Display Patriot - P-243152 - Thomas MATTHEWS

Thomas MATTHEWS

SAR Patriot #: P-243152

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State of Service: NC Qualifying Service: Colonel

DAR #: A098998

Birth: abt 1744 / Cumberland / NC
Death: bef 09 Mar 1810 / Moore / NC

Qualifying Service Description:

Colonel, Moore County, North Carolina Militia

Additional References:

Marked graves of Revolutionary soldiers and patriots. DAR Magazine
Deed dated Jan 1773; Land Entry/ Survey Order Sept. 1784
"Misc. Ancient Records of Moore Co. NC", pg 315, 321; !789 Moore Co. NC Entry Order
"Roster of NC Soldiers in the Revolution", pg 419
William Clark, NC State Records, Volume 11, pg 745
Clarke, NCSR Volume 22, pg 411-412, 473

Spouse: Sarah XX;
Children: James;

Members Who Share This Ancestor

Date Approved	Society	ACN	SAR Member Info	Lineage via Child	View Application Detail
2011-04-22	FL	41137	Fuller Callaway Jones Jr. (177760)	James

Burial:

Old Johnson Farm_(C-0255180)

Location:

Vass / Moore / NC / USA

Find A Grave Cemetery #:

2484025

Grave Plot #:

Grave GPS Coordinates:

35.261784 / -79.258881

Find A Grave Memorial #:

105017514

Marker Type:

SAR Grave Dedication Date:

Comments:

photo used with permission of Gary O. Green, 168757, Lower Cape Fear Chapter, NCSSAR
Plot 35.2547, -79.260312
Headstone "Lieut Thomas Matthews"

Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

Photo: 1 of 1

Author: Eric Kevin Williams
Matthews, Thomas (b. 1727, Halifax, VA; d. 1780, Moore, NC) Married about 1748 to Margaret (b. 1726; d. before 1810, Laurens District, SC)
Thomas Matthews was appointed Justice of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions in January, 1772 by Colonial Governor Josiah Martin. He served in this capacity for the Patriot Government during the Revolutionary War. In the January Session of 1778, Thomas Matthews was designated to administer the "oath of allegience" to the militia companies. Moore County was formed from Cumberland in 1784 and Thomas was appointed Colonel of the Moore County Militia in 1785.He married Sarah Gilmore of Cumberland Co., NC. Grave Inscription:Liet. Thos. Matthews, N.C. Militia, Rev. War.Buried two miles east of Vass, Moore County.Thomas Matthews’ gravesite is located off County Road 2005 on the S.W. side of Crains Creek. Go .3 miles past the junction of County Road 2082, turn left on small field road that goes to the old Johnson house. The gravesite is about 200 yards to the rear of the house in the edge of the woods on the N.W. corner of the field.

The Johnson house may not exist today. Field notes from 1986GPS Coordinates: Latitude: 35.25470, Longitude: -79.26031GPS readings are not exact. Grave marked by Alfred Moore Chapter. Service: Justice of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions in Cumberland, NC in Hanuary 1772; appointed by Colonial Governor Josiah Martin. Colonel of Moore County Militia, 18 May 1785. (DAR Magazine, 1973, p. 132; NSSAR membership # 73002; & Grave Index # P 243152)

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