polly" Millerin 1807 and they had the following children: Absolom, Jane, Malinda, Amanda, Ann, Evaline and Louisa. Jason died 29 Nov. 1848 and wife, Mary, died 2 Aug. 1859.
JASON JR., born ca 1798, son of Jason, Sr. and his first wife. Married Elizabeth "Betsy" Hicks in 1815 in Roane Co., Tn. under the name James. According to some reports, this couple had 21 children. Census records on this couple beginning in 1830 indicate:
1830 Monroe Co., Tn. 3 males under 5, 3 5/10, 1 30/40; 1 female 5/10, 3 10/15, 1 30/40. (Note: this would indicate the first three children were girls. John Milton, b. 1816 has been reported as a son but he does not show in this list). Total 10 children.
1840 Polk Co., Tn, Jacent (Jason) - 2 males under 5, 3 males 10/15, 1 male 40/50; 2 females under 5, 2 females 5/10, 1 female 40/50. Total 9 children. (Add-those under 5 and 5/10 to above would equal 16). Where are the boys who would be 15/20 ?
1850 Polk Co. Tn. #Z49 Jason Matlock 55 b. Tn. ; Elizabeth 55 b. Tn. Minerva 16; Mira E. 13; Abraham 11; and Solomon 9. (it would appear that only 1 child has been added since 1840).
Also shown in 1830 #251 Polk Co., Tn.: Moore Matlock 31 b. Tn.- (as are all his family) -Rachael 34; Martha E 8; Mary 6; Josiah 4; and Jason 1.
Absalom 23, b. Tn, (all family b. Tn.)
Nancy A. 22; Sarah E. 5; Anna 4; Samuel J. 3; and James M. 1 mo, (This Absalom moved to Texas).
#253 James Matlock 21, b. Tn. (All b. Tn.)-, Catherine 21; Sarah Jane 4. Note: a descendant name not included in data sent to me says that John b. 1852 was a brother to Sarah Jane above and that he married Margaret Harrison. In another list sent to me John is listed as a child of Jason but I consider this doubtful. She says John and Sarah Jane were living with John Campbell in 1860. I think perhaps the mother had died and that the father, James, is the one who went to Barry Co. Mo. Probably came to Texas first since he had a daughter born 1862 in Texas, thence to Mo. and back to Texas in his old age.
#293 Moses M. 21, b. Tn., Nancy 23; Mary E. 1.
.#294 Isaac W. 40 (born before Jason married); Ernily 25: William T. 3; and Sarah E. 1. This particular Isaac obviously not the son of Jason.
JASON M., born 15 March 1812 in Ky., son of Absolorn and Hannah Moore Matlock. Married 29 Dec. 1834 to Polly Moss. Had the following children. Hannah P.; Stephen R.; Alpha Jane; George; Elizabeth M. and Gabriel M. Lived in Logan Co., Ky.
JASON LAFAYETTE, born 1843 in Miss. son of John Milton and Martha Walker Matlock. Lived in and around Parker Co.Tx. Married (1) a Gilliland and had 1 daughter. Married (2) Margaret Melinda Gilliland and had; John Preston, Della, Martha, Andrew Jackson, Jason L.Jr., Harry Milton, George W. and Margaret Tennessee.
JOHN, Taxpayer in New Kent Co., Va. in 1704. Known sons were John, Jr. and William, baptized 1702. First wife Ann died 1698/99. Remarried in 1701. (Records of St. Peters Parish). Evidently the immigrant although no record to my knowledge has been found regarding his arrival in America.
JOHN JR., Had two sons baptized according to St. Peter's records; George in 1701 and Thomas in 1703. A John (could be either of two Johns above) shown in Hanover Co., Va. in 1811.
JOHN, (shown as Medlock and Matlock) paid March 24, 1769 for 12 days duty at Hillsborough, N. C. Also listed are Samuel, Nicholas and Henry. This may be the John who later lived in Rockingham Co., N. C.
JOHN, shown in 1820 census of Haywood Co., N. C, age 16/26 with 1 male under 10 and I female under 10 and wife 16/26.
JOHN MATLACK, married 20 March 1708 Hannah Horner. lived Glouchester Co. , N. J. Son of William, the immigrant, and Mary Hancock Matlack. Children mentioned in his will: Isaac, John, Hannah, Keziah, Esther, Sarah, Jacob, Bathsheba, Benjarnin, Ephraim, Lydia and Mary.
JOHN, born ca 1810 in Tennessee. Seems to be son of James and Sarah Matlock. Married Selitia Hickerson 3 July, 1832. Shown in 1840 Dickson Co. , Tn. census as: 2 males 5/10, 1 male 30/40; 3 females under 5 and 1 20/30. Marricd in Dickson Co. in 1842 Mary Ann Mallory. According to 1850 census he had: Sarah A. Minthe H.; Louis M.; Mary Ann; and Tennessee by wife #1 and James P. by wife #2. Probably had more after this census.
JOHN, born 10 November, 1823 near Bloomington, Indiana. Son of George and Anna Young Matlock. Married 1 Auoust 1849 Martha Glenn, born 10 Sept. 18Z8 near Charleston, S. C. daughter of James and Nancy Douglas Glenn. Their children: William, Sarah, Mary Belle, Vira, Charles and Maggie. (George was the son of William Matlock, Jr. and Sarah Walker Matlock). John and Martha moved to Illinois early. He died at age 57 and she died at age 84.
The following story was written by Vira Matlock, daughter of John Matlock and Martha Glenn Matlock. I have at least five copies of this sent by various members of the family of William Matlock, Sr.
JOHN MATLOCK
John Matlock and Martha Glenn were married on Thursday, Aug. 1, 1849 near Bloomington, Indiana. They were married at the old home place. William Turner performed the ceremony. The next day after the wedding they went on horseback to grandfather Matlocks and lived there until spring.
John Matlock was the son of George Matlock and Anna Young Matlock and was born November 10, 1823 near Bloomington, Indiana. The following are the names of his brothers and sisters: John (obviously should have been James since she is writing about John and there was a James whom she omitted), George, Calvin and Irvin which was Dr. I.F. Matlock who lived at Hartsburg, Illinois, Elias, Sarah Jane and Paris. The entire family has passed away.
John Matlock did not have the advantage of getting an education that the children of today have. He went to a country school for a few months in the year. Mostly he had to stay home and work. Grandfather was a veterinarian and made coffins as they were then called.
Martha Glenn was a daughter of James and Nancy Douglas Glenn and was born 10 September 1828 near Charleston, South Carolina. These are the names of her brothers and sisters: Mary Ann, Margaret, Betsy, John, Jane, Anna, James, Martha and Belle. Her father was very poor and they lived in a log house. The house was made of hewn logs and the cracks were filled with mud. There was a large living room and kitchen and one room upstairs. Pine trees and hickory nut trees grew in the yard. Many Negroes lived near them. They burned candles in those days and the Negro children would steal their candles and eat them as children of today eat candy. Biscuits were a great rarity and they ate them only when company came. The children were always delighted, when company came as they knew that they would get biscuits or little cakes as they called them. They raised cotton and one day they were in the field picking cotton, Martha’s father sent her to the house to bring him a drink of water. When she started back with the water she got lost in the cotton and began to cry. Her father heard her and went and got her.
James Glenn became dissatisfied in the south as so many were buying slaves. He did not think it was right to own slaves and decided to move with his family to Indiana. And in the fall of the year he started on the long tedious journey from Charleston, South Carolina to Bloomington, Indiana.
They made the journey in a covered wagon and took six weeks to reach their destination. It was difficult travelling and dangerous over the mountain road. The children all got out and walked except the two younger ones. Martha Glenn was about five years old yet she distinctly remembers many incidents of the journey. One place on their journey was very dangerous to pass where the French Broad River and the mountain were so close together that there was hardly room for them to pass. A short time before this a man passing there was thrown into the river and drowned when his team became frightened.
One evening they were afraid to make a fire to cook their supper as they had been informed there were panthers in the mountains. They were afraid the panthers would smell the meat cooking and attack them so they had to make out with what they had.
The old wagon in which they made this journey is now owned by a man in Salem, Indiana and is kept as an old relic. It is in a good state of preservation and is over 100 years old. It is very different from wagons of today. The bed of the wagon is boat shaped. (Note: Mr. Thomas Matlock sent me a copy of a picture of this old wagon. I am having a sketch made and hope to run it in a later issue. JNA). (I will post the photo to my web site, Shawn)
The children and some of the grandchildren of the Matlock family have a picture of the old wagon in their possession. The Glenns, on arrival in Indiana selected a farm eight miles south of Bloomington as their home.
They had to endure many hardships. Martha attended the country school which was a mile away. It was a log schoolhouse. There were no seats in it, only benches with no backs to them. Think how uncomfortable it would be to sit on that bench all day long and no back to lean against. The following are some of the lessons she had to learn: ba, be, bi, bo, bu, by, da, de, di, do, du, dy, etc.
She attended church in Bloomington, Indiana and rode the distance of eight miles on horseback to get there. When she was older she worked to help the family income. She worked in a home where there were six in the family and she did the milking, night and morning and received seventy-five cents for her work.
Having told of their childhood days I will now take up their lives after they were married. In the spring they moved from grandfather Matlock's to Aunt Polly Goodwin's place and farmed her land about three or four years. They then decided to try life in the West as it was then called and in the fall of the year they sold their crops in the field and made arrangements to come to Illinois.
They had one horse of their own and grandfather Matlock furnished a horse for them and they soon got their few belongings together and put them in the covered wagon and started for Illinois. Uncle Jim Matlock and family, Yancy Ashton and family decided to come with them and grandfather Matlock came too, so he could take his horse home and so he rode horseback to his home in Indiana.
This is what they had to bring to their new home in the west and try their fortune with. Their two children, William and Sarah, their clothes and bedding and a few dishes, $50 in gold and a little change and one horse. It took them a week to make the journey. They were anxious to have that gold as secure as possible and they put it in a teapot in the bottom of the big box they had their clothes and bedding in and nailed the lid down. I have in my possession today one of the old-fashioned bed spreads that was in the box when they came to Illinois. Mother helped to make it and I prize it very highly.
When they first came to Illinois they lived for a while with the family of Jake Hawes, it being now known as the Tomp Sumner place. Mother paid $1 a week for their board and helped with the work. Father helped dig wells that fall and husked corn and after corn husking they moved over to the Jerry Miller place one half mile west of Bethel Church and lived with the Miller family about three months. Aunt Sarah Miller was extremely kind to them and a warm friendship grew up between them which lasted all their lives.
They built a little house with one room that was l2xl4 feet. It was on the southeast corner of the Miller farm. This farm is now owned by Otto Hilgendorf. Mary Matlock was born in this place.
One morning in the spring mother was sitting by the open door, sewing. A herd of deer came running past the house. There were thirteen deer in the herd. They went on to the southwest and stayed awhile, then came back as fast as they could run and made for the timber. Uncle Jerry Miller often went deer hunting and was very successful in bringing back a deer with him. He would tie a rope to the deer and fasten the rope to the saddle and let the deer drag along on the snow. He usually gave our folks one half of the deer.
They lived at this place one year. The little house was moved with oxen to the Shively place, bought of Tom Kitchel, and there were forty acres in the farm. They moved from this place to the place now owned by Joshua Montgomery. They bought this place of Joshua Houser. Belle Matlock was born at this place and they bought eighty acres of the home place. They had a failure in a wheat crop and let the Montgomery place go back. They moved to the Houser place and lived there during the war. Maggie and Vira Matlock were born at this place.
They knew something of the hardships of life. They only owned one horse when they came to Illinois. They bought another horse and it died belore it was paid for. They did not own a cow and were too poor to pay for one. Aunt Sarah Miller gave them milk to use and each morning William Matlock would go from the Houser place to the Miller home to get the milk and very often Mrs. Miller, would drop a lump of butter in the milk for them. They had no children and Aunt Lizzie Boyles told them to come over and she would give them a start of chickens. They went over one evening and stayed all night with the Boyles family and the next morning when they were ready to start home they gave them six hens and a rooster. So we see how kind the neighbors were to each other.
The men had to haul their grain to Pekin, a distance of thirty-five miles as that was their nearest market. Several of the neighbors would go at a time and they would stay in Pekin all night and come home the next day, and they got ten cents a bushel for their corn after hauling it that distance.
They built a house on the old home place and moved there from the Houser place in August of 1865 and the house stands there at this writing. Charles Matlock was born at the old home.
Mother got her first rolling pin by making a calico dress for a woman in Indiana by the name of Margaret Smith, and John Lumbeck made her first potato masher. They are still used in the home today in preference to the ones of later date. I can remember when we did not have a carpet in the house. Mother made a rag carpet for her first one and I helped her wind the balls after the rags were sewed. She was so proud of that carpet when it was finished.
We burned tallow candles. Mother would take a cold day for making her candles so they would cool quick and she would make enough to last for some time. She parched her own coffee for a number of years.
Our first sewing machine was a hand machine which they fastened on the table and turned it by hand. A good many of the neighbors would come to our house to get stitching done on the machine. It was a chain stitch and if a stitch would get broken and started you could ravel it out quicker than you could sew it. Mother made Father a pair of jeans pants. He was away from home one day and his pants began to rip and he had to come back home to get them sewed. After that, when she made him a pair of pants she back stitched them by hand.
Mother's cupboard was made out of a box. Shelves were put in the box to put the dishes on. A curtain was hung in front of it. She used this for several years. Her table was a small breakfast table. When threshing time came she always borrowed Mrs. Wesley Shirley's table which was the same size as ours and they put the two tables together. We children were kept busy carrying kettles, dishes and pans across the road. Threshing time was a great event in the year for us. When Mrs. Shirley had threshers she borrowed mother's table and dishes. We had no screen doors and windows and we children took turns about with the fly brush keeping the flys off the table. This was a tiresome task to stand there so long while the first and second men were eating and while they washed the dishes for the second table. They did not go to the trouble then of cooking for the threshers like they do now but gave them plenty of substantial food. We had them for dinner and supper. I can well remember how Uncle Dave Bowles enjoyed the green beans and cornbread for dinner.
The knives and forks we used were of steel with wooden handles and they had to be scoured every day to keep them bright. Mother depended on Maggie and me to always have her knives scoured. We would sometimes neglect the knives when we were busy in our playhouse. One day company came for dinner and about the first thing thought of was our knives had not been scoured. We slipped them out of doors to the sandpile and soon had them bright and washed, ready for dinner.
The old ash hopper stood in the southwest corner of the yard. Father would put the ashes in the hopper and pour water on them and get the lye to make soap and mother would make a couple of barrels of soap in the spring. We had a huge woodpile and burned wood in three stoves. Mother would take lye and white corn and make a lot of hominy. Her big boiler of hominy was just getting done when we children just came from school. We were always hungry and felt that we could not wait till suppertime for some of that hominy. We would each get a saucer and spoon and mother would fill our saucers with hominy and father was as eager to get his saucer filled as any of us. We seasoned it with butter and salt and pepper and how we enjoyed it. One helping did not satisfy us and we had our saucers filled two or three times. Brother Holton was in our home one time when we had hominy and I think he enjoyed it as well as we children did.
And I think of the big bin of apples we had in the cellar and we could have all we wanted to take to school. Father bought a piece of land of Uncle Norman Sumner and he got half of the orchard. We had so many apples and there was no sale for them so we dried a lot of them. We sold $60 worth of dried apples at the store that fall and took dry goods and groceries in exchange for them, See the difference in the age we are living.
Children go to town two or three times a week in the auto. I can remember the first time I ever went to Emden. I went in the wagon with father and sister Belle. I began to inquire about things I did not understand. I asked father what that wire was for, reaching from one tall pole to another. He said "Well, Patsy, that is the town clothes line where all the people hang their clothes". I then asked him how they put them on the line when it was so high. He explained it then and told me it was the telegraph wire. I stayed in the Burnett home and their store while in town and I had some wonderful stories to tell that evening when I came home. We children seldom went to town and we always enjoyed having the pack peddlers come. They often stayed all night at our home. We thought their beads and laces were so pretty and later the peddlers came in their new wagons. One of these was Moses Gleason from Peoria and he always came to our house and stayed all night. He carried drygoods, dishes, tinware and many articles. Time has brought many changes and we see them no more.
Father generally found a nickname for every one around him and he got a nickname that stayed with him. He had a blue soldier coat with brass buttons on it. The coat was so long he said it was in the way and had mother cut it off and make it short then someone called him "Paddy" on account of it and he was known as Paddy Matlock.
For all that our parents started poor, they did not always remain poor. By hard work and strict economy they purchased 234, acres of land. Woodford Morgan got 80 acres of land by paying $4.00 for the tax title. Father bought this land of him several years later and paid $30 an acre for it. It had so many ponds on it that much of the land had to be tiled and father spent $500 in tileing it. It is now the home of Charles Matlock.
Father shipped the first load of hogs from Enden over the Peoria, Decatur and Evansville railroad. William Matlock hauled the first load of wheat to Enden. Emden was laid out in 1871.
I was very small when the mail was carried from Atlanta to Delavan by stage but I would watch for it and run out and get the mail. One cold day when the mail came I was barefooted and ran for the mail. The mail carrier told someone if those people were too poor to buy shoes for me he would buy me a pair. I had left my shoes by the fire. Mother would tie my shoestrings as tight as she could but I would keep working at them until I got them untied and my shoes off. Then I was satisfied.
We do not realize how much we owe the pioneers for work they have done for us.
The End.
1850 Census of Monroe Co., Ind. (confirms the children named in Vira Matlock's article on John Matlock, i.e. his brothers and sisters).
George Matlock Farmer, 46 b. Tennessee; Anna, 43, b. Va.; John 24 or 21 (should have been 26-7), b. Ind.; James, 19; Calvin 17; Irvin 15; Eliza 13; Paris 9; Sarah 5 and Mary 3., All b. Ind.
According to Vira Matlock, John and Martha were married in 1849 but Martha is not listed in George's household in 1850 altho John is.
Received from Reference Room, Withers Public Library Bloomington, Illinois:
Mrs. Martha Matlock, aged 84 years, living near Bethel Church, of Lincoln, died Sunday. She was the widow of John Matlock, who died in February, 1888.
JOHN, of Louisa Co., Va. who died 1785. Left will in which he mentions his wife Ann ; his son, Zachariah ; John, Agnes and Lucy Shelton, children of daughter, Elizabeth Shelton; and all my children. John bought some perrsonal property from the Gilbert Gibson estate July 13, 1763. John and Patrick Henry were appointed Executors of the John Dashper estate on July 18, 1769. In 1770 John was appraiser of estate of Jas., Haggard. In 1782 John witnessed will of Jacob Bower and John and Zachariah were securities on bond of Jemima and Henry Bower. Many people have wondered about the children of this Johh. Only two are certain. Zachariah and Elizabeth Shelton.
JOHN, Inventory of his estate filed 5 February, 1767 in Amherst Co., Va.
JOHN MEDLOCK, shown 1784 census of Botetourt Co., Va. Also shown on militia list, same county. (my belief is that this is the John who went to Grainger Co, , Tn. Belief based on neighbors) particularly the Rectors and McPhersons who were always near the Matlocks in Botetourt Co., Va., in Grainger Co., Tn. , in Roane Co. , Tn. and McMinn Co., Tn.),
JOHN, of Grainger Co., Tn. (may be same as immediately above) Wife, Sarah. List of children that has been sent to me contains: Elizabeth, Charles, Sarah, Henry, Mary, Martha, John and William. (not in order of birth as far as I know).
JOHN, shown in 1820 census of Giles Co., Tn.
JOHN, born 1785, son of William and Catherine Sevier Matlock.
1830 lived in Overton Co., Tn. but later went to Arkansas.
JOHN, shown in 1850 Carroll Co., Ark., born ca 1789 in Ky. Wife, Mary, born ca 1792 in Va. Children (identified from census) seem to be William, b. ca 1809 in Ky. ; Elijah, b. ca 1816 ; John, b. ca 1820 and Sarah Ann, b. ca 1831. Last three b. in Mo. Mary is shown as widow in household of William in 1860. Dates and places of birth indicate a close relationship to Isham Matlock who shows in Washington Co., Ky. in 1800 and 1810. Reportedly went to Mo. about 1818. census of Washington Co., Ky. shows John with I male under 10, 1 male 26/45; 2 females under 10 and 1 26/45 (Mary's age skips from 58 in 1850 to 72 in 1860).
JOHN, probably son of above John and Mary. Shown in 1850 and 1860 in Carroll Co. Ark. Children according to census records: Andrew, Mahala, Eliza J., Martha.Ann, Rowland, Missouri, and John. (Andrew and Rowland show in 1880 census of Boone Co., Ark.)
JOHN, from History of Butte Co., Calif. (sent by Virginia Zeboski): John Matlock was born March 20, 1837 on the banks of Lake Erie near Hamilton, Ont. There he was reared and received his education in public schools. While yet in his teens in 1853 he removed to Wisconsin where he was employed at lumbering until 1858, then going to St. Louis, Mo. where he remained over the winter. The excitement of the discovery of gold at Pike's Peak led him to join an ox-team train in 1859 up the Platte River to Denver. On arrival they found so many discouraging reports there that he then joined another ox-team train and came on across the plains, arriving in Stockton, Calif. in Nov. 1859. His brother, Manuel Matlock, had come to Calif. in 1851 and was a rancher near Stockton. So John remained in that vicinity, farming until 1871, when he came to Butte Co. and claimed land, farming to grain and stock raising. In 1879 he sold and located at Magalia and has since engaged in mining. He has prospected some, having located and owned Mountain View mine near Coutolenc, a gravel mine which he still owns. In the days he was most active he worked in the Limestone Channel, Red Hill Mine, and the Gravel Range. His mining property comprises 180 acres, well-timbered and good land. Mr. Matlock has served as school trustee of the Magalia and is decidely a Democrat.
JOHN, according to 1870 census of Walker Township, Moniteau Co., Mo, was born ca 1838 in Ill. , wife I. J. born ca 1843 in Mass. Children: V. (female) b. 1865; J. I. (male) b. 1867 and L. (male) b. 1870, all Mo.
JOHN MEDLOCK, shown 1790 census of Burke Co., N. C. as. 2 males over 16 and 3 females. Shown 1800 Burke Co., N. C. as: 1 male over 45; 2 females 16/26 and 1 over 45.
JOHN MEDLOCK, shown White Co., Tn, taxpayer in 1811.
JOHN MEDLOCK, rnarried 23 Sept. 1813 Montgomery Co., Tn. 182O census same co. as: 2 males 0/10 and 1 26/45; 1 femalee 0/10 and 1 26 / 45. In 1830 same co.: 2 males 10/15; male 40/50 and I female 10/15 . No wife shown.
JOHN, shown 1850 Upshur Co., Tx. as born ca 1821 in Tn., wife, M. born ca 1822 in Ala, Sons J. P. , J. S. , J. M., and S.W. First b. Miss. others Texas.
JOHN MEDLOCK, married 24 Dec. 1842 in Madison Co., Ala. Elizabeth Rountree.
JOHN MEDLOCK, rnarried 29 Jan. 1850 Lauderdale Co., Ala. Susan H. Morgan.
JOHN, married Judah Witt 22 November 1756 Dover Church, Goochland Co., Va. Had sons Jesse, baptized 27 Sept. 1757 and John, baptized 27 Sept. 1758.
JOHN, according to Ouachita Co. Ark. census 1860 was born ca 1824 in Ga. Mother prob. Mary, b. 1804 Ga. shown in same household. Also shown Albert and Leondas, born Ala.
JOHN, according to 1840 census Lee Co., Va. was born ca 1800. Census shows 4 children.
JOHN, according to 1820 census Lee Co., Va. was over 45 and female over 45. Others: I male 16/18; 2 16/26 and 1 female 16/26.
JOHN, born 31 Jan. 1809 in Washington Co., Tn. Married 12 April 1827 Melinda Ellis. Died 2 Nov. 1899.
JOHN MEDLOCK, b. ca 1820 according to 1850 census of Knox Co., Tn. Married 25 Dec. 1836 in Knox Co. 1850 census as follows:
John Medlock 30 Tn. Daniel 10 Tn.
Maria 25 Va. FrankIin 8 Tn.
Josiah 14 Tn. Clarissa 5 Tn.
Winney Holloway 40 Va.
Records show that Maria Holloway and John were married in 1836.
According to above records, John would have been 16 and Maria 11. ????
JOHN, son of Charles and Mary , born ca 1832 in Va.
JOHN, son of William and Milla, born ca 1841 in Mo. In father's household in 1850 Carroll Co., Ark. Shown in 1860 same county with wife, Melissa.
JOHN MEDLOCK, married sister of Dillard Green in the 1830's in Maries Co., Mo. Later settled in the Northwest.
JOHN MEDLOCK, bought land in Hawkins Co., Tn. in 1792 - sold 1797.
JOHN, son of the Rev. Thomas Jefferson and Nancy Ballard Matlock. Born 1830 in Indiana. Shown in 1860 Clark Co., Mo. census.
JOHN, Information taken from obituary of Julia A. Matlock as reported in the Christian Standard. "Mrs. Jula A. Matlock wife of John Matlock, died the 18th inst. (article dated Sept. 1 1883) at the residence of her brother, Col. Shutter (?), Indianapolis". Husband is mentioned as survivor.
JOHN ALFRED MEDLOCK, b. 1312 S. C., son of Benjamin and Jane Swearengen Medlock. Married Mary Laura Forsythe, b. ca 1812 N. C. Lived 1830 Fayette Co., Tn. ; 1840 Hardernan Co., Tn.; 1850 Tippah Co., Miss. then to Saline Co., Ark. Children: Dr. Benjamin S., Constantine H., John F. and James Newton, twins, Laura J. Kavanaugh and Susan V.
JOHN ALEXANDER, born 17 Nov. 1855 Rusk Co., Texas, son of Lewis J. and Amanda Jane Bell Matlock. Married 25 June 1873 Mary E. Clifton, born 16 November 1855, daughter of Josiah R. Clifton and Mary Ann Moore Clifton. Was a Baptist minister (he performed the marriage ceremony of my Matlock and Nettles grandparents. JNA). It is my understanding that he and his wife had 15 children, but I have the names of only twelve as follows: William L., Dock D., Frank, Alice D., Assilea, Robert., James, Lillie, Ada, Hassie Lois, Lula and John Henrv. John Alexander died 8 June 1924 and his wife died 8 April, 1942. They are buried at Isbell Chapel in Rusk Co., Texas.
JOHN AUGUSTUS, born 8 July, 1849 in Mississippi, son of Charles Henry and Mary Stephens Matlock. Married 15 April 1874 A. J. Bridges. His death occurred 26 February 1896. His wife died in March, 1896.
JOHN B., according to 1880 census of Barton Co., Mo. born ca 1841 in Ky. Wife Nancy Ann born ca 1838 in Ohio. Children as per census: Sarah, Martha L., Melissa F., Nancy Ann, Maggie and Elenora. Sarah b. 1866 in Texas. Others all Mo.
JOHN C., born 30 March 1816 in Ky., son of Absolom M. and Hannah Moore Matlock. Married Alpha (Cooksey?). Children according to 1850 Warren Co., Ky. census: Susan, Sarah F. and James M., twins.
JOHN C., born ca 1828 in Tennessee, son of Jesse and Eleanor McPherson Matlock. Married Mary Jane Oliphant and had the Following children: James J., Bruce, Willie, Sally, John S., Edna, Robert Frank, Caladonia, Lavina E., Mary J., Minnie 0. and Lois M. John C. died 1907 and his wife died 1928. Both are buried in Prospect Cemetery, Loudon Co., Tn. Some say Matlock Cemetery which is probably the same.
JOHN C., Census of 1830 Roane Co., Tn. indicates he was born 1780/90. Who was he?
JOHN CASWELL, According to tombstone records (shows Caswell but not John) sent to me, he was born 10 Nov. 1786 and died 10 May 1826, I first find Caswell on deed records of Dickson Co., Tn. in 1805. Caswell shows on the tax list of Humphreys Co., Tn. in 1812 as does Luke and Byrd. He shows on the 1820 census of Humphreys Co., Tn. He was in the part which later became Benton Co. About 1802 he married Mary "Polly" Merrick. Their children according to estate settlement of Caswell were: Rachel (Fry), Elizabeth (White), Caswell, Mary, Hannah (Evans), Bessie, John Wesley and Edward Lane. Mary "Polly" in 1851 named children in her will as Rachel Fry, John Wesley, Edward Lane and Elizabeth White.
JOHN FRANKLIN, son of William and Lydia McKinney Matlock born 1850. He married Lydia Epsworth and had six children: John, Dee, Evert, Jane, Ellen and Nell.
JOHN H. MEDLOCK, according to 1880. census Cape Girardeau Co., Mo. was born ca 1830 in Tn. Wife Maryann, born ca 1834 Ky. Census records show the following: Allie L., Millard N., Sarah F., Margaret G., and Robert R.
JOHN I., According to Oregon Hist. Soc. born 20 June 1858 (DLC # 2567 says he was born Jackson Co., Tn. ). Son of William and Nancy Shields Matlock. Married (1) Annie Johnson and had I dau. Minnie. Married (2) Olive Pendleton and had Henry, Roy, Bryan and Vina.
JOHN I. MATLOCK. The entire life of John I. Matlock has been spent upon the farm, one and a half miles from Holley, where he was born June 20, 1858. His father, William, who was born in Missouri (Donation Land Claim says he was born in Jackson Co., Tn. JNA), contacted the gold fever in1849, and as a young man joined a party bound for the mines of California. He was fairly successful, and with his little hoard came to Oregon in 1851, locating on the farm of three hundred and twenty acres now occupied by his son. He married Nancy Shields, member of an early family here, and reared a family of ten children, four sons and six daughters. He naturally suffered from the depredations of the Indians in the early days, and as naturally, joined the defense instituted for the protection of the life and property of the settlers, serving in the war for several months. His death occurred in 1875, at the age of 49 years, and nine of his children are living at the present tirne. These are: Amanda, the wife of Greenbury Splawn; Sarah A., widow of Gideon Hodson; Evaline, wife of Timothy Riggs; John I.; A.J. near Holley; Artilla, the wife of Henry H. Chance; William T., Mary J., wife of Andrew Shanks and Eliza P.
When his father died John I. Matlock was seventeen years old, and as the oldest son in the family the management of the farm fell upon his shoulders. His first wife, Annie (Johnson) Matlock, died in 1387, leaving one child, Minnie now living in Albany. For a second wife he married October 12, 1891, Olive Pendleton who is the mother of four children: Henry; Ray; Bryan; and Vina. Mr. Matlock still owns one hundred and sixty acres of the original claim, and is engaged in stock raising and general farming. He is a member and overseer of the Grange, and is connected with the Christian Church. (See 1860 Linn Co., Oregon – William b. Tenn.)
JOHN J., born ca 1849 Dickson Co., Tn. , son of William and E.M. Matlock.
JOHN L. (?), born 1788. Was Chief Justice of Parker Co Tx. in 1856 at 68 yrs. of age.
JOHN M., born ca 1864 Tn., son of Absolorn and Nancy Ann Dugan Matlock. To Texas about 1860.
JOHN M., shown in 1870 census of Ellis Co., Tx. living alone. Says born in Texas. Son of John Milton and Martha Walker Matlock.
JOHN MATHIAS, born ca 1846, son of West Walker and Levina Trumbo Matlock. Died 1922.
JOHN MILTON, Born 15 August 1816 in Tennessee. Son of Jason, Jr. and Elizabeth Hicks Matlock (I believe this has been proven to descendants satisfaction). Married Martha Walker, born 4 Feb. 1818 in Alabama. Children: Jason Lafayette, John Milton, James Albert Clark, Mary Almira and Thomas Jonathan Jackson. John Milton died 8 March, 1901 and his wife died 24 Dec. 1893. Both are buried in Holt Cemetery, San Saba Co., Texas.
JOHN PRESTON, born 8 Aug. 1871, son of Jason Lafayette and Margaret Melinda Gilliland Matlock. Married in 1891 Mary Tennessee Hudson.
JOHN R. MEDLOCK, (descendants changed to Matlock), born 15 December 1796 (the 1850 census of Bradley Co., Ark. gives his place of birth as Ga. I believe though that descendants feel that he was born in S. C.). He married 27 Oct. 1819 in Gwinnett Co., Ga. to Lucinda Mayfield . Their children from Bible records and census were: Sally, James M., William, John Washington, Elizabeth Carline, Miles Jefferson, Lucinda Jane, Battle W. (there was a Battle Mayfield in Gwinnett Co., Ca. Demantha and Samantha, twins, Giles, Alexander Pink, Mary Ann Catherine. Both John R. and wife died in 1862. In 1840 John R. was in Cherokee Co., Ala.
JOHN S., (Middle initial not proven. Assumed because son, John Shepherd sometimes refered to as Jr.) born (according to gravestone) 1779, son of William (Sr.) and Sarah Matlock. He rnarried Eleanor and they had the following children: Thomas Jefferson, born 1802 Roane Co., Tn.; James Burton, b. 1804 Roane Co., Tn.; William Tyndall, b. 1806 Roane Co., Tn.; Margaret, born 1808 Roane Co., Tn.; Sarah, born 20 Dec. 1810 ; John Sheppard, born 16 Feb. 1812 Roane Co., Tn. ; West Walker, born 17 Fcb. 1814; George Washington, born 1816 Indiana (also West above); David, born, 16 Feb. l819 Indiana and Joseph Hawkins, Born 10 Jan. 1820 Ind. He rnarried second Polly Oatman and had Henry Harrison, born 1841 Illinois. John S. died 5 Aug. 1848 at Yorkville, Ill. Eleanor died 9 Feb. 1839.
JOHN SEVIER, born 20 Feb. 1832, son of Valentine and Mary Bassett Matlock. Married Virginia Toney (1) and had : Margaret L.; Valentine; Sarah Victoria; John Harrison and Lee Steward. Last two were twins. He married Cynthia Lester and had daughter Virginia. John Sevier died 5 July 1889 near Van Buren, Ark. First wife died 4 April, 1868.
JOHN W., born ca 1844 in Ark., son of Smith S. and Rebecca Matlock. Shown in father's household 1850 and 1860. He remained in Ark. showing in 1880 Boone Co., Ark. By 1870 Smith and most of the family moved to Bell Co., Tx.
JOHN WASHINGTON, born 12 Jan. 1829 in Georgia, son of John R. and Lucinda Mayfield Matlock (Medlock). Married but name of wife unknown. Children: Bill, Marion, Charlie, Jim, George and "Sis". All of this family moved from Ark. to around Corsicana, Texas.
JOHN W., son of William (Jr.) and Sarah Walker Matlock. Married (1) Sarah Hinkle on Jan. 24, 1830 and (2) Jemima Ward Dec. 28, 1849.
JOHN WESLEY, born ca 1823 in Benton Co., Tn., son of Caswell and Mary "Polly" Merrick Matlock. Married in Benton Co. in, 1848 to Elizabeth Flowers. List of children include: Lane, Sarah Ann, Caswell Green, West 'i ennessee, Elizabeth and John Wesley, Jr. John W. died 13 April, 1891 and his wife died 13 April 1895. Both buried in Benton Co., Tn.
JOHN WESLEY, Born 4 January, 1847 in Mo. (one record shows Phelps Co.). Son of George Washington Matlock and his first wife Sarah Copeland. Married 4 November 1866 in Rolla, Phelps County, Missouri, Parmelia Glenn, born 15 Aug. 1849 in Oklahoma. Parmelia was the daughter of Jackson Glenn and Elizabeth Brandstter. They went to Brownwood sometime in the 1880's. Children: George W., (named for John's father)born 24 Jan. 1868 in.Ardmore, Okla.; Jackson David (named for Parmelia's father), 1869; Sara Elizabeth (named for John and Parmelia's mothers), 1871; James Loranza, 1872; Viola, 1875; John Wesley, 1877; Mary Ellen (named for John's sister), 1878; Ida May, 1882; Zimmie Augusta, 1885 (still living in 1974); Edna Minerva (named for John's oldest sister), 1885 (twin to Zimmie) and Alice, 1887. John Wesley died in Brownwood, Texas 16 Dec. 1928, Permilia died 12 December 1934 in Brownwood Texas. Both are buried in Greenleaf Cemetery. Highlighted info provided by Steve Pipitone.
JOHN W., born 1846 . left for Norman, Okla. single. Son of John and Melinda Ellis Matlock. (Sure sounds similar to one above).
JOHN WILLIAM, born 1867 in Miss. Son of William Dyer and Mary Clementine Thorn Matlock. Buried in the Matlock Cementery in Madison Co., Ala.
JOE SEPHAS ELI, born 1906 Logan Co., Ky. (descendant of Absolom and Hannah Moore Matlock), son of Samuel Moore Matlock. Married Treva Louise Bell, born 1908 Harper, Kansas. Had the following children: Samuel H. b. 8 June 1931, d. 18 April 1935; Elizabeth Jo. married Buford A. Stoll and had Julie Ann, Eric Allen and Jill Renee; Mary Helen married Gary T. Baker and had Jerry Joseph and James Andrew. Joe and Treva still live in Harper, Kansas ?.
JOHNSON, Probably a son of Richard, Rev. Soldier. Johnson does not show in Hawkins Co., Tn. in 1830 as does Richard, Charles and Loving. He does show in Hawkins in 1840. According to an historical sketch on his son, William M. from "History of Bartholomew and Jackson Counties, Ind.", Wm. M. was born in Hancock Co. Tn. Johnson and Dorothy, both of whom were born in S. C. whence they removed to Tennessee where he (Johnson) followed his trade of sleighmaking and also engaged in agricultural pursuits, his death occurring there in 1849. His widow long survived him, having come to Indiana in the 1880's and having here died in April 1897. This worthy couple became the parents of 12 children. The subject of this sketch (Wm. M.) having been the 7th in order of birth.
JOSEPH MATLACK, son of Wm. and Mary Hancock Matlock married 1722 Rebecca Haines. According to family records had the following children: Jemima, Isaiah, Nathan, Ruth, Esther, Jessee, Jonathan, Joseph, Jr., Amos and Caleb.
JOSEPH, born ca 1857 in Arkansas, son of Andrew J. and Carrie Matlock. Andrew J. was the son of Wm. and Mary Matlock from Franklin Co., Tn. to Miss. early.
JOSEPH HAWKINS, (Judge), born 10 Jan. 1821 Monroe Co., Ind. Son of John S. and Eleanor Matlock. Married in1844 Almira Ballard. Married second a Mrs. Allen. Died 29 Dec. 1878 in Monticello, Ind. Was the first mayor of Wabash, Ind.
JOSEPH MATLACK SR, married Mary Carroll. Children: Joseph, James, Sarnuel, Josiah, John, Sarah, Mary and Rachel.
JOSEPH, according to 1880 Scotland Co., Mo. born ca 1812 in Pa. Wife shown as Susan with children: William and Joseph.
JOSEPH B., born 18 Aug. 1833 in Lee Co., Va. Parents unknown. Married (1) Catherine Morton and had: George, Nettie, Alice Belle, Carrie Ann and Sherman. Married (2) Mary Ellen Lewis and had: Thomas Lewis, Arthur, Flora Estelle, Frederick Charles, Blanche Fern and Mattie Lester. Joseph B. died 3 July, 1894 in Arkansas City, Kansas and is buried in Evergreen Cemetery there. Mary Ellen died 30 Dec. 1932 in Wink, Texas and is buried in Coffeeville, Kansas. (This is ancestor of Florence M. Jackson)
JOSEPH DEWITT, son of Edward Lane and Susan Frye Matlock was born 8 March 1839 in Benton Co., Tn-. In the fall of 1839 the father moved to Dade Co., Mo. and to Oregon in 1853. Joseph D. married (1) Elizabeth E. Rutledge in 1862. She died in 1864. He then Married Louisa Rutledge (half sister to first wife) who died in 1891. He then married Mrs. Sarah Durant, nee Lowe. They had 6 children. He had a total of 12 children whose names were: Elizabeth, Edis DeWitt, Caswell C., Lulu S., Louisa C., Bertha, Mary M., Joseph Frye, Frankie, William, Eugene and Hazel.
HON. JOSEPH DE WITT MATLOCK. Born in Benton County, Tn. March 8, 1839, the son of Edward Lane Matlock ( I have been sent 2 or 3 lists which includes Joseph D. as son of Caswell and Polly Merrick Matlock. It simply is not true so please correct your lists. JNA), a farmer in that locality, who emigrated from his native state of Georgia (His native state was Tennessee. JNA). In the fall of 1839 the father removed to Dade County, Mo. where he served one term as county judge, and continued in his occupation of farming until his emigration to Oregon in 1853, where he settled near Goshen, Lane County, on a donation claim of 296 acres, to the improvement and cultivation of which he devoted the years until 1862. In the last named year he went to the Florence mines and the following year to the Boise Basin mines, in the latter becoming ill of lung fever and dying July 1, 1863, at the age of 46 years, having been born April 18, 1817. He had faithfully served as wagonrnaster in the Rogue River Indian War in 1855-56. His wife was formerly Susan C. Fry, a native of North Carolina, born December 3,1815, and died at Heppner, Oregon May 11, 1896. She was the mother of seven sons and one daughter, named in order of birth as follows: Caswell John, a rancher in Morrow County, Oregon who served in the Rogue River Indian War; J.D., of this review; James W., ex-sheriff of Morrow County, now residing in Eleppner; Edward Lane, who died in Heppner while Sheriff of the county; Wm. F., a capitalist of Pendleton, Ore. who served as state senator two terms and as major general of the Oregon National Guards; Thomas J., a rancher in Heppner; Benjamin F. who died in Morrow County; and-Sarah, who married Lee Greenwood and died in Eugene, Oregon.
The education of J.D. Matlock was received in Dade County, Mo., but was rather limited, though his father as one of the most public- spirited men of that community, had borne one-half of the expense of the school in their district. He was fourteen years old when the journey was made across the plains, the little company starting in April, 1.853, with oxteams and quite a large number of loose cattle, which this lad was compelled to drive, walking the entire distance. His father had, besides six or seven wagons. With no unusual occurrence the party followed the old Oregon trail until they reached Fort Boise, and from there they followed Meek's cut-off which led along the Malheur river to the big lakes, two weeks being consumed in coming around them, and also crossed the desert, where their supply of water was exhausted. They then crossed the Des Chutes river and came in on what is now the Military road, crossing the Willamette River nineteen different times before they arrived at Butte Disappointment, October 26, 1853. Mr. Matlock, as a boy, went upon his father's farm and there remained for several years. His desultory education was finished here, first with an attendance of the common school at Goshen, the Eugene high school, and he then entered Columbia College, which was burned, and he then entered the Cornelius high school, where he completed his education. In 1862 he went to the Florence mines, where he met with fair success, after which he returned to Lane County. There he was married, in the fall of 1862, to Elizabeth E. Rutledge, who was born November 8, 1844, in Illinois, and who came to Oregon in 1853. Mr. Matlock then located on a farm seven miles southeast of Eugene, where he bought 160 acres, upon which he farmed until his wife died in 1864. He then commenced teaching school, which occupation was continued for two years, during which time he was elected County Superintendent of public instruction, holding this position for one term. He then engaged in pork-packing and the general merchandise business in Pleasant Hill, Lane County, in which he remained for about twenty months, after which he again located on a farm, selecting 850 acres in the vicinity of Pleasant Hill, where he engaged in farming and stock-raising for fifteen years. He met with a most pleasing success in this work, and at the close of the 15 years he had accumulated a comfortable competency, whereupon he sold his property and removed to Eugene, becoming the owner of the merchandise stock of T.G. Hendricks in 1884. Two years later he erected on the corner of Willanette and eighth streets a handsome three-story building, to which his constantly increasing business was removed, and he here carried on the work until 1896., when he sold out and prepared to go to Alaska. January 1898 found him en route for the north, going first to Skagway and then engaging in business at Lake Bennett, British Columbia, where he continued successfully for two years. He then sold out and prepared to move his stock to Dawson, taking it down the Yukon River on flat boats. While en route he lost about $2,000 through the sinking of a boat during a storm, for, though he succeeded in raising it, the stock was almost worthless. In Dawson he once more opened up a general merchandise business, but remained only eighteen months, when he closed out the stock and returned to Eugene coming down the Yukon River to St. Michaels, then to Nome. Mr. Matlock now owns 500 acres located five miles from Eugene, which is devoted to the raising of stock, this land now being rented. For many years he was interested in the Eugene Lumber Company, acting as director for the company, and has but recently disposed of his interest in the business. Mr. Matlock has always taken an active part in public affairs, being broad-minded and earnest in his efforts for the best interests of the community. In 1874 he was elected to the state legislature on the Democratic ticket, of which party he is an adherent. For one term he was Mayor of Eugene, and was councilman for a period of ten years, now holding that office as a I representative of South Eugene, from the second ward. He is also chairman of the street commissioners and a member of the health commission. He is chairman of the Lane County Democratic central committee and a member of the First Congressional District Democratic Committee.
The second marriage of Mr. Matlock united him with Louisa Rutledge, who was born April 1, 1832, in Illinois, and is a half-sister of his first wife. Her death occurred in Eugene, July 17, 1891, after which he married Mrs. Sarah Durant, the widow of William Durant. She was born in Indiana, August 15, 1843 and came to Oregon in 1874.
Mr. Matlock is the father of twelve children: Elizabeth, Edis DeWitt, Caswell C., Lulu S., Louisa C., Bertha M., Mary M., Joseph Fry, Frankie and William (dec’d), Eugene and Hazel.
In his fraternal relations Mr. Matlock was made a Mason in Eugene Lodge No. 11. He is a member of the Christian Church.
JOSEPH GRAHAM, born 16 Oct. 1860 in Crockett, Houston Co., Texas, son of William R. and Mary King Matlock of Clarke Co., Alabama. According to Texas and Texans, he became a very wealthy and influential citizen.
In his native county, amidst environments and associations of ideal order, Mr. Matlock has the status of the country gentleman of the best possible American type, the while his gigantic plantation, modern in its facilities and equipped with the best of improvements is one of the model places of the Lone Star State, a demesne that invariable attracts the admiring attention of all who visit it and one that can scarce fail to beget objective covetousness on the part of those appreciative of the most independent and idyllic conditions under which man may "live and move and have his being."
Joseph Graham was born at Crockett, the judicial center of Houston Co., Texas on the 16th of October, 1860, and in this county he has maintained his home during the long intervening years, which have been marked by definite and worthy achievement on his part. He is the only survivor of the five children of William R. and Mary A. (King) Matlock, both of whom were born in Perry County, Ala. (William R. born Clarke Co., Ala. JNA) and both of whom were representatives of patrician old families of the fair Southland. Of the other four children two died in infancy; Willie King, the one daughter who attained to years of maturity, became the wife of Judge E. Winfree and passed the closing years of her life at Crockett, and Thomas died at the age of 59 years. The lineage of the Matlock family is traced back to staunch scotch-Irish origin and the ancestral record is one of distinction and honor. The original American progenitors came to this country prior to the War of the Revolution and established a home in the South, where the name became one of prominence in connection with civic and industrial development and progress. Thomas Henry Matlock, grandfather of him whose name initiates this review, took a specially active part in the various conflicts with the Creek Indians in Tennessee and Alabama, and his residence and other buildings were on two occasions destroyed by fire. He first lived in Tennessee, then in Alabama (Clarke Co.) and moved to Texas in the early fifties.
Note: The above Thomas Henry was the son of William Matlock, Sr. who moved from Roane County, Tn. to Indiana. Thomas fought in the War of 1812 from Ala. (Territory). There is a long section on William R. who fought in the Civil War. Also very flowery.
JOSEPH RISTINE MATLACK, born 6 January 1827 , son of James, son of William, son of Col. Timothy. Children: Louisa, Charles Ephraim, Joseph and James.
JOSEPH SCOTT, married Sarah Ervin and had: Mary, William, Julia, Lydia, Samuel, Delilah, Josiah, Joseph S. Jr., John, Zachariah, Elijah and 2 infants unnamed.
JOSEPH THOMAS MATLICK, son of Joseph Matlick was born in 1846 in Adair Co., Missouri. Lived in Knox Co., then Scotland Co. He married Rachel Cunningham. No children.
JOSEPH WILLIAM, shown on 1880 Scott Co. Mo. census for 1880 in household of Wrn., b. ca 1853 Ill. Joseph shown as 8/12 b. Mo.
JOSIAH MATLOCK, b. ca 1748, son of Timothy and Martha Burr Matlock
JOSIAH, according to 1850 Carroll Co., Ark. census, born ca 1825 in Tn. Living in household of R.B. Miller. Other Tennessee Matlocks living in this county this year were Absolom and Smith S. Matlock from Overton Co., Tn.
JOSIAH C. MATLACK, shown in 1880 census of Scotland Co., Mo. Born ca 1841 in W. Va. Wife shown as Levisa b. Ind. Children according to this census: Lizzie, b. Iowa; John B. b. Mo.; Benjamin b. Mo.; and Okey H. b. Mo. Others shown in this county, this year were: Joseph (above) Marshall, William, Edgar W. and Zachariah.
JOHN WESLEY, born31 December, 1859 in Phelps Co. Mo., son of Henry Beasley and Lucinda Dean Matlock, Married Mary Ellen Furray 14 September,1881. They lived near Elk Prairie, Mo. then moved in 1886 to Oklahoma. They were the parents of the following children: 1. Amos Boone, born 17 June 1882, d. 24 Dept. 1900 of typhoid fever. 2. Clara Lucinda, b. 30 March 1884, d. Sept. 1885 of drowning. 3. Bertha, b. 11 Nov. 1886, d. 21 July 1890 of "summer complaint". 4. Pearl, b. 14 Sept. 1888, d. 21 Nov. 1889. 5. Henry Mounce, b. 25 April 1890, d. 19 Feb. 1945 of heart disease. Married Ethel Haggy on 29 March 1914. Son, Clarence - b. I June 1915. 6. John Furray, b. 14 Jan. 1892. Married Grace Webb in Nov. 1911. Children: Benjamin Amos (b. 7 Aug. 1912), Mary Winnie (b. 20 Jan. 1914), and John Cecil (b. 23 Dec. 1916). 7. Stanley Grover, b. 15 Feb. 1894. Married Mahala Lee (Lela) Lessley on 15 Feb. 1912. Children: Herbert (b. 16 Dec. 1912), Mary Lou (b. 24 April 1919), Virginia (b. 22 Aug. 1926), James Weldon (b. 26 Oct. 1935). 8. Lyda Mauyer, b. 3,Jan. 1896. Married Jacob John Bruesch on 21 Sept. 1913. Children : Simon Rulin (b. 7 July 1914), Eugene Conner (b. 21 Jan. 1916, d. 27 Feb. 1916), Ena Elizabeth (b. 13 Aug. 1920). 9. Homer Cecil, b. 14 Feb. 1898, d. 19 May 1963. Married Farris Craig. Children: Frank (b. 28 Feb. 1920, d. 3 June 1961), Ida Pearl (b. 20 Dec. 1921), Hazel (b. 7 Jan. 1923), Alfred (b. 5 Dec. 1925, Otis (b. 29 July 1932). 10. Bessie, b. 8 Aug. 1900, d. 12 Aug. 1900. John Wesley Matlock died 4 August, 1929 and was buried in Norman, Oklahoma. (Information submitted by S. R. Bruesch, M.D. ).
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