Edmond Mathis
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Father: Edmund Mathis Sr.
Mother: Mary Price
Edmund Mathis Sr.
Sex: M
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Birth Date: Abt 1720 - Isle Of Wight County, VA 157,502
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Death: 18 Apr 1783 - (Duplin) NC ( about age 63) 157,502
Burial: in Homeplace In Duplin County
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Father: Ezekial Mathis
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1. *Mary Price
Marriage: Abt 1740 - Isle Of Wight County, VA 157
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1. Ezekial Mathis
2. Sarah Mathis
3. Elizabeth Mathis
4. Jemima Mathis
5. Mary Ann Mathis
6. Sabra Mathis
7. Edith Mathis
8. Hester Mathis
9. Thomas Mathis
10. Olive Mathis
11. Zacheus Mathis
12. Tomsin Mathis
13. Edmond Mathis
14. Rice Mathis
15. James Mathis
16. Lazarus Mathis
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Edmond 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.
Edmund Mathis Jr.
Sex: M
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Birth Date: 1776 - Duplin Co., NC 503
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Death: 1860 - Clinch County, Georgia ( at age 84) 503
Burial: in Prospect Cemetery, Clinch Co., Georgia, USA 504
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Father: Rice Mathis
Mother: Civility Goff
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1. *Unity Register
Marriage: 1798 - North Carolina 503
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1. Mary Ann Mathis
2. Bunyan Mathis
3. John Mathis
4. Tyre Mathis
5. Nancy Mathis
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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.
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).
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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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Edna Mathis
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1. *Fred L. Cowart
Marriage: 28 Feb 1928 - Lowndes County, GA 51
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Edward Mathis
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Father: Ezekial Mathis
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Elbert Mathis
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Birth Date: 4 Oct 1836 - Lowndes (now Berrien) County, Georgia 64
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Death: 11 Nov 1915 - Cook County, GA ( at age 79) 64
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Father: David Mathis
Mother: Sarah Monk
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1. *Martha S. Pounds
Marriage: 16 Sep 1858 - Berrien Co., GA 64
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MATHIS, ELBERT.
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.b. 1859, m. Thomas M. Ray, Feb. 20,1881.
2. Winfred Ishamb. 1861, m. Martha Missouri Ray, Feb. 22, 1882.
3. Sarahb. 1863, m. 1st. William Randall Peters; Jesse Horne.
4. Alonzo Davidb. 1866, m. 1st. Frances, dau. of Baton May; 2nd. Mildred, dau. of John (Jack) Brogdon.
5. Francesb. 1869, m. Columbus Williams (son of Jeremiah).
6. Charlesb. 1871, m. (unknown).
7. Elvab. 1874, m. William Williams (son of Jeremiah).
8. Margaretb. 1879, m., Wm. Overstreet; O.A. Knight.
9. Mattieb. 1881, m. Robert Deen of Hazlehurst.
10. Eugeneb. 1883, m. Mattie DeLoach, an orphan.
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.
Elizabeth Mathis
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Father: Edmund Mathis Sr.
Mother: Mary Price
Elizabeth Mathis
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Father: Ezekial Mathis
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Elizabeth Mathis
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Birth Date: 1816 - Bulloch County, GA 6
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Father: James Mathis
Mother: Rhoda Monk
Enos Mathis
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Father: Ezekial Mathis
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