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James Matthews, Jr.

Male 1739 - 1825  (85 years)


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  • Name James Matthews 
    Suffix Jr. 
    Born 12 Aug 1739  Dublin, Ireland, or Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Helen Harrell's Book, James Stuart and Mary Doak Matthews of Wilcox County, Alabam, claims that James Matthews, Sr. emigrated from Ireland to Boston in 1718. If that is true, then James Jr. must have been born in America. However, several Maury County Bibles and family lores state that James Jr. was born in Ireland. He was known as "Irish Jimmy."
      (from Turner Matthews via email 12/30/2014) [1]
    Gender Male 
    Military 14 Jun 1781  Revolutionary War, Guilford Co, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • James participated in the Battle of Alamance as a "Regulator." After the outbreak of the Revolutionary War he enlisted as a private in the North Carolina Line as a resident of Guilford Co. He served as a private in Blount's Company, North Carolina troops. He enlisted on 14 Jun 1781 for 12 months in Capt. Thomas Donoho's Company, 4th Regiment North Carolina Continental Line.
      http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~maury/cemetery/MatthewsCemetery/Ma136.htm
    Property 1 Apr 1783  Surry Co, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Surry County N.C. Wills
      1 Apr 1783, James Matthews & wife Mary to John Flemming for L100 VA money, 300 acres on Stewarts Creek.
    Property 4 May 1790  Surry Co, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Surry County, N.C. Wills
      4 May 1790 James Matthews & wife Mary to John Flemming for L200 VA mney, 192 acres Stewarts Creek adj John Hanna and Andrew Bailey. Edmond & Mordecai Fleming served in the War of 1812 from Surry Co. Surry Co. Minutes of the Court of P &QS.
    Residence Abt 1810  Maury Co, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • He moved to Maury Co., Tennessee around 1810 from Mecklenburg Co., N.C. with the family of Samuel Scott, settling in the Campbellsville Pike area.
    Died 15 Mar 1825  Southport, Maury Co, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Matthews Cem, Southport, Maury Co, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • MATTHEWS, James, 12 Aug 1739 - 15 Mar 1825. 85-07-03. (Revolutionary War Soldier, one of the founders of Hopewell A. R. P. Church.)
      "Sacred - to the memory of James Matthews who was born August the 12th, 1739 and departed this life March the 15th - 1825 Aged 85 years, 7 months & 3 days."
      and
      MATTHEWS, Mary, 30 Jun 1749 - 7 Mar 1833. Aged near 84 years. (Nee Mary Doak, born in Lunenburg Co., Virginia; married 6 Feb 1766 to James Matthews.
      "Sacred to the Memory of Mary Matthews, - SEN?? who departed this life March the 7th, 1833 aged near 84 years."
      http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~maury/cemetery/MatthewsCemetery/Ma136.htm
    Notes 
    • Revolutionary War Soldier

      1739?1825

      1. James Matthews (1739?1825), son of James Matthew Sr. and his wife Mary (McGill) Matthews was born in Pennsylvania on 12 August 1739. After the death of his father he became "Sr.," and that is on his tombstone in the Matthews Cemetery in Maury County, Tennessee. James purchased 500 acres of land near John Hanna and raised his family on Stewart Creek, Surrey County, North Carolina. He participated in the Battle of Alamance as a "Regulator." After the outbreak of the Revolutionary War he enlisted as a private in the North Carolina Line as a resident of Guilford County. He served as a private in Blount's Company, North Carolina troops, for eighteen months, beginning 17 December 1779. Next, he enlisted on 14 June 1781 for a twelve-month term in CPT Thomas Donoho's Company, 4th Regiment North Carolina Continental Line. About 1810 he moved his family from Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, with the family of Samuel Scott other members of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church to Maury County, Tennessee, settling in the Campbellsville Pike area. James was a co-founder of the Hopewell A.R.P. Church. He died on 15 March 1825, and was buried in the Matthews Cemetery in Maury County. In his last will and testament, which he executed on 4 June 1819, he mentioned his surveying instruments.
      James married Miss Mary Doak on 5/6 February 1766 in Rowan County (which later became Guilford County), North Carolina. She was born in Lunenburg County, Virginia, on 30 June 1749, and died in Maury County, Tennessee, on 7 March 1833, aged "near 84 years." James and Mary (Doak) Matthews had six sons and six daughters, and at least three of them moved to Maury County with their parents.
      Information provided by Earl

      One of the founders of the Hopewell A.R.P. Church
      (findagrave)

      from Turner Matthews:
      James Matthews Jr. and Mary Doak moved to Maury County as early as 1810. Their children John, Robert, Joseph, Martha (Hanna), Agnes (Harris) and Abner also moved to Maury County. After his parents' death, Abner moved to Texas and died there.
    Person ID I49612  Roots
    Last Modified 8 Jan 2015 

    Father James Matthews (Mathes), Sr.,   b. Between 1690 and 1700, of, Ballynure, Co Antrim, Ulster, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1770, Maury Co, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 80 years) 
    Mother Mary McGill,   b. Abt 1712,   d. 7 Nov 1779, Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 67 years) 
    Married Abt 1735 
    Family ID F16353  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Doak,   b. 30 Jun 1749, Lunenburg Co, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Mar 1833, Southport, Maury Co, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Married Feb 1766  Rowan Co, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. James Matthews, III,   b. 23 Oct 1766, Rowan Co, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1795, Rowan Co, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 28 years)
     2. John Matthews,   b. 24 Oct 1768, Rowan Co, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Jul 1839, Maury Co, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)
    +3. Martha Matthews,   b. 11 Dec 1770, Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Aug 1835, Maury Co, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years)
     4. Mary Doak Matthews,   b. 17 Oct 1772, Guilford Co, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Nov 1793, Meckenburg Co, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 21 years)
     5. Robert Matthews,   b. 20 Oct 1774, Guilford Co, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Mar 1849, Maury Co, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)
     6. William Doak Matthews,   b. 1777, Guilford Co, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1787  (Age 10 years)
     7. Abner Barnet Matthews,   b. 21 Nov 1792, Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Dec 1862, Travis Co, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)
    +8. Joseph H. Matthews,   b. 13 Jan 1779, Surry Co, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Jun 1847, Maury Co, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years)
     9. Margaret Matthews,   b. 27 Jun 1781, Surrry Co, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1803, Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 21 years)
     10. Samuel Matthews,   b. 27 Dec 1782, Surry Co, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1840, Wilcox Co, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years)
     11. Agnes Matthews,   b. 8 Sep 1786, Surry Co, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft Oct 1852, Maury Co, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years)
     12. Prudence Matthews,   b. 23 Mar 1789, Surry Co, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1789, Surry Co, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 8 Jan 2015 
    Family ID F16352  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1182] Turner Matthews (tmatthews4506@att.net).


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