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191 "Find-a-Grave," Taylor Family Cemetery, Marion County, Texas.
192 1790 U.S. census, Halifax County, North Carolina, p. 477, col. 2, line 3, William Pullin household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed 1 Jul 2011); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M637, roll M637_ 7.
193 Jody Hamabata [(E-ADDRESS) FOR PRIVATE USE,] to Greg Matthews, e-mail, 17 Jul 2010, "Simple Register Report (Family Tree Maker)"; privately held by Matthews, [(E-ADDRESS) FOR PRIVATE USE,] Burlington, NC.
194 1850 U.S. census, Nash County, North Carolina, population schedule, p. p. 315, dwelling 986, family 995, Archibald Mathews household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M432, roll M432_638.
195 R. L. Guffin, Tuscaloosa, Alabama [(E-ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE),] to Greg Matthews, e-mail, 27 Jun 2007, "RE: Mathews/Matthews, Halifax Co., NC"; privately held by Matthews.
196 1850 U.S. census, Halifax County, North Carolina, population schedule, p. 79, dwelling 1523, family 1523, Phoebe Pullin household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed 1 Jul 2011); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M432, roll M432_633.
197 Guffin to Matthews, e-mail, 27 Jun 2007.
198 1850 U.S. census, Halifax County, North Carolina, population schedule, p. 80, dwelling 1555, family 1555, Rod... Pullin household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed 1 Jul 2011); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M432, roll M432_633.
199 1860 U.S. census, Halifax County, North Carolina, population schedule, Sycamore Alley, p. 450, dwelling 668, family 600, Roderick Pullen household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M653, roll M653_899.
200 1790 U.S. census, Halifax County, North Carolina, p. 459, col. 2, line 19, Richard Matthews household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed 18 Jun 2011); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M637, roll M637_ 7.
201 1800 U.S. census, Halifax County, North Carolina, p. 328, line 11, Richard Matthews household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed 18 Jun 2011); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M32, roll 30.
202 1850 U.S. census, Halifax County, North Carolina, population schedule, p. 79, dwelling 1525, family 1525, Betsey Mathews household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed 1 Jul 2011); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M432, roll M432_633.
203 Dr. Stephen E. Bradley Jr., Abstracts of Deeds Halifax County, North Carolina 1802 - 1807 Volume V (Temple City, CA: GoldenWest Marketing Genealogy, 1994), deed #496.
204 Bradley, Abstracts of Deeds Halifax County, North Carolina 1802 - 1807 Volume V, deed #481.
205 1820 U.S. census, Halifax County, North Carolina population schedule, p. 157, line 40, Fanny Mathis household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed 1 Jul 2011); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M33, roll M33_85.
206 1850 U.S. census, Halifax County, North Carolina, pop. sch., p. 79, dwell. 1525, fam. 1525, Betsey Mathews household.
207 Register, State Census of North Carolina 1784 - 1787, p. 67.
208 Bradley, Abstracts of Deeds Halifax County, North Carolina 1758 - 1771, Vol. I, deed #1137.
209 Bradley, Abstracts of Deeds Halifax County, North Carolina 1758 - 1771, Vol. I, deed #287.
210 Bradley, Abstracts of Deeds Halifax County, North Carolina 1771 - 1786, Vol. II, deed #240.
211 Fairfield County, South Carolina, Robert Coleman will, recd 20 Jan 1796, film slide 139/1573; digital images, FamilySearch, FamilySearch.org - Free Family History and Genealogy Records (http://familysearch.org : accessed 2 Jul 2011).
212 Cain, Records of the Executive Council 1735-1754, p. 132.
213 Chatham County, North Carolina, Index to Deeds, Mortgages and Real Estate Conveyances, 1771-1935, Book D: p. 258, Abner and Sarah Hill to Benjamin Walker, May 1787; digital images, Chatham County, NC Register of Deeds, "Grantor Index, 1771 - 1935," Chatham County Register of Deeds Remote Access Site (http://www.chathamncrod.org/welcome.asp : accessed 2 Jul 2011).
214 Chatham County, North Carolina, Index to Deeds, Mortgages and Real Estate Conveyances, 1771-1935, Book C: p. 330.
215 William D. Bennett C.G., Orange County Records, Vol. III Deed Book 3 Abstracts (Raleigh, NC: self-published, 1990), p. 99.
216 William D. Bennett C.G., Orange County Records, Vol. II Deed Books 1 & 2 Abstracts (Raleigh, NC: self published, 1989), p. 130.
217 Sue Ashby, NCGenWeb, 1795tax (http://www.ncgenweb.us/chatham/1795tax.html : accessed 2 Jul 2011), "Ditto for Abner? (smeared) Hill".
218 Halifax County, North Carolina, Wills 1755-1781, Vol. 1: p. 62, James Matthis; FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/show#uri=https%3A//api.familysearch.org/records/waypoint/10921654), item 63 of 245.
219 Sue Ashby, NCGenWeb, [Chatham County] Militia (http://www.ncgenweb.us/chatham/militia.htm : accessed 2 Jul 2011), "Capt. Charles Matthews ".
220 Bradley, Abstracts of Deeds Halifax County, North Carolina 1758 - 1771, Vol. I, deed #1358.
221 Chatham County, North Carolina, Unrecorded Wills, 1770-1900, Charles Matthis; FHL microfilm (https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/show#uri=https%3A//api.familysearch.org/records/pal%3A/MM9.1.i/dgs%3A004754665.004754665_00081), item 79/140.
222 Chatham County, North Carolina, Index to Deeds, Mortgages and Real Estate Conveyances, 1771-1935, Book J: p. 253.
223 Richards, Register of Albemarle Parish Surry and Sussex Counties 1739-1778, p. 39.
224 Ashby, NCGenWeb, [Chatham County] Militia, "James Matthews".
225 Chatham County, North Carolina, Index to Deeds, Mortgages and Real Estate Conveyances, 1771-1935, Book F: p. 51.
226 Ge Lee Corley Hendrix C. G., Edgefield County, South Carolina: Abstracts of Deed Books 1-12 1786-1796 Volume 1, Vol. 1 (Greenville, SC: Southern Historical Press, 2001), Vol. 1: p. 210.
227 Carol Wells, Edgefield County, South Carolina: Deed Books 32 and 33 (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 2000), p. 124.
228 Chatham County, North Carolina, Index to Deeds, Mortgages and Real Estate Conveyances, 1771-1935, Book A: p. 85.
229 Ann Braswell, [(E-ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE),] to Greg Matthews, e-mail, 9 Oct 2009, "Re: Braswell Genealogy"; privately held by Matthews [(E-ADDRESS), & STREET ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE], Burlington, NC, 2009.
230 James E. and Vivian Wooley, Edgefield County, South Carolina Wills 1787-1836 (Southern Historical Press, 1991), p. 127.
231 Bennett, Orange County Records, Vol. II Deed Books 1 & 2 Abstracts, p. 130.
232 "Revolutionary War Pensions," database and images, Footnote.com - The place for original historical documents online (http://footnote.com : accessed 2 Jul 2011); Drury Parham, North Carolina, File #S.9452.
233 1790 U.S. census, Chatham County, North Carolina, p. 204, col. 1, line 21, Isaac Matthews household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed 3 Jul 2011); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M637, roll M637_ 7.
234 Chatham County, North Carolina, Index to Deeds, Mortgages and Real Estate Conveyances, 1771-1935, Book K: p. 515.
235 Ashby, NCGenWeb, 1795tax , "Isaac Mathews".
236 Chatham County, North Carolina, Index to Deeds, Mortgages and Real Estate Conveyances-Grantors, 1771-1935, Book S: pp. 70-71.
237 1800 U.S. census, Chatham County, North Carolina, p. 197, line 7, Sally Jean household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed 5 Jul 2011); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M32, roll 31.
238 "Legal Notices," Georgia Journal, 13 Apr 1814, p. 3, col. 5; digital images, Georgia Historic Newspapers: Milledgeville (http://milledgeville.galileo.usg.edu/milledgeville/search : accessed 2 Feb 2011), Georgia Historic Newspapers.
239 Mel Harman, [(E-ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE),] to Greg Matthews, e-mail, 28 Jul 2010, "Re: Littleton Mathis of Washington County, GA"; privately held by Matthews [(E-ADDRESS), & STREET ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE], Burlington, NC, 2010; citing Chatham County, North Carolina Court of Pleas Minute Book 1790-1794, p. 2B.
241 1820 U.S. census, Washington County, Georgia population schedule, p. 127, line 44, Sally Mathis; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed 28 Jul 2010); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M33, roll M33_9.
242 LDS Church, "North Carolina Marriage Collection, 1741-2004," database, Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed 6 Jul 2011), Thomas Mathis m. Mary Ann Rutherford 16 Apr 1772; citing FHL film #0259320.
243 Chatham County, North Carolina, Index to Deeds, Mortgages and Real Estate Conveyances, 1771-1935, Book A: p. 172.
244 Gary Harding, "Re: [RUTHERFORD] Arkansas Rutherfords, AR USA," Rutherford-L, listserv mailing list, 6 Jul 2000 (http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/RUTHERFORD : accessed 6 Jul 2011).
245 Chatham County, North Carolina, Index to Deeds, Mortgages and Real Estate Conveyances, 1771-1935, Book B: pp. 137, 143.
246 Hancock County, Georgia, United States, "Hancock County Tax Digest, 1794," p. 7, Thoms Mathes; digital images, Georgia Archives, Georgia's Virtual Vault (http://cdm.sos.state.ga.us/cdm4/tax.php : accessed 7 Apr 2011).
247 "Find-a-Grave," Dorothy B. Minter tombstone, Buena Vista City Cemetery, Marion County, Georgia.
248 "Legal Notice," Georgia Journal, 7 Jul 1818, p. 3, col. 5; digital images, Georgia Historic Newspapers: Milledgeville (http://milledgeville.galileo.usg.edu/milledgeville/search : accessed 6 Jul 2011).
249 Hancock County, Georgia, Wills and Estate Records, Book M, 1827-1831: pp. 524-526, Thomas Mathis; Georgia Archives mfl microfilm, MFL 627-28.
250 Bradley, Abstracts of Deeds Halifax County, North Carolina 1771 - 1786, Vol. II, deed #301.
251 Hancock County, Georgia, "Hancock County Tax Digest, 1794," p. 23, Joseph Minter.
252 Hancock County, Georgia, Will and Estate Records, Will and Estate Records Book C: pp. 240-241, Edmund Matthews; Georgia Archives, MFL 624-25.
253 1820 U.S. census, Hancock County, Georgia population schedule, p. 89, line 26, Docy Mathis household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed 29 Mar 2011); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M33, roll M33_7.
254 Hancock County, Georgia, "Hancock County Tax Digest, 1794," p. 24, Edmond Mathis.
255 Marsh and Marsh, Land Deed Genealogy of Hancock County, Georgia, p. 161.
256 "Another Revolutionary Hero Gone!," Georgia Journal, 31 Aug 1824, p. 3, col. 3; digital images, Digital Library of Georgia (http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/MediaTypes/Newspapers.html?Welcome : accessed 5 Feb 2011), Georgia Historic Newspapers: Milledgeville.
257 Paul K. Graham, 1805 Georgia Land Lottery Fortunate Drawers and Grantees (Decatur, GA: The Genealogy Company, 2010), p. 25.
258 Putnam County, Georgia, Loose Estate Records (Mason to McGehee), Estate of Brittain Matthews; FHL microfilm 1,851,319.
259 Chatham County, North Carolina, Index to Deeds, Mortgages and Real Estate Conveyances, 1771-1935, Book A-F: p. 444.
260 Sue Ashby, Bastardy Bonds from Chatham County, NC in Court Records (http://www.ncgenweb.us/chatham/bastardy.htm : accessed 6 Jul 2011), THOMAS RIDDLE, pay unto MILLY MATTHEWS.
261 Chatham County, North Carolina, Index to Deeds, Mortgages and Real Estate Conveyances, 1771-1935, Book M: p. 68.
262 Chatham County, North Carolina, Index to Deeds, Mortgages and Real Estate Conveyances, 1771-1935, Book P: p. 84.
263 Bethlehem Baptist Church (Warthen, Georgia, USA), "Bethlehem Baptist Church Minutes, 1791-1912," Membership roll 2, Lewis Mathis and wife Rainer column 3, bottom entry; AH 952, Georgia Archives, Morrow.
264 Graham, 1805 Georgia Land Lottery, p. ii.
265 1820 U.S. census, Washington County, Georgia population schedule, p. 131, line 8, Lewis Mathis; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed 29 Jul 2010); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M33, roll M33_9.
266 1830 U.S. census, Hardeman County, Tennessee, p. 360, line 12, Lewis Mathes household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed 29 Jul 2010); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M19, roll M19- 176.
267 Family History Department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Tennessee Marriages, 1796-1950," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : accessed 29 Jul 2010), Marriage: Martha L. Mathis to Washington B. Carroll.
268 Chatham County, North Carolina, Index to Deeds, Mortgages and Real Estate Conveyances, 1771-1935, Book J: p. 243.
269 Paul K. Graham, 1805 Georgia Land Lottery Persons Entitled to Draws (Decatur, GA: The Genealogy Company, 2005), p. 354.
270 J. Kenneth Brantley, Hancock County, Georgia Inferior Court Minutes {For County Purposes} 1809-1833 (Powder Springs, Georgia: The Brantley Association of America, 2000), p. 12.
271 1830 U.S. census, Talbot County, Georgia, p. 331, line 17, Laban Mathews household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed 29 Jul 2010); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M19, roll M19- 20.
272 Hancock County, Georgia, "Hancock County Tax Digest, 1794," p. 7, Elisha Mathis.
273 Family History Department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Georgia Marriages, 1808-1967," database Elisha Mathis m. Nancy Mathis, 6 Feb 1810, Hancock County, Georgia.
274 Graham, 1805 Georgia Land Lottery, p. 190.
275 1820 U.S. census, Putnam County, Georgia population schedule, Capt John Tomlinsons District, p. 93, line 21, Elisha Mathis household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed 7 Jul 2011); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M33, roll M33_9.
276 "Find-a-Grave," Elisha Mathis, Odom Cemetery, Putnam County, Georgia.
277 Wells, Edgefield County, South Carolina: Deed Books 32 and 33, p. 124.
278 1820 state census, Dallas County, Alabama, population schedule, p. 13, line 26, Alexander Hunter; digital images, Ancestry.com (ancestry.com).
279 1830 U.S. census, Dallas County, Alabama, p. 108, line 10, Dinah Matthews; digital images, Ancestry.com (ancestry.com : accessed 12 Oct 2009); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M19, roll 2.
280 1830 U.S. census, Dallas County, Alabama, p. 106, line 14, James Hunter household; digital images, Ancestry.com (ancestry.com : accessed 16 Mar 2011); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M19, roll M19-2.
281 1830 U.S. census, Dallas County, Alabama, p. 100, line 6, Alexander Hunter household; digital images, Ancestry.com (ancestry.com : accessed 16 Mar 2011); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M19, roll M19- 2.
282 1840 U.S. census, Dallas County, Alabama, p. 64, line 28, J. H. Hunter household; digital images, Ancestry.com (ancestry.com : accessed 17 Mar 2011); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M704, roll 5.
283 1850 U.S. census, Dallas County, Alabama, population schedule, Pleasant Hill, p. 245, dwelling 170, family 170, Elizabeth Hunter household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed 17 Mar 2011); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M432, roll M432_4.
284 1860 U.S. census, Lowndes County, Alabama, population schedule, Mt. Willing, p. 585, dwelling 183, family 178, John Hunter household; digital images, Ancestry.com (ancestry.com : accessed 18 Mar 2011); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M653, roll M653_14.
285 Howard Bible Records: 1771-1861, family pages only; photocopy held by Robert B. Mathis, Killeen, Texas, n.d; online transcription by Robert B. Mathis, Ancestry.com (http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/HOWARD/1999-05/0927943529 : accessed 19 Mar 2011).
286 "Find-a-Grave," Thomas Charles Mathis, Republican Baptist Church Cemetery, Edgefield County, South Carolina.
287 Edgefield County, South Carolina, Loose Estate Papers, Henry Mathis Estate, 1848; Edgefield County Archives, Edgefield.
288 Edgefield County, South Carolina, South Carolina Probate Records, Bound Volumes, 1671-1977 Returns, 1845-1854: p. 122, Henry Mathis estate, undated (see column 2); digital images, FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : accessed 18 May 2011).
289 1860 U.S. census, Edgefield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Graniteville, p. 45, dwelling 669, family 665, A. J. Mathis household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed 7 Jul 2011); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M653, roll M653_1219.
290 Carol Wells, Edgefield County South Carolina Deed Books 16, 17, 18 (Westminster, MD: Heritage Books, 2005), p. 80.
291 1820 U.S. census, Edgefield County, South Carolina population schedule, p. 126, line 26, James Matthews household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed 7 Jul 2011); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M33, roll M33_118.
292 Carol Wells, Edgefield County South Carolina Deed Books 19, 20, 21 and 22 (Westminster, MD: Heritage Books, 2005), p. 64.
293 Carol Wells, Edgefield County South Carolina Deed Books 36, 37 and 38 (Westminster, MD: Heritage Books, 2009), pp. 39-40.
294 Wells, Edgefield County South Carolina Deed Books 36, 37 and 38, p. 40.
295 1820 state census, Dallas County, Alabama, population schedule, p. 13, line 26, Alexander Hunter; digital images, Ancestry.com (ancestry.com).
296 1830 U.S. census, Dallas County, Alabama, p. 99, line 9, Abram Matthews; digital images, Ancestry.com (ancestry.com : accessed 12 Oct 2009); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M19, roll 2.
297 1830 U.S. census, Dallas County, Alabama, p. 100, line 6, Alexander Hunter household; digital images, Ancestry.com (ancestry.com : accessed 16 Mar 2011); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M19, roll M19- 2.
298 1830 U.S. census, Dallas County, Alabama, p. 106, line 14, James Hunter household; digital images, Ancestry.com (ancestry.com : accessed 16 Mar 2011); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M19, roll M19-2.
299 1830 U.S. census, Dallas County, Alabama, p. 108, line 10, Dinah Matthews; digital images, Ancestry.com (ancestry.com : accessed 12 Oct 2009); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M19, roll 2.
300 Abram Mathews bible records, family pages only; photocopy held by unknown, n.d; Genealogy.com Genforum (http://genforum.genealogy.com/mathews/messages/1838.html : accessed 13 Oct 2009).
301 1850 U.S. census, Perry County, Alabama, population schedule, Hamburg Beat, p. 302, dwelling 82, family 82, Abram Mathews household; digital images, Ancestry.com (ancestry.com); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M432, roll M432_12.
302 1830 U.S. census, Dallas County, Alabama, p. 108, Dinah Matthews.
303 1840 U.S. census, Dallas County, Alabama, p. 64, line 23, Saml Mathews; digital images, Ancestry.com (ancestry.com : accessed 12 Oct 2009); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M704, roll 5.
304 Family History Department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Alabama Marriages, 1816-1957," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org), James Hunter m. Eleanor C. Matthews, 30 Dec 1820, Dallas County, Alabama.
305 1830 U.S. census, Dallas County, Alabama, p. 106, James Hunter household.
306 1790 U.S. census, Chatham County, North Carolina, p. 204, Isaac Matthews household.
307 "Revolutionary War Pensions," database and images, Footnote.com - The place for original historical documents online (http://footnote.com : accessed 10 Jul 2011); John Mathews, North Carolina, File #S.31839.
308 Jeff Wright, [(E-ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE),] to Greg Matthews, e-mail, 13 Mar 2011, "Re: 1805 GA Lottery"; privately held by Matthews [(E-ADDRESS), & STREET ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE], Burlington, NC, 2009.
309 1880 U.S. census, Scott County, Missouri, population schedule, Commerce Twsp, enumeration district (ED) 142, p. 245, dwelling 93, family 98, Wm Mathews household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed 10 May 2011); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 737.
310 Wright to Matthews, e-mail, 13 Mar 2011.
311 Marie De Lamar and Elisabeth Rothstein, Records of Washington County, Georgia (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing, Co, 2006), p. 35.
312 Wright to Matthews, e-mail, 13 Mar 2011.
313 Bethlehem Baptist Church (Warthen, Georgia, USA), membership roll p. 2.
314 Bethlehem Baptist Church (Warthen, Georgia, USA), p. 1.
315 Cindy Holdridge Smith, Rootsweb, Washington County, Georgia Churchs (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~holdridge/places/washingtonchurches.html : accessed 3 Mar 2011).
316 "Legal Notices," Georgia Journal, 19 Jul 1815, p. 4, col. 4; digital images, Georgia Historic Newspapers: Milledgeville (http://milledgeville.galileo.usg.edu/milledgeville/search : accessed 2 Feb 2011), Georgia Historic Newspapers.
317 Wright to Matthews, e-mail, 13 Mar 2011.
318 1820 U.S. census, Pulaski County, Georgia population schedule, p. 69, line 35, Robert Mathews household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed 6 Feb 2011); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M33, roll M33_9.
319 Mel Harman, Unzipping the Jean Roots (http://www.gean-ealogy.com/pics/Deeds_in_Walton_Co_GA.jpg : accessed 27 Jul 2010).
320 Jeanette Holland Austin, "Walton County Wills and Estates," database, Georgia Pioneers (http://georgiapioneers.com : accessed 20 Apr 2011), Robert Matthews estate; citing Walton County, Georgia Wills and Esates (1819-1839).
321 1820 U.S. census, Washington County, Georgia population schedule, p. 127, line 44, Sally Mathis; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed 28 Jul 2010); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M33, roll M33_9.
322 Mel Harman, [(E-ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE),] to Greg Matthews, e-mail, 6 Apr 2011, "Re: John Mathis"; privately held by Matthews [(E-ADDRESS), & STREET ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE], Burlington, NC, 2009.
323 Mel Harman, Unzipping the Jean Roots.
324 1840 U.S. census, Heard County, Georgia, District 779, p. 43, line 8, James Carmichael household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed 6 Feb 2011); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M704, roll 296.
325 1850 U.S. census, Heard, Georgia, population schedule, District 41, p. 147, dwelling 165, family 172, James Carmichael household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed 6 Feb 2011); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M432, roll M432_73.
326 1820 U.S. census, Washington County, Georgia population schedule, p. 127, line 17, Jas Carmichael household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed 6 Feb 2011); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M33, roll M33_9.
327 Sonia Hetherington, "Re: Alexander P. Daniel 1814 - 1887 GA," Daniel, Ancestry.com messageboard, 17 May 1999 (http://boards.ancestry.com/surnames.daniel/1776.1/mb.ashx : accessed 12 Mar 2011).
328 "Find-a-Grave," Mary Yarbrough, 3 Aug 1898, La Grange Cemetery, Choctaw Co, MS.
329 1820 U.S. census, Jones County, Georgia population schedule, Capt Permenters District, p. 125, line 25, Gideon Matthews household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed 7 Feb 2011); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M33, roll M33_7.
330 1830 U.S. census, Meriwether County, Georgia, p. 156, line 11, Gideon Matthis household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed 7 Feb 2011); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M19, roll M19- 19.
331 Mary Alice Jordan, Cotton to Kaolin: A History of Washington County, Georgia, 1784 - 1989 (Sandersville, GA: Washington County Historical Society, 1989), p. 456.
332 Mel Harman, [(E-ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE),] to Greg Matthews, e-mail, 27 Jul 2010, "Re: Littleton Mathis of Washington County, GA"; privately held by Matthews [(E-ADDRESS), & STREET ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE], Burlington, NC, 2010.
333 Harman to Matthews, email, 27 Jul 2010.
334 Suzanne Coker, "Little Mathis and Martha Hooks Bible," Washington County, Georgia, Ancestry.com messageboard, 23 Aug 1999 (http://boards.ancestry.com/localities.northam.usa.states.georgia.counties.washington/831/mb.ashx : accessed 20 Aug 2010).
335 Susan J. Harrington, Washington County Georgia Cemeteries (http://www.friendsofcems.org/Washington/default.htm?SQL.asp?CemNumber=114&,2), Person #4, Littleton Mathis.
336 1850 U.S. census, Choctaw County, Mississippi, population schedule, Subdivision 23, p. 64, dwelling 320, family 320, David Daniel household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed 7 Feb 2011); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M432, roll M432_370.
337 Thomas Walter Reed, History of the University of Georgia (Athens, GA: University of Georgia, 1949), p. 77.
338 Reed, History of the University of Georgia, p. 8.
339 Jordan Dodd, Ancestry.com, "Georgia Marriages to 1850," database, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com), Gabriel T. Mathis m. Leaticia Billups.
340 1820 U.S. census, Clarke County, Georgia population schedule, p. 133, line 27, Gabriel Mathews household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed 8 Feb 2011); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M33, roll M33_8.
341 1830 U.S. census, Clarke County, Georgia, p. 319, line 13, Gabriel T. Mathews household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed 8 Feb 2011); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M19, roll M19- 16.
342 1840 U.S. census, Randolph County, Georgia, p. 49, line 27, Gabriel T. Mathis household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed 8 Feb 2011); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M704, roll 240.
343 1850 U.S. census, Randolph, Georgia, population schedule, Cuthbert, p. 351, dwelling 117, family 117, Zenoe L. Mathews household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed 21 Feb 2011); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M432, roll M432_81.
344 War of 1812 pension application for Gabriel T. Mathis, pre-Civil War complete file; War of 1812 Pension Applications; National Archives and Records Administration, Washington.
345 1860 U.S. census, Dale County, Alabama, population schedule, Newton, p. 678, dwelling 1205, family 1205, Gabriel R. Mathis household; digital images, Ancestry.com (ancestry.com : accessed 21 Feb 2011); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M653, roll M653_8.
346 1860 U.S. census, Dale County, Alabama, population schedule, Newton, p. 746, dwelling 1669, family 1669, Charles Mathews household; digital images, Ancestry.com (ancestry.com : accessed 21 Feb 2011); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M653, roll M653_8.
347 1870 U.S. census, Dale County, Alabama, population schedule, Beat No. 6, p. 203, dwelling 58, family 59, G. T. Mathews household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed 8 Feb 2011); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M593, roll M593_12.
348 Gabriel T. Mathis Accession No. MW-0658-283; "Land Patent Search," database and images, General Land Office Records (http://www.glorecords.blm.gov : accessed 12 Jul 2011).
349 Family History Department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Georgia Marriages, 1808-1967," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : accessed 20 Jan 2011), Elisha Mathis m. Nancy Mathis, 6 Feb 1810, Hancock County, Georgia.
350 "Obituary," Southern Recorder, 10 Jul 1838, p. 3, col. 3; digital images, Digital Library of Georgia (http://milledgeville.galileo.usg.edu/milledgeville/search : accessed 12 Jul 2011), Georgia Historic Newspapers: Milledgeville.
351 1840 U.S. census, Marion County, Georgia, District 955, p. 46, line 6, John Mathis household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed 24 Feb 2011); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M704, roll 56.
352 1850 U.S. census, Marion County, Georgia, population schedule, Buena Vista, p. 302, dwelling 1071, family 1071, Nancy Mathews household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed 24 Feb 2011); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M432, roll M432_77.
353 Daughters of the American Revolution, editor, Historical Collections of the Georgia Chapters, Daughters of the American Revolution Online images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com), p. 302.
354 Martha Lou Houston, Marriages of Hancock County, Georgia 1806 - 1850 (Edwards Brothers, Inc. (Ann Arbor, MI: 1947)), p. 47.
355 J. Kenneth Brantley, Hancock County, Georgia Inferior Court Minutes {For County Purposes} 1809-1833 (Powder Springs, Georgia: The Brantley Association of America, 2000), p. 52.
356 "Legal Notices," Georgia Journal, 27 Oct 1818, p. 3, col. 3; digital images, Georgia Historic Newspapers: Milledgeville (http://milledgeville.galileo.usg.edu/milledgeville/search : accessed 2 Feb 2011), Georgia Historic Newspapers.
357 J. Kenneth Brantley, Hancock County, Georgia Court of Ordinary 1817-1837 (Powder Springs, Georgia: The Brantley Association of America, 1999), p. 103.
358 "Legal Notice," Southern Recorder, 11 Apr 1829, p. 3, col. 5; digital images, Digital Library of Georgia (http://milledgeville.galileo.usg.edu/milledgeville/search : accessed 10 May 2011), Georgia Historic Newspapers: Milledgeville.
359 "Legal Notice," Georgia Journal, 11 Aug 1818, p. 4, col. 5; digital images, Digital Library of Georgia (http://milledgeville.galileo.usg.edu/milledgeville/search : accessed 10 May 2011), Georgia Historic Newspapers: Milledgeville.
360 Southern Recorder, 11 Apr 1829.
361 J. Kenneth Brantley, Washington County Georgia Estate Records 1822-1885 (Powder Springs, Georgia: The Brantley Association of America, 2007), p. 5.
362 Family History Department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Georgia Marriages, 1808-1967," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org), John Borland m. Mary Mathis, 1 Nov 1810, Hancock County.
363 1820 U.S. census, Hancock County, Georgia population schedule, p. 108, line 9, John Borland household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed 29 Mar 2011); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M33, roll M33_7.
364 1830 U.S. census, Hancock County, Georgia, p. 146, line 16, John Boreland household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed 23 Apr 2011); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M19, roll M19- 18.
365 "Find-a-Grave," Tolly Borland, Nov 1876, Clark Cemetery, Houston County, Alabama.
366 Family History Department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Georgia Marriages, 1808-1967," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org), Thomas M. Borland m. Caroline H. Stubbs.
367 Houston, Marriages of Hancock County, Georgia 1806 - 1850, p. 48.
368 Brantley, Hancock County, Georgia Court of Ordinary 1817-1837, p. 354.
369 Family History Department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Georgia Marriages, 1808-1967," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org), James M. Parmer m. Julia B. Mathis.
370 "Find-a-Grave," Dorothy B. Minter tombstone, Buena Vista City Cemetery, Marion County, Georgia.
371 Houston, Marriages of Hancock County, Georgia 1806 - 1850, p. 49.
372 1830 U.S. census, Putnam County, Goergia, John B. Mathises District, p. 206, line 22, John M. Minter household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed 24 Apr 2011); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M19, roll M19- 20.
373 1850 U.S. census, Marion County, Georgia, population schedule, District 76, p. 262, dwelling 496, family 496, John M. Minter household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed 7 Mar 2011); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M432, roll M432_77.
374 "Find-a-Grave," Elizabeth R. Hunter. 19 Sept 1845, Layson Cemetery, Putnam County, Georgia.
375 Family History Department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Georgia Marriages, 1808-1967," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org), Pleasant Bonner m. Elizabeth R. Mathis.
376 "Legal Notice," Georgia Journal, 30 Aug 1815, p. 3, col. 3; digital images, Digital Library of Georgia (http://milledgeville.galileo.usg.edu/milledgeville/search : accessed 9 May 2011), Georgia Historic Newspapers: Milledgeville.
377 1820 U.S. census, Hancock County, Georgia population schedule, p. 85, line 41, Pleasant Bonner household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed 25 Apr 2011); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M33, roll M33_7.
378 Family History Department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Georgia Marriages, 1808-1967," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org), Henry Hunter m. Elizabeth Bonner, 24 Mar 1829, Hancock County, Georgia.
379 1830 U.S. census, Putnam County, Goergia, Capr. John B. Mathises District, p. 207, line 8, Henry Hunter household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed 25 Apr 2011); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M19, roll M19- 20.
380 1840 U.S. census, Putnam County, Georgia, District 369, p. 203, line 1, Henry Hunter household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed 25 Apr 2011); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M704, roll 49.
381 Family History Department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Georgia Marriages, 1808-1967," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org), Chappell Cox m. Mary Mathis, 22 Dec 1819, Hancock County, Georgia.
382 1820 U.S. census, Putnam County, Georgia population schedule, Capt. John Tomlinsons District, p. 94, line 4, Chappel Cox household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed 25 Apr 2011); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M33, roll M33_9.
383 1830 U.S. census, Talbot County, Goergia, Young's Valley, p. 324, line 10, Chappel Cox household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed 25 Apr 2011); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M19, roll M19- 20.
384 David B. Gammon, Records of Estates Halifax County North Carolina, Volume II (1996), p. 58.
385 Halifax County, North Carolina, United States, "Halifax County Records. Lists of Taxables 1784-1834, Part 1 1784-1834," p. 35a, Call No. C.R. 047.701.1, Thomas Mathews; North Caroline State Archives, Raleigh.
386 Register, State Census of North Carolina 1784 - 1787, p. 67.
387 Gammon, Halifax County, North Carolina Tax Lists Volume IV 1788, 1790, 1800, 1802, p. 11.
388 1790 U.S. census, Halifax County, North Carolina, p. 479, col. 1, line 7, Thomas Matthews household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed 18 Jun 2011); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M637, roll M637_ 7.
389 Carol Wells, Genealogical Abstracts of Edgefield [SC] Equity Court Records (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 2002), pp. 65-66.
390 Carr Bible Records 1797-1904, family pages only; photocopy held by unknown current owner, n.d; Transcribed by Mrs. A.L. Loyd, Nov 1935, Covington, Georgia.
391 Hoffman, Genealogical Abstracts of Wills, 1758-1824 Halifax County, North Carolina, p. 97.
392 "Revolutionary War Pensions," database and images, Footnote.com - The place for original historical documents online (http://footnote.com : accessed 13 Jul 2011); George Fluker, North Carolina, File #S.10.678.
393 Halifax County, North Carolina, United States, "General Assembly Papers, Tax List, Halifax County 1782," p. 33, Call No. G.A. 46.1, Isaac Mathis; North Caroline State Archives, Raleigh.
394 Bradley, Abstracts of Deeds Halifax County, North Carolina 1758 - 1771, Vol. I, deed #267.
395 Halifax County, North Carolina, United States, "Halifax County Records. Lists of Taxables 1784-1834, Part 1 1784-1834," p. 16b, Call No. C.R. 047.701.1, Isaac Mathews; North Caroline State Archives, Raleigh.
396 Halifax County, North Carolina, "Halifax County Records. Lists of Taxables 1784-1834, Part 1 1784-1834," 35b, Call No. C.R. 047.701.1, Moses Mathews.
397 Register, State Census of North Carolina 1784 - 1787, p. 70.
398 Bradley, Abstracts of Deeds Halifax County, North Carolina 1771 - 1786, Vol. II, deed #1439.
399 Carol Wells, Edgefield County, South Carolina Deed Books 39 and 40 (Westminster, MD: Heritage Books, Inc, 2006), pp. 33-34.
400 Halifax County, North Carolina, Wills 1781-1824, Vol. 3: p. 30, Repps Matthews; FHL microfilm FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/show#uri=https%3A//api.familysearch.org/records/pal%3A/MM9.1.i/dgs%3A004755347.004755347_00058), item 56 of 763.
401 Halifax County, North Carolina, Wills 1759-1774, Vol. 1: p. 153, Thomas Davis; FHL microfilm FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/show#uri=https%3A//api.familysearch.org/records/pal%3A/MM9.1.i/dgs%3A004755346.004755346_00166), item 164 of 363.
402 Daughters of the American Revolution, Roster of Soldiers from North Carolina in the American Revolution (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2003), p. 147.
403 10th North Carolina Regiment (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10th_North_Carolina_Regiment : accessed 27 Apr 2011).
404 Pension Statement of Willoughby Blackard, with an Analysis (http://www.battleofcamden.org/blackard_pens.htm : accessed 27 Apr 2011).
405 Halifax County, North Carolina, Wills 1759-1774, Vol. 1: p. 225.
406 Halifax County, North Carolina, United States, "General Assembly Papers, Tax List, Halifax County 1782," p. 33, Call No. G.A. 46.1, Sarah Mathis; North Caroline State Archives, Raleigh.
407 Halifax County, North Carolina, United States, "Halifax County Records. Lists of Taxables 1784-1834, Part 1 1784-1834," p. 16b, Call No. C.R. 047.701.1, Sarah Mathews; North Caroline State Archives, Raleigh.
408 Halifax County, North Carolina, United States, "Halifax County Records. Lists of Taxables 1784-1834, Part 1 1784-1834," p. 35a, Call No. C.R. 047.701.1, Sarah Mathews; North Caroline State Archives, Raleigh.
409 Bradley, Abstracts of Deeds Halifax County, North Carolina 1758 - 1771, Vol. I , deed #1356.
410 Dr. Stephen E. Bradley, Jr., The Deeds of Northampton County, North Carolina 1759-1774 (Keysville, VA: self-published, 1990), deed #360.
411 Bradley, Abstracts of Deeds Halifax County, North Carolina 1771 - 1786, Vol. II, deed #587.
412 Patti Andrews, [(E-ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE),] to Greg Matthews, e-mail, 3 May 2011, "Mathews"; privately held by Matthews [(E-ADDRESS), & STREET ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE], Burlington, NC, 2009.
413 Andrews to Matthews, e-mail, 3 May 2011.
414 Wilkes County, Georgia, United States, "Wilkes County Tax Digest, 1787," p. 86, Robt Mathis; digital images, Georgia Archives, Georgia's Virtual Vault (http://cdm.sos.state.ga.us/cdm4/tax.php : accessed 8 Apr 2011).
415 Wilkes County, Georgia, United States, "Wilkes County Tax Digest, 1791," p. 198, Robert Matthews; digital images, Georgia Archives, Georgia's Virtual Vault (http://cdm.sos.state.ga.us/cdm4/tax.php : accessed 8 Apr 2011).
416 Bradley, Abstracts of Deeds Halifax County, North Carolina 1796 - 1802 Vol. IV, deed #147.
417 Bradley, Abstracts of Deeds Halifax County, North Carolina 1786 - 1796, Vol. III, deed #807.
418 Bradley, Abstracts of Deeds Halifax County, North Carolina 1786 - 1796, Vol. III, deed #1135.
419 Bradley, Abstracts of Deeds Halifax County, North Carolina 1796 - 1802 Vol. IV, deed #42.
420 Bradley, Abstracts of Deeds Halifax County, North Carolina 1796 - 1802 Vol. IV, deed #33.
421 Andrews to Matthews, e-mail, 3 May 2011.
422 Andrews to Matthews, e-mail, 3 May 2011.
423 Andrews to Matthews, e-mail, 3 May 2011.
424 Keith Giddeon, Wilkes County, Georgia Genealogy (http://giddeon.com/wilkes/books/early-records-of-ga-vol1/index.shtml : accessed 16 Jul 2011), Robert Matthews temp adm of Mary Matthews.
425 Giddeon, Solomon and Polly Matthews appointed adm's of Robert Matthews.
426 Giddeon, Timothy Matthews appt'd adm de bonis non of Mary Matthews.
427 Giddeon, Inventory of Robert Matthews shows slave named Toney.
428 Giddeon, Inventory of Mary Matthews.
429 Giddeon, Robert Matthews estate sale.
430 Giddeon, Moses Alexander appointed guardian of Anna Matthews.
431 Giddeon, Solomon Matthews and Moses Alexander petition to sell land.
432 Giddeon, Wylie Wright estate return.
433 Bradley, Abstracts of Deeds Halifax County, North Carolina 1786 - 1796, Vol. III, deed #1183.
434 Keith Giddeon, Wilkes County, Georgia Genealogy (http://giddeon.com/wilkes/books/early-records-of-ga-vol1/295-298.shtml : accessed 16 Jul 2011).
435 Graham, 1805 Georgia Land Lottery Persons Entitled to Draws, p. 354.
436 Silas Emmet Lucas, Jr., The Second or 1807 Land Lottery of Georgia (Easley, SC: Sothern Historical Press, Inc., 1986), p. 93.
437 Bill Frazier, "Deed... Souter (Sauter), John - Gregory, John R. 1816," Jones County > GaArchives (usgenweb), 22 Apr 2005 (http://files.usgwarchives.org/ga/jones/deeds/gregory408dd.txt : accessed 4 Apr 2011).
438 Halifax County, North Carolina, Wills 1781-1824, Vol. 3: p. 184, Arthur Davis; FHL microfilm amilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/show#uri=https%3A//api.familysearch.org/records/pal%3A/MM9.1.i/dgs%3A004755347.004755347_00213), item 211 of 763.
439 1820 U.S. census, Burke County, Georgia population schedule, p. 19, line 11, Josiah Mathews household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed 23 Jul 2009); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M33, roll M33_8.
440 1820 U.S. census, Burke County, Georgia population schedule, p. 7, line 29, Peter Matthews household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed 23 Jul 2009); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M33, roll M33_8.
441 Dr. Stephen E. Bradley, Jr, Halifax County North Carolina Court Minutes, Volume II 1796-1797 (Keysville, VA: self-published, 1994), p. 45.
442 Halifax County, North Carolina, United States, "Halifax County Records. Lists of Taxables 1784-1834, Part 1 1784-1834," p. 16b, Call No. C.R. 047.701.1, Saml Mathews; North Caroline State Archives, Raleigh.
443 Halifax County, North Carolina, United States, "General Assembly Papers, Tax List, Halifax County 1782," p. 23b, Call No. G.A. 46.1, Saml Mathis; North Caroline State Archives, Raleigh.
444 1790 U.S. census, Halifax County, North Carolina, p. 459, col. 2, line 20, Samuel Matthews household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed 18 Jun 2011); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M637, roll M637_ 7.
445 Gammon, Halifax County, North Carolina Tax Lists Volume IV 1788, 1790, 1800, 1802, p. 47.
446 Halifax County, North Carolina, Wills 1781-1824, Vol. 3: p. 459, Ann Mathews; FHL microfilm FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/show#uri=https%3A//api.familysearch.org/records/pal%3A/MM9.1.i/dgs%3A004755347.004755347_00495), item 493 of 763.
447 Bradley, Abstracts of Deeds Halifax County, North Carolina 1758 - 1771, Vol. I , deed #1399.
448 Carr Bible Records 1797-1904, family pages only, online transcription.
449 Wells, Genealogical Abstracts of Edgefield [SC] Equity Court Records, pp. 65-66.
450 Bradley, Abstracts of Deeds Halifax County, North Carolina 1771 - 1786, Vol. II, deed #744.
451 Halifax County, North Carolina, "General Assembly Papers, Tax List, Halifax County 1782," 33, Call No. G.A. 46.1, Thomas Pace.
452 Halifax County, North Carolina, Wills 1781-1824, Vol. 3: p. 246, Thomas Pace; FHL microfilm FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/show#uri=https%3A//api.familysearch.org/records/pal%3A/MM9.3.1/TH-1-19461-138868-56%3Fcc%3D1867501%26wc%3D10921757), item 279 of 763.
453 Wells, Genealogical Abstracts of Edgefield [SC] Equity Court Records, pp. 65-66.
454 Carr Bible Records 1797-1904, family pages only, online transcription.
455 1820 U.S. census, Warren County, Georgia population schedule, Capt. Harmon Hubber's District, p. 299, line 2, Benjn Carr houehold; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed 8 May 2011); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M33, roll M33_7.
456 1850 U.S. census, Newton County, Georgia, population schedule, Subdivision 65, p. 449, dwelling 347, family 347, Benjamin Carr household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed 8 May 2011); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M432, roll M432_79.
457 1850 U.S. census, Newton County, Georgia, population schedule, Subdivision 65, p. 449, dwelling 346, family 346, John P. Carr household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed 8 May 2011); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M432, roll M432_79.
458 Carr Bible Records 1797-1904, family pages only, online transcription.
459 Francis Terry Ingmire, Edgefield County South Carolina Old Wills 1787-1806 Vol. 1 (Signal Mountain, TN: Mountain Press, 1982), pp. 33-34.
460 Halifax County, North Carolina, United States, "General Assembly Papers, Tax List, Halifax County 1782," p. 33, Call No. G.A. 46.1, Susannah Mathis; North Caroline State Archives, Raleigh.
461 1810 U.S. census, Edgefield County, South Carolina, p. 123, line 38, Martha Mathews; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed 23 Jul 2011); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M252, roll 62.
462 Wells, Edgefield [SC] Equity Court Records, pp. 65-66.
463 "Find-a-Grave," Elizabeth Fluker, Gastonburg Cemetery, Wilcox County, Alabama.
464 "Revolutionary War Pensions," database and images, Footnote.com - The place for original historical documents online, George Fluker, North Carolina, File #S.10.678.
465 "Find-a-Grave," George Fluker, Gastonburg Cemetery, Wilcox County, Alabama.
466 Carol Wells, Edgefield County South Carolina Deed Books 19, 20, 21 and 22 (Westminster, MD: Heritage Books, 2005), p. 133.
467 Carol Wells, Edgefield County, South Carolina: Deed Books 30 and 31 (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1999), p. 170.
468 James E. & Vivian Wooley, Edgefield County, SC Wills 1787-1836 (Greenville, SC: Southern Historical Press, Inc., 1991), p. 216.
469 Edgefield County, South Carolina, Estate Records, Box 19, Package 684, Hardy Mathews; Edgefield County Archives, Microfilm #162247.
470 1800 U.S. census, Edgefield County, South Carolina, p. 176, line 17, Lewis Matthews household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed 28 Jul 2011); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M32, roll 47.
471 Mary Jane Rush Broadwater, David Rush and his Descendants and Stories of the Community (Bradley, SC: unknown publisher, 1953), p. 65.
472 1850 U.S. census, Crawford County, Georgia, population schedule, Division 20, p. 426, dwelling 666, family 666, Mike Mathews household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed 28 Jul 2011); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M432, roll M432_67.
473 Carol Wells, Edgefield County, South Carolina: Deed Books 27,28, and 29 (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), p. 33.
474 Wells, Edgefield County, South Carolina: Deed Books 27,28, and 29, p. 32.
475 Wells, Edgefield County, South Carolina: Deed Books 27,28, and 29, p. 33.
476 Wells, Edgefield County, South Carolina: Deed Books 27,28, and 29, p. 33.
477 1820 U.S. census, Jones County, Georgia population schedule, Capt Hansfords District, p. 145, line 28, Micajah Matthews household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed 1 Jul 2011); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M33, roll M33_7.
478 1830 U.S. census, Crawford County, Georgia, p. 400, line 11, Micajah Mathews household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed 28 Jul 2011); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M19, roll M19- 16.
479 1800 U.S. census, Edgefield County, South Carolina, p. 178, line 1, Daniel Matthews household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed 28 Jul 2011); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M32, roll 47.
480 1810 U.S. census, Edgefield County, South Carolina, p. 86, line 16, Dan'l Mathews; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed 23 Jul 2011); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M252, roll 62.
481 1850 U.S. census, Cass County, Georgia, population schedule, p. 170, dwelling 992, family 1004, Leroy B. Crumb household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed 18 Jun 2010); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M432, roll M432_63.
482 North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868 (www.ancestry.com).
483 "Mark L. Matthews Dies Here At Advanced Age," Seattle Daily Times, 26 Oct 1914, p. 5, col. 2; digital images, Genealogy Bank: Historical Newspapers (1690 - 2007) (http://www.genealogybank.com : accessed 15 Mar 2011).
484 Washington State Bureau of Vital Statistics, "Washington Death Certificates, 1907-1960," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : accessed 15 Mar 2011), Mark L. Matthews death certificate #2211.
485 Compiled military service record, p. 204, Riddick Matthews, #5841, Compiled US Army records, Record Group 94.
486 Robert E. Johnston, [(E-ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE),] to Greg Matthews, e-mail, 5 Mar 2012, "Robert Matthews and Robert Matthews"; privately held by Matthews [(E-ADDRESS), & STREET ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE], Burlington, NC, 2012.
487 Family History Department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Georgia Marriages, 1808-1967," database Collin W. Alexander m. Ann J. Matthews.
488 1850 U.S. census, Halifax County, North Carolina, pop. sch., p. 79, dwell. 1525, fam. 1525, Betsey Mathews household.
489 Compiled military service record, Enlistment of Isaac Matthews of Halifax County, NC 13 Nov 1814, Compiled US Army records, Record Group 94.
490 Bradley, The Deeds of Halifax County, North Carolina 1807 - 1811, deed #423.
491 1810 U.S. census, Halifax County, North Carolina, p. 112, line 7, Guilford Matthews household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed 28 Jul 2011); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M252, roll 38.
492 North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868 (www.ancestry.com).
493 Nash County, North Carolina, Wills 1776-1872, Vol. 1: p. 133, Francis Ward; FHL microfilm https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/show#uri=https%3A//api.familysearch.org/records/pal%3A/MM9.3.1/TH-1-19432-53488-59%3Fcc%3D1867501%26wc%3D10922371, item 153 of 652.
494 1850 U.S. census, Cass County, Georgia, population schedule, p. 213A, dwelling 1578, family 1590, Guilford Matthews household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 18 Jun 2010); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M432, roll M432_63.
495 1870 U.S. census, Gordon County, Georgia, population schedule, Calhoun, p. 298, dwelling 377, family 362, Gilford Matthews household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 14 Mar 2011); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M593, roll M653_124.
496 Family History Department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Georgia Marriages, 1808-1967," database Thomas Davis m. Temperance Mathews.
497 Brian Cone, "Thomas Davis & Temperance Mathews NC > Warren Co,Ga > Henry Co,GA," Genforum: Warren County, Georgia, internet message board, 7 Mar 2005 (http://genforum.genealogy.com/ga/warren/messages/264.html : accessed 5 May 2011).
498 1820 U.S. census, Warren County, Georgia population schedule, Capt. Robert Hill's District, p. 298, line 16, Thomas Davis household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed 5 May 2011); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M33, roll M33_7.
499 1850 U.S. census, Henry County, Georgia, population schedule, p. 193, dwelling 87, family 87, Thos. Davis household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed 5 May 2011); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M432, roll M432_73.
500 no author, Brunswick County, Virginia Court Orders 1732-1737 (T.L.C. Genealogy (Miami Beach, FL: 1992)).
501 Brunswick County, Virginia, Chancery Causes, 1784-004, Estate of Charles Mathews.
502 Dr. Stephen E. Bradley Jr., Brunswick County, Virginia Deed Books Vol. III 1755-1764 (Lawrenceville, VA: self-published, 1998), deed #156.
503 Matthews Bible Records, 1739-1831, family pages only; photocopy held by unknown current owner, n.d; Bible Records Online (http://www.biblerecords.com/index.html : accessed 30 Jul 2011), Transcription of a 1933 collection of bible records published as "Tennessee Records, Bible Records and Marriage Bonds".
504 Dr. Stephen E. Bradley Jr., Brunswick County, Virginia Will Books Vol. II Will Books 4 and 5 (in part) 1761-1780 (Lawrenceville, VA: self-published, 1997), will #140.
505 William Kennon Matthews, Luke Matthews of Brunswick County Virginia 1739-1788 and His Descendants (Kobe, Japan: H. Kodama, 1937?).
506 Matthews, Luke Matthews of Brunswick County Virginia 1739-1788 and His Descendants, p. 12.
507 Dr. Stephen E. Bradley Jr., Brunswick County, Virginia Deed Books Vol. IV 1765-1770 (Lawrenceville, VA: self-published, 1998), deed #653.
508 Bradley, Brunswick County, Virginia Deed Books Vol. IV 1765-1770, deed #208.
509 Dr. Stephen E. Bradley Jr., Brunswick County, Virginia Deed Books Vol. VI 1776-1787 (Lawrenceville, VA: self-published, 1999), deed #552.
510 Brunswick County, Virginia, Will Book No. 5, 1778-1795, pp. 593-594.
511 Brunswick County, Virginia, Chancery Causes, 1807-014, Matthis vs. Paup; Library of Virginia, Richmond.
512 Joyce Faison, [(E-ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE),] to Greg Matthews, e-mail, 3 Jun 2011, "Bishop"; privately held by Matthews [(E-ADDRESS), & STREET ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE], Burlington, NC, 2009.
513 Faison to Matthews, e-mail, 3 Jun 2011.
514 Virginia Marriages to 1800 (http://www.ancestry.com), James Mathews m. Elizabeth Hardie 10 Dec 1788.
515 1790 U.S. census, Edgefield District, South Carolina, p. 510, col. 3, line 32, Richd Hardy household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 2 Aug 2011); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M637, roll M637_ 11.
516 Harry Porter and Joyce Faison, Long Ago on Hickory Creek by Big Falling River (Atlanta, GA: self-published, 2011), p. 1.
517 Bradley, Brunswick County, Virginia Deed Books Vol. VI 1776-1787, deed #283.
518 Brunswick County, Virginia, Chancery Causes, 1816-065, Estate of John Matthews; Library of Virginia, Richmond.
519 Pope/Mathews Family Bible Records, family pages; Digital Images held by Greg Matthews, Burlington, NC, 2007.
520 Old Ninety Six District Chapter, South Carolina Genealogical Society, Greenwood County, South Carolina Cemetery Records, Volume I, p. 180.
521 Wells, Edgefield County, South Carolina: Deed Books 32 and 33, p. 114.
522 Edgefield County, South Carolina, Will Books, Book C: pp. 322-325, Drury Mathews; Edgefield County Archives, Edgefield.
523 Edgefield County, South Carolina, Will Books, Book D: pp. 296-298, Drury Mathews; Edgefield County Archives, Edgefield.
524 1800 U.S. census, Edgefield County, South Carolina, p. 174, line 10, Lewis Matthews household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed 5 Aug 2011); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M32, roll 47.
525 1820 U.S. census, Edgefield County, South Carolina population schedule, p. 110, line 31, Lewis Mathis household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed 5 Aug 2011); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M33, roll M33_118.
526 1830 U.S. census, Edgefield County, South Carolina, p. 217, line 5, Lewis Matthews household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed 5 Aug 2011); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M19, roll M19- 172.
527 Wells, Genealogical Abstracts of Edgefield [SC] Equity Court Records, p. 41.
528 Ingmire, Edgefield County South Carolina Old Wills 1787-1806 Vol. 1, p. 85.
529 Edgefield County, South Carolina, Will Books, Book C: pp. 359-360, Lewis Mathews; Edgefield County Archives, Edgefield.
530 Edgefield County, South Carolina, Will Books, Book C: pp. 359-360.
531 Old Ninety Six District Chapter, South Carolina Genealogical Society, Greenwood County, South Carolina Cemetery Records, Volume I, p. 186.
532 1800 U.S. census, Edgefield County, South Carolina, p. 175, line 4, Sugar Matthews household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed 5 Aug 2011); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M32, roll 47.
533 Edgefield County, South Carolina, Loose Estate Papers, Box 42, Pkg 1706, estate of William Mathews; Edgefield County Archives, Edgefield.
534 transcribed by Donald Edwin Gross, Jr, The Carter Family Ledger of John Benjamin Carter (1799-1856) (unpublished, transcribed Sept 25, 2000 - Dec 17, 2000), copy in possession of Greg Matthews.
535 John Vogt, Brunswick County Marriages, 1750-1853 (Athens, GA: Iberian Publishing Company, 1988), p. 229.
536 Sugar Jones Mathews estate (Edgefield County Loose Papers in County Archives, Edgefield, South Carolina), from collected loose estate files housed separately at Edgefield Clerk of Court office.
537 Jesse Macon Lawrence Jr., Copeland, Harris, Lawrence, Neville, Pittman, Turner, Wheeler Family Tree (http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jmljr&id=I76465 : accessed 13 Jan 2011).
538 1800 U.S. census, Edgefield County, South Carolina, p. 174, line 17, Mark Matthews household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed 5 Aug 2011); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M32, roll 47.
539 Mark Mathews estate (South Carolina Archives, Microfilm #ED-13, Columbia , SC, original in Edgefield County Probate in County Archives, Edgefield, South Carolina, Box 19, Package 670).
540 Simeon Mathews estate (South Carolina Archives, Microfilm #ED-41, Columbia , SC, original in Edgefield County Probate in County Archives, Edgefield, South Carolina, Box 70, Package 2823).
541 Family Bible Records (Old Ninety Six District Chapter, South Carolina Genealogical Society).
542 unknown author, Drury "Bud" Boykin Cade (1742-1798) (http://www.geni.com/people/Drury-Bud-Cade/3884517 : accessed 7 Aug 2011).
543 South Carolina Archives & History, Record Details [Budeade Mathews] (http://www.archivesindex.sc.gov/onlinearchives/RecordDetail.aspx?RecordId=245360 : accessed 27 Jul 2009).
544 Mary G. Bryan, Passports Issued by Governors of Georgia, 1810 to 1820 (Arlington, VA: National Genealogical Society, 1964), p. 71.
545 The National Archives of the Bahamas, Land Grant Index: Book L1 1812-1850 (http://www.bahamasnationalarchives.bs/Genealogy/LandGrants/Famhis_Landgrant_bookL1.htm : accessed 2 Jan 2009).
546 Brunswick County, Virginia, Chancery Causes, 1807-014, Matthis vs. Paup.
547 1800 U.S. census, Caswell County, North Carolina, p. 125, line 19, Vines Matthews household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed 7 Aug 2011); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M32, roll 31.
548 Katherine Kerr Kendall, Caswell County, North Carolina Marriage Bonds 1778-1868 (Baltimore, MD: Clearfield Company, 1990), p. 68.
549 Augusta B. Fothergill, Marriage Records of Brunswick County, VA 1730-1852 (Genealogical Publishing Company, 1976), p. 77.
550 Katherine Kerr Kendall, Caswell County, North Carolina Will Books, 1777-1814; 1784 Tax List; and Guardians' Accounts, 1794-1819 (Published With) Caswell County, North Carolina Will Books, 1814-1843 (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2003), p. 105.
551 Harry Porter, [(E-ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE),] to Greg Matthews, e-mail, 24 May 2011, "Re: Falling Jones Mathews in Dinwiddie Co"; privately held by Matthews [(E-ADDRESS), & STREET ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE], Burlington, NC, 2009; citing Brunswick County, Virginia personal property tax lists.
552 Brunswick County, Virginia Deed Book 18 1800-1803, pp. 192-193.
553 Brunswick County, Virginia Bond Book 1789, p. 310.
554 Kendall, Caswell County, North Carolina Will Books, 1777-1814; 1784 Tax List; and Guardians' Accounts, 1794-1819 (Published With) Caswell County, North Carolina Will Books, 1814-1843, p. 68.
555 1830 U.S. census, Randolph County, Missouri, p. 321, line 3, Charles Mathis household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed 7 Aug 2011); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M19, roll M19- 73.
556 Brunswick County, Virginia, Chancery Causes, 1859-029, Estate of Christopher Dammeron; Library of Virginia, Richmond.
557 Porter to Matthews, email 24 May 2011.
558 Porter to Matthews, email 24 May 2011; citing Campbell County, Virginia personal property tax lists.
559 Emma R. Matheny and Helen K. Yates, Marriages of Lunenburg County, Virginia 1746-1853 (Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1979), p. 81.
560 Fothergill, Marriage Records of Brunswick County, VA 1730-1852, p. 77.
561 Wells, Edgefield Deed Books 19, 20, 21 and 22, p. 134.
562 1790 U.S. census, Edgefield District, South Carolina, p. 510, Richd Hardy household.
563 Abstracts of Wills, Edgefield County, South Carolina (Albany, GA: Delwyn Assoc., 1973), p. 111.
564 Joseph G. Rutherford Bible Records, 1808 - 1936, family pages only; transcribed by Leycester Durward Matthews, 1970; current ownership unknown, copy in possession of Greg Matthews provided by Wayne Matthews. Note: bible also contains various diary entries and births and deaths of slaves.
565 Brunswick County, Virginia, Chancery Causes, 1809-024, Estate of John Mathews; Library of Virginia, Richmond.
566 Vogt, Brunswick County Marriages, 1750-1853, p. 88.
567 Harry Porter, Jr. and Joyce Faison, Growing up in Red Oak (Atlanta, GA: self-published, 2010), p. 11.
568 Porter to Matthews, email 24 May 2011; citing Campbell County, Virginia personal property tax lists.
569 Porter and Faison, Growing up in Red Oak, p. 13.
570 Catherine L. Knorr, Marriage Bonds and Ministers' Returns of Brunswick County, Virginia 1750-1810 (Pine Bluff, AR: The Purdue Co., 1953), p. 62.
571 Porter and Faison, Growing up in Red Oak, p. 69.
572 Vogt, Brunswick County Marriages, 1750-1853, p. 88.
573 Porter and Faison, Growing up in Red Oak, pp. 69-70.
574 Porter and Faison, Growing up in Red Oak, pp. 87-88.
575 Porter and Faison, Growing up in Red Oak, pp. 89-90.
576 Porter and Faison, Growing up in Red Oak, p. 115.
577 Porter and Faison, Growing up in Red Oak, pp. 139-140.
578 Torrence, Virginia Wills and Administrations 1632-1800, p. 286.
579 T.L.C. Genealogy, Lunenburg County, Virginia Deeds, 1787-1790, p. 46.
580 Bradley, Brunswick County, Virginia Will Books Vol. II Will Books 4 and 5 (in part) 1761-1780, will #140. Also see Lunenburg Chancery Cause 1807-006, et al.
581 T.L.C. Genealogy, Lunenburg County, Virginia Deed Books 7 & 8 (1761-1764), p. 50.
582 T.L.C. Genealogy, Lunenburg County, Virginia Deed Books 7 & 8 (1761-1764), p. 51.
583 Lunenburg County, Virginia, Chancery Causes, 1811-008, Estate of William Matthews; Library of Virginia, Richmond.
584 Lunenburg County, Virginia Personal Property Tax List, 1784.
585 Marsha Frank, [(E-ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE),] to Greg Matthews, e-mail, 5 Feb 2008, "Re: Matthews Genealogy"; privately held by Matthews [(E-ADDRESS), & STREET ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE], Burlington, NC, 2004.
586 Virginia Marriages to 1800 (http://www.ancestry.com), James Mathews m. Elizabeth Hardie 10 Dec 1788.
587 Frank to Matthews, email 5 Feb 2008.
588 Lunenburg County, Virginia, Court Order Book 20, 1806-1811, p. 227; Library of Virginia, Richmond; Lunenburg County Reel #32.
589 1810 U.S. census, Lunenburg County, Virginia, p. 352, line 1, Robert Matthews household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed 8 Aug 2011); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M252, roll 69.
590 Fothergill, Marriage Records of Brunswick County, VA 1730-1852, p. 77.
591 1810 U.S. census, Lunenburg County, Virginia, p. 353, line 5, Drury Matthewes household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed 8 Aug 2011); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M252, roll 69.
592 Montgomery Co. Historical Society, Montgomery County, TN (N.p.: Turner Publishing Company, 2000), p. 247.
593 Matheny and Yates, Marriages of Lunenburg County, Virginia 1746-1853, p. 80.
594 1850 U.S. census, Davidson County, Tennessee, population schedule, Civil District No. 19, p. 265, dwelling 1317, family 1321, Jeremh Matthews household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed 8 Aug 2011); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M432, roll M432_875.
595 Lunenburg County, Virginia, Chancery Causes, 1822-026, Estate of Thomas Taylor; Library of Virginia, Richmond.
596 1850 U.S. census, Lunenburg County, Virginia, population schedule, p. 24, dwelling 348, family 348, Wm Matthews household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed 8 Aug 2011); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M432, roll M432_958.
597 Walter A. Russell, Descendants of Matthew Russell and Related Families of Jackson County, Alabama (Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse, 2009), p. 384.
598 1830 U.S. census, Lunenburg County, Virginia, p. 19, line 4, Lewis Matthews household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed 8 Aug 2011); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M19, roll M19- 195.
599 Joyce Faison, [(E-ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE),] to Greg Matthews, e-mail, 6 Jun 2011, "Lewis Matthews"; privately held by Matthews [(E-ADDRESS), & STREET ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE], Burlington, NC, 2009.