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Jeremiah MATTHEWS

Jeremiah MATTHEWS[1]

Male 1756 - 1842  (85 years)

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  • Name Jeremiah MATTHEWS 
    Born 22 Dec 1756  Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    _UID ECE928ED05E04AA88E36F8F9E7D757A53053 
    Died 5 Aug 1842  Newton County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I5845  Carney Wehofer Feb 2024 Genealogy
    Last Modified 5 Jan 2006 

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

  • 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.**

  • Sources 
    1. [SAuth] Jim Carney, compiled by James H Carney [(E-ADDRESS), & MAILING ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE], Buderim, Queensland 4556 AUSTRALIA.