Richard Hardy of Isle of Wight VA and John Mathews in 1800 Saluda, Edgefield, SC

Daughter of Richard Hardy, Susannah Hardy, married John Matthews -from descendants out of Edgefield (Saluda District)

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John Matthews who married Susannah Hardy 1780 -how was he related to Isaac Matthews 1736? who died 25 Mar 1791 in Edgefield, SC. Why does Isaac name a child Hardy? Is that in honor of the family of Richard Hardy 1755 who married Mary "Mollie" Mathews (father was Charles Mathews of Brunswick Co VA)? Greg Mathews has tied both these Mathews/Mathis men to the family of ancestor James Mathews by way of (land grants) Brunswick County VA and Halifax NC, but not yet knowing John's place in it all. There was a John Mathew/Mathis who fought in the revolution and lived nearer Richard Hardy's brother in New Richmond near the Savannah River. I believe I saw him in the 1790 census, but then I see the name written beside Richard Hardy's name in 1800 up in Saluda District. Is it the same man?

Isaac married 12 Oct 1784 Abbeville :
Anne Quarles Calhoun
County: Abbeville
Source: Marriages, Ninety-Six and Abbeville District
Father: William Calhoun
Mother: Agnes Long
Birth Date: 18 May 1755
State: SC or Augusta VA
Died 19 Dec 1830 Abbeville District
Buried -Old Calhoun Cemetery, Calhoun Settlement, Abbeville, South Carolina
SOURCE: Larry Hall Genealogy;
"Anne May Calhoun was taken captive by Indians in the Long Cane massacre 1 Feb 1760. She was held for fourteen years."

Posted in genealogy forum by: S W Edmondson
In 1980, a descendant of Lewis Matthews, Wayne Matthews lived on the land Lewis received in Edgefield County from his mother Susannah Hardy Matthews. Wayne’s son, Wayne Matthews, lived in Iowa City, Iowa, in 1980 and wrote to Ruth Harris of Columbia, MS. He had a copy of the will of Lewis and Susannah Matthews and gave this lineage:
William Hardy Matthews, b. Aug. 8, 1844, and died March 24, 1924.
Lewis Matthews, b. in 1810, married Susan Inabnet ??
John Matthews, b. in 1780 and died about 1810, married Susannah Hardy who was born in 1780 and died in 1839.
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A genealogy provided by Shelby Jean Mathews Richardson Horton about 1980 to Ruth Harris of Columbia, MS, stated:

Isaac and Anna (Susannah) Mathews resided near Little Saluda River, Edgefield, SC. Isaac served as a soldier in the American Revolution and died March 25, 1791. Their children:
1.       Moses Mathews
2.       Lewis Mathews m. Nancy Allen
3.       Hardy Mathews
4.       Micajah Mathews
5.       Daniel Mathews
6.       Cebel Mathews
7.       Elizabeth Mathews

Lewis Matthews and Nancy Allen Matthews were married in 1791-92. He died in 1809. His widow married Bailey Crouch in 1812. They lived in Edgefield District, SC. Lewis and Nancy had:

1.       Elizabeth Mathews
2.       Sugar Jones Mathews
3.       Cebel Mathews
4.       Mary Quarles Mathews
5.       Josiah Allen Mathews m. Lucy Martin
6.       Drury Mathews who moved to DeSoto Parish, Louisiana.
7.       Milberry Matthews (daughter).

Josiah Allen Matthews and Lucy Martin were married June 12, 1821. He was born June 12, 1803, in Edgefield District, SC. She was born Feb. 8, 1805, in Edgefield District, SC. These dates are from a family Bible handed down from youngest son to youngest son. Josiah and Lucy had:

1.       Joshua Lewis Matthews, b. Aug. 8, 1822.
2.       David Matthews, b. Aug. 29, 1826.
3.       Martin Matthews, b. Feb. 25, 1828.
4.       Nancy Ann Celia Matthews, b. Aug. 23, 1830.
5.       Elizabeth Matthews, b. Dec. 16, 1831.
6.       Son, unnamed, b. Nov. 22, 1832.
7.       Lucy Matthews, b. Jan. 16, 1834.
8.       Josiah Matthews, b. Feb. 16, 1835.
9.       Emaline Elender Matthews, b. Feb. 29, 1836.
10.        Francis Posey Matthews, b. Aug. 14, 1837.
11.        Mary Matthews, b. April 14, 1839.
12.        Axeth Matthews, b. June 22, 1840.
13.        Elizah Matthews, b. Dec. 13, 1841 (son).
14.       Marion Matthews, b. Feb. 19, 1843 (son)
15.        Amanda Matthews, b. May 15, 1844.
16.        John Matthews, b. Sept. 4, 1846.

Posted by: S W Edmondson (ID *****7655)	Date: May 20, 2010 at 11:19:33
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I am posting the entire text of an important equity court document which defines family relationships for the descendants of Isaac Matthews, Jr., of Edgefield, S.C.

Moses and Martha Matthews, Edgefield District, SC.
South Carolina. In Equity, Ninety Six District.
To the Honorable Henry William Dessaussure, Thomas Waites, Theodore Gaillard, Waddy Thompson and William James, Judges of the Court of Equity of the said State.

Humbly complaining show unto your Honors your Orater, Daniel Matthews and your Oratrix, Martha Matthews, widow of Moses Matthews, deceased, in behalf of herself and her children under age, viz: Enoch Matthews, Mary Matthews, Budcade Matthews, William Matthews, Eleanor Matthews, and also in behalf of Jacob Hardy and Anna, his wife, late Anna Matthews, Jacob Pope, and Elizabeth, his wife, late Elizabeth Matthews, and Daniel Cureinton and Cabell, his wife, late Cabell Matthews, children and heirs of herself and the said Moses Matthews, deceased, all except the said Daniel Cureinton of the District and State aforesaid: that on or about the 25th day of March in the year of our Lord, One Thousand seven hundred and ninety one Isaac Matthews of the said District and State departed this life leaving a widow, Anna Matthews, since deceased, and sons, Moses Matthews, Lewis Matthews, Hardy Matthews, Micajah Matthews, and your orator Daniel Matthews, and daughters, Cabell Matthews, who intermarried with Thomas Pace, now deceased, and since with Benjamin Carr, resident of the State of Georgia, and Elizabeth Matthews, who intermarried with George Fluker, resident in the District and State aforesaid, leaving also a personal estate and a real estate, the latter consisting of one tract of land alone, containing according to the original grant made to William Whitaker on the 4th of October, one thousand seven hundred and sixty eight, two hundred and fifty acres situate on both sides of Little Saluda River near its junction with Big Saluda River; bounded at the time of the survey to east by lands of William West, and on all other sides by vacant land, but containing five hundred and fifty acres according to a resurvey made by John Blocker, the younger, esq., which said tract of land was conveyed by the original grantor to John Chestnut, Esquire, of Camden, and purchased of him jointly by the deceased, Isaac Matthews and his son, Moses Matthews, now deceased (the eldest son of the said Isaac and the late husband of your oratrix, Martha Matthews) for the sum of one hundred pounds sterling, equal proportions of which the said Isaac and Moses actually paid to him the said John Chestnut, although the titles to said land were made to the said Isaac Matthews alone and under the express agreement and understanding that one-half of the said land was to enure to the use, benefit and behoof of the said Moses as his absolute property and estate in fee simple. Your orator and oratrix further beg leave to show unto your Honors that it was the express, distinct and well under-stood dying wish and desire of him the said Isaac Matthews that his half or undivided moiety of the said land should on his death vest in and become the absolute and unqualified right and property of him the said Daniel Matthews, your orator, and that after the death of the said Isaac, the brothers of your orator, to wit: Moses Matthews, Lewis Matthews, Hardy Matthews, and Micajah Matthews, being anxious to show that the estate of their father had been settled up and divided in the spirit of peace and brotherhood, and being under the solemn impression, knowledge and understanding that their father’s half of the land should be the clear and undisputed right and property of your orator, did enter into, execute and deliver to your orator the following agreement in writing under their hands and seals the original of which is now ready to be produced, that is to say South Carolina, Edgefield County… this is to certify that we five brothers, Moses Matthews, Lewis Matthews, Hardy Matthews, Micajah Matthtews and Daniel Matthews do hereby bind ourselves in this bond of five hundred pounds sterling to stand to this sale that we are consenting to this 31st day of December, 1798. The property that was sold was part of the estate of our father, Isaac Matthews, deceased. The property is thus—one negro man, named Anthony, and another negro named Peter, a set of blacksmith’s tools, and one wagon set up, and we legatees have had a young negro a piece as we come of age and agreed before witnesses that we were satisfied to take them at one price and be even and satisfied; again we four brothers, Moses Matthews, Lewis Matthews, Hardy Matthews and Micajah Matthews do hereby agree and bind ourselves in the above bond to give and make rights and titles to our parts of the land to our brother, Daniel Matthews, and hereto set our hands and seals”, and subscribed by two witnesses, and signed and sealed by the parties, etc. That according to the above agreement and the understanding of all parties, your orator did take possession and has hitherto together with your oratrix (before and since the death of her husband Moses Matthews) kept the clear and undisputed possession of the tract of land above described although the said tract of land has never been partitioned or divided; that the said Thomas Pace who intermarried with Cabell Matthews, daughter of the said Isaac, deceased, and George Fluker, who intermarried with the said Elizabeth Matthews, the other daughter of the said deceased, are perfectly satisfied with such parts of the estate of the deceased as they have received, appears by receipts and acquittances given to them, copies of which are herewith filed, marked A and B, which yur orator and oratrix prays may be received as parts of their bill and referred to when necessary.
That since the death of the said Isaac Matthews and also since the execution and delivery of the aforesaid agreement or instrument of writing and before any titles to the said lands have been made either to your orator or to the said Moses in his life time.or to his heirs and legal representatives since his death. He, the said Moses, has deceased, leaving your oratrix, his widow, with the children aforesaid, three of whom have intermarried with William Hardy, Jacob Pope and Daniel Cureinton as aforesaid and the said Lewis Matthews has also deceased, leaving a widow, Nancy Matthews, since intermarried with a certain Bailey Crouch, but having by him the said Lewis Matthews the following named children, to-wit: Elizabeth, who intermarried with Thomas Waites, by whom she had one child, Nancy, and died leaving now living a minor under the protection of its father, the said Thomas Waites; also, Sugar Jones Matthews, Cabell Matthews, Mary Quarles Matthews, Moses Matthews, Josiah Allen Matthews, Drury Matthews, Milbury Matthews, all of which said children are now under age except the first which renders it indispensable to the perfecting a good title to said land in your orator and your oratrix and her children whom she represents, to seek the aid and interference of this honorable Court to partition and divide the said land and to compel the parties interested to make good titles to the said land as in equity they are bound to do.
BUT NOW SO IT IS may please your honors that the said Hardy Matthews, Micajah Matthews, Nancy Matthews, in behalf of herself and her said children, George Fluker, and Elizabeth, his wife, and Benjamin Carr and Cabell, his wife, combining and confederating with diverse other persons at present unknown to your orator and oratrix, whose names when discovered they pray may be made parties hereto with apt words to charge them endeavoring to wrong and injure orator and oratrix in the premises that refused to make to your orator and oratrix a good title to the said tract of land in conformity with their agreement aforesaid, although they, (your orator and oratrix) have been in the peaceable and undisturbed possession of said land ever since said agreement.
IN TENDER CONSIDERATION WHEREOF and for as much as your orator and oratrix are remediless in the premises by the strict rules of the common law and cannot compel a partition and specific performance of said agreement but by the aid and assistance of this honorable court where matters of this nature are properly cognizable and relievable.
TO THE END THEREFORE, that the said Hardy Matthews, Micajah Matthews, Nancy Matthews, the widow of Lewis, in behalf of herself and her said children, George Fluker and Elizabeth , his wife, and Benjamin Carr and Cabell, his wife, And their confederates when discovered may upon their corporal oaths true direct and perfect answers make to all and singular the matters aforesaid, and that as fully and particularly as if the same were herein again repeated and interrogated, and more particularly that they may set forth and discover whether the said Isaac Matthews did not die intestate leaving the children aforesaid and possessed of the tract of land before particularly described; whether it was not conveyed from the grantee to John Chestnut and whether the said Isaac and his eldest son, Moses, did not before either of their deaths jointly purchase said tract of land; whether they did not pay for it; each of them in equal proportions, and whether it was not the express and distinct understanding and agreement of the said Isaac and Moses that he, the said Moses, should actually own, possess and enjoy one-half of the said land in his own right and whether he, the said Moses, did not thereupon take possession of a part of the said land and whether himself in his life time and his widow since his death have not constantly been in possession of the same although the titles and deeds were executed and delivered to the said Isaac Matthews alone, and whether it was not the express agreement and understanding that titles should be made to the said Moses by the said Isaac of one-half of the land at some convenient time thereafter upon a division or partition of this land. Thaat the said defendants may further particularly disclose and set forth whether it was not the distinct, frequently expressed and well known dying wish of him, the said Isaac Matthews, that your orator, Daniel Matthews, should not, after the death of the said Isaac, own, possess, and enjoy his half of the said land, and whether the said Moses, Lewis, Hardy, and Micajah did not make and execute the deed before set forth binding themselves to make good titles of their parts of the said land to your orator, Daniel Matthews, under a solemn understanding of their said father’s will and desire; whether your orator, Daniel Matthews, did not in conformity thereto take possession of said land and whether he has not ever since said agreement kept the constant and uninterrupted possession of the said land. That they or either of them may further declare whether the said Moses and Lewis Matthews have not both died leaving the childrern and heirs before set forth without ever having made titles to your orator of the said land in pursuance of their agreement, and whether the said land has ever been partitioned or divided. That they or either of them may declare further whether Thomas Pace who intermarried with Cabell Matthews, did not give the receipt and acquittance, a copy of which is herewith filed, marked A, and whether this was not done with the knowledge and by the consent of the said Cabell Pace, his wife, and whether she was not and is not now fully satisfied with such part of the estate of her deceased father as has come into the hands of herself and her former husband. That the said George Fluker, and Elizabeth, his wife, may declare whether the said George did not give the receipt and acquittance, a copy of which is herewith filed, marked B, and whether himself and his wife are not fully satisfied and content; that good and sufficient titles should be made to the land as is hereinbefore claimed after partition of the same, and that every and all parties aforesaid may declare whether they are not satisfied and willing that titles should be ordered and decreed by this honorable Court in the manner claimed and set forth by your orator and oratrix. May it therefore please your honor to grant to your orator and oratrix writ of subpoena to be directed to the said Hardy Matthews, Micajah Matthews, Nancy Matthews, in behalf of self and her children aforesaid, and the said Thomas Waites in behalf of himself an dhis child, Nancy, George Fluker and Elizabeth, his wife, Benjamin Carr, and Cabell, his wife, commanding and inquiring them under a certain penalty to be therein named personally to be and appear before your honors in this honorable Court on the third day of October next ensuing and then and there particular answers make to all singular the matters and things herein contained; and that the said lands hereinbefore particularly mentioned and described may be ordered to be partitioned and divided by writ or partition to be issued from this honorable Court and that all and every the parties interested aforesaid including your oratrix, Martha Matthews, in behalf of her minor children, Enoch, Mary, Budcade, William, and Eleanor whom she represents by the order of this Court, and the said William Hardy and Anna, his wife, Jacob Pope, and Elizabeth, his wife, and Daniel Cureinton, and Cabell, his wife, whom she represents by special power of attorney may be ordered and directed to make to your orator, Daniel Matthews, good and sufficient titles to one-half of said tract of land in such way and under such circumstances as this honorable Court may deem equitable and expedient in pursuance of the agreement before set forth. And that all and every the parties defendants herein including the said Daniel Matthews, your orator, may be ordered and decreed after said partition and division to make your oratrix, Martha Matthews, in behalf of herself and the aforesaid minor children, as the said William, Jacob, and Daniel and their respective wives aforesaid, or such person, or persons, for their use, benefit and behoof as the honorable Court may deem meet, good and sufficient title deeds to the other half or moiety of the said lands in such way and manner and under such circumstances as this honorable Court may deem just and expedient, and further to abide the orders and decrees of this Honorable Court in their behalf and also to grant such other and further relief in the premises as to equity and good conscience may appertain and to your honors may seem meet.
South Carolina
Edgefield District

Personally appeared before me the said Daniel Matthews and the said Martha Matthews in her capacity aforesaid who upon their oaths declare that the matters and things contained in aforesaid bill are true so far as stated to be within their knowledge and they believe to be true what relates to the knowledge of others. Sworn to before me 9th of September, 1814.

(Signed) Martha Matthews
Daniel Matthews

Eldred Simkins, J.Q.W.
Judgment Roll 95 in Office of Clerk of Court, Edgefield, S.C. Filed 13th September, 1814.

(A true typed copy was provided to Stephen W. Edmondson by the Probate Court, certified 7/25/78 by J. Milton Quarles, Judge of Probate, E.C.S.C. )
This copy is in possession of Dr. Edmondson, May 20, 2010.
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Greg Mathews says:
OK, I was just going thorugh my records so I could put together an email once I heard form you.

First, you had something on that page about Mathews "researchers" figuring out that Richard Hardy's wife Molly was the daughter of Charles Mathews of Brunswick County, VA. The "researchers" in question is me. I had been giving Carol info as I came across it this past summer.

What I was going to tell you about was the bit about the other Richard Hardy Jr's (son of John and Ann) "second wife" Elizabeth Mathews that you have near the top of the page http://richard-hardy.blogspot.com/.

OK, the Elizabeth Mathews that you found in the 1850 Edgefield census and say was a wife of Richard Hardy was not a Mathews, I believe she was a Hardy! The 60 year-old Elizabeth Mathews who is living with 18 year-old James Hardy was the widow of James Mathews who had just died prior to the census 10 May 1849. I have a copy of their bible record so there is no doubt that she was his wife and not a wife of Richard Hardy.

The fact that there is a James Hardy living with her in 1850 (my guess is that he is a grandson) and that there were several Hardy's named in the bible record of James and Elizabeth lead me to think that she may have been a Hardy. Either that or she and James had a daughter who married a Hardy.

I believe that James Mathews was a brother of Drury, Lewis and Sugar Jones Mathews who were all sons of William and Mary Mathews. This whole clan lived around the Cambridge area of Edgefield right on Half Way Swamp. At the moment I do not have any documentary evidence that these Mathews relate to me, however, I do believe that it is so. My Mathews family which settled on the Saluda were from the same part of southern VA as all of these Hardy's were. Richard and Molly Hardy were living beside my 4G grandfather's brother so they all knew each other.

Anyway, here is the bible transcription, I am sure you would like to see it (I'm just going to list names and dates):BIBLE
James Mathews and Elizabeth his wife m. Nov 2, 1809 (she was born 1790)

Olif Mathews born Oct 5, 1810;--- son of James Mathews and Elizabeth (born 1790)

Elizabeth Mathews b. Feb 6, 1813 ;---- in 1850 census;--- dau of James Mathews and Elizabeth

Lewwelling [sic] G[oode] Mathews b. Aug 31, 1815 ;--- son of James Mathews and Elizabeth;---- Drury, Lewis and Sugar Jones Mathews were all tight with the Goode family

John M[ac] Mathews b. Apr 4, 1819 ;--- son of James Mathews and Elizabeth

James Mathews b. Oct 5, 1822 ;--- son of James Mathews and Elizabeth

William F. Mathews b. Dec 16, 1826;--- son of James Mathews and Elizabeth- possibly named for a son of Drury Mathews who had died right about this time

Margaret M. White b. Sept 28, 1846 ;--- wife of John Mathews

John Mac Mathews and Margaret M. White m. Sept 15, 1867

Jimmie Mc [sic] Mathews b. Jun 27, 1869 ;--- son of John Mathews

Franklin Goode Mathews b. Aug 9, 1875 ;--- son of John Mathews

John M. Mathews died Jul 21, 1881 ;--- father of Franklin Goode Mathews

W. F. Mathews d. Jun 16, 1883 ;--- son of James Mathews

Elizabeth Mathews d. May 26, 1884 ;--- daughter of James Mathews

L. G. Mathews d. Oct 8, 1887 ;--- son of James Mathews

Mrs. M. M. Aiton d. Oct 1, 18__ ;--- Margaret M. White who had remarried after the death of John Mathews

*****Sarah Elizabeth Hardy b. Jan 21, 1830 ;--- daughter of Richard Hardy Jr?

*****James Hardy b. Oct 1, 1831 ;--- son of Richard Hardy Jr?- only child to survive to adulthood

*****Olif Hardy d. Nov 2, 1831
The given name "Olif" comes from the Mathews family in Va

*****Sarah Elizabeth Hardy d. Aug 31, 1832

James Mathews Sr. d. May 10, 1849 husband of Elizabeth born 1790

Betsy Mathews d. Apr 7, 1857 ;---- wife of James Mathews - the couple who own the Bible who married 1809

James Mathews Jr. d. Oct 11, 1864 ;--- son of James Mathews and Elizabeth

according to Greg Mathews dialzero@bellsouth.net: Below is the James Mathews brother to Sugar Jones Mathews, Drury...

1810 census with James Mathews and brothers on same page.

This James Mathews b ca 1766 was a brother of Drury Cook Mathews b. 19 OCT 1760 died 22 DEC 1830 buried in Mathews-King Cem, Hwy 246 Cambridge, SC, Lewis Mathews and Sugar Jones Mathews who were all sons of William and Mary Mathews:
In 1810 James Mathews is between 26 and 44 (he is probably born 1766). His wife is under 26.(born after 1785 ) They one girl under 10 at home. I believe this is Elizabeth unknown born 1791 with their first child Olif b Oct 1810 per the Bible
The 60 year-old Elizabeth Mathews in 1850 who is living with 18 year-old James Hardy was the widow of James Mathews who had just died, prior to the 1850 census, 10 May 1849. Copy of their bible record leaves no doubt that she was James' wife and not a wife of Richard Hardy. The fact that there is a James Hardy living with her in 1850 and that there were several Hardy's named in the Bible record of James and Elizabeth lead me to think that she may have been a Hardy. Either that or she and James had a daughter who married Richard Hardy Jr.- son of John Hardy and Ann Williams. Richard Hardy Jr was married 3 times- 2 times to an Elizabeth and lastly to a Mary, whreupon he died intestate.

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GREG SAYS: There is no indication that the younger Elizabeth married a Hardy so maybe the named Hardy children were illigitimate. That doesn't make sense because there were 3 named Hardy children and I find it unlikely that she would have been quite that brazen as to have 3 illigitimate children by the same man over the course of several years (although apparently my maternal grandfather's grandmother was just that brazen....). The only thing I can think of is that maybe the elder Elizabeth was previously married before James, had a daughter (who later married a Hardy) and then her husband died and she married James. The 1810 census does show 2 young ladies in the household of James, yet we only get the name of one daughter from the family bible so this scenario is possible.

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GREG SAYS: One final thing I wanted to point out involves the children of who you call Saluda Richard Hardy (husband of Molly). You have two sons listed for him. I didn't see daughter Susanna listed, but I'm sure you are aware of her. What you might not know is that he likely had another older daughter named Elizabeth (born Feb 11, 1771 in either Brunswick or Lunenburg County, VA) who married James Mathews in Brunswick County, VA Dec 10, 1788. This James and Elizabeth are completely different from the James and Elizabeth whose bible record I listed above. (I disagree- he married both Elizabeths) This James in VA was a grandson of Charles Mathews making him a nephew of Saluda Richard Hardy's wife Molly making James and his wife first cousins.

I believe that Elizabeth is a daughter of Richard and Molly because for one thing Richard was listed as giving surety (Elizabeth was only 17) implying he was her father ---he might even be listed as her father, I can't remember--- and second, of the two Richard Hardy's who are known it makes far more sense for her father to have been Saluda Richard Hardy since he was still in VA at the time of her marriage.

Let me know if you have any questions.

Regards

Greg Matthews

Greg's list for Richard Hardy and Mollie-
children:

1. Anne Hardy was born about 1769 in Virginia. Anne married Abraham Cocke on 17 Dec 1787 in Brunswick County, VA

2. Elizabeth Hardy was born on 11 Feb 1771 in Brunswick County, VA and died on 8 Dec 1834 in Jackson County, AL at age 63. She married James Mathews - son of William Mathews and Susannah Read, on 10 Dec 1788 in Brunswick County, VA. James was born about 1768 in Brunswick County, VA and died in 1846 in Jackson County, AL about age 78. Seven children from this marriage were: Nancy Mathews, William Jasper Mathews, Susanna Mathews, Jeremiah Mathews, Arthur H. Mathews, James Mathews, Elizabeth Mathews.

3. Susannah Hardy was born after 1775- ca 1780 in Virginia and died in Sep 1839 in Edgefield County, South Carolina. She married John Mathews. Children - Lewis Matthews was born about 1810 and died on 28 Nov 1868 about age 58. Alsie Mathews was born about 1811 in South Carolina and died before 1839. Timothy Mathews died before 1839.

4. William Hardy was born on 1 Jun 1781 in Virginia and died on 13 Oct 1856 in Edgefield County, South Carolina at age 75. William married Nancy Mathews (daughter of Moses Mathews and Martha) on 24 Mar 1803. Nancy was born on 3 Apr 1786 and died on 4 Aug 1871 in Edgefield County, South Carolina at age 85. Children from this marriage were: Sarah Hardy was born on 14 Dec 1805 in South Carolina and died on 3 Mar 1871 in Edgefield County, South Carolina at age 65. Martha Hardy was born on 16 Aug 1808 and died on 7 Oct 1886 in Edgefield County, South Carolina at age 78. Martha married Joseph Griffith Rutherford son of William Joseph Rutherford and Unknown, on 15 Dec 1831. Joseph was born on 16 Apr 1812 in South Carolina and died on 7 Oct 1883 in Edgefield County, South Carolina at age 71. Mary Ann Hardy was born on 20 Apr 1811 and died on 30 Oct 1837 at age 26. Mary married Cr. Washington Whitfield Geiger on 30 Apr 1837. Permelia Ann Hardy was born on 15 Apr 1814 and died on 28 Apr 1845 in Edgefield County, South Carolina at age 31. Permelia married Caspar Parham. Permelia next married Malchajah Morris. Hillary M. Hardy was born on 4 Apr 1817 in South Carolina and died on 13 Oct 1856 in Edgefield County, South Carolina at age 39. Caroline Hardy was born on 30 May 1820 and died on 10 Nov 1907 in Georgia at age 87. Caroline married Rev Edmund Morris. William Hardy was born on 16 Oct 1823. Susannah E. Hardy was born on 10 Apr 1826 in Edgefield County, South Carolina and died on 28 Jan 1889 in Edgefield County, South Carolina at age 62. Susannah married Dr. Jacob Moses Trotter on 25 Aug 1845. Ellen Ann Hardy was born on 21 Oct 1830 and died on 27 Apr 1898 in Edgefield County, South Carolina at age 67. Ellen married Ezekiel Perry West on 28 Mar 1850.

Charles Mathews and Richard Hardy family members coming from VA to Edgefield District SC

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Charles Mathews was the father of Molly Mathews the wife of Richard Hardy b ca 1745 family of Isle of Wight VA lived in IW which eventually became Greenville Co VA - he lived on Fountains Creek. Richard's older brother John Hardy b 1740 of Isle of Wight lived in the area of IW cut off to become Mechlenburgh and Lunenburg Co VA. This was near Hounds and Reedy Creek. John came 1784 to New Hampton along the Big Stevens Creek and Savannah River in Edgefield District. JOhn and Richard's brother Thomas Hardy came in 1786 to Laurens District. (Painting of Thomas Hardy house built 1800 to the right.) If Richard Hardy's daughter is Elizabeth whose marriage to James Mathews is recorded in 1788 in Brunswick VA. then Richard probably came after that to Saluda regiment section of Edgefield District SC. Part of that area is now in Saluda Co SC. Sadly for Richard and Molly, their daughter did not settle in SC, rather James and Elizabeth were on the move between Brunswick VA Hawkins TN and northeastern Al in the years 1796 to 1808. Was he a trader or an Indian agent?

According to Stella Hardy Pickens in her book, she stated Richard removed to Edgefield SC, married and raised a large family and died there. Since we have proof of only 4 children, there must be a few missing children. Large family means at least 6 children and more likely 8 or 10. Maybe some of his children could have been wards. Richard Hardy Jr's wife Barbara Holt (I once read) may have been raised by an uncle.

John Hardy named a son Richard b. ca 1767 after his brother who migrated to Saluda District of Edgefield Co SC. Richard "JR" died intestate 1843 in Edgefield. According to family tradition Richard Hardy Sr. and his wife came to Edgefield with a daughter and Richard died there. Later his death date was found in the Bible of a descendant, Caroline Hardy, who married Rev. Edmund Morris. The death date written was 2 October 1809. Wife was Molly who died 1801. The Lunenburg family of Hardy mentioned Richard Hardy removed to SC, married and had issue. His brother Thomas Hardy moved to Laurens District SC in 1786. Picture of house right.

Richard Hardy may had at least two sons William b 1781 VA and J. W. , as well as at least 2 daughters Elizabeth and Susannah Hardy who married a John Mathews who was not the brother of the James Mathews who married Elizabeth Hardy in VA.

Carol Hardy Bryan is descended from William Hardy b 1 June 1781 VA and lives near Saluda 20 miles from the Richard Hardy land. Richard Hardy bought 245 acres from John Ewing Calhoun on 24 April 1798. At that time George Fluker and Moses Mathews were his neighbors. John Mathews (Susannah Hardy's husband) was either living on Richard's land or had not arrived in that part of the neighborhood yet. Three years later Richard Hardy sold 200 acres of the land to daughter Susannah for $300, and six years later 18 August 1804 after his wife Mollie's death, Richard Hardy sold 45 acres to John Pope for $300 (must have the house) - John Pope must be a son in law?

corrections and additions to susanaldridge2000@yahoo.de or carol_hardybryan@bellsouth.net

1790 Richard Hardy of Greenville Co VA in Saluda, Edgefield SC near top of page with 2 men over 16 (Richard and John W.?- not sure about him), 1 under 16 (William), and 4 women (Susannah Hardy, 2 unknown girls , Molly Mathews Hardy). Did Richard come to SC in 1784 with his brother John Hardy? If his daughter Elizabeth married in 1788 in VA, then maybe he did not leave till 1788. Elizabeth was probably born 1770. Her brother William was born 1781 in VA so where are all the children in between 1770 and 1781? His daughter Susannah Hardy married in 1802 Edgefield.

To get a feel for the 1790 Edgefield SC neighborhood where Richard Hardy lived, he is near Duke Williams the son of John Williams b: 4 NOV 1737 in Hanover County, VA , died 15 OCT 1794 in Edgefield Co, South Carolina. (WILL) John Williams was living in North Carolina, Granville Co, when his brother, James, became an orphan. James became a Brig General in the Rev. and died while fighting in NC. John Williams' first marriage was to Mary Atwood, daughter of James Atwood of Amelia Co., Va. and a first cousin to the wife of James Caldwell, Mary Elizabeth Forrest. John Williams removed from Laurens Co to Edgefield County about 1785. John's daughter Rebecca married John Bullock of Edgefield who died after 1810. Then she married her 1st cousin Col. James Williams.

These were all Revolutionary War Patriots and neighbors to the Hardys. In fact Richard's brother John Hardy had fought, and brother Thomas Hardy in Laurens District had fought under Washington. It was an area which had been practically destroyed by Bloody Bill Cunningham who came from Laurens District next door. There was plenty of land available because Tories had fled, but there was a lot of rebuilding to do.

Getting back to John Williams in Richard Hardy's neighborhood, John's brother, James Henderson Williams, was promoted to Brig. General in the Revolution. A son of Daniel Williams and Ursula Henderson, he was born 10 Nov 1740 near the Old Fork Church, Hanover County, Va and died 8 Oct 1780, at the Battle of Kings Mt., Gaston Co., NC. He had married Mary Wallace in 1762. Left Granville Co., NC in 1772, living at first along the Little River in Laurens Co., SC in 1773. But he moved to the plantation called Mt. Pleasant on the Edgefield District side of Mud Creek by the time of the Rev War. Bloody Bill Cunningham took over his house and moved the wife and children to a barn to live in. Later Bloody Bill hung and disembowled 2 of James children.

In 1798 Richard Hardy moved from his illustriously Patriotic neighborhood to another place with 245 acres which he bought from John Ewing Calhoun in 1798. John Ewing Calhoun was a famous SC senator. The property on both sides of the Little Saluda River by Dayleys Creek was bounded by Moses Mathews and Jacob Pope. John Mathews joined Richard Hardy by 1800 to help him with the new plantation and three years later before Molly died 20 September 1801, Richard sold the land 25 July 1801 to his daughter Susannah Hardy who married John Mathews about 1802. Molly did not sign her dower rights.

Also some of the Williams were very early in Saluda Regiment, Edgefield and Barnwell See: John Williams family or
Looking for Odom and Williams of Edgefield and Aiken SC View Blog
Richard Hardy son of John Hardy and Ann Williams View Blog
Sarah "Sallie" Hardy of Edgefield SC which became Parksville, McCormick View Blog
Robert Hardy of Edgefield, SC and Coosa, Alabama View Blog
John Hardy-Revolutionary War soldier View Blog

1800 census after Richard Hardy moved to his new place in Edgefield. John Mathews is notated to the side of his name. About 6 people are living in the house.

Stepping backward a few years, before coming to South Carolina, Richard Hardy and Molly lived in Greenville Co VA right near Mecklenburg Co where John Hardy and Ann had first lived in the early part of her marriage, but Greenville was also adjacent to NC where the family had connections along the river which flowed south to north.

The area where Greenville is was Brunswick which was divided to include Greenville, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg and other counties. Here is the developement of the county where they lived.
1732 Brunswick gained from Isle of Wight.
1745 Lunenburg taken from Brunswick
1752 Halifax taken from Lunenburg
1754 Bedford from Lunenburg
1764 Charlotte and Mecklenburg taken from Lunenburg
1780 Greenville taken from Brunswick and Suxxex
below BM is Brunswick after they took it from IW (Isle of Wight) and divided Isle of Wight

GA county formation
Alabama formation

VA by years
http://www.myvirginiagenealogy.com/va_maps/va_cf.htm

The first Hardy son known to arrive in SC seems to have been John Hardy in 1784 to Edgefield District Old 96th with wife Ann Williams and at least 6 children- they bought a plantation near new Richmond settled by a Virginian (lower left part of map on the Savannah River). Family tradition says his father Richard came with him and died in Edgefield. Then came Thomas Hardy to Laurens District in 1786 Old 96th with wife Phoebe Buford (also Bueford). Lastly Richard Hardy (Jr) came with his wife Martha "Molly" Mathews about 1790 to Edgefield Old 96th near Saluda. Richard Jr. did not stay very long because he was probably following his children. he may have been living with a child in the 1790 census. He appears in the 1800 census Edgefield near Saluda.

Please send all corrections and additions to susanaldridge2000@yahoo.de or

Taking information from Greg Mathews and Carol Hardy Bryan I have found a tangled web of relatives and tried to put them together. Richard Hardy of Saluda is probably an executor of Richard Hardy Jr-´s father´s will- John Hardy of New Richmond near Cambellton near old Hamburg. That older Richard Hardy has been a puzzle to Carol Hardy Bryan for many years. Well we all wondered.

A couple years ago Carol found out thru an Edmund Morris family Bible that Richard Hardy had died 2 Oct 1809 and that his wife Molly Hardy died 20 September1801 Edgefield. This year Carol found out from Greg Mathews that they found the mention of Richard Hardy and wife Molly Hardy in the will of her father Charles Mathews in VA. Richard Hardy of Saluda in Edgefield was the father of a William Hardy b 1 JUN 1781 died 13 OCT 1856 Saluda SC. who married m 24 Mar 1803 Anna Nancy "Nannie" Mathews who died 4 AUG 1871 in Old Edgefield Co., SC (buried in the Hardy Cemetery in what is now Saluda County, SC). That Richard Hardy b abt 1745, d 2 Oct 1809 (reference thru Carol Hardy Bryan):

"His death date was recorded in a family Bible found among his descendants. Son William b 1781 was known to b a Virginian. "Old Edgefield Historical Society). Richard Hardy's wife was Martha "Molly" Matthews, daughter of Charles of Brunswick County, VA.

In Edgefield SC some branches of the Mathews married Ann and Agnes Calhoun. Please see Calhoun section below. Off hand it seems there are 3 groups of Mathews. One group was in Edgefield early as 1779- they may have been the Irish ones. Then there are family members who came from VA with Richard Hardy. And last there are Mathews like Anna Nancy Mathews, dau of Moses Mathews, who was born in NC . Now it may have been adjacent to the VA county where the the Virginians came from.

Saluda County was not established until 1896 when Edgefield County (one of the original five counties) was divided further. It is now surrounded by five counties: Aiken, Edgefield, Greenwood, Lexington, and Newberry. Richard Hardy lived west southwest of present day Saluda and north of Edgefield. When John Ewing Calhoun sold land to William Hardy 16 October 1801 Richard Hardy was northeast of Moses Mathews. They were probably not far to the right of the "96" in the old and large Edgefield District "Ed" map below.

Photo from Saluda County Historical Society in 1990. Part of Saluda was part of Edgefiedl County so I am including a foto from the area of what was probably a typical house design at the time.. The house first appears on the Mills Map of Edgefield District (1825) as a residence of "Capt. B. Marsh". office at 864 445 8550 society@saludaschistorical.org

Ogden Cockroft sold house and 300 acres to Bryant Marsh in 1804

10/13/1802 Edgefield Co., SC. Deed Book 22, pages 245-247
John Ewing Calhoun of Pendleton District, to William Hardy, Deed, 10/16/1801 $462, 154 acres on Little Saludy River #9 on Platt of Calhoun Land made by the late William Anderson Esq. bound west by Richard Hardy, north by Moses Matthews, east by Samuel ______, south by William Corley. John Ewing Calhoun was born 1749 Va. - 1802, Pendleton, SC., son of Ezechial and Jane Ewing Calhoun, a member of the SC Legislature 1778, a Senator for the US Congress.
This is an 1820 census with the family of Jacob Pope, Susannah Mathews- widow of John

8/15/1800 Edgefield Co., SC. Deed Book 18, pages 514-516
John Ewing Calhoun of Pendleton County, attorney at Law to Moses Mathis/Matthews, planter, of Edgefield, Deed 27, 11/1798 for 128 pounds sterling, 429 acres on Little Saluda River #5 in the plat of John Ewing Calhouns land made by William Anderson Esq. on a resurvey, bounded by lands of George Fluker, (John) Mathis, Richard Hardie, Jacob Pope
(Susanna Mathis lives next to Jacob Pope 1820)

8/15/1800 Edgefield Co., SC. Deed Book 18, pages 506-508
John Ewing Calhoun, of St. John's Parish, SC., attorney at Law, to Richard Hardie of Little Saluda of Ninety Six District, Deed 24, 4/1798, for 61 pounds sterling 245 acres both sides of Daylings Creek of Little Saluda known by #4 in Platt of Charles Atkins land sold by Commissioners of Forfeited Lands bounded by Tobias Meyers land

Notes:
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bettis rainsford
new richmond

1800 census Edgefield SC
Richard Hardy b abt 1745, d 2 Oct 1809 GA and Molly Mathews d/o Charles Mathews of VA
left image - Richard Hardy in 1800 with John Mathews on his land and notated to the left of his name.. On the same page is Robert Allen. Thomas Williams and Lewis Mathews. That mean Susannah Hardy his daughter is on the property with husband John Mathews.

children:
1. Elizabeth Hardy born Feb 11, 1771 in either Brunswick or Lunenburg County, VA moved to Edgefield after marrying James Mathews in Brunswick County, VA on Dec 10, 1788.
Richard Hardy was listed as giving surety (Elizabeth was only 17) implying he was her father. If Elizabeth Hardy in Brunswick VA was Richard's daughter, according to her descendants, Elizabeth and her husband James Mathews (died 1846) and brother in law John Mathews removed to Hawkins, Tennessee and later to Jackson, Al where Elizabeth died 8 Dec 1834. her brother in law John Mathews married 25 DEC 1794 in Brunswick Co VA to Frances MISKELL . Apparently they went back and forth between VA, TN and AL 1796-1806. There is a court case in Jackson Co., AL Chancery Court Final Record Book, 1847-1851, pages 159-175, dated October 1846 through June 1847 where Susan (Matthews Looney) Sutton petitions the court to disallow her husband, Stephen Dill Sutton, from receiving the interest in right of his wife the estate of James Matthews, Sr. and Jr., who were her father and brother and who had both died in 1846. She and three witnesses state that Stephen Sutton had deserted her without any cause in 1830 or 1831. He had left the state of Alabama. She never had any maintenance from him in the last sixteen years. The three witnesses also stated that the brothers of Stephen Sutton had indicated that Stephen was either married or living with another woman whose name was not mentioned. Throughout this case,Stephen Sutton was mentioned as being the husband of Susan. Had he not been her husband, there would have been no reason for this case.
Stephen Sutton was living in Jackson Co., L with his wife, Susan,and her three children in 1830. Shortly after 1830, Stephen apparently went back to Jackson Co., TN where his father had moved his family from. He either married or began living with Nancy Rutledge.
Source:
david pierce
http://fly.hiwaay.net/~prm/Matthews.html
There are three known Matthews family cemeteries in Jackson County. One is in Matthews Cove and two are in Little Coon Valley. The cemetery in Matthews Cove is the family of Walker Mathews - probably John Mathews whose son James B. 26 DEC 1795 in VA may be buried there (or at Cumberland Presbyterian Cemetery on Little Crow Creek).The one at the head of Little Coon is the James Matthews of Lunenburg ,Virginia family cemetery and is well marked but poorly kept. The other in Little Coon is unmarked and exact family unknown.

Children

Susannah S Matthews b: ABT 1796 in Hawkins Co TN
William Jefferson Matthews b: ABT 1798 in Brunswick County,VA
Anna Matthews b: ABT 1800 in VA
Jeremiah Matthews b: 15 Oct 1800 in Jackson Co AL
Arthur H Matthews b: 28 Aug 1804 in TN
James MATTHEWS d: 1846

1810 blank
2. J. W. Hardy 1770 NC ? all unproven
1810 census for John. Hardy
Here is a John Hardy which is near the Saluda area. The other John Hardy, son of John Hardy and Ann Williams, is in the Parksville area down near Allen Anderson.

This John Hardy near Saluda has 8 unidentified children, as well as a probable mother in law and a wife in the house.

Cynthia Wadsworth wrote:
1810-1820- The Hardy clan from the coast of NC was starting to mix with the Virginia Line. With the NC line there was a William Hardy who had a son named Richard....some of us call the NC line the John Hardy-Charity O'Dyer line. You will find some of the NC line (Jesse Hardy) and the Virginia line buried together in Old Town cemetery in Dallas county, Ala. The NC line came from Bertie County, NC. Also the Hardy family carried names such as Richard, Robert, ....i.e. every son named a son after the father Richard, etc.

Carol Hardy Bryan wrote on Forum:
" Edgefield County, SC Deed Book 30, page 345
Jemima HARDY to beloved nephew Thomas Covington and niece Patsey Covington, Deed of Gift, 1 May 1811, great regard and respect, Negro girl Winny with her increase, Winny to remain in my possession during my natural life should that be before said Thomas Covington and Patsey Covington now respectively aged twenty and eighteen, said girl is to be handed over and the money arising from her hire to be equally divided between said Thomas and Patsey. Witnesses: Henry Briggs, Thomas Ingram. Jemima (x) Hardy. Proven May 1811 by Henry Briggs before John R. Bartee, J. P. Recorded 15 May 1811.
Jemima Hardy appeared in the 1810 census of Edgefield with the following persons in her household:
1 Male under 10, 2 males 16-26
1 female under 10, 1 female 26-45

Her husband was probably away in Lincoln Co across the river in GA, or she was a widow. She does not appear in the Edgefield census again. Jemima Hardy was a member of Hardy's Baptist Church which was on the Carolina side of the Savannah River about ten miles above Augusta, GA (new Richmond area). She was baptised in Nov 1809 and deceased in Mar of 1814. Baptised in Oct. of 1809 were John Hardy who was dismissed by letter Oct 1818, and Mary Hardy was baptised in Oct of 1809 and dismissed by letter Dec of 1817. This was the same church that John Hardy (son of Richard and Mary Covington Hardy) belonged to and his sons Richard and wife Barbary [Barbara - supposed to be Holt]; Covington and wife Elizabeth Howerton; Daniel [who married Mary Roebuck]; John [who married Clarissa Roebuck]."

On the other hand, no one knows what happened to the sons of Jemima Wilson b 1772 in Bertie Co, NC (d/o Edward WILSON) and John Croom Hardy b ca 1774 in Bertie Co, NC (s/o Elizabeth Razor and Jesse Hardy who died 3 SEP 1827 in Lincoln Co, GA) and how they were related to the Covingtons. Jemima Wilson and John Croom Hardy got married 9 Apr 1793 in Bertie County, North Carolina. Their son Eldred Leland Hardy was born ? John C. Hardy was the first born and must have died before his parents went to GA. Jemima went along and made her home in Edgefield near her kin (unknown). John C. Hardy's brother Jesse b: 26 JAN 1776 in Bertie Co, NC married Celia Golding who was b: 16 JAN 1787 in Lincoln Co, GA. His sister Susannah Hardy married Jeremiah P. HARDY of Bertie NC 19 JUN 1808 in Lincoln Co, GA. Although Jemima has stayed in Edgefield, it was only a hop, skip and jump to Lincoln- just across the Savannah River. She is down near Parksville, Edgefield- really near the children of John Hardy and wife Ann Williams, both deceased. But the Parksville Parks family have family in Lincoln GA- there was probably a ferry across the river.
Celia Golding Bible:
http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/dallas/bibles/hardy-jesse.txt

3. Susanna Hardy bought 200 acres from her father on 25 July 1801- both sides Dayleys Creek Little Saluda, adj George Pope- Moses Mathews and John Mathews her future husband signed. On the 16th of October 1801 Richard Hardie and Daniel Coleman witnessed a sale of 247 acres from John Ewing Calhoun to Hardy Mathews for $318. By 19 August 1804 Susannah married John Mathews / John Mathis when her father Richard sold 45 acres to John Pope, adj. John Mathews, estate of John Ewing Calhoun,William Hardy and John Mathews . By 17 October 1818 John Mathews is dead when his heirs are mentioned in a plat sold to William Jennings for the high price of $1800 (almost unheard of) which came originally out of the estate of John Ewing Calhoun. Richard Hardy, William Hardy, John Mathews on Daileys, Martha and Bud Cade Mathews, Peterson Borum on Lick Creek, James Arnold, Zack Pope, Josiah Etheridge (Elinor Mathews husband), Thornton Coleman (father of Daniel Coleman, husband of Martha Odom Mathews), Phillip Jennings and William Jenning all lived near each other on 2 October 1820 when John Pope bought a$2000 mortgage from Randolph Geiger. On that same day he paid $5000 for 500 acres on the Little Saluda River.
Widow Susanna Mathis lives next to Jacob Pope in 1820. Enoch Mathews is nearby.

1810 census Edgefield is not done in neighborhoods. Names are clumped in quaisi alphabetical order in a haphazard way so you cannot identify the neighborhood.
0 to 10, 10 to 16, 16 to 26, 26 to 45, 45 and older; number of other free persons except Indians not taxed; number of slaves

This older John Mathews must be the one who married Susannah Hardy.
This could be John Mathew's father who is in 1790 Edgefield. John could be the son of this man:
Source: "South Carolina Patriots in the American Revolution", Bobby Gilmer Moss, Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc., Baltimore, 1983, P 664 - "John Mathews b. Burke County, N. C. He enlisted during 1779, while residing in Edgefield District, under Capt. John Ryan and Col. LeRoy Hammond. In addition, he was also under Capt. Richard Jones and Col. Hammond and was in an engagement with Tories on the Edisto. Next, he was under Capt. John Carter and was in the siege of Augusta. He continued to served under Carter and Hammond until the end of the war."

1820 census Susannah Mathews, widow
Children
i. boy b. 1789-1793
ii. boy 1794-1800
iii. Timothy B. Mathews 1801-1810 married Mary Rutherford
iv. Ailcie Mathews 1801-1810
v. Lewis Mathews after 1810
vi. boy after 1810
Source: Original court papers on the estate of John Mathews at Edgefield County, SC courthouse.
[Susannah Mathews was granted letters of administration at Edgefield Court House on the 7 Sep 1810]
I do certify that I have read the within citation this day at Salem Meeting House Sept 9 1810. Henry King (signed) [He was the pastor.]
Certify to you I read the within at Sardis Meeting House 23d Sept 1810.
H. King (signed) [He was the pastor.]
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Citation on the Estate of John Mathews
Paid 50 Cts Received in the Ordinary Office 28th Sept 1810.
John Simkins O. E. D.
South Carolina, Edgefield District
To John Simkins, Esquire, Ordinary of the District aforesaid
Sir, I have sent you the warrant of appraisment, together with the praisment bill, by the hand of Mr. John Parten, of which I am admited administratix of. I wish you to grant me an order for sail as quick as possable you can, to do the estate justice or the law will allow. Your compliance will much oblige
Yours, Susannah Mathews Oct 1st 1810
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A true and perfect inventory in the amount of $434.70 was given under the hands of George Fluker, Peter Lamkin, and Jacob Pope.
Included in this list were the following items:
One bay horse, one sorrell horse, 29 head of hogs, 17 head of sheep, 11 head of cattle, standing corn, 3 feather beds & furniture, a lot of old barrels, one lot of pots, ploughs; plantation [tools?], one lot of wooden wares, puter [pewter] and other trumpary [sic] [trifles, according to Webster], one loom; gears, carpenter tools, 2 saddles, one lot of geese, three tables, one cubboard [sic], one rifle gun, one barrel of flower [sic] & totten wheel [as if to tote?], other trumpary, one trunk; chest, books and other trumpary, 2 stacks of fodder, one of oats and hames; traus [? - that one got me. I don't know what it is, do you?]
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A trew; Perfect Inventory of all; singular the good; chattles of John Mathews late of the District of Edgefield Dec'd sold by order of John Simkins Esqr.Ord for said district October 27th 1810
Purchasers
Susanna Mathews 1 lot of corn $ 21.00
Susanna Mathews 1 lot of shucks .50
Susanna Mathews 1 lot of oats 1.12 1/2
Susanna Mathews 1 lot of hogs 32.25
Susanna Mathews 1 lot of gees 3.25
Susanna Mathews 1 lot of sheep 4.18 3/4
Robert Deshazo 1 lot of sheep 8.81 1/4
Robert Deshazo 1 lot of sheep 7.06 1/
Nathaniel Corley 1 Lot of sheep 6.75
Susanna Mathews Two cows 14.06 1/4
Susanna Mathews One cow 8.00
William Row One cow 9.12 1/2
Baley Crouch One cow 11.12 1/
Baley Crouch One cow & calf 10.50
Mikel McCarty One cow & calf 7.81 1/2
William Roe Heffer 5.00
Susanna Mathews One bay horse 22.12 1/2
Levy Richardson One bay horse 51.00
William Hardy One Sorrel horse 50.00
Baley Crouch 1 Lot of pewter 4.25
Susanna Mathews 1 Lot of pewter 5.06 1/2
Lewis Mobley 1 Lock chain 4.00
Simpson Wilson 1 Mattock 1.75
Susanna Mathews 1 Lot axes 3.00
William Fluker 1 grid iron .37 1/2
Susanna Mathews 1 Lot of castens 2.12 1/2
Baley Corley 1 Lot of iron pots 2.50
Susanna Mathews 1 Lot of Cuppers ware 2.37 1/2
Susanna Mathews 1 Loom 4.00
Susanna Mathews 1 Spinning Wheel & cards 1.12
Susanna Mathews 1 Coffee mill .50
Susanna Mathews 1 Lot tooles 2.66 1/4
Hubbard Partain 1 Foot ads .93 3/4
John Hardy 1 Lot of tools 2.62 1/2
Baley Corley 1 Lot of plains .56 1/4
Edward Sentell 1 Lot of plains 1.06 1/4
Spear Price 1 Frow 1.00
Hardy Fluker 1 Set shoe makers tools 1.12 1/2
John Partain 1 Lot Coopers tools 2.06 1/
Thomas Wast 1 Leather holter .37 1/2
Baley Corley 1 Sythe & Cradle 3.00
John Crock 1 Saddle 4.00
Susanna Mathews 1 Lot of baskets 1.12 1/2
Edward Sentell 1 Grine Stone 3.62 1/2
George Fluker One strop of leather .31 1/2
Susanna Mathews 1 Lot of leather 5.12 1/2
Susanna Mathews 1 Lot of plows & gir 4.06 1/4
Baley Corley 1 Cutting box 2.26
William Fluker 1 Pare of chane traces 1.50
Hardy Mathews 1 Lot empty barrels 1.00
Susanna Mathews 1 Barrell & flower 3.25
Jacob Pope 1 emty barrel .43 3/4
Susanna Mathews 1 Lot of emty boxes 2.06 1/4
Susanna Mathews 1 ould saddle & seed cotton 3.00
George Fluker 1 pare of ould saddlebags .31 1/4
Susanna Mathews 1 ould reel .81 1/4
Susanna Mathews 1 ould hogshead .25
Baley Corley 1 rifle gun 7.26 1/4
Susanna Mathews 1 Cupboard 4.81 1/4
Susanna Mathews 1 Lot of books & 2 tables 7.93 3/4
Susanna Mathews 1/2 Doz. cheers .75
Susanna Mathews 1 Feather bed & furniture 10.00
Baley Crouch 1 Bed & furniture 20.62 1/2
Susanna Mathews 1 Bedstead & some bed close 5.62 1/2
Susanna Mathews 1 Feather bed 16.00
Susanna Mathews 1 trunk & chest 4.87 1/2
Nathaniel Corley 1 Stone jug .56 1/4
Susanna Mathews 2 Jugs, scales & looking glass 1.62 1/2
Susanna Mathews 1 Lot of fodder 1.00
Susannah (x) Mathews Ad'r
This account of sale rec'd in the Ordinary office on the oath of Susanna Mathis adm'r the 11th Jan'y 1811
Jn Simkins O. E. D.
[In the estate papers of John Mathews, there is the account of Susannah having paid Timothy Mathews his legacy of $174.02 on 29 Sep 1826 which would mean he had reached the age of 21. Ailsa Mathews received her legacy of $188.14 1/2 on 11 Jul 1828 for a total of $ 362.14 1/2.]
Susannah made her mark.
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Source: Greg Matthews, 760-B Boone Station Drive, Burlington, NC 27215, Cell: 919-475-3674
Greg Mathews has shared several very important details concerning this family including the fact that John was the son of John and Lucretia Mathews of Brunswick County, VA and that Molly, wife of Richard Hardy, was his aunt.
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Source: Edgefield County, SC Will Book A, Page 32, March 1792
South Carolina, Edgefield District
I Susannah Mathis do make and ordain this my last will and testament.
I give and bequeath to my son Lewis Mathis one tract of land where I now live containing one hundred and ninety five acres more or less, I give the same to him and his heirs forever provided the said Lewis Mathis do pay unto John and Elizabeth Mathis the son and daughter of my son Timothy Mathews desc'd each the sum of one hundred dollars when they arrive at age or marry;
also, to pay unto Hillary, Hardy and Nowel Crouch sons of my daughter Alcy Crouch ded'd the sum of two hundred to be equally divided between them when they arrive at age or marry. I give the same to them and their heirs forever.
I give and bequeath unto my son Lewis Mathews all my stock of cattle and hogs and all my household and kitchen furniture to him and his heirs forever.
And I do hereby nominate constitute and appoint my son Lewis Mathews executor of this my last will and testament.
Signed, sealed and published as my last will and testament this twenty third day of September A. D. Eighteen hundred and thirty nine, in the presence of William Hardy, Arthur West, Bud C. Mathews.
Susannah (x) Mathews
South Carolina
Personally appeared before me Bud C. Mathews who being duly sworn on the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God, did make oath he was present and did see Susannah Mathews sign, seal and acknowledge the foregoing instrument of writing to be and contain her last will and testament, and that the said Susannah Mathews was then of sound and disposing mind memory and understanding to the best of this deponants knowledge and belief, and that he Bud C. Mathews together with William Hardy and Arthur West did sign their names as witnesses thereto at the request of the testatrix and in her presence and in the presence of each other. Same time qualified Lewis Mathews Executor.
Given under my hand at my office this 21 day of October 1839.
O. Towles. O. E. D.
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Source: Edgefield County Will Book # 3, Page 92-9South Carolina, Edgefield District - I SUSANNAH MATHIS do m

4. William Hardy b 1 JUN 1781 died 13 OCT 1856 Saluda SC. married 24 MAR 1803 in Edgefield to Anna Nancy "Nannie" Mathews born 1786 North Carolina who died 4 AUG 1871 in Old Edgefield Co., SC (now Saluda Co).

Children-

Sarah"Sophie" Hardy b: 1804 in Edgefield District, South Carolina.
Martha S. Hardy b: 1806 in Edgefield SC, Information from family comes from information recorded in the Rutherford family Bible which was burned -Joseph Griffith Rutherford. He married Martha. I didn't have access to the original - just the names and births which are listed in the family tree of Joseph and Martha Hardy Rutherford.-Carol
Mary Ann Hardy b: 1808 in Edgefield District, South Carolina
Permilia Ann Hardy b: 1810 in Edgefield District, South Carolina
Hilary Mathews Hardy b. 4 Apr 1817 Edgefield SC - Records of the Hardy Cemetery in
Batesburg, Saluda Co., SC death as 29 Oct 1887 in Edgefield District, South Carolina buried in Batesburg SC m. Mary E. West 20 NOV 1838 in Edgefield Dist., S.C. by Rev.H.C. Herlong
Caroline E. Hardy b 30 May 1820 in Edgefield District, SC received the Hardy Bible.
William Arthur Hardy b: 1816 in Edgefield District, South Carolina
Ellen A. Hardy b: 1818 in Edgefield District, South Carolina
Susannah E. Hardy b: 1820 in Edgefield District, South Carolina
Ann P. Hardy b: 1822 in Edgefield District, South Carolin

A Morris daughter must have copied the dates of deaths of her grandparents dates of death from her and mother Caroline HaEdmund Morris rdy and wrote it into her Bible. Caroline b 30 May 1820 Edgefield District, SC d 10 Nov 1904 married Rev. Edmund Morris (b 11 Aug 1818 Edgerfield District, SC d 20 Jul 1893 Richmond County, GA) the son of Rev. Joseph Morris, also a Baptist preacher of Edgefield District
children [all girls]:
Nancy (Nannie) Hardy Morris (30 Aug 1840 d 12 Jun 1918 buried Graniteville, Edgefield County [now Aiken County], SC) m Henry Jourdan;
Sarah Eugenea Morris (b 4 Jan 1842 d 4 Jan 1925 Atlanta, GA);
Martha Malissa Morris (b 12 Nov 1845 d 31 Jul 1919 Blythe, GA);
Catherine A. Morris (b abt 1849 SC);
Amelia Haseltine Morris (b 7 Mar 1854 Graniteville, Edgefield County, SC d 6 Aug 1918 buried Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Richmond County, GA) m William Rufus Trowbridge 7 Nov 1872;
Ella Morris (b 1856 SC);
Alice L. Morris (b 24 Jan 1859 SC d 16 Apr 1939).
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In 1850 Saluda is James (M.) Hardy is with Elizabeth Mathews born 1790 SC and her children- Elizabeth 36, Lewellin (Goode) 34 (a male name), John 33, James (Mac) 26. (William) Franklin 23. James in the 1860 census he is still there. The 1790 Elizabeth has died and the children have divided the estate and James had a part, though not quite so big- or it could be his share of Richard Hardy's estate.
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http://www.mygeorgiagenealogy.com/ga_county.htm
Great GA Counties map
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1790 census Edgefield SC William Mathews and wife Mary
William died OCT 1804 in Edgefield . vicfreeman@netscape.net

Greg Mathews says:I believe that James Mathews was a brother of Drury, Lewis and Sugar Jones Mathews who were all sons of William and Mary Mathews. This whole clan lived around the Cambridge area of Edgefield right on Half Way Swamp. At the moment I do not have any documentary evidence that these Mathews relate to me, however, I do believe that it is so. My Mathews family which settled on the Saluda were from the same part of southern VA as all of these Hardy's were. Richard and Molly Hardy were living beside my 4G grandfather's brother so they all knew each other :

Anyway, here is the Bible transcription reference:
Saluda Co Library: Family Bible Records (Old Ninety Six District Chapter, South Carolina Genealogical Society), p. 124 There is no editor or compiler listed, no publisher, and no date of publication (very strange). The page with the listing does state that the bible is in the possession of a man named Grady Hill.

Greg Mathews says:
OK, I was just going thorugh my records so I could put together an email once I heard form you.

What I was going to tell you about was the bit about the other Richard Hardy's "second wife" Elizabeth Mathews that you have near the top of the page http://richard-hardy.blogspot.com/.

Anyway, here is the bible transcription, I am sure you would like to see it (I'm just going to list names and dates):
BIBLE
James Mathews and Elizabeth his wife m. Nov 2, 1809 (she was born 1790)

Olif Mathews born Oct 5, 1810 <--- son of James Mathews and Elizabeth (born 1790)

Elizabeth Mathews b. Feb 6, 1813 <---- in 1850 census <--- dau of James Mathews and Elizabeth

Lewwelling [sic] G[oode] Mathews b. Aug 31, 1815 <--- son of James Mathews and Elizabeth<---- Drury, Lewis and Sugar Jones Mathews were all tight with the Goode family

John M[ac] Mathews b. Apr 4, 1819 <--- son of James Mathews and Elizabeth

James Mathews b. Oct 5, 1822 <--- son of James Mathews and Elizabeth

William F. Mathews b. Dec 16, 1826 <--- son of James Mathews and Elizabeth- possibly named for a son of Drury Mathews who had died right about this time

Margaret M. White b. Sept 28, 1846 <--- wife of John Mathews

John Mac Mathews and Margaret M. White m. Sept 15, 1867

Jimmie Mc [sic] Mathews b. Jun 27, 1869 <--- son of John Mathews

Franklin Goode Mathews b. Aug 9, 1875 <--- son of John Mathews

John M. Mathews died Jul 21, 1881 <--- father of Franklin Goode Mathews

W. F. Mathews d. Jun 16, 1883 <--- son of James Mathews

Elizabeth Mathews d. May 26, 1884 <--- daughter of James Mathews

L. G. Mathews d. Oct 8, 1887 <--- son of James Mathews

Mrs. M. M. Aiton d. Oct 1, 18__ <--- Margaret M. White who had remarried after the death of John Mathews

*****Sarah Elizabeth Hardy b. Jan 21, 1830 <--- daughter of Richard Hardy?

*****James Hardy b. Oct 1, 1831 <--- son of Richard Hardy?- only child to survive to adulthood

*****Olif Hardy d. Nov 2, 1831 <--- son of Richard Hardy?
The given name "Olif" comes from the Mathews family in Va

*****Sarah Elizabeth Hardy d. Aug 31, 1832

James Mathews Sr. d. May 10, 1849 husband of Elizabeth born 1790

Betsy Mathews d. Apr 7, 1857 <---- wife of James Mathews - the couple who own the Bible who married 1809

James Mathews Jr. d. Oct 11, 1864 <--- son of James Mathews and Elizabeth

according to Greg Mathews dialzero@bellsouth.net: This is the James Mathews brother to Sugar Jones Mathews, Drury...

1810 census with James Mathews and brothers on same page.
This James Mathews b ca 1766 was a brother of Drury Cook Mathews b. 19 OCT 1760 died 22 DEC 1830 buried in Mathews-King Cem, Hwy 246 Cambridge, SC, Lewis Mathews and Sugar Jones Mathews who were all sons of William and Mary Mathews:

In 1810 James Mathews is between 26 and 44 (he is probably born 1766). His wife is under 26.(born after 1785 ) They one girl under 10 at home. I believe this is Elizabeth unknown born 1791 with their first child Olif b Oct 1810 per the Bible

The 60 year-old Elizabeth Mathews in 1850 who is living with 18 year-old James Hardy was the widow of James Mathews who had just died, prior to the 1850 census, 10 May 1849. I have a copy of their bible record so there is no doubt that she was James' wife and not a wife of Richard Hardy. The fact that there is a James Hardy living with her in 1850 (my guess is that he is a grandson) and that there were several Hardy's named in the Bible record of James and Elizabeth lead me to think that she may have been a Hardy. Either that or she and James had a daughter who married a Hardy.

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Let me know if you have any questions.

Regards

Greg Matthews

In 1850 a James Hardy is with Elizabeth Mathews born 1790 SC and her children Elizabeth 36 , Lewellin 34 (a male name), John 33, James 26. Franklin 23.
In 1860 James M. Hardy is still there, but the 1790 Elizabeth has died and the children have divided the estate.

James M. HARDY b. Oct 1, 1831 SC-
+ Miley b abt 1835 SC is a minor in 1843.
In 1850 he is living with what appears to be his grandmother Elizabeth Hardy Mathews and his aunts and uncles out in Saluda area where the Bullocks live near Jane Bullock age 93 (1757) the daughter of Captain Francis SINQUEFIELD who died 24 Mar 1781 and his wife Sarah Lamar of Charleston SC. The Bullochs were also an early Charleston family with thousand of acres they acquired.

Since Jane 1757 is the great matriarch of the area I decided to look into her to get a clue as to Richard's 2nd wife's family. Jane was married very likely twice. One marriage was possibly 1783 to Jeremiah Oates born 1757 in Savannah, Georgia. He fought in the Revolution and died in Milledgeville GA.
#: A085485 Service: GEORGIA Rank: PRIVATE Birth: 1757 SAVANNAH GEORGIA Death: 1802 MILLEDGEVILLE GEORGIA Service Description: 1) RICHMOND CO,GA
Augusta is across the river from Edgefield SC. That 1802 date might be an application date or a "by 1802" date because Jane married 11 NOV 1789 in Columbia Co.,Georgia to Daniel B. Bullock born 25 OCT 1762 and had her last child Lucy Lamar Bullock 3 AUG 1804 in Edgefield who is still living with her mother in 1840 unmarried. Jane would have been 47 years old when she gave birth to Sarah Lamar Bullock, named after Jane's mother. Daniel died twenty seven years after Sarah's birth. He died 8 JUN 1835 in Edgefield. Daniel Bullock must have been married before but I don't know to whom.
Series Number: S108092
Reel: 0016 Frame: 00169 ignore: 00 Date: 1776 C. OR LATER
Description: BULLOCK, DANIEL, ACCOUNT AUDITED (FILE NO. 894) OF CLAIMS GROWING OUT OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.
Names Indexed: BULLOCK, DANIEL//

Jane's sister Rachel Sinquefield b 1775 married Anderson Crawford b: 14 Apr 1764, Rev. War, surveyor, Clerk of Superior Court Columbia Co., GA, whose father Charles had migrated from Amherst Co.,VA to Columbia Co GA. For Bullock/Williams/Odom information click http://edgefield-williams-family.blogspot.com/

Comments below in red by Greg Matthews at dialzero@bellsouth.net

In looking for Mathews I came across Mourning Mathews living in 1840 Edgefield. She is living next to a son in law Jas. S. Pope. [James Solomon Pope married her daughter Susanna Mathews] Her brother or cousin Jacob Pope is also in the census. Mourning POPE was b. 9 Jun 1769 in Edgecomb NC and died before the 1850 census on 20 Jan 1847 in Edgefield, SC. [I've never found proof that she was born in Edgecombe County, NC, but it is my belief that her parents were from there.] She married in Abbeville, South Carolina about 1788 [I would say they married closer to 1795, Drury was married once before Mourning and had a son, William Mathews, by that marriage] to Drury Mathews b: 19 Oct 1760. They lived in Cambridge, Edgefield, SC. [northeastern part of the county in modern day Greenwood County, very close to the town of Ninety-Six] Morning's probably last born daughter Mary Ellen b. 10 Aug 1809 in Cambridge, Edgefield married Albert Powhattan King about 1830. Mourning Pope was the daughter of Solomon Pope and Susannah Dawkins who married 18 Apr 1765 in Old 96th District. Did Susannah then marry a Mathews? Solomon Pope's father Sampson Pope and mother Susannah [last named was Thomas -- from family bible] came very early to Edgefield SC before the American Revolution in about 1740. Sampson's Will was proven Oct 28 1803 in Edgefield. Two sons are known from the will-Sampson and Jacob Pope. [I've not seen Sampson as a son, but the family bible names Solomon, Elijah, Jacob and Henry as sons] (contact hc@ouzts.net)

Susannah"Anna" Quarles who married to Isaac MATHEWS Jr.. [Isaac Mathews was my 5G grandfather, and his middle name is unknown, assuming he had one. There was an Isaac Edward Mathews in the area at least 15 years prior to when my ancestor arrived in Edgefield --abt 1788-- who is probably the source of the confusion. There's not much doubt that my Isaac Mathews married Susanna Quarles back in Brunswick County, VA as he is named in her father's will as well as two of their children. I've never been able to figure out who started the rumor that his wife was a Pope.] [There is a record of another Isaac Mathews (probably the one whose middle name was Edward) who served in the Revolution and filled out a pension request. In the request he states that he lived in Edgefield for a time before moving to Georgia and then, I think, to Alabama. It is this Isaac who served in the Revolution. If my Isaac served no record of his service exists today.] - See James Waldrum Mathews his Descendants and Ancestors by A. S. Mathews, Jr. (blue book). They must have had Drury Mathews who married Mourning Pope and Lewis who died March 17, 1809 and married Elizabeth Pope.

[Drury was a son of William Mathews and his wife Mary. Drury had at least two brothers, Lewis and Sugar Jones Mathews, and possibly a 3rd, the James who married Elizabeth that we have been discussing previously. Drury's brother Lewis married Elizabeth Pope, the sister of Drury's wife Mourning Pope. The Lewis who married Nancy Allen was a son of my ancestor Isaac Mathews. Isaac and his children all lived at the junction of the Little and Big Saluda Rivers. Saluda Richard Hardy lived next door to Isaac's sons Moses and Hardy (my 4G grandfather) Drury Mathews and his brothers all lived north near Cambridge on Half Way Swamp.]

[There was yet another Isaac Mathews that really confuses things. He lived in Abbeville County and was in no way related to any of the Mathews that I have mentioned here. The Isaac who was the father of Lewis died in Edgefield County 25 Mar 1791.]
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Lewis Mathews, son of William and Mary, probably was born to the second marriage as well as Drury Cook Mathews who married Mourning Pope about 1788. or am I wrong? Are there 2 Isaac s of the same age in 1790? in this area of Edgefield-Abbeville? [Yes, they were probably about the same age although we only have dates of death for either of them so it is hard to say for sure.] In 1840 Mourning Mathews is not even indexed and on the same page Lewis Mathews is indexed as Simeon. [Simeon is correct. Simeon was a son of a Luke Mathews who was possibly also a brother of Drury Mathews. The children of Luke lived in the Cambridge area also and there are some interesting things that make it appear they were related to Drury and the others in that area, but at this point in my research on that line I cannot make any claims one way or the other.

In 1840 one Lewis indexed was the son of Susannah Hardy and her husband John Mathews. Opinions vary on how this John Mathews related to the other Mathews, but my opinion is that he was a first or second cousin of Richard Hardy's wife Molly Mathews.]

Lewis's wife Nancy Allen was born: 1772/73 in Edgefield Dist., South Carolina. Nancy had 8 children. One was Josiah Allen MATHEWS b. 12 JUN 1803 who went to Clarke Co, Alabama. Nancy Allen was Ann Williams's cousin. They both had the same grandfather Robert Allen whose will I have in my John Hardy blog. Mourning Mathews was between 70 and 80 in 1840, ca 1761-1769 and 2 boys age 20-30 were living with her. [One of them was probably one of her step-grandsons John W. Mathews born 1818. She named all of her step grandchildren in her will.]

rick.ralls@gmail.com EDGEFIELD DIST, SOUTH CAROLINA - 1832 List of customers of John Cothran & Co., located at the original "Phoenix" near present day Epworth, Greenwood Co. SC
Lewis Mathews Jr, Simpson Mathews, James Marthews Jr, James Mathews Sr., Mrs Elizabeth Mathews (b 1790?), Mrs Mouring Mathews, Miss Catherine Mathews, Mathew Mathews, Marthy Marthews, William Mathews, Drury Mathews, Maj. Motte, Wm. Moore, Col. John Moore, Wright N. Moore, Criswell Moore, John C. Moore, Wm. Milan, Jacob Miller. Reaves Martin Sr, Reaves Martin Jr., Mrs. Nickson.

[Can you tell me your source for Martha's last name being Pope? She was definitely not a sister to Mourning as there was an equity court case about 1815 against the estate of Solomon Pope that names all of his children. Martha was alive then and would have been named if she were related. I believe that Martha was actually a Mathews of unknown relation to Moses. A 1792 will for a Susannah Mathews (NOT the wife of my Isaac!!!) lists her "son-in-law Moses Mathews and his brother Lewis Mathews" as sole executrs to her will. She also names two grand daughters Nancy and Elizabeth. Moses had two daughters by that name. With those names there is no way Susannah could be anyone other than the mother of Moses's wife Martha. Obviously it is possible that Susannah was previously married to a Pope and that Martha was a product of that earlier marriage.]

GREG SAYS: Alot of the above info on Drury and Mourning Mathews and those in his and her family come from the family bible of Mourning Mathews that was passed down to her daughter Mary Ellen and now is in the possession of someone in Georgia. I have scanned copies of the original bible, but I had to promise to never give them to anyone.... It has a lot of info on both the Pope and Mathews families. I can point you to a web page that has a transcription of the bible and some (not all) of the scanned pages if you are interested. My scans are very high quality and the ones on the web page are barely readable.

Greg
Greg Matthews at dialzero@bellsouth.net
James Mathews b 1766 was a brother of Drury, Lewis and Sugar Jones Mathews who were all sons of William and Mary Mathews.

According to Genealogical Abstracts of Edgefield SC Equity Court Records p. 65-66
Isaac Mathews (b: ?) in Mecklenburg Co, VA died 25 March 1791 leaving widow Anna Quarles Mathews
Children were
1. Cabell "Carabelle" Mathews b: 29 Jun 1759 m. Thomas Pace, 2nd Benjamin Carr of GA probably short for Caroline Belle
2. Elizabeth Mathews b 27 Dec 1762 in NC died 14 Apr 1861 in Wilcox Co.,Al buried Gastonburg Cemetery in Wilcox Co AL m. George Fluker of 96th rick.ralls@gmail.com
10/31/1803 Edgefield Co., SC. Deed Book 24, pages 107
John Ewing Calhoun Esq. to George Fluker, planter, for 186 pounds sterling sixteen shillings, 452 acre on Beaverdam Creek of Little Saluda River late the property of Charles Atkins bounded North by John Chestnut Land, east by Thomas Banks.
3. Moses Mathews b ca 1765 oldest son m. Martha
4. Hardy Mathews 1767 m. Anne Calhoun Served as Colonial Revolutionary War 1st Sargeant of Cavalry in Colonel Brooks' South Carolina command Military Service Title: The Mathews Manuscript
Author: Woodrow Haynes Mathew
Publication: Unpublished
Note:
The Manuscript was photocopied and distibuted among Mathews family members.
Text: Authored by Woodrow Haynew Mathew, Period 1990-1994, Lufkin, Texas: THE BEGINNING OF THIS MANUSCRIPT CAN BE DATED FROM THE DISCOVERY OF A BOX OF OLD RECORDS AFTER THE DEATH OF DR. R.L. MATHEWS. dorismangum@sbc global.net
10/13/1802 Edgefield Co., SC. Deed Book 22, pages 243-245
John Ewing Calhoun of Pendleton District, attorney at Law, to Hardy Matthews, Deed, 10/16/1801 for $318, 247 acres on Little Saludy River known in the General Platt made by the late William Anderson Esq. of Mr. Coleman's land as #10., bounded on the north by Samuel Watson, east by William Watson, south on Lewis Matthews, west by Tobias Meyers.
5. James Mathews 1765?
6. Macayjah Mathews b. ca 1766 in Edgefield m. Mary Crouch died Bef 7 Jul 1856 in Crawford Co.,Georgia Sold 284 acres for $512 to George Gray in Feb 1806. Served as Colonial Revolutionary War in Colonel Brooks' South Carolina command Military Service Title: The Mathews Manuscript
Author: Woodrow Haynes Mathew
Publication: Unpublished
Note:
The Manuscript was photocopied and distibuted among Mathews family members.
Text: Authored by Woodrow Haynew Mathew, Period 1990-1994, Lufkin, Texas: THE BEGINNING OF THIS MANUSCRIPT CAN BE DATED FROM THE DISCOVERY OF A BOX OF OLD RECORDS AFTER THE DEATH OF DR. R.L. MATHEWS.
7. Daniel Mathews b ca 1785 m. Mary Thompson will.kerr88@comcast.net
8. Lewis Mathews b ca 1764 d. Mar 1809 in Edgefield m. Nancy Allen, Ann Williams' cousin, Nancy then married Bailey Crouch. Contrat for marriage 12 February 1812 for a Nancy Mathews. Signed by Samuel Clark Aron Etheridge.
Ball's History of Clarke County, James Waldroff(sic)Waldrum Mathews his Descendants and Ancestors by Albert Sidney(Sut) Mathews, Jr., and Scottish Immigrants to America in 1700's. Calhoun and McLeod families by Addie Mae Gwin Moore and William Douglas Whatley.
L&D-94: Clarke Co. Hist. Soc. Quarterly. Vol. 2, No. 2, pp 20-23. 1977.
See Josiah Allen Mathews. In about 1791, Lewis Mathews, son of Isaac &
Anna Mathews, married Nancy Allen (ca 1772 - d. 1830), daughter of Josi
& Elizabeth Allen; their children were as follows: Elizabeth, Sugar Jones,
Cebel, Mary Quarles, Moses, Josiah Allen, Drury and Milbury Mathews. In
March, 1809, Lewis Mathews, husband of Nancy Mathews died; On March 17,
1809, Nancy Mathews, widow of Lewis Mathews, was appointed administrator
of the estate of the late Lewis Mathews, deceased; on the same date, Drury
Allen and Robert Allen, brothers of Nancy Mathews, were two of the four
men appointed as appraisers of the estate of Lewis Mathews, deceased;
later in 1812, Nancy Mathews married Bailey Crouch.
"Allens of the Southern States," by Norma C. Miller.
...Cebelle Mathews was born Feb 1, 1796, Edgefield Co., SC and died
1840 in Stewart Co., GA. She was married on Jan 12, 1815 to Willies
Barrington (born Jun 20, 1791, Edgefield Co., SC; died Oct 18, 1837,
Stewart Co., GA). (Note: more, see file).

Living next door to Moses Mathews in 1800 is O David Matthews (next page)

1810 census Edgefield
1st page Bailey Crouch who Nancy Mathews later married, George Fluker married to Elizabeth Mathews, William Hardy married to Anna Mathews, Nancy Mathews widow of Lewis Mathews. Martha Mathews widow of Moses
2nd page Susannah Mathews widow of John Mathews, Hardy Mathews married Anne Calhoun

1820 census- widow of John -Susannah Mathews, Jacob Pope and Enoch Mathews

1840 census with Hillary Hardy, Martha Mathews (60-70), Lewis Mathews and Bud Cade

1850 Edgefield
1850 The District, Edgefield, South Carolina house 1283
B C Matthews 51 SC $5000
Doratha Matthews 26 SC
Tillman Matthews 20 SC
Watson Matthews 15 SC
William Matthews 14 SC
Ezekiel Matthews 11 SC
Elizabeth P Matthews 2 SC
house 1284
Martha Mathews 80 NC
house 445
Hillery Hardy 29 SC $1500
Mary Hardy 25 SC
Emma Hardy 9 SC
William Hardy 7
Ezekiel Hardy 5
James P Hardy 2
house 451
William Hardy 69 VA $4000
Nancy Hardy 64 NC
Anne Hardy 12 NC niece from NC?
house 362
Richard Hardy 35 SC
Julian Hardy 32 SC
Jane E Hardy 13 SC
Silas C. Hardy 7 SC
Susan Hardy 5 SC
Frances C Hardy 3
Julia Hardy 0
Robert brooks 21 SC
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Going back to 1790, here is the will of Martha's mother. Martha married Moses Mathews.

Here is an early Edgefield Mathews will written on 1790:
from greg mathews-
Susanna Mathews of Edgefield County, SC
To granddaughter Nancy Mathews one Negro girl named Chania
To granddaughter Elizabeth Mathew one Negro boy named James
To grandson Lewis Mathews a Negro boy named Samuel
To daughter Martha Mathews a Negro wench named Darkess and all her increase
To son-in-law Mosses Mathews one Negro named Dompy
To said Nancy Mathews one bed and furniture
To said Elizabeth Mathews another bed and furniture
To daughter Martha Mathews another wench named Sarah to her and her heirs
forever
Wit: Lewis Mathews, Moses Mathis, Isaac Matthis, Beverly Borroum
Extrs: son-in-law Moses Mathews and his brother Lewis Mathews
Dated: 29 Dec 1790
Rec: Court of Mar 1792
Note from Greg and Susan: This is the mother of the wife of Moses Mathews of Edgefield
County. If her last name was Mathews it begs the question as to who her husband
was. Moses and Martha Mathews did not have a son named Lewis who is
documented. Their daughter Cebell is estimated to have been born about 1788, yet
she is not named as a grandchild here. So, this implies that Cebell was born after
this will was written (b 16 APR 1792) . If that is the case then this leaves a gap of several years between the births of Nancy 1786 NC and Elizabeth (b: 2 DEC 1787 ) and Cebell which leaves enough room for a son Lewis. Since Lewis is not named in the 1810 equity case brought by Martha Mathews then it must be assumed that Lewis died young.
Ref: Edgefield County South Carolina Old Wills 1787-1806 Vol. I, by Frances Terry Ingmire, 1982

Moses Mathews b ca 1765 married Martha b 1771-1780 MARTHA POPE ? or Martha Mathews, d/o widow Susannah Mathews
1860 census with nany Mathews Hardy and Budcade and Lewis Mathews
Children:
1. Anna "Nancy" Mathes b 1786 NC married William Hardy
2. Elizabeth Mathews b: 2 DEC 1787 married Jacob Pope
3. Lewis Mathews 1789 died before adulthood
4. Cabel /Sybil b 16 APR 1792 death: 3 DEC 1825 in Newberry, SC Burial: PROSPERITY, SC was married by 21 March 1822 Daniel Thweatt CURETON (b: 28 NOV 1788) of Newberry when he sold his wife's share of her father's land back to Martha her mother for $92. Both side of the Little Saluda River. The original title was 4 October 1768 William Whitaker, John Chestnut, Isaac Mathews, Moses Mathews, Cabel /Sybil Mathews. Father: John CURETON , Jr. b: 27 SEP 1731 in PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY, VIRGINIA
Mother: Hannah THWEATT b: 1752 in VIRGINIA
5. Mary Mathews m. Arthur Fort
6. Enoch Mathews above in1820 census, bought land from Jacob Pope on 1 January 1820 which jacob Pope had bought 1787. In 1825 Enoch was in Crawford Co GA married 11 FEB 1819 in Jones County, GA to Nancy Matthews b: 1805 in SC
7. Bud Cade Mathews b: 11 MAR 1799 in EDGEFIELD DIST d. 24 JUN 1886. he owned 29 slves i 1860, ranging from age 2 to 60. The page before him has Lewis Mathews with 10 slaves and Nancy Hardy (b 1790 widow of William Hardy) with 12 slaves.
8. William Mathews
9. Eleanor Mathew married Josiah Etheridge before 11 Nov 1824 when part of her father's estate were sold to her brother Bud Cade Mathews, adjacent land of Gibson heirs (Eilliam and John Gibson)

Moses brother Lewis went to GA:
"Allens of the Southern States," by Norma C. Miller.

L&D-94: Clarke Co. Hist. Soc. Quarterly. Vol. 2, No. 2, pp 20-23. 1977.
See Josiah Allen Mathews. Eight generations of the Mathews lineage a
follows: (1) Isaac Mathews, (2) Lewis Mathews, (3) Josiah Allen Mathews,
(4) David Mathews, (5) James Waldrum Mathews, (6) David Chapman Mathews,
(7) Forrest Lee Mathews, and (8) Forrest David Mathews. Forrest David
Mathews is the President of the University of Alabama; previously, he took
a leave of absence as president of the University of AL to serve under
President Ford as HEW Secretary, Washington, DC. According to Equity
Package #95 filed on 13 Sep 1814, in the Edgefield Co., SC Probate Office,
the descendants of Isaac Mathews who died 23 years previously on March 25,
1791, had to go into Court of Equity to establish titles to a tract of
land on the Little Saluda river. Since Lewis Mathews, a son of Isaac
Mathews, had died in 1809, and his widow Nancy had married Bailey Crouch
among others, and his wife Nancy filed on behalf of her children. The
following is a quoted verbatium from the 13 Sep 1814, petition. "..Bail
Crouch and Nancy his wife in behalf of themselves and now of age Sugar
Jones; over fourteen years of age Cebel, Mary Quarles, Moses; and under
fourteen years of age Josiah Allen, Drury, and Milbury Mathews and Thom
Waite in behalf of himself and his minor child Nancy Waite interested as
heirs & legates of Isaac Mathews.." Note: Mathews after Milbury applies to
each of the seven children; three of them had two given names each.
Elizabeth MATHEWS Waite, deceased, was the mother of Nancy Waite.
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Marriage 1 Matilda Amelia Perry b: 8 NOV 1802 in Edgefield District, South Carolina

Married: 28 MAY 1822 in Edgefield District, South Carolina

Children

Martha Perry Odum Matthews b: 2 APR 1823 in Edgefield District, South Carolina
Moses Matthews b: 6 OCT 1824 in Edgefield District, South Carolina
Tillman Matthews b: 20 APR 1827 in Edgefield District, South Carolina
Mary Matthews b: 2 AUG 1829 in Edgefield District, South Carolina
Matilda Matthews b: 17 NOV 1831 in Edgefield District, South Carolina
Budcade Watson Matthews b: 17 OCT 1834 in Edgefield District, South Carolina
William Enoch Matthews b: 24 JUL 1837 in Edgefield District, South Carolina
Ezekial Perry Matthews b: 20 DEC 1840 in Edgefield District, South Carolina

Marriage 2 Dorothea Ann Miller b: 1827 in South Carolina

Married: AFT 1843

Children

Elizabeth Pope Matthews b: 1849 in South Carolina
Emerline Matthews b: 1853 in South Carolina
Belton Pope Matthews b: BET 1854 AND 1856 in South Carolina
Nancy Matthews b: BET 1858 AND 1860 in South Carolina
Stonewall Jackson Matthews b: JUN 1862 in South Carolina

Martha Odom Perry MATHEWS was born 20 APR 1823 in Edgefield District, South Carolina died 20 SEP 1914 in Toombs, County, Georgia Marriage 1 Daniel COLEMAN b: 13 DEC 1819 in Edgefield District, South Carolina, They moved to Emanuel GA after the Civil War. They had a son named Moses Mathews Coleman b: 3 NOV 1851 in South Carolina.
aimage 354
House 591 -oct 18
1850 census The District, Edgefield, South Carolina
Daniel Coleman 31 SC
Martha Coleman 28 SC
Matilda Coleman 6 SC
Milton Coleman 8 SC
Thornton Coleman 3 SC
Laura A Coleman 1 SC
1860: Saluda Regiment, Edgefield, South Carolina
Post Office: Oak Land near the Crouches
D Coleman 40 SC
M Coleman 85 SC is this his mother or the wrong age?
Milton Coleman 17
M Coleman 15
T Coleman 12
Laura Coleman 10
Moses Coleman 8
T J Coleman 6
E Coleman 3
M A Coleman 8.12

Bible information:
Source: "Vital Statistics in a Matthews Family from Bible of Bud Cade Matthews, son of Moses, son of Isaac Matthews in possession of S. J. Matthews, Savannah, Ga.
Births
Bud Cade Matthews born March 11, 1799
Matilda Perry daughter of Ezekiel Perry his first wife b 8 Nov 1802
Martha Matthews was born April 2nd 1823.
Moses Matthews was born October 6th 1824.
Tillman Matthews was born April 20th 1821.
Mary Matthews was born August 2nd 1829.
Matilda Matthews was born Nov 17th 1831.
Bud C. Watson Matthews October 17th 1834.
William E. Matthews was born July 24th 1837.
Ezekiel Perry Matthews was born Dec 25th 1839.
Elizabeth Pope Matthews daughter of Bud C and Dorothy (Miller) Matthews his
second wife was born 26th of May 1849.
NOTE: [ Sardis Baptist Church Minutes, 2 Jun 1849. Letter from B. C. Matthews
dated 30 May 1849 asked church to expunge names of he and his wife. Request
granted. He had been a member since 1832.]
Eveline Matthews was born July 20th 1852.
Belton Pope Matthews was born Dec 30th 1854.
Nancy Matthews was born Sep 28th 1858.
Stonewall Jackson Matthews was born June 22nd 1862.
Dorothy Miller Matthews, second wife of Bud Cade Matthews was born February 8tt 1824.
Annie Leona Padgett was born October 4th 1866, Thursday at 8 o'clk p.m.
Deaths in Bud Cade Matthews Family
Matilda Matthews wife of B. C. Matthews died January 26th 1843 6 a.m.
Martha Matthews mother of B. C. Matthews died May 10th 1856 aged about 86
years.
Elizabeth Pope wife of Jacob Pope departed this life Dec 5th 1858.
Tillman Matthews died 26th of July, killed at Malvern Hill, Va.
Dorothy Miller Matthews died November 3rd 1883.
Bud Cade Matthews died June 24th 1886.
Note: Michael Watson father of Mary Perry was born in Virginia in 1726, died
in South Carolina 1782. (Killed at Deans Swamp).
[All of this material was furnished by Lieut. Werner Watson Moore, Army Supply
Base, 1st Avenue and 58th Street, Brooklyn, N. Y., a descendant of Michael
Watson, Ezekiel Perry and Isaac Matthews, wife Ann Calhoun.

Marriages in Matthews Family
(1) Bud Cade Matthews was married May 28th 1822 to Matilda Perry of Barnwell
District (S. C.) Daughter of Ezekiel and Mary Perry.
(2) Bud Cade Matthews August 29th 1844 to Dorothy Miller, daughter of Joshu
and Dorothy Miller of Edgefield, S. C.
Martha, daughter of Bud Cade and Matilda his wife was married November 14th
1841 to Daniel Coleman, son of Thornton.
Mary Matthews was married 14th of Dec. 1848 to James Dozier son of Young
Dozier.
Matilda Matthews married Feb. 28th 1850 to Tyre Etheredge, son of William
Etheredge.
Elizabeth Pope Matthews married June 21st 1866 to Francis Marion Pope son of
Mark F. Pope.
Ezekiel P. Matthews was married to Edith Langford duaghter of William Langford Feb 21st 1861.
Emaline Matthews was married Dec 20th 1876 to Crowel Mitchel son of Cary
Mitchel Jr.
Jackson Matthews was married to Annie Leona Padgett at Sardis Baptist Church
Dec 18th 1888, at 11 o'clock a.m. by Rev. N. N. Burton.
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Source: J. B. West : Jacob and Laura West deeded 330 acres of land on Clouds
Creek to Bud C. Matthews and the money was sent by a lawyer to Kendall County
Tx. This is recorded in the Edgefield County Courthouse 1874.
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Source: Edgefield County, SC Will Book F, Page 592, 1 Jul 1886

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Mathews households
1830 Edgefield, South Carolina:
same page
image 59 lots of Ethridge and Jennings in the neighborhood
Are these James Mathews' sister in laws and brother?
Susannah Mathew age 30-40 (1790-1799) and 5 young children not indexed
Moses Mathews 30-40 wife 20-30 dont know who this is
Susan Mathews 30-40
B K Mathews 30-40 Budcade Mathews
William Hardy 40-50 (son of Richard and Molly, born 1781, 2 sons and 5 daughters)
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Mathew Mathews only a woman is listed 40-50
Hardy Mathews age 60-70 (1760-1770) not indexed
John Pope 40-50
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Joseph Mathews age 29-30
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Garrett Mathews 40-60 (born NC had a wife Polly in 1824)8
Jacob Pope 40-60
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James Mathews age 40-50 Edgefield, South Carolina
Lewis Mathews age 20-30 Edgefield, South Carolina
Thomas Hardy 20-30 (1800-1810)
Zacharias Bullock 30-40 supposedly another Zachariah BULLOCK was born on May 3 1809, son of William Bulloch and Spicey Bowman
Daniel Bullock and wife 60-70 (1760-1770) was born on Oct 25 1762. He died on Jun 8 1835 in Edgefield District, South Carolina. Daniel BULLOCK married Jane SINQUEFIELD on Nov 11 1789 in Columbia County, GA.
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image 175 lots of Outs in the neighborhood and some Dorns
Drury Mathews and wife both age 60-70 (1761-1769) with 2 girls 15-20 Drury Cooke Mathews, son of William and Mary Mathews
James Mathews Jr 20-30 next to
Thomas Hardy Sr. 40-50 (1780-1790 who was this???)
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John Mathews age 60-70 no wife several children Edgefield, South Carolina (probably was married to Agnes Calhoun b: 29 Aug 1773 in Staunton, Augusta, VA Death: 5 Sep 1840 in Greene, AL, son was William b. 1791 Edgefield Dist., SC, d. 1847 Crawford Co., GA. married Sarah Ann Nutival b. 1794 SC, d. 1878 Crawford Co., GA, siblings - James Madison b. 10 OCT 1816 in Edgefield, Nancy Ann, Samuel, and Martha E. jdoz120ß@aol.com )
Simpson Mathews age 20-30 Edgefield, South Carolina indexed as Sampson
Abbeville
John Mathew Abbeville, South Carolina
Agnuss Bulloch indexed as Anuss Bullock she is age 20-30 6 slaves Abbeville, South Carolina
John W. Bulloch same page not indexed 2 slaves
Bulloch details at very bottom of page
Epworth area:
Benjamin Mays, Sixth President of Morehouse College and mentor to Martin Luther King, Jr. was born in the vicinity. Some biographies place his birthplace in Epworth, South Carolina, roughly six miles to the south of Ninety-Six, the old Fort.
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Orville Vernon Burton, Professor of History and Sociology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, was raised in Ninety Six. His book, In My Father’s House Are Many Mansions: Family and Community in Edgefield, South Carolina traces the social history of that region.Was Elizabeth already a widow in 1832? or is her husband also on the customer list? Same for Mourning Pope Mathews. Is her husband on the list? Did they use Mrs. when they were widows or if they were rich?

1860: Saluda Regiment, Edgefield, South Carolina
Post Office: Dorns Mills
John Mathews 21 SC $700 $4980
Elizabeth Mathew 47 SC $700 $1800
Lewellin G Mathew 45 SC $700 $1205
James Mathew 38 $700
W Franklin Mathew 33 $700 $2500
J.M. Hardy 23 $400 $450
Bullocks are next door.

1880 Household: James married Milly and was living at Kersey Roads, Gray, Edgefield, South Carolina

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The Calhoun family moved from Ireland to Pennsylvania to Wythe Co Virginia and the the Calhoun settlement in Abbeville District SC between 1731 and 1756.

James Patrick & Katherine Calhoun, James was born ca 1720 in Donegal Ireland and died 5/27/1762 in Abbeville District, SC.
James Patrick Calhoun married Margaret Catherine Montgomery in Ireland. He was a surveyor by trade and came to America in 1731 with his family. When the family left Ireland they sailed to Penna. Being driven away by the Indians during the French/Indian War, the family moved first to Virginia where James died. The widow of James and children went to South Carolina in Feb. 1756. They established the Calhoun Settlement in what became Abbeville District. Today the area is located in Greenwood/McCormick Counties, about twenty miles SW of the town of "96".
On 2/1/1760 there was an Indian attack on the settlement and Mrs. Katherine Calhoun and her son, James Jr. were killed along with about fifty others. Two Calhoun daughters were carried into captivity, one being later rescued but no trace of the second daughter was ever found. This incident is referred to as the Long Cane Massacre, being named after the Long Cane Creek which ran through the settlement.

The five remaining Calhoun children of James Patrick Calhoun and Margaret Katherine Montgomery are:
1. William Calhoun-married 10/19/1749 in Va. to Agnes Long. William and his family moved to SC. 1756. They had eleven children. Two of their daughters were killed in the Long Cane Massacre SC on 2/1/1760 and another daughter, Ann Calhoun was captured by the Indians and lived with them for several years before being returned to her family. Her mother recognized her by a birthmark. William kept a store at which were sold corn, rye, wheat, flour, pork, and liquors. (Information from Southern History Assoc. 1904 by Salley.) Children : Ann Calhoun, Joseph Calhoun, Agnes Calhoun, Ezechial 1770 - 1817 married 1792 to Frances Hamilton.
2. Ezechial Calhoun- was born 1720 in Donegal Ireland and died 5/27/1762 in Abbeville District, SC. He married Jane Ewing.
3. John Erwin calhoun
4. Mary Catherine Calhoun was born 1752 Augusta Co., Va., came to South Carolina in 1756 with her widowed mother and brothers and sisters. married Noble. She died 2/3/1803 in Abbeville District, SC.
5. Patrick Calhoun was born 6/11/1727 in Co. Donegal Ire. and died 1/15/1796 SC. In "Life of John C. Calhoun" there is a foot note which stated there is possibly some evidence that Patrick Calhoun married three times and that Martha Caldwell born 1750, Cub Creek, Va was his third wife. Date taken from her headstone. It seems his brother William kept a diary and recorded a marriage between Patrick Calhoun and a Sarah McKinly on 2/26/1767.

Some of Ezechial's children were born in Lancaster Co., Pa and others in VA. He married Jane Ewing. She was born 1724 in Co. Donegal, Ireland. In a brief biography of Ezechial Calhoun by Mary B. Kegley 'Early Adventurers on the Western Waters, vol. 3,part 2, pages 597-8:
......Ezechial Calhoun accompanied his mother, four brothers, sister Mary Noble to Wythe Co., Va., before October 1745, settling on Reed Creek,VA where the family chose lands still regarded as the finest in the country. The Woods River entry book shows Ezechial Calhoun bought 500 acres at the location known as the Kenton Plantation, owned by the Kent Family (Augusta Co., Survey Bk. 1; Pat. Bk. 30, page 512; Pat. Bk. 31, page 239; Woods River Entry Bk., Filson Club, KY; Augusta DB 12, page 182)....According to Kegley's notes, in 1756 the Calhouns left Wythe Co. Va. and settled in Abbeville SC. because of Indian disturbances on the Va. frontier. Ezechial made a will in South Carolina in September 1759 and then returned to his home on Reed Creek in Wythe Co. in 1760 or 1761 where he was killed by an Indian as he stood at his cabin door. He was buried on his farm in Wythe Co. and his grave was marked in 1970 by Mrs. Louis Hill. Ezechial's will was probated in Charleston 5/25/1762 and it names all his children, the land on Long Cane SC and Reed Creek in Wythe Co. VA. Eurovol@email.com
A. James Calhoun
B. John Ewing Calhoun (1749 - 1802) married Floride Bonneau
C. Judge Patrick Calhoun born 1770, was co-executor of his father's will. He married Eleanor Pickens
D. Ezechial Calhoun Jr
E. Rebecca Calhoun married General Andrew Pickens Simpson. Abbeville Banner 4/8/1846:
Died, in Pensacola Florida, on the 20th ultimo, Mrs. Ann Pickens Simpson, born 4/12/1770. Her native place was Abbeville District SC. She was the daughter of General Andrew Pickens Simpson so highly and deservedly celebrated as a commander in the American Forces during our revolutionary struggle with Great Britain and the most distinguished hero in the Battle of Cowpens. Her mother was Rebecca Calhoun, daughter of Ezechial Calhoun, sister of John E. Calhoun, present Senator from South Carolina. After having been educated in her native State she was married to John Simpson, her first and only husband at the age of 22 years. With him she lived 45 years; and became the mother of seven children, two daughters and five sons; the youngest of whom died at the age of two years. The remainder still live. "Pensacola Gazette"
F. Catherine Calhoun
G. Jean Calhoun
H. Mary Calhoun, mentioned in Kegley's notes as born about 1743 in Lancaster Co., Pa., and died between 1/21/1805 and 2/23/1805 in Abbeville District SC. She had married Samuel Kerr who died 1781.
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Jan 2008
Susan,

I just noticed something. I was reading through some of that blog page (very nice work by the way) and down towards the bottom I see you mention a Sarah Lamar of Charleston right after you start talking about #10 James Hardy. Do you know anything more on the Lamar family? I have yet another James Mathews who supposedly married a Dinah Lamar and was living in Edgefield County at the end of the 1700s. James died in 1819. Most people say his wife was Dinah Lamar, but my opinion is that she was Dinah Braswell/Breazel/Brazeal and she was a daughter of a William Braswell and Sarah Lamar. If my theory on her is correct her mother Sarah Lamar would have been about the same age as the Sarah Lamar of Charleston that you mention.

In case you are looking for info on any Mathews of the Edgefield area I have a web page at http://bluntrazor.com with family files on all of the folks that you mention on your blog.

Greg

March 2008
Dear Susan,

I'm sorry it has taken me this long to get back to you from your December 10, 2007 Hardy news E-mail.

I resigned as an officer of OEDGS and Quill editor in February thinking, "OK, now I can pursue some of my other projects." I had cataract surgery on my eyes which slowed things down considerably. They have been fine, but I need glasses for distance more than about 18 inches, so now I have to wait until I can get my new glasses to do very much work.

The James M. Hardy that you wrote me about was the son of Elizabeth Mathews and James Hardy, not Richard and Elizabeth Hardy. I don't have the documentation on this family, but do have names and dates.

Elizabeth (b 6 Feb 1813, d 26 May 1884) was the daughter of James Matthews (b bef 1793, d 10 May 1849) and his wife Elizabeth (d 7 Apr 1857) of Virginia, married 1809, but I don't know which county. The Hardy and Matthews families were closely tied in Virginia and the tradition continued when they migrated south. I have so many Matthews in my line that I have more Matthews blood than I do Hardy.

I don't know who James Hardy's parents were, but he and Elizabeth had at least three children: Sarah Elizabeth, James (b 1 Oct 1831), and Olif.

See yah,

Carol

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3rd Isaac Mathews -descendant of Irish immigrant to Edgefield, not from VA
Issac Mathews of Abbeville Co. died 25 Mar 1801, buried in Old Calhoun Cemetery. His wife was Ann Calhoun b: 18 May 1755 in Augusta, VA whom he married 12 Oct 1784 in Abbeville Dist. She was taken by Indians when she was a girl at the Long Cane masacker in 1760. Children

Lewis Mathews b: in Abbeville County, South Carolina
Joseph Calhoun Mathews b: 11 JUL 1785 in Abbeville District, South Carolina
Mary Mathews b: BET 1785 AND 1790 in Abbeville District, South Carolina
Nancy Ann Mathews b: BET 1785 AND 1790 in Abbeville District, South Carolina
John D. Mathews b: BET 1790 AND 1799 in Abbeville District, South Carolina

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1840 Cobb GA
The other JW Hardy and Wiley Hardy
Even thought the son is born in Edgefield SC, I think this is a Bertie NC family. The Baggots are from Bertie. In 1840 John Hardy is in Cobb Co GA next to the Baggots. In 1830 it is a toss up where he is. The Jasper Hardys are from Bertie. So are the Lincoln Hardys.
Cobb GA
John Hardy might be living next to 85 years old Sarah Sutton (she might be Sarah Tarbottom /Tarbutton of Maryland who died in GA). It looks like a daughter married John Hardy.

1860: Powder Springs, Cobb, Georgia
Post Office: Powder Springs
house 597
JW Hardy 80 NC $200
Temperance 60 NC
Allen B. Roberts m 23 GA
NN Roberts f 30 GA
TS Roberts f 25 GA
house 598
J N Hardy 41 $600 SC
Sarah Hardy 38
Louisa Hardy 11
J A Hardy 8
D M Hardy 5
Charles Roberts 18
Jspe Moon 85
house 695
G M Hardy 21 GA
Malissa Hardy 21 GA
house696
L.B. Hardy 50 GA
H.N. f 26 GA
M.J. m 18 GA
M.A. f 17 GA
Henry 5 GA
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Jesse Hardy Jr. Bible:
This Bible was certified in Montgomery, AL by DAR in September 1955
The last known owners were John F. Hardy of Meridian, MS and Mrs. J. M. Hardy in Selma, AL.

Original Owners
Jesse Hardy and his wife Celia Golding

Jesse Hardy was born in Bertie Co., NC on Jan. 26, 1776 and died July 25, 1845.
He is buried in the Old Town Cemetery, Dallas Co., AL
Celia Golding was born in Lincoln Co., GA on Jan 16, 1787 and died Dec. 17, 1845 buried in the Old Town Cemetery, Dallas Co., AL

BIRTHS:
(This page was torn)
Mitchel G. Hardy was born Nov. 1806
Washington Hardy was born Oct. 9th 1808
Jefferson Hardy was bonr Jan. 10th 1811
Cornelius Hardy was born April (torn paper)
Robert Hardy was born (torn paper)
Hampleton Hardy was born April 14th 1816
Henrietta Hardy was born Feb. 4th 1818
Susan Hardy was born June 16th 1821
John Hardy was born Jan. 6, 1823 (blur on paper)
Emily Hardy was born Apr 1824 (blur on paper)
Mary Hardy was born Dec. 1st 1826 (blur on paper)
Elizabeth Hardy was born April 16, 1828
Benjamin Hardy was born February 5, 1829
Catherine Hardy was born June 5th 1823 (blur on paper)
Rampson Hardy was born Jan. 8th 1833
Aquilla Hardy was born April 16th 1834

DEATHS
William Hardy died Oct. 14, 1829
Cornelius Hardy died April 15th 1836
Aquilla Hardy died February 6th 1839
Jesse Hardy died July 25, 1845
Sealy Hardy died December the 17th 1854