Jeremiah MATTHEWS

1756 - 1842  (85 years)

• Name	Jeremiah MATTHEWS
  Birth	22 Dec 1756	Virginia
  Gender	Male
  _UID	ECE928ED05E04AA88E36F8F9E7D757A53053
  Death	5 Aug 1842	Newton County, Georgia
  Burial	Georgia
  Person ID	I5845	Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
  Last Modified	5 Jan 2006

  
  

  Family	Sarah JOHNSON,   b. Abt 1766, Johnston County, North Carolina d. 16 Dec 1850, Fulton County, Georgia (Age ~ 84 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1782	Johnston County, North Carolina
  Children	1. Burrel\Burwell MATTHEWS,   b. 29 Jun 1784, Wilkes County, Georgia d. Yes, date unknown   2. William MATTHEWS,   b. 24 Feb 1787, Wilkes County, Georgia d. 24 Jan 1858, Clarke County, Georgia (Age 70 years)   3. Mary "Polly" MATTHEWS,   b. 7 Oct 1789, Clarke County, Georgia d. Between 1860 and 1870, Fayette County, Alabama (Age 70 years)   4. Elbert MATTHEWS,   b. 7 Mar 1792, Georgia d. Yes, date unknown   5. Jeremiah MATTHEWS, Jr.,   b. 26 Jan 1793, Georgia d. Yes, date unknown   6. Catherine "Cady" MATTHEWS,   b. 23 Dec 1797, Georgia d. Yes, date unknown   7. Cary Jesse MATTHEWS,   b. 22 Oct 1800, Oglethorpe County, Georgia d. 16 Feb 1879, Paulding County, Georgia (Age 78 years)   8. Sarah V. MATTHEWS,   b. 4 Apr 1803, Georgia d. Bef 22 Jun 1880, Decatur County, Georgia (Age 77 years)   9. Lewis M. MATTHEWS,   b. Abt 1809, Newton County, Georgia d. 28 Aug 1863, Civil War (Age ~ 54 years)   10. Elijah Weldon MATTHEWS, Sr.,   b. Abt 1810, Georgia d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F2962	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2016

  
  

• Notes

  Birth & death listed in the Matthews-Bacon Family Bible - copies on file. American Revolution Veteran: served in the North Carolina line in Cumberland County. Served in the Calvary under, Capt. Adkins and Col. Emmett in May, 1777 for 9 months, Col. Joshua Hadley, Feb. 1778 for 9 months, Capt Thomas Hadley & Col. David Smith, March 1781 for 3 months, and Capt. Guess & Col. William Armstrong, 1781 for 3 months. Pension Papers received from archives with copies of the Matthews Bible entries for births and deaths. Will received from Newton county dated 9-3-1839 and probated 9-5-1842. Also copy of the inventory of his estate after his wife Sarah died in 1850. Copies of the 1790 (Reconstructed) Census of Georgia, 1820 listed in Clarke County, 1830 & 1840 listed in Newton County. Georgia Cherokee Land Lottery, 1838 Number District Name Residence County 174 FIFTEENTH DISTRICT, THIRD SECTION, CHEROKEE Jeremiah Matthews Martin's Newton COMMENT: Soldier of late war. Granted previous to the first day of January, 1838 Jeremiah is mentioned in the book: "Gone to Georgia" article 604 as being listed on the 1785 Wilkes County tax list, Elsberry District. From the court abstracts of Cumberland County, NC, January 30, 1782, a warrant was issued for Jeremiah and Rueben Johnson for pilfering from confiscated property. They were to have appeared in the next April 1782 court. There is no record of that trial suggesting that Jeremiah left North Carolina and went to Georgia before they could be tried. Georgia had no extradition at this time. In his pension papers Jeremiah said he left for Georgia in 1783, however since the trial was to be in 1782 it is more likely that he left in 1782. In his pension papers he said he could not recollect dates very well. Ref: Slaves George(5-3-1801), Mingo(8-30-1802), Phyllis(1-5-1796) and Sarah.(The slave Sarah is not the wife Sarah Johnson of Jeremiah- there seems to be some confusion on this. They are two different people)) There is a very good possibility that Sarah the slave was Jeremiah's mistress and the other three slaves their children. We discovered that the three children were mentioned in the family bible with their birth dates. Also in Jeremiah's will he provides for life for Sarah the slave and that she may chose any of his children to live with for the rest of her life. After receiveing this information it was put on the internet. There were several replies to this information from professional genealogists and the director of the African-American page. According to ALL of these authorities, the information that was given is almost a 95% chance that the slaves were Jeremiah's children, and most likely that Sarahthe slave was the mother. Slaves were usually not mentioned in a family bible unless they were "family". And providing for Sarah the way he did shows that she was very important Jeremiah. From bills of sale: P303 May 28, 1844 Newton Sheriff Sale - prop Jeremiah Mathews, satisfy James B. Zachary. Nicholas H. Bacon security** P345 Oct 29, 1844 Newton Sheriff Sale - 300a, prop Nicholas H. Bacon and Sarah Matthews, satisfy Joel B. Mabry.** P11 1/28/1845 Newton Cty Sheriff's Sale- 1st Tues March - 300ac prop Nicholas H. Bacon and Sarah Mathews.. in favor of Joel B. Mabry. P211 2/4/1851, 3/4/1851 p216 Newton Cty - Nicholas H. Bacon applies L/A estate of Jeremiah Matthews.**