Joseph Anderson Matthews

Joseph married Louisa Jane Galloway on 16 Jul 1846 in Maury Co, Tennessee. Louisa was born on 26 Jul 1828 in Maury Co, Tennessee; died on 30 Sep 1893 in Maury Co, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. John Galloway Matthews was born on 19 Nov 1852 in Maury Co, Tennessee; died on 16 Jul 1935 in Maury Co, Tennessee.

Joseph married Sarah Walker on 4 Aug 1803 in Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina. Sarah was born on 14 Apr 1785 in Mecklenburg Co, Virginia; died on 29 Aug 1855 in Maury Co, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military: 14 Jun 1781, Revolutionary War, Guilford Co, North Carolina
• Property: 1 Apr 1783, Surry Co, North Carolina
• Property: 4 May 1790, Surry Co, North Carolina
• Residence: Abt 1810, Maury Co, Tennessee

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.


Birth:
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)

Military:
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:
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:
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:
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.

Buried:
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

James married Mary Doak in Feb 1766 in Rowan Co, North Carolina. Mary (daughter of John Doak, (Immigrant) and Mary Wilson(?)) was born on 30 Jun 1749 in Lunenburg Co, Virginia; was christened in Lunenburg Co, Virginia; died on 7 Mar 1833 in Southport, Maury Co, Tennessee; was buried in Matthews Cem, Southport, Maury Co, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
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 Matthe - ws 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

Other Events and Attributes:

• Immigration: 1718, Ireland; to Boston
• Residence: Abt 1719, Chester Co, Pennsylvania
• Residence: Aft 1735, Mecklinburg Co, North Carolina
• Residence: Aft 1765, Maury Co, Tennessee

Notes:

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)

James married Mary McGill about 1735. Mary was born about 1712; died on 7 Nov 1779 in Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina; was buried in Providence Presbyterian Cem, Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Other-Begin: Between 1733 and 1734, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania; jury service
• Residence: Bef 1737, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania
• Residence: Abt 1738, Fishersville, Tinkling Spring, Augusta Co, Virginia
• Property: Bef 1741, Beverley Manor, Augusta Co, Virginia
• Other-Begin: 17 Apr 1746, Augusta Co, Virginia
• Property: Nov 1747, Beverly Manor, Augusta Co, Virginia; sells
• Other-Begin: Between 1748 and 1749, Lunenburg Co, Virginia; tax lists
• Residence: Aft 1750, Rowan Co (later Guilford Co) North Carolina
• Property: 1759, Granville, Rowan Co, North Carolina
• Residence: 1759, Rowan Co, North Carolina
• Property: 1761, Granville, Rowan Co, North Carolina
• Residence: 1761, Rowan Co, North Carolina; tax list
• Other-Begin: Abt 1765, Regulation Movement, North Carolina; joined
• Residence: Bef 1769, Alamance Co, North Carolina
• Other-Begin: Dec 1769, Alamance Co, North Carolina

Notes:

In Captain John Christian's Company with brother, Sam, 1742, Augusta Co.
John Doage, farmer, to Richard Burton, 400 acres on James River on west side of Blue Ridge patented to John, 12 January 1746 (Chalkley, vol. III, p. 266. Said to have land in Surry County, NC and lived in Guilford County, North Carolina.
His daughter was named Thankful, and was born before 30 June 1743, date of her baptism at South Mountain, meeting house 16 miles southwest of Tinkling. She married Major William Hall and lived in Surry County, NC several years before the Rution. Her husband was a member of Provincial Congress from Surry County in 1776. They moved about 1779 to Upper East TN, then New River, VA area called Hall's Bottom and lived there five years. Given land in Sumner County, TN in 1784 for Revolutionary service. Major Hall killed by the Indians on 6 August 1786.
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from Ralph Doak:
Lancaster Co, PA, deed (ref) executed, referring to boundaries of the land being sold as lands held by "... Stewart and John Doak deceased" That John Doak may or may not be the John Doak of this entry but no grave has been found for John or his wife Mary in NC.



Property:
Samuel Doak (Beverley Manor SW, 647 acres, 1741, adjoining land of John Doak (no date or acres listed) and David Doak (100 acres acquired in 1765) and Samuel and David Doak (220 acres acquired in 1806). Samuel Doak was the brother of David Doak, listed above and son of Samuel Doak, Sr. (b. abt. 1670, Ulster, Ireland) and his wife Elizabeth.

http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Early_Settlers_of_Augusta_County,_Virginia_-_Surnames_A-E

Other-Begin:
Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia
Volume I
COUNTY COURT JUDGEMENTS
AUGUSTA COUNTY.

Patrick Hays vs. Samuel Doak.--Defendant brother of John Doak.
17th April, 1746.

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~chalkley/volume_1/judge292.htm

note: who's who:
Patrick Hays, prob father of Patrick Hays who
married Jean Brown.
Jean Brown's bro Wm Brown
m Jane Doak (b 1741)
Jane Doak (c1741) d/o Samuel Doak c1716 & Jean Mitchell (c1717)
Samuel Doak c1716 brother of John Doak (c1703)
sons of James Samuel Doak & Elizabeth and
brothers of Ann* Doak, wife of George* Breckenridge.
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Property:
Nov 1747
Sells additional tract of Beverly Patent land granted to him in 174?


Other-Begin:
On tax/tithe lists for Lunenburg Co, VA - as John "Dough" in 1748


Property:
Survey of Granville grant land in Rowan Co, NC, on his behalf
1759 & 1761


Residence:
On Rowan Co, NC, tax lists - with 2 taxables in 1759 but with Roberd Jeames named in 1761


Property:
Survey of Granville grant land in Rowan Co, NC, on his behalf
1759 & 1761


Residence:
John on Rowan Co, NC, tax lists - with 2 taxables in 1759 but with Roberd & Jeames named in 1761

Other-Begin:
First of a series of transactions in which John Doak settles his affairs in such a way as to obviate the need for him to make a will, Dec 1769


Died:
John Doak, referred to as deceased in deed executed 1769 in Lancaster Co, PA (per Ralph Doak)

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From: Ralph
Date: 07/31/16 02:16:52
To: lumoto1@gmail.com
Subject: Proposed Change: John Doak, (Immigrant) (I370)

Proposed Change: John Doak, (Immigrant) (I370)
Tree: Roots
Link: http://sherrysharp.com/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I370&tree=Roots

Description: 1. John Doak died Feb/Mar 1770, and NOT by Dec 1769!
Ralph
ralphdoak@gmail.com

John married Mary Wilson(?) about 1730 in Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania. Mary was born about 1710; died after 1755. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Researcher Turner Matthews supplied info that Mary was indeed Mary Wilson - Mary Paisley Wilson.
b 1750 Philadelphia
d 3 Jul 183 Beechgrove, Coffee Co, Tennessee

there are some researchers who are not sure she was Mary Wilson; so -- needs more verification/research.
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