Husband William Chester Martin
Born: 27 Nov 1924 - Cook County, GA 115
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Died: 4 Jun 1978
Buried: - Woodlawn City Cemetery, Adel, Cook County, Georgia
Father: Paul Briggs Martin
Mother: Ella Mae Cowart
Marriage: 14 Apr 1945 115
Wife Hortense Outlaw
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General Notes: Husband - William Chester Martin
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Husband Jonas Sayre
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Wife Rachel Mathews
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1 F Susan Rachel Sayre
Born: 13 Oct 1826
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Died: 18 Feb 1873
Buried: - Woodlawn Cemetery, Elmira, Chemung, NY 625
Spouse: William Henry Van Duzer
Marr: 16 Jan 1845
Husband David Mathis
Born: 1802 - North Carolina 50
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Died: Abt 1875 50
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Father: John Mathis
Mother: Nancy Edmondson
Marriage: 1822 50
Wife Sarah Monk
Born: 1802 - Bulloch County, GA 4,50
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Father: William Monk 50
Mother: Jerushia Parrish
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1 M William Mathis
Born: 17 May 1825 - Bulloch County, GA 70
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Died: 21 Aug 1886 - Cook County, GA 70
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Spouse: Martha E. Strickland
Marr: 31 Dec 1846 - Lowndes Co., GA 70
2 F Jerushia Mathis
Born: 1834 135
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Spouse: Andrew Dobson
Marr: 26 Nov 1856 1
3 M Elbert Mathis
Born: 4 Oct 1836 - Lowndes (now Berrien) County, Georgia 135
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Died: 11 Nov 1915 - Cook County, GA 135
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Spouse: Martha S. Pounds
Marr: 16 Sep 1858 - Berrien Co., GA 135
4 F Jemima Mathis
Born: 1843 28
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Marr: 3 Dec 1862 28
General Notes: Husband - David Mathis
MATHIS, DAVID Edmond Mathis, Sr. Inscription Events
• Military: Between 1822 and 1825, Ensign Of The Militia 442ND District, Appling County.
• Baptism: 11 Oct 1840, Union Baptist Church.
Edmund Mathis was born in Duplin County, NC in 1776. He is a son of Rice Mathis and Civility Goff. Edmund was married in 1798 in North Carolina to Miss Unity Register, b 1778, daughter of John Register, of Sampson County. About 1800-05 Edmund and Unity together with her father's family moved to Bulloch County, Georgia, where they settled and acquired land through grants and purchase. The couple had five known children. Buried at Wayfare church, Clinch Co., GA
MATHIS, ELBERT. MATHIS, JAMES.
1802-1875
COOK.
David Mathis, oldest son of John Mathis (see Vol. 1), was born in North Carolina in 1802, and was brought as an infant by his parents to Bulloch County, Georgia. He was married in 1822 to Miss Sarah Monk, born 1801 in Bulloch County a daughter of William and Jerushia Monk (Vol. 1). To them were born the following children:
1. William
2. Phoebe
3. Wiley
4. John J.
5. Jerushia
6. Elbert
7. Mial
8. Rachel
9. Jemima
10. James A.
11. Mitchell M.
David Mathis brought his family to what was then Lowndes County in the winter of 1825-1826, and settled on lot 102, 9th district. This is one mile east of the present village of Cecil, Cook County. In January 1826, he built his log home, a sturdy and comfortable home that he occupied until his death about fifty years later. This home was on the Coffee Road, main thoroughfare of travel in those days from middle Georgia into southwest Georgia and Florida. It was a stagecoach stop where the horses were rested. Many people in those pioneer days enjoyed the hospitality of the Mathis home.
Mr. Mathis was ensign of the militia in the 658th district, 1828-1840, and Justice of Peace, same district, 1829-1834; and Justice of Berrien Inferior Court, 1861-1862. Mr. Mathis was a member of Pleasant Primitive Baptist Church into which he was baptized about 1840, but later transferred his membership to Salem Chruch which is now in the City of Adel. His wife was a member also. He died about 1875 and his wife died soon after. They were buried at Pleasant Church.
Census References: 1830, 1840, 1850, Lowndes; 1860, Berrien.
Husband Edmund Mathis Sr.
Born: Abt 1720 - Isle Of Wight County, VA 165,626
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Died: 18 Apr 1783 - (Duplin) NC 165,626
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Father: Ezekial Mathis
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Marriage: Abt 1740 - Isle Of Wight County, VA 165
Wife Mary Price
AKA: Molly
Born: 1725 - Isle of Wight County, Virginia 165
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Died: 1803 - Sampson County, North Carolina
Buried: - Edmund Mathis Plantation Cemetery, Taylors Bridge, Sampson County, North Carolina 165
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1 F Sarah Mathis
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2 F Elizabeth Mathis
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3 F Jemima Mathis
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4 F Mary Ann Mathis
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5 F Edith Mathis
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6 F Hester Mathis
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7 F Olive Mathis
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8 M Zacheus Mathis
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9 M Tomsin Mathis
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10 M Edmond Mathis
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11 M John Mathis
Born: 15 Mar 1740 - Sampson County, North Carolina
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Died: 3 Nov 1824 - Highland County, Ohio, USA
Buried: - Dunkard Ridge Cemetery, Elmville, Highland County, Ohio
12 M Rice Mathis
Born: Abt 1745 - Duplin County, North Carolina
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Spouse: Civility Goff
Marr: Abt 1773 - Duplin County, North Carolina
13 F Sabra Mathis
Born: 1762 - North Carolina
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Died: 29 Aug 1829 - Jackson County, Mississippi
Buried: - Carter Cemetery No 1, Jackson County, Mississippi, USA
14 M James Mathis
Born: 11 Jul 1764 - North Carolina
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Died: 28 Dec 1850 - Clinton, Sampson County, North Carolina
Buried: - Matthis Family Cemetery, Delway, Sampson County, North Carolina, USA
15 M Lazarus Mathis
Born: Abt 1765 - North Carolina
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16 M Thomas Mathis
Born: 1777 - Duplin County, North Carolina, USA
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General Notes: Husband - Edmund Mathis Sr.
Edmond Mathis of Duplin County, NC has thousands of descendants throughout the Southeast, through his nineteen children who lived to be grown; also the ancestor of all Mathis descendants in Wiregrass, GA. Though never a resident of Georgia, his grandsons, John and James lived and died in "Wiregrass Georgia" and they themselves have an estimated several thousand descendants in Wiregrass Georgia and over in Florida. Edmund Mathis, the subject, was born about 1720 in Isle of Wight County, VA, son of Ezekiel who died in 1738 in Isle of Wight County, testate. Edmund may have come over from Wales as an infant. Edmund married Mary "Mollie" Price in Virginia, a daughter of Rice Price. She died after September, 1803, age 78 years. They had twenty-two children but three of them died either in infancy or very young, and their names have not been preserved. With the extensive list of children it may be that Mary was a 2nd wife. Birth-years for the nineteen are not available except for James b. 1764, Eady, b. 1768, and Thomas, b. 1770.
Edmund Mathis and wife not long after marriage moved to Southampton Co., VA where he was granted 135 acres of land south of the Nottoway River; he sold this to Nathaniel Ridley Jan. 8, 1745 (deed book 7, p. 218) and moved to Duplin County, NC, where bought land and settled, later granting from the State 93 acres on Sept. 26, 1766, 100 acres on north side of Six Runs, same date (land lying now in Sampson Co., NC); 150 acres on Dec. 11, 1770; 200 acres on May 24, 1774; 640 acres on July 22, 1774. Most all this land, if not all was cut off into Sampson County when it was made out of Duplin in the 1780s.
Edmond Mathis and several of his sons were faithful Whigs in the Revolutionary War. He served 2 ½ years as a musician in Captain Turner's Company, North Carolina Militia, enlisting April 25, 1776, being discharged Aug. 10, 1778, for which service he was allowed pay in 1783. Muster-ground for the militia in Duplin now Sampson County, was on Edmond Mathis plantation, and was mentioned in the Revolutionary War pension application of Scott Rich. Edmond Mathis was commissioned as a Justice of the Peace on Nov. 29, 1766 in Duplin County, and served several years in that office.
Edmund passed away around 1783 and was interred on his plantation in NC.
Edward Fennel was appointed Administrator of the Edmund Mathis estate in Sampson County, NC in August 1794 and the estate was divided in 1798
Children of Edmond/Edmund Mathis
1. Ezekiel Mathis married Elizabeth Perritt
2. Edmond Mathis did not marry
3. John Mathis married Ruth Bell
4. Rice Mathis married Civil Goff
5. James Mathis born 11 July, 1764 NC
6. Thomas Mathis married Nancy Robinson
7. Larazus Mathis born 1772 NC., married Polly Wells
8. Zachaes Mathis married Polly Colwell
9. Sarah Mathis married John Lanier
10. Tomsin/Tomzin Mathis married Thomas Goff
11. Sabra Mathis married William Goff
12. Mary Ann Mathis married Taylor Holloway
13. Elizabeth Mathis married Samuel Elkins
14. Jemina Mathis married Morris Fennell
15. Edith Mathis married John Register
16. Hester Mathis married Charles Gavin
17. Olive Mathis married James Rogers
Five children died young.
General Notes: Wife - Mary Price
WIFE OF EDMUND MATHIS
MOTHER OF
TWENTY TWO
CHILDREN
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Husband Edmund Mathis Jr.
Born: 1776 - Duplin Co., NC 560
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Died: 1860 - Clinch County, Georgia 560
Buried: - Prospect Cemetery, Clinch Co., Georgia, USA 561
Father: Rice Mathis
Mother: Civility Goff
Marriage: 1798 - North Carolina 560
Wife Unity Register
Born: 1778 - Sampson Co., NC 560
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Died: 1853 - Clinch County, Georgia 560
Buried: - Wayfare Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Statenville, Echols County, Georgia, USA
Father: John Register
Mother: Dorcas Rowell
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1 F Marium Mathis
Born: 15 Jul 1798 - North Carolina
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Died: 1 Dec 1876 - Hamilton County, Florida
Buried: - Swift Creek Cemetery, Facil, Hamilton County, Florida
Spouse: John Giles Smith
Marr: Appling County, GA
2 M Bunyan Mathis
Born: 1800 - Sampson Co., NC 22
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Died: 1890 - Hamilton Co., FL 22
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Spouse: Elizabeth
Marr: 1822-1823 - Appling County, GA 22
3 M John Mathis
Born: 1802 - Bulloch County, GA 617
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Died: 1875 - Hamilton Co., FL 617
Buried: 1875 - Prospect Cemetery, Hamilton Co., Florida, USA 618
Spouse: Jemima Lee
Marr: 1827 - Appling County, Georgia 414
4 M Tyre Mathis
Born: 1810 - Bulloch County, GA 556
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Died: 8 Jan 1891 - Clinch County, Georgia 556
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Spouse: Nancy Lee
Marr: 1826 - Appling County, GA 556
5 F Nancy Mathis
Born: 1812 - Bulloch County, GA 1
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Died: Feb 1897 - Dupont, Clinch Co., Georgia, USA 1
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Spouse: William Day
Marr: 24 Sep 1852 - Hamilton Co., FL 1
General Notes: Husband - Edmund Mathis Jr.
Record is found in Bulloch County where Edmund Mathis was drawn for grand jury service, April Term, 1812, 1813, and other terms, and as a petit juror December 1807, November 1809, and November, 1810. He was granted 500 acres of land on the North side of Lotts Creek, Jan. 9, 1808. After his removal to Appling County he sold three hundred acres of this tract to Timothy Bryant, Jr., of Bulloch County, Sept. 23, 1826 (Deed Book 5K, page 53, Bulloch County). Other deeds appear on record to and from him.
After leaving Bulloch County, Edmond Mathis and family moved first to Glynn County, where they lived for a short while. He was Justice of the Peace in the 25th District, Glynn County, 1818-1819. In the winter of 189-1820, he moved to the new county of Appling and settled on the Little Satilla River near Fellowship Baptist Church. He served as Justice of Peace in the 442nd District, Appling County, 1822-1828.
In the winter of 1827-1828, Edmond Mathis and family moved, this time to Lowndes County, establishing their home on Lot 485, 10th District in present Lanier County, east of the Alapaha River. After living here a few years the family moved again, this time to Hamilton County, Florida, in 1832. Mr. Mathis apparently did not like the country there and moved back to Lowndes, locating in the 661st (Naylor) District where he was Justice of Peace, 1838-1841. The Indian War came on and he served in 1838 in Capt. Jesse Carter's Company of the Lowndes County militia.
In 1842, Mr. Mathis and wife and daughter (The three sons all being married at this time) moved to Ware County (now Clinch) and located on land lot No. 151, 12th District, which was only three miles from the then Lowndes-Ware County line. After living there until his wife's death in 1853 he sold out to his son Tyre Mathis, and spent his last few years with Tyre and his family. Tyre Mathis subsequently bought Lot of Land No. 125, 7th District of Ware (now Clinch), and moved there. It was there that Edmund died in 1860. He was buried at nearby Prospect Church. His wife was buried at Wayfare Church.
Edmund and his wife were originally members of the Fellowship Baptist Church in what was then Appling County, which church they were members of in 1825 and before. He bore the church's petition in October, 1825, to the Piedmont Baptist Association, seeking admission into the Association. He was elected in October, 1825, as Associational delegate from the Piedmont Association to the Hephzibah Association. Mr. And Mrs. Mathis were received into Union Church, Lowndes County, April 12, 1828, by letter from Fellowship Church. On June 12, 1830, he was ordained a deacon in Union Church and continued as a deacon the remainder of his life. On June 9, 1832, Mr. And Mrs. Mathis, having removed to Hamilton County, Fl, joined others of the Union Church in a request for that church to establish an "arm" at Tiger Swamp Meeting-house in Hamilton County, near their homes. The request was granted. The next year the "arm" became an independent church named "Concord" and Deacon Mathis and wife were among charter members. Having moved back to Lowndes County, they were received back by Union Church by letter from Concord, Sept. 6, 1839. Two years later he settled in Ware County as already stated, about three miles distant from Griffin Mills on Cow Creek which was then just over in Lowndes; and Deacon Mathis and wife joined with others in asking for their letters that they might form a new church at a meeting-house which was called Mathis Meeting-house which had been erected near the mills and was a result of Deacon Mathis' efforts to establish a place of worship in the community. Their letters were granted April 10, 1841, and a month later the new church was formally constituted and named Wayfare, and Deacons Mathis became one of the first deacons. Mrs. Mathis died in 1853 a member of Wayfare, and on May 6, 1854 her husband was granted a letter of dismission and when Prospect church was constituted Jan. 22, 1859, he became one of the organizing members. The next year, he died a member. He is buried at Prospect Church in Clinch County (grave unmarked).
References:
MATHIS, EDMUND (p. 175): (Ist) He was appointed by the legisiature, Dec 26, 1826 as one of the trustees for tlie "Poor School Fund of Appling County. (2nd) His wife, Unity, was born 1783, not 1776.
Union Primitive Baptist Church Bro. Edmund Mathis, one of the deacons, having removed his membership, Bro. Joshua Lee was elected in his place March 10, 1833, and ordained April 13, 1833 by Elders Peacock, Friar and Knight.
September 6, 1839, Bro. Edmund Mathis was received back into the membership by letter from Concord church, Hamilton County, Fla., and acted as a deacon until dismissed again by letter April 10, 1841.
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General Notes: Wife - Unity Register
Husband Elbert Mathis
Born: 4 Oct 1836 - Lowndes (now Berrien) County, Georgia 135
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Died: 11 Nov 1915 - Cook County, GA 135
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Father: David Mathis
Mother: Sarah Monk
Marriage: 16 Sep 1858 - Berrien Co., GA 135
Wife Martha S. Pounds
Born: 31 Oct 1840 135
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Died: 5 Nov 1903 - Cook County, GA 135
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General Notes: Husband - Elbert Mathis
1836-1915
COOK
Elbert Mathis was born in Lowndes (later Berrien but now Cook) County, Oct. 4, 1836, a son of David Mathis (VoI.II). He was married in Berrien County, Sept. 16, 1858, to Martha S. Pounds, born Oct. 31, 1840, daughter of Isham J. Pounds who had moved to Berrien from Meriwether County in the 1850s. Born to them were ten children:
1. Julia C.
2. Winfred Isham
3. Sarah
4. Alonzo David
5. Frances
6. Charles
7. Elva
8. Margaret
9. Mattie
10. Eugene
Mr. Mathis enlisted in the Confederate Army May 22, 1862, as a private in Co. "E", 54th Georgia Regiment, a Berrien county company. Two months later he was transferred to Col. "E", Ist Georgia Sharpshooters. He was captured in May, 1863, in the battle at Chicamauga, Ga. He, was kept in Rock Island (Ills.) Federal Prison until April, 1864, when he exchanged. He then entered the Confederate secret service and served there until the close of the war. He was granted a Confederate Soldier's pension by the State in 1913, and drew it until his death Nov. 11, 1915.
Mr. Mathis lived in the southern part of present Cook county near the Lowndes County line. His wife died Nov. 5, 1903. They were buried in the cemetery at Cat Creek Primitive Baptist Church in northern Lowndes County, of which church they were members.
Husband Ezekial Mathis
Born: Abt 1680 - Wales 626
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3 M Enos Mathis
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4 M Ezekial Mathis Jr.
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5 F Priscilla Mathis
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6 F Sarah Mathis
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7 F Unity Mathis
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8 M Edmund Mathis Sr.
Born: Abt 1720 - Isle Of Wight County, VA 165,626
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Buried: - Homeplace In Duplin County
Spouse: Mary Price
Marr: Abt 1740 - Isle Of Wight County, VA 165
9 M Moses Mathis
Born: 1725 - Isle Of Wight Co, VA
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Husband Hillery P. Mathis 4
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Born: 1834 - Lowndes (now Berrien) County, Georgia 4
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Husband James Mathis
Born: 1786 - Sampson County, North Carolina 28
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Father: Rice Mathis
Mother: Civility Goff
Marriage: 7 Jul 1810 - Bulloch County, GA 28
Wife Rhoda Monk
Born: 1792 - Burke Co., GA 70
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Father: William Monk 50
Mother: Jerushia Parrish
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1 F Wealthy Mathis
Born: 1813 - Bulloch County, GA 28
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2 F Mary A. Mathis
Born: 1815 - Bulloch County, GA 28
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3 F Elizabeth Mathis
Born: 1816 - Bulloch County, GA 28
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4 F Phoebe Mathis
Born: 1822 - Bulloch County, GA 28
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5 M John Mathis
Born: 1829 - Appling County, GA 28
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6 M Mahlon Mathis
Born: 1831 - Appling County, GA 28
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7 M James Mathis Jr.
Born: 1834 - Appling County, GA 28
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General Notes: Husband - James Mathis
1786- 1859
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James Mathis was born in Sampson County, N.C., in 1786. He was a brother of Edmund Mathis (Vol.1) and John Mathis; they were sons of Edmund Mathis, Jr., and grandsons of Edmund Mathis, Sr., R. S., of Duplin (now Sampson) County, N. C. After the death of their father in Sampson County about 1795, the three brothers named came to Bulloch County, Ga., about 1801, James at that time not being grown. James was married in Bulloch County, July 7, 1810, to Rhoda Monk, born 1792 in Burke County, daughter of William Monk, R.S., (Vol.1). They had seven known children, viz:
1. Wealthy
2. Mary A.
3. Elizabeth
4. Phoebe
5. John
6. Mahlon
7. James, Jr.
Mr. Mathis lived in Bulloch County until 1824 when he moved to Appling County. The next year he was elected a Justice of Appling Inferior Court and served from January, 1825, until 1827 when he resigned and moved to Lowndes County where he was living in the 1830 census in the 660th militia district. His home-place was included in the 790th district when that district was laid out a few years later, and he served as 2nd Lieutenant of the militia there 1838-1842. His home-place was where the village of Cecil now is in present Cook County, and was cut out of Lowndes into Berrien County in 1856.
Mr and Mrs. Mathis were members of the Primitive Baptist Church. He was baptized into Union Church, Sept. 11, 1830, and she on Aug. 13, 1831. They were dismissed by letter Jan. 12, 1839, and received by letter Jan. 19th following, into Pleasant Church. They died members of Pleasant. He was licensed by his church to preach, Dec. 16, 1843, but was never ordained to the ministry. As a licensed preacher he "exercised his gifts" in his home-church and in nearby churches for several years.
Mr. Mathis died June 17, 1859, at his home in northern Lowndes County, having moved there and settled in the Cat Creek community a few years before his death. His home-place at his death was on lots No. I in the 11th district and No. 1 in the 12th district of Lowndes, which two lots adjoin each other. His estate was administered by his son-in-law, B. J. Roberts. Mrs. Mathis, the widow, died in 1863. The son, Mahlon Mathis, enlisted May 9, 1862, in Co. "I", 50th Georgia Regiment, C.S.A., and served until his death of disease, Dec. 10, 1862. He died in a Confederate hospital in Richmond, Va.
Husband Daniel Parrish
Born: 22 Apr 1839 28
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Father: Absalom Parrish
Mother: Elizabeth Green
Marriage: 3 Dec 1862 28
Wife Jemima Mathis
Born: 1843 28
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Father: David Mathis
Mother: Sarah Monk
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