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Family of William Matlocke and Elizabeth ???

[1] from Parish records

[2] Elizabeth ??? was born abt. 1535 and buried 2 February 1600 in Cropwell Bishop, Nottingham, England

Family of John Matlock and Margaret Assekem (aka Asse)

[1] Click here for source information: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~szmatlok/misc2.htm

Family of George Matlock and Jane Hall

Family of John Matlock Sr. and Anne Moore (marriage #1)

Family of John Matlock Sr. and Margaret ? (marriage #2)

[1] For lots more information on William, look here.

[2] Ann Elizabeth Moore b. 1702, d. 1735. Child of William and Ann Elizabeth Moore Matlock of Moore Matlock, b. 1730, VA; d. 1812 TN.

[3] surnames of both wives are not absolutely proved.

Family of John Matlock Jr. and Hester Watson

(see Brenda's data here)

[1] Hester Watson Matlock outlived John and was married to (2) Mark Anthony before 5 December 1733 as they executed a Deed in St. Paul's Parish, Hanover County, Virginia on that date.

[2] Children of George Matlock and Hannah ?: George Matlock, Charles Matlock ; Mary Matlock m. ? Clarkson; Anne Matlock m. ? Clock/Clack; Hannah Matlock m. ? Foster.

[3] Children of John Matlock III and Ann South: Nicholas Matlock b. 5 January 1735, d. 3 February 1827, Yancey Co., NC, m. Elizabeth Terrill 1759, North Carolina (Elizabeth was b. 1737, d. 03 February 1827 in Caswell County, North Carolina and whose children were: Agnes, William Arner, Anna Lewis, Mary Kiersey, Benjamin and James); Elizabeth Matlock m. David Shelton (whose children were: John, Agnes, Lucy); William Matlock b. 1734 m. Beulah Rice; John Matlock Jr., b. 1742 m. 1) Sarah ? 2) ? Mary Settles (unproved); Zachariah Matlock b. ~ 1750, d. 28 February 1827, Caldwell Co., KY m. 7 December 1780 Lucy Wash (dau. of Thomas) (whose children were: Ann b. 1784 m. Michel; John b. 1788 m. Sabena Robertson; Mary b. 1791 m. Arrington Potts; Elizabeth b. 1793 m. Redding Woolf; Susannah b. 1797 m. Samuel Reese; Thomas W. b. 1807 m. 1) Jane White 2) Sarah Martin)

Family of Nicholas Matlock and Mary Shelton (original source: Melba Moore) 

From Granville County Kinfolks - Deed Book "L" pg. 182. Nicholas METLOCK sold land in Granville Co., to James THOMPSON of Louisa County, VA in which Mary (SHELTON) METLOCK, wife of said Nicholas, relinquished her dower right, October 15, 1777.

(see Brenda's data here)

[1] Martha b. 1744; Children of Nathaniel and Martha: Dolly, Usley, Nicholas, William and 9 others
[2] Ellen b. 1746; Children of Samuel and Ellen: Stephen, Samuel, Benjamin, Nancy, Mary & Hester
[3] the following record is in the AMHERST CO, VIRGINIA census... could it identify how Notley Thomas ties in with the Matlocks??? If Sarah was Richard's sister, perhaps she did not marry Mr. Thomas, but named her child for him anyway - further research needed! This could explain Richard's comment in his Revolutionary War Pension Application  that the family Bible proving his birth was in the possession of his brother-in-law, Notley Thomas..... there must be some connection.

1787 MEDLOCK SARAH AMHERST CO VA 188  1-0-0-0-5 (Non-titheable)
1787 MEDLOCK NOTLEY AMHERST CO VA 187  0-4-4-2-5

[4] Children of Elisha Hosea: William and Micijah Lewis
[5] Birthdate for Richard listed in his Pension application 7th June 1832 where he states the information comes from a Bible in the possession of his brother-in-law, Notley Thomas. In the 1830 Census, Notley Thomas lives adjacent to Richard Medlock in Hawkins County, TN. The name of the Matlock/Medlock sister he married is currently not known.

Family of Richard Medlock/Matlock and ??? (marriage #1)

"In 1790 Census, Burke County, North Carolina, Richard is shown as follows:
'1 male over 16, 3 males under 16, 4 females' " source: Encyclopedia of Matlocks/Medlocks, page 79

1800 Census, Burke County, North Carolina shows 4 males under 10, 1 male 10-16, 1 male 16-26, 1 male (Richard) 26-45 and 1 female 26-45"

(see Brenda's data on Richard; Revolutionary War Service and Pension Application data here)

[1] birthdate for Richard taken from his Revolutionary War Pension Application:

STATE OF TENNESSEE
HAWKINS COUNTY

Personally appeared before me the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, Richard Medlock, an applicant for a pension under the Act of 7th June 1832 and who being duly sworn deposeth and saith in addition to the former statement contained in his Declaration hereto annexed, to-wit: that he has a record of his age which was contained in the Bible owned by his, affiant's, father in his lifetime but which Bible is now in the possession of Notley Thomas*, the brother-in-law of affiant and which shows that he was born in North Carolina 1761. He states further that he is acquainted with the Reverend William C. Reynolds and John Rogers who have testified to his character, etc. in his declaration and the affiant is acquainted with Lewis Click, Esq. all of whom reside in his neighborhood and many others who would, if necessary, testify as to his character for varacity their belief of his service SWORN to and SUBSCRIBED before me the 16th day of May 1833.

/s/ by mark Richard Medlock

Lewis Click, Esq.

* Notley Thomas was b ca 1754 in Frederick Md and went to Newberry County SC (Ninety-Six District), then Hickory NC and finally to Hawkins Co TN where he shows up in the 1830 census living "next door" to Richard Medlock/Matlock. Notley died in Hawkins Co TN in 1841 leaving wife, Temperance Sheppard Thomas of Newberry SC, dau Mary, dau Elizabeth Thomas Bassett, and son John Thomas. He was listed on the 1835 Pension List for Hawkins Co TN as having cavalry and infantry service. At that time his age was 81.

Does this tell us that wife number one of Richard was a Shepperd or that Notley Thomas had more than one wife???

[2] ages for children in this family group are determined by comparing data in several censuses.

[3] David served in the War of 1812 in the First Regiment (Bradley's) of the Tennessee Volunteers as Ensign, then as Sergeant in the First Regiment (Hall's) of the Tennessee Volunteers along with his brother Charles. After Charles died abt. 1833 in Indiana, David is said to have raised the youngest child, William Robert and perhaps others of Charles' surviving children (if any survived). This explains why William Robert (youngest son of Charles) spent time in Van Buren, Iowa where David moved. The estate of Charles Matlock was administered by Matthew Tanner then his son Samuel (after the senior Tanner's decease) in Jackson County, Indiana. Matthew Tanner entered into bond with Jonah F. de Bolt and Andrew Gilwick to administer the estate; Samuel Tanner entered into bond with Daniel Peck and Adam Miller. The estate was not settled until 1837. 

[4] The 1830 census in Hawkins Co., TN, shows Loving living adjacent to his father and brother Charles with a wife and 3 sons. Children of Loving named in 1837 Court Papers in Jackson County, Indiana assigning guardianship to Wendell Poor: Amos Matlock, Richard Matlock and David Matlock. In later papers, Wendell Poor apprentices Amos, son of Loving, deceased, to to John F. Carr "to learn the art, trade and mistery of a Tanner..." until 1846 when Amos will be 21 - this establishes his birth date to be 1825. NOTE: Wendell Poor was married to Elizabeth Weddle, daughter of Daniel and Mary Wallen Weddle and brother to Mary Weddle who married Richard Matlock. When Elizabeth Weddle Poor(e) died, Wendell Poor(e) married her younger sister, Thirza Weddle.

[5] Dorothy Matlock is the daughter of Richard and Mary Weddle Matlock, therefore Johnson and Dorothy were half siblings. Dorothy moved on the Indiana after Johnson died.

Family of Richard Medlock/Matlock and Mary Weddle (marriage #2)

source of some of this data  from Genealogy of John Weddle by Elizabeth Meuting\

(see Brenda's data here)

**Click here to see a chart of the family of George Matlock and Elizabeth (Betsey) Weddel

[1] Richard Medlock/Matlock served in the Revolutionary War from 1 April 1779 to 1 July 1781. Pension allowed 4 October 1832 in Hawkins County, TN. Records state he had 13 children, other sources say 14...

[2] Children of Dorothy Matlock and Johnson Matlock are: Peter (d. Bef. 1840); Wells (ca. 1830-1911; served on the Union side in the Civil War: Company H, 50th & 52nd Indiana Infantry), Robert Berton (ca. 1833 - d. Civil War: [Confederate] Sixtieth Tennessee Infantry ; March 12, 1863), Jesse (ca. 1835), George R. (1836-1908; served on the Union side in the Civil War: Company C; 3rd Tennessee Cavalry. He entered as a Private and was discharged as a Sergeant), Huston (1839 - d. Civil War: [Confederate] Forty-third Tennessee Infantry ; Rogersville, Jan. 10, 1862), William (1840-1927), Edith (1840-1901), David (1843), Henry (1848-1916). NOTE: two brothers served on each side in the Civil War. Dolly's daughters, Isaphene (ca. 1852), and Tennessee (ca. 1855) were born out of wedlock with Enock Horton (of Hancock County, TN) after Johnson died. Dorothy is enumerated in Hancock County, TN in both 1860 & 1870. In 1870, a child named Drucilla, age 7 , b. TN is enumerated in the household, so apparently, Dorothy had eleven children - no idea who the father of Drucilla was. Family oral history says, Dolly moved on to join other family members in Indiana, where she died and was buried. I assume that must have been between 1870 and 1880 as I cannot find her enumerated in 1880.

[3]Children of Daniel Matlock and Hannah ? are: Louisa (b. abt. 1840-41, TN), Sarah (Sallie Ann) (b. 1843, TN), James (b. abt. 1845-47, TN), George (b. abt. 1848 m. Polly d. 10 Oct. 1930) and Mary  (b. after 1850, TN)

[4] Information on George's son, Joel is found in the Jackson County Genealogical Society Paper, June 1986. Listings of Soldiers in Civil War from Jackson County:

"Joel H. Matlock was born in Jackson County August 17, 1847 and was the fourth child of George and Betsy Weddell Matlock who were natives of Tennessee. In February 1864, Joel Matlock enlisted in Company H. of the One Hundred and Twentieth Indiana Volunteer Infantry. He was in the battle of Resaca and was with General Sherman until after the battle of Atlanta. He mustered out with the rank of Orderly Sargeant. On November 5 1868 he married Mary A. Scott. They were the parents of five children: Cora Effie, Mary A., Grace, Price H., and Bessie." Source Gordon Weddle.

PLEASE NOTE: THIS NEXT GENERATION IS TENTATIVE AT BEST - CHARLES DIED INTESTATE Abt. 1833 AND HIS INFANT SON, WILLIAM ROBERT, WAS RAISED BY HIS UNCLE DAVID MATLOCK WHO LATER WENT TO VAN BUREN, IOWA. WE ARE WORKING TO SORT IT OUT - STAY TUNED !

FACTS ABOUT CHARLES MATLOCK:

1) born between 1780-1784, estimated according to census records between 1790, 1800 and 1830 (no census information has been located for Richard, Charles or Loving in 1810 and 1820 ... where were they for those years?)
2) married about 1800, name of wife yet unknown, date estimated according to census records in 1800 (Burke, NC) and 1830 (Hawkins, TN)
3) Records for the War of 1812 list Charles: 1) Private: Dyer's Regiment, Calvary and Mounted Gunmen, Tennessee Volunteers; 2)First Lieutenant, First Regiment, (Hall's) Tennessee Volunteers.
4 ) by 1830 family group was composed as follows:

Family of Charles Matlock and ?? 

see Brenda's data here

NAME	PIX	BIRTH	LOCATION	DEATH	LOCATION	MARRIAGE	LOCATION	SPOUSE
Charles Matlock [1]		1780-1784	NC or SC ?	1830-33	Jackson County, Indiana	abt. 1800	likely Burke County, North Carolina	? ?
daughter		abt. 1800	Burke County NC
daughter		1810-1815	likely Hawkins County, Tennessee
son		1815-1820	likely Hawkins County, Tennessee
son		1815-1820	likely Hawkins County, Tennessee
daughter		1815 - 1820	likely Hawkins County, Tennessee
daughter		1815 - 1820	likely Hawkins County, Tennessee
son		1820-1825	likely Hawkins County, Tennessee
daughter		1820-1825	likely Hawkins County, Tennessee
son		1825-1830	likely Hawkins County, Tennessee
William Robert Matlock (proved from DNA tests)		abt. 1830	Hawkins County, Tennessee	13 April 1895	Franklin Co., Arkansas buried Price Springs Cemetery (near Cecil, AR)	18 July  1850 (license issued 17 July 1850; filed 14 August 1850)	Jackson County, Indiana	Elizabeth (Betsey) Mariah Weddle

... continuing facts about Charles:
4) beginning in 1833, there are documents regarding settlement of the estate of "Charles Matlock deceased" in Jackson County, Indiana. Apparently the estate was finally settled in 1837 - these documents refer to but do not mention the names of Charles' heirs. No mention of Charles wife is made suggesting she also perished. Executors were Samuel W. Tanner & Matthew Tanner who entered into bond with Daniel Peck, Adam Miller, Jonah F. DeBolt and Andrew Gilwick.
5) a wife and nine children are unlikely to disappear off the face of the earth without mention....so what happened??? If you can identify any of the names of these children, please contact me! 

Family of William Robert Matlock and Elizabeth Mariah Weddle/Weddel

This chart was a collaborative effort with much information supplied by Harmon Gene Matlock, direct descendent of George McClellan Matlock, Vicky L. Bagdriwicz, direct descendent of James Ransom Matlock, Lynn Garton Rodgers, direct descendant of Sarah (or Elizabeth) Evaline Matlock,  Sharon McKinney Funk, direct descendant of Mary Elizabeth Matlock,  Ron Johnston, direct descendant of Dora Effie Matlock,  Carlyon Sue McKinney, direct descendant of Mary Elizabeth Matlock, & Gene Matlock, direct descendant of James Ransom Matlock...

GROUP PHOTOS HERE!

NAME	PIX	BIRTH	LOCATION	DEATH	LOCATION	MARRIAGE	LOCATION	SPOUSE
William Robert Matlock [1]		abt. 1830	Hawkins/Hancock Co., TN	13 April 1895	Franklin Co., Arkansas buried Price Springs Cemetery (near Cecil, AR)	18 July  1850 (license issued 17 July 1850; filed 14 August 1850)	Jackson County, Indiana	Elizabeth (Betsey) Mariah Weddle
Nancy Carolina Matlock		1852	Indiana		Franklin Co., Arkansas	April 13, 1895	Jackson County, Indiana	Allen Stewart
James Ransom Matlock		May 1852	Indiana	1907	Cushing, Payne County, Oklahoma; Union Cemetery	13 July 1876	Eureka, Greenwood County, Kansas	Sarah Elizabeth Gleason
Mary Elizabeth Matlock [2]		1855	Indiana	1932	buried Nubben Ridge Cemetery in Bokoshe, Oklahoma	1) 21 November 1875 2) 1879	1) Allen County, Kansas 2) Franklin County,  Arkansas	1) Ross Harmon 2) James W. McKinney
Susan Mulvina Matlock Aunt Bessie's Memories of Susan		15 January 1857	Wabash County, Indiana	17 April 1937	buried Elmwood Cemetery,  Chanute, Neosho County, Kansas	March 1876	Yates Center, Woodson County, Kansas	George W. Harman
Juli A. (Juliana) Matlock		April 1859	Indiana	1946		26 April 1881		R.E.  Lanphers
Sarah Jane Matlock		7 February 1861	Medora, Indiana	3 August 1941	Van Buren, Arkansas buried Grace Lawn Cemetery	1) ? 2) 6 January 1877	1) ? 2) Wilson County, Kansas	1) Robert Mizell 2) George Washington Moore
Elizabeth Evaline Matlock		22 April 1862	Clear Springs, Jackson County, Indiana	24 February 1946	buried Morgan Hill Cemetery, Van Buren, Franklin County, Arkansas	8 November 1883	Webb City, Franklin County, Arkansas	John Noah William Burchem
George McClellan (Mack) Matlock		22 February 1866	Indiana	27 August 1939	buried Grace Lawn Cemetery, Van Buren, Arkansas	27 November 1887	Webb City, Franklin County, Arkansas	Mary K. Brummet
Lucy Matlock		1867	Iowa		buried Oak Valley Cemetery near Lavacca, Arkansas	14 February 1893		1)James B. White (? plus 7 more...) 8) ? Harkey
Ella (Ellen) May Matlock		January 1868	Iowa		buried Price Springs or Morgan Hill Cemetery, Van Buren, Franklin County, Arkansas	26 September 1886		Thomas Price
Charles William Matlock		23 November 1873	Iowa	20 April  1945	buried Oak Cemetery, Van Buren,  Franklin County, Arkansas			Effie Smith
Dora Effie Matlock		18 May 1876	Chanute, Neosho, Kansas	25 February 1962	Drumright, Oklahoma buried: Elgin Cemetery, Comanchee County, Oklahoma	11 October 1894	Sulphur, Murray Co., Oklahoma.	William Allen Fraley [3]
David Henry Matlock		July 1878	Kansas	6 October 1968	d. Bristow, Oklahoma, buried Magnolia Cemetery, north of Bristow	1) 3 February 1901 2) Abt. 1902 3) August 20, 1919	1) Meg, Franklin County, Arkansas 2) ? 3) Drumright, Oklahoma	1) L. Pasche Boyles [4] 2) Sarah (Bessie) Holliday [5] 3) Lurla Belle Campbell [6]
Robert Orlen Matlock [7]		25 April 1881	Franklin Co., Arkansas	February 14, 1950	Bristow, Oklahoma buried Hall Cemetery	1) 12 May 1901 2) 28 January 1917 3) Abt. 1934	1)  Meg, Franklin County, Arkansas 2) Stigler, Haskell County, Oklahoma  3) Van Buren, Arkansas.	1) Sarah B. Boyles [7] 2) Pearl Tanner ? [8]  3) Gertrude (Gertie) (nee ?) Gabbard

[1] William Robert Matlock served in the Civil War as a Union Soldier: Company B; 50th Indiana Infantry (along with Johnson and Dorothy's son George) & Company D; 3 Iowa Cavalry. He entered service as a Private and left as a Corporal. Family stories say that Elizabeth Mariah insisted on following him to the edge of the battlefields where, as an herbalist, she tended the sick until William Robert was released as a result of complications of Asthma.

[2] Sisters Mary Elizabeth and Susan Mulvina married two brothers, Ross and G.W. Harman. Ross may have been a physician, according to family oral history, but must have died early as Mary moved on to Franklin County AR with her parents where she married James W. McKinney (source: Carlyon Sue McKinney, granddaughter of James W. and Mary Elizabeth Matlock McKinney).

[3] Dora and William were married by J.P. J.F.King in Cross lane, Crawford Co., Arkansas. William Allen Fraley was born 20 Apr 1873, Alma, Crawford County, Arkansas; d. 15 Jun 1953, Apache, Caddo County, Oklahoma; buried at the Elgin Cemetary, Elgin, Comachee County, Oklahoma. source: Ron Johnston

[4] b. abt. 1873, daughter of Philip Boyles and Agnes Nixon. NOTE: L. Pasche and Sarah Boyles were sisters. source: Sharon & Carlyon McKinney

[5] Children: Ella Mae Matlock, born about 1903, Betty Matlock, who was born about 1905, Elsie Matlock, born about 1906, Geneva Matlock, born about 1907, and Glenny Matlock who was born about 1908. All the children except Ella Mae died young with their mother Sarah. They all died the same week. They are all buried without headstones in the little Matlock country cemetery north of Stroud- Depew, Oklahoma. source: Sharon & Carlyon McKinney

[6] b. November 24, 1891, d. 1972 in Bristow, Creek County, Oklahoma; daughter of James Campbell and Delia Hill; b. in Magnolia cemetery north of Bristow, next to her husband. source: Carlyon McKinney

[7] b. abt. 1 May 1881; Lawrence County, Alabama; d. abt. 10 April 1915 in Depew, Creek County, Oklahoma. They had seven children. source: Sharon & Carlyon McKinney

[8] b. May? 1891 in Stigler, Indian Territory; d. October 11, 1931; Depew, Creek County, Oklahoma. She had two sons by her first husband, Douglas McKinney, and then had about eight to ten more children with her second husband Robert Orlen Matlock. Only two, though, lived to maturity. The rest were born prematurely and all but one of them were stillborn. Two of the children that she lost were fraternal twins. They were a boy and a girl. The little boy was like the rest. He was stillborn. The little girl, who was named Julietta, lived about thirty minutes. They did have two sons though, who lived to maturity and married and had children of their own. source: Sharon & Carlyon McKinney - Click here to see a photo album of the descendants of this line, plus others, put together by Carlyon Sue McKinney