Joseph McMath was born in 1750, but his place of birth is unknown. He shows up in the Warren Co. area in the 1770's and married Elizabeth Wilshire in about 1776. He was once considered a Rev. Soldier, but much later the status was taken away due to a lack of documentation. His grave is just off the west side of Cosby Road, and is one to two hundred yards north of the intersection of intersection of Cosby and Stony Grove Road in Warren Co. GA, east of Warrenton GA,and is probably on land that Joseph owned. His stone was probably remade in the 1920's or 1930's. There is no other grave at this location and it is surrounded by high grass and thorns. There is a telephone pole just to the south of the stone on the west side of Cosby Road. There is a nice property on the same side of Cosby road a little south of his stone. There is no stone for his wife Elizabeth. She died in 1827, and may lie next to him, but there is no record. Joseph and his wife had 12 children and numerous further descendents. A map of the location of this cemetery is on findagrave.com.∼GA TROOP
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Biography of Joseph McMath by Jonathan Snyder
Joseph McMath was born in 1750 (place unknown) and died in 1825 in Warren County, Georgia. He was buried on his land near Brier Creek in Warren County, Georgia. He married Elizabeth Wilshire in 1776 (place unknown).
According to his great-grandson, William Thomas McMath, he was a Private and fought in 1775 at the Battle of Kettle Creek, Georgia, on 7 October 1780 at the Battle of King's Mountain, South Carolina and on 16 January 1781 at the Battle of Cowpens, South Carolina. However, no primary historical source material has been located which would prove that Joseph McMath served in these battles.
Joseph McMath received a grant of 200 acres of land on a branch of Beaverdam Creek in Wilkes County, Georgia on 10 December 1784. On 3 January 1785, he received a bounty grant of 287½ acres of land in Washington County, Georgia (certificate number 3049). He also received bounty land of 287½ acres of land on lot 1079 of Washington County, Georgia. This land was bordered on the North by vacant land, on the East by Robert Pollard's land, on the South by the Ogeechee River and on the West by vacant land.
Some individuals have attempted to prove that Joseph McMath was a Revolutionary War veteran based on his appearance on a Certified List of Georgia Troops in Lucian Lamar Knight's Georgia's Roster of the Revolution. However, Alex Hitz discredits the accuracy of this list in his book, Georgia Bounty Land Grants. This does not prove that Joseph McMath was not in the Revolutionary War, but there is no definitive proof that he was a Revolutionary War veteran.
On 6 July 1786, Joseph McMath was appointed along with Thomas Neil and John McDonald as an appraiser of the estate of John Mays, who died in 1785 in Wilkes County, Georgia. On 24 August 1786, he obtained 100 acres of land on Brier Creek in Wilkes County, Georgia from Mary Hollingsworth for the sum of 100 Pounds. This land bordered on Burkhalter land. He obtained 200 acres of land on Brier Creek in Wilkes County, Georgia from Michael and Margaret Burkhalter on 7 March 1788. This land was bordered on the North by Sallis' land, on the East by Jones and vacant land, and on the South by McMath and vacant land. This land was obtained for the sum of twenty pounds. He obtained 200 acres of land on Brier Creek in Wilkes County, Georgia from Thomas and Sarah Jones for the sum of twenty pounds on 9 November 1788.
William Thomas McMath reported that Joseph McMath assembled a party of horsemen, ex-soldiers of the Revolutionary war on 18 May 1791 and met General George Washington, then President of the United States, at Fulcher's Pond, four miles from Augusta, Georgia, to greet the President and welcome him on his visit to the South. This has not yet been verified by any primary sources.
Joseph McMath witnessed the will of Benjamin Wilshire on 10 June 1791 and appeared in Wilkes County, Georgia court to state that he witnessed the will of Benjamin Wilshire. He appeared in 1793 on the Wilkes County, Georgia tax list in Captain Neal's District as owning 360 acres of land bordering Rees land, and his tax was 1 S., 9 d. In 1794, he appeared on the Warren County Georgia tax list in Captain Neal's District as owning 360 acres of land bordering Brier Creek and Rees and Jones lands, and his tax was 1 S. 6 d. per acre and the total tax was 3 S., 1½ d. The land was valued as twenty-seven Pounds. On 31 March 1794, Joseph McMath served as a Grand Juror for the Court of Warren County, Georgia and served again as a Grand Juror for the Court of Warren County, Georgia on 17 June 1794. On 1 August 1795, he purchased 300 acres of land on Brier Creek in Warren County, Georgia from James and Mary McCormick for the sum of thirty pounds. The land bordered Thomas Jones' land on the West, William Whares' land on the North and Rees' land on the West. He obtained 100 acres of land on Brier Creek in Warren County, Georgia from Hugh Rees for the sum of $100 on 15 March 1798. This land bordered William Whairis and vacant land to the Southwest, Newsom's and vacant land to the West and Brier Creek to the Northwest. On 21 September 1803, he sold 200 acres of land in Warren County, Georgia to Jesse Carter for the sum of $40. This land bordered lands owned by Hugh Rees, Jesse Carter and Clabern Newsom. In 1805, Joseph McMath appeared on the Warren County, Georgia tax list in Captain Neal's District as owning fourteen slaves and three parcels of land totaling 1,400 acres. Brier Creek and Hinton and Ivey land bordered the property. Taxes paid were $5.96½. In the 1805 Georgia Land Lottery, Joseph McMath had two draws and won one prize--a 202 ½ acre lot in Baldwin County, Georgia. He sold lot 309 in the 2nd District of Baldwin County, Georgia to Michael Burkhalter of Warren County, Georgia on 13 November 1806. On 28 January 1808, he deeded a slave named Fannie to his granddaughter, Nancy M. Raglen. He received a grant of 500 acres of land in Warren County, Georgia on 13 November in 1816. Joseph McMath appeared on the Warren County, Georgia tax list for 1818 in Captain Neal's District as owning thirteen slaves and five parcels of land totaling 1,387 acres. Grantees were McCormick & c. and Silas. Taxes paid were $5.71¾. Joseph McMath was listed in the 1820 U.S. Census for Warren County, Georgia as the head of a household including: one white male 45 and up, one male slave between 14 and 26, one male slave 45 and up, one white female under 10, one white female 45 and up and one female slave between 26 and 45.
On 24 August 1824, Joseph wrote a will in Warren County, Georgia. He willed to his wife, Elizabeth, 100 acres of land, three slaves, farm animals, two Barshear ploughs and one shovel. To Sally Barbaree, his granddaughter, he willed $500. The balance of his property was to be divided amongst his heirs. He appointed his wife Elizabeth and his son William as executors. Witnesses were Hackaliah McMath, Elijah McMath and Claburn Wall. His will was probated on 5 September 1825 in Warren County, Georgia.
On 6 July 1947, there was a ceremony in which markers furnished by the U.S. War Department were placed on the land of Joseph McMath by the Burkhalter Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution of Warrenton, Georgia and the Council of Safety Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution of Americus, Georgia. Subsequently, the D.A.R. has removed recognition of Joseph McMath as a Revolutionary War veteran due to the lack of primary source evidence.
William Thomas McMath of Americus, Georgia stated on 30 June 1948 that he was is possession of the family Bible of Joseph McMath.
Issue:
i. William McMath, b. 19 Jan. 1778, d. ca. 1836 in Gray, Jones County, Georgia; m. (1) Polly Hatcher Dec. 1805 in Warren Co., Georgia, d.; m. (2) Polly Amos 23 Jan. 1811 in Warren Co., Georgia.
ii. John McMath, b. 6 June 1780.
From Wilkes County Georgia Deed Book "FF" 1788:
Page 9--JONES, THOMAS and wife Sarah to Jos. McMath 200 acres on Brier creek. Nov. 9, 1788. John Sallis, Robt. Lossiter, Hugh Rees, J. P., Test.
Page 11--McMATH, JOSEPH and wife Elizabeth to Thos. Jones, planter 50 acres on Brier creek. Nov. 9, 1788.
Single headstone of Joseph McMath is located beside Cosby Rd about 1 mile from Matthew Cemetery, a few yards before the junction of Cosby Rd and Adam Chalker Rd, on the right heading south.
REV WAR
Biography of Joseph McMath by Jonathan Snyder
Joseph McMath was born in 1750 (place unknown) and died in 1825 in Warren County, Georgia. He was buried on his land near Brier Creek in Warren County, Georgia. He married Elizabeth Wilshire in 1776 (place unknown).
According to his great-grandson, William Thomas McMath, he was a Private and fought in 1775 at the Battle of Kettle Creek, Georgia, on 7 October 1780 at the Battle of King's Mountain, South Carolina and on 16 January 1781 at the Battle of Cowpens, South Carolina. However, no primary historical source material has been located which would prove that Joseph McMath served in these battles.
Joseph McMath received a grant of 200 acres of land on a branch of Beaverdam Creek in Wilkes County, Georgia on 10 December 1784. On 3 January 1785, he received a bounty grant of 287½ acres of land in Washington County, Georgia (certificate number 3049). He also received bounty land of 287½ acres of land on lot 1079 of Washington County, Georgia. This land was bordered on the North by vacant land, on the East by Robert Pollard's land, on the South by the Ogeechee River and on the West by vacant land.
Some individuals have attempted to prove that Joseph McMath was a Revolutionary War veteran based on his appearance on a Certified List of Georgia Troops in Lucian Lamar Knight's Georgia's Roster of the Revolution. However, Alex Hitz discredits the accuracy of this list in his book, Georgia Bounty Land Grants. This does not prove that Joseph McMath was not in the Revolutionary War, but there is no definitive proof that he was a Revolutionary War veteran.
On 6 July 1786, Joseph McMath was appointed along with Thomas Neil and John McDonald as an appraiser of the estate of John Mays, who died in 1785 in Wilkes County, Georgia. On 24 August 1786, he obtained 100 acres of land on Brier Creek in Wilkes County, Georgia from Mary Hollingsworth for the sum of 100 Pounds. This land bordered on Burkhalter land. He obtained 200 acres of land on Brier Creek in Wilkes County, Georgia from Michael and Margaret Burkhalter on 7 March 1788. This land was bordered on the North by Sallis' land, on the East by Jones and vacant land, and on the South by McMath and vacant land. This land was obtained for the sum of twenty pounds. He obtained 200 acres of land on Brier Creek in Wilkes County, Georgia from Thomas and Sarah Jones for the sum of twenty pounds on 9 November 1788.
William Thomas McMath reported that Joseph McMath assembled a party of horsemen, ex-soldiers of the Revolutionary war on 18 May 1791 and met General George Washington, then President of the United States, at Fulcher's Pond, four miles from Augusta, Georgia, to greet the President and welcome him on his visit to the South. This has not yet been verified by any primary sources.
Joseph McMath witnessed the will of Benjamin Wilshire on 10 June 1791 and appeared in Wilkes County, Georgia court to state that he witnessed the will of Benjamin Wilshire. He appeared in 1793 on the Wilkes County, Georgia tax list in Captain Neal's District as owning 360 acres of land bordering Rees land, and his tax was 1 S., 9 d. In 1794, he appeared on the Warren County Georgia tax list in Captain Neal's District as owning 360 acres of land bordering Brier Creek and Rees and Jones lands, and his tax was 1 S. 6 d. per acre and the total tax was 3 S., 1½ d. The land was valued as twenty-seven Pounds. On 31 March 1794, Joseph McMath served as a Grand Juror for the Court of Warren County, Georgia and served again as a Grand Juror for the Court of Warren County, Georgia on 17 June 1794. On 1 August 1795, he purchased 300 acres of land on Brier Creek in Warren County, Georgia from James and Mary McCormick for the sum of thirty pounds. The land bordered Thomas Jones' land on the West, William Whares' land on the North and Rees' land on the West. He obtained 100 acres of land on Brier Creek in Warren County, Georgia from Hugh Rees for the sum of $100 on 15 March 1798. This land bordered William Whairis and vacant land to the Southwest, Newsom's and vacant land to the West and Brier Creek to the Northwest. On 21 September 1803, he sold 200 acres of land in Warren County, Georgia to Jesse Carter for the sum of $40. This land bordered lands owned by Hugh Rees, Jesse Carter and Clabern Newsom. In 1805, Joseph McMath appeared on the Warren County, Georgia tax list in Captain Neal's District as owning fourteen slaves and three parcels of land totaling 1,400 acres. Brier Creek and Hinton and Ivey land bordered the property. Taxes paid were $5.96½. In the 1805 Georgia Land Lottery, Joseph McMath had two draws and won one prize--a 202 ½ acre lot in Baldwin County, Georgia. He sold lot 309 in the 2nd District of Baldwin County, Georgia to Michael Burkhalter of Warren County, Georgia on 13 November 1806. On 28 January 1808, he deeded a slave named Fannie to his granddaughter, Nancy M. Raglen. He received a grant of 500 acres of land in Warren County, Georgia on 13 November in 1816. Joseph McMath appeared on the Warren County, Georgia tax list for 1818 in Captain Neal's District as owning thirteen slaves and five parcels of land totaling 1,387 acres. Grantees were McCormick & c. and Silas. Taxes paid were $5.71¾. Joseph McMath was listed in the 1820 U.S. Census for Warren County, Georgia as the head of a household including: one white male 45 and up, one male slave between 14 and 26, one male slave 45 and up, one white female under 10, one white female 45 and up and one female slave between 26 and 45.
On 24 August 1824, Joseph wrote a will in Warren County, Georgia. He willed to his wife, Elizabeth, 100 acres of land, three slaves, farm animals, two Barshear ploughs and one shovel. To Sally Barbaree, his granddaughter, he willed $500. The balance of his property was to be divided amongst his heirs. He appointed his wife Elizabeth and his son William as executors. Witnesses were Hackaliah McMath, Elijah McMath and Claburn Wall. His will was probated on 5 September 1825 in Warren County, Georgia.
On 6 July 1947, there was a ceremony in which markers furnished by the U.S. War Department were placed on the land of Joseph McMath by the Burkhalter Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution of Warrenton, Georgia and the Council of Safety Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution of Americus, Georgia. Subsequently, the D.A.R. has removed recognition of Joseph McMath as a Revolutionary War veteran due to the lack of primary source evidence.
William Thomas McMath of Americus, Georgia stated on 30 June 1948 that he was is possession of the family Bible of Joseph McMath.
Issue:
i. William McMath, b. 19 Jan. 1778, d. ca. 1836 in Gray, Jones County, Georgia; m. (1) Polly Hatcher Dec. 1805 in Warren Co., Georgia, d.; m. (2) Polly Amos 23 Jan. 1811 in Warren Co., Georgia.
ii. John McMath, b. 6 June 1780.
From Wilkes County Georgia Deed Book "FF" 1788:
Page 9--JONES, THOMAS and wife Sarah to Jos. McMath 200 acres on Brier creek. Nov. 9, 1788. John Sallis, Robt. Lossiter, Hugh Rees, J. P., Test.
Page 11--McMATH, JOSEPH and wife Elizabeth to Thos. Jones, planter 50 acres on Brier creek. Nov. 9, 1788.
Single headstone of Joseph McMath is located beside Cosby Rd about 1 mile from Matthew Cemetery, a few yards before the junction of Cosby Rd and Adam Chalker Rd, on the right heading south.
Joseph McMath was born in 1750, but his place of birth is unknown. He shows up in the Warren Co. area in the 1770's and married Elizabeth Wilshire in about 1776. He was once considered a Rev. Soldier, but much later the status was taken away due to a lack of documentation. His grave is just off the west side of Cosby Road, and is one to two hundred yards north of the intersection of intersection of Cosby and Stony Grove Road in Warren Co. GA, east of Warrenton GA,and is probably on land that Joseph owned. His stone was probably remade in the 1920's or 1930's. There is no other grave at this location and it is surrounded by high grass and thorns. There is a telephone pole just to the south of the stone on the west side of Cosby Road. There is a nice property on the same side of Cosby road a little south of his stone. There is no stone for his wife Elizabeth. She died in 1827, and may lie next to him, but there is no record. Joseph and his wife had 12 children and numerous further descendents. A map of the location of this cemetery is on findagrave.com.∼GA TROOP
REV WAR
Biography of Joseph McMath by Jonathan Snyder
Joseph McMath was born in 1750 (place unknown) and died in 1825 in Warren County, Georgia. He was buried on his land near Brier Creek in Warren County, Georgia. He married Elizabeth Wilshire in 1776 (place unknown).
According to his great-grandson, William Thomas McMath, he was a Private and fought in 1775 at the Battle of Kettle Creek, Georgia, on 7 October 1780 at the Battle of King's Mountain, South Carolina and on 16 January 1781 at the Battle of Cowpens, South Carolina. However, no primary historical source material has been located which would prove that Joseph McMath served in these battles.
Joseph McMath received a grant of 200 acres of land on a branch of Beaverdam Creek in Wilkes County, Georgia on 10 December 1784. On 3 January 1785, he received a bounty grant of 287½ acres of land in Washington County, Georgia (certificate number 3049). He also received bounty land of 287½ acres of land on lot 1079 of Washington County, Georgia. This land was bordered on the North by vacant land, on the East by Robert Pollard's land, on the South by the Ogeechee River and on the West by vacant land.
Some individuals have attempted to prove that Joseph McMath was a Revolutionary War veteran based on his appearance on a Certified List of Georgia Troops in Lucian Lamar Knight's Georgia's Roster of the Revolution. However, Alex Hitz discredits the accuracy of this list in his book, Georgia Bounty Land Grants. This does not prove that Joseph McMath was not in the Revolutionary War, but there is no definitive proof that he was a Revolutionary War veteran.
On 6 July 1786, Joseph McMath was appointed along with Thomas Neil and John McDonald as an appraiser of the estate of John Mays, who died in 1785 in Wilkes County, Georgia. On 24 August 1786, he obtained 100 acres of land on Brier Creek in Wilkes County, Georgia from Mary Hollingsworth for the sum of 100 Pounds. This land bordered on Burkhalter land. He obtained 200 acres of land on Brier Creek in Wilkes County, Georgia from Michael and Margaret Burkhalter on 7 March 1788. This land was bordered on the North by Sallis' land, on the East by Jones and vacant land, and on the South by McMath and vacant land. This land was obtained for the sum of twenty pounds. He obtained 200 acres of land on Brier Creek in Wilkes County, Georgia from Thomas and Sarah Jones for the sum of twenty pounds on 9 November 1788.
William Thomas McMath reported that Joseph McMath assembled a party of horsemen, ex-soldiers of the Revolutionary war on 18 May 1791 and met General George Washington, then President of the United States, at Fulcher's Pond, four miles from Augusta, Georgia, to greet the President and welcome him on his visit to the South. This has not yet been verified by any primary sources.
Joseph McMath witnessed the will of Benjamin Wilshire on 10 June 1791 and appeared in Wilkes County, Georgia court to state that he witnessed the will of Benjamin Wilshire. He appeared in 1793 on the Wilkes County, Georgia tax list in Captain Neal's District as owning 360 acres of land bordering Rees land, and his tax was 1 S., 9 d. In 1794, he appeared on the Warren County Georgia tax list in Captain Neal's District as owning 360 acres of land bordering Brier Creek and Rees and Jones lands, and his tax was 1 S. 6 d. per acre and the total tax was 3 S., 1½ d. The land was valued as twenty-seven Pounds. On 31 March 1794, Joseph McMath served as a Grand Juror for the Court of Warren County, Georgia and served again as a Grand Juror for the Court of Warren County, Georgia on 17 June 1794. On 1 August 1795, he purchased 300 acres of land on Brier Creek in Warren County, Georgia from James and Mary McCormick for the sum of thirty pounds. The land bordered Thomas Jones' land on the West, William Whares' land on the North and Rees' land on the West. He obtained 100 acres of land on Brier Creek in Warren County, Georgia from Hugh Rees for the sum of $100 on 15 March 1798. This land bordered William Whairis and vacant land to the Southwest, Newsom's and vacant land to the West and Brier Creek to the Northwest. On 21 September 1803, he sold 200 acres of land in Warren County, Georgia to Jesse Carter for the sum of $40. This land bordered lands owned by Hugh Rees, Jesse Carter and Clabern Newsom. In 1805, Joseph McMath appeared on the Warren County, Georgia tax list in Captain Neal's District as owning fourteen slaves and three parcels of land totaling 1,400 acres. Brier Creek and Hinton and Ivey land bordered the property. Taxes paid were $5.96½. In the 1805 Georgia Land Lottery, Joseph McMath had two draws and won one prize--a 202 ½ acre lot in Baldwin County, Georgia. He sold lot 309 in the 2nd District of Baldwin County, Georgia to Michael Burkhalter of Warren County, Georgia on 13 November 1806. On 28 January 1808, he deeded a slave named Fannie to his granddaughter, Nancy M. Raglen. He received a grant of 500 acres of land in Warren County, Georgia on 13 November in 1816. Joseph McMath appeared on the Warren County, Georgia tax list for 1818 in Captain Neal's District as owning thirteen slaves and five parcels of land totaling 1,387 acres. Grantees were McCormick & c. and Silas. Taxes paid were $5.71¾. Joseph McMath was listed in the 1820 U.S. Census for Warren County, Georgia as the head of a household including: one white male 45 and up, one male slave between 14 and 26, one male slave 45 and up, one white female under 10, one white female 45 and up and one female slave between 26 and 45.
On 24 August 1824, Joseph wrote a will in Warren County, Georgia. He willed to his wife, Elizabeth, 100 acres of land, three slaves, farm animals, two Barshear ploughs and one shovel. To Sally Barbaree, his granddaughter, he willed $500. The balance of his property was to be divided amongst his heirs. He appointed his wife Elizabeth and his son William as executors. Witnesses were Hackaliah McMath, Elijah McMath and Claburn Wall. His will was probated on 5 September 1825 in Warren County, Georgia.
On 6 July 1947, there was a ceremony in which markers furnished by the U.S. War Department were placed on the land of Joseph McMath by the Burkhalter Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution of Warrenton, Georgia and the Council of Safety Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution of Americus, Georgia. Subsequently, the D.A.R. has removed recognition of Joseph McMath as a Revolutionary War veteran due to the lack of primary source evidence.
William Thomas McMath of Americus, Georgia stated on 30 June 1948 that he was is possession of the family Bible of Joseph McMath.
Issue:
i. William McMath, b. 19 Jan. 1778, d. ca. 1836 in Gray, Jones County, Georgia; m. (1) Polly Hatcher Dec. 1805 in Warren Co., Georgia, d.; m. (2) Polly Amos 23 Jan. 1811 in Warren Co., Georgia.
ii. John McMath, b. 6 June 1780.
From Wilkes County Georgia Deed Book "FF" 1788:
Page 9--JONES, THOMAS and wife Sarah to Jos. McMath 200 acres on Brier creek. Nov. 9, 1788. John Sallis, Robt. Lossiter, Hugh Rees, J. P., Test.
Page 11--McMATH, JOSEPH and wife Elizabeth to Thos. Jones, planter 50 acres on Brier creek. Nov. 9, 1788.
Single headstone of Joseph McMath is located beside Cosby Rd about 1 mile from Matthew Cemetery, a few yards before the junction of Cosby Rd and Adam Chalker Rd, on the right heading south.
REV WAR
Biography of Joseph McMath by Jonathan Snyder
Joseph McMath was born in 1750 (place unknown) and died in 1825 in Warren County, Georgia. He was buried on his land near Brier Creek in Warren County, Georgia. He married Elizabeth Wilshire in 1776 (place unknown).
According to his great-grandson, William Thomas McMath, he was a Private and fought in 1775 at the Battle of Kettle Creek, Georgia, on 7 October 1780 at the Battle of King's Mountain, South Carolina and on 16 January 1781 at the Battle of Cowpens, South Carolina. However, no primary historical source material has been located which would prove that Joseph McMath served in these battles.
Joseph McMath received a grant of 200 acres of land on a branch of Beaverdam Creek in Wilkes County, Georgia on 10 December 1784. On 3 January 1785, he received a bounty grant of 287½ acres of land in Washington County, Georgia (certificate number 3049). He also received bounty land of 287½ acres of land on lot 1079 of Washington County, Georgia. This land was bordered on the North by vacant land, on the East by Robert Pollard's land, on the South by the Ogeechee River and on the West by vacant land.
Some individuals have attempted to prove that Joseph McMath was a Revolutionary War veteran based on his appearance on a Certified List of Georgia Troops in Lucian Lamar Knight's Georgia's Roster of the Revolution. However, Alex Hitz discredits the accuracy of this list in his book, Georgia Bounty Land Grants. This does not prove that Joseph McMath was not in the Revolutionary War, but there is no definitive proof that he was a Revolutionary War veteran.
On 6 July 1786, Joseph McMath was appointed along with Thomas Neil and John McDonald as an appraiser of the estate of John Mays, who died in 1785 in Wilkes County, Georgia. On 24 August 1786, he obtained 100 acres of land on Brier Creek in Wilkes County, Georgia from Mary Hollingsworth for the sum of 100 Pounds. This land bordered on Burkhalter land. He obtained 200 acres of land on Brier Creek in Wilkes County, Georgia from Michael and Margaret Burkhalter on 7 March 1788. This land was bordered on the North by Sallis' land, on the East by Jones and vacant land, and on the South by McMath and vacant land. This land was obtained for the sum of twenty pounds. He obtained 200 acres of land on Brier Creek in Wilkes County, Georgia from Thomas and Sarah Jones for the sum of twenty pounds on 9 November 1788.
William Thomas McMath reported that Joseph McMath assembled a party of horsemen, ex-soldiers of the Revolutionary war on 18 May 1791 and met General George Washington, then President of the United States, at Fulcher's Pond, four miles from Augusta, Georgia, to greet the President and welcome him on his visit to the South. This has not yet been verified by any primary sources.
Joseph McMath witnessed the will of Benjamin Wilshire on 10 June 1791 and appeared in Wilkes County, Georgia court to state that he witnessed the will of Benjamin Wilshire. He appeared in 1793 on the Wilkes County, Georgia tax list in Captain Neal's District as owning 360 acres of land bordering Rees land, and his tax was 1 S., 9 d. In 1794, he appeared on the Warren County Georgia tax list in Captain Neal's District as owning 360 acres of land bordering Brier Creek and Rees and Jones lands, and his tax was 1 S. 6 d. per acre and the total tax was 3 S., 1½ d. The land was valued as twenty-seven Pounds. On 31 March 1794, Joseph McMath served as a Grand Juror for the Court of Warren County, Georgia and served again as a Grand Juror for the Court of Warren County, Georgia on 17 June 1794. On 1 August 1795, he purchased 300 acres of land on Brier Creek in Warren County, Georgia from James and Mary McCormick for the sum of thirty pounds. The land bordered Thomas Jones' land on the West, William Whares' land on the North and Rees' land on the West. He obtained 100 acres of land on Brier Creek in Warren County, Georgia from Hugh Rees for the sum of $100 on 15 March 1798. This land bordered William Whairis and vacant land to the Southwest, Newsom's and vacant land to the West and Brier Creek to the Northwest. On 21 September 1803, he sold 200 acres of land in Warren County, Georgia to Jesse Carter for the sum of $40. This land bordered lands owned by Hugh Rees, Jesse Carter and Clabern Newsom. In 1805, Joseph McMath appeared on the Warren County, Georgia tax list in Captain Neal's District as owning fourteen slaves and three parcels of land totaling 1,400 acres. Brier Creek and Hinton and Ivey land bordered the property. Taxes paid were $5.96½. In the 1805 Georgia Land Lottery, Joseph McMath had two draws and won one prize--a 202 ½ acre lot in Baldwin County, Georgia. He sold lot 309 in the 2nd District of Baldwin County, Georgia to Michael Burkhalter of Warren County, Georgia on 13 November 1806. On 28 January 1808, he deeded a slave named Fannie to his granddaughter, Nancy M. Raglen. He received a grant of 500 acres of land in Warren County, Georgia on 13 November in 1816. Joseph McMath appeared on the Warren County, Georgia tax list for 1818 in Captain Neal's District as owning thirteen slaves and five parcels of land totaling 1,387 acres. Grantees were McCormick & c. and Silas. Taxes paid were $5.71¾. Joseph McMath was listed in the 1820 U.S. Census for Warren County, Georgia as the head of a household including: one white male 45 and up, one male slave between 14 and 26, one male slave 45 and up, one white female under 10, one white female 45 and up and one female slave between 26 and 45.
On 24 August 1824, Joseph wrote a will in Warren County, Georgia. He willed to his wife, Elizabeth, 100 acres of land, three slaves, farm animals, two Barshear ploughs and one shovel. To Sally Barbaree, his granddaughter, he willed $500. The balance of his property was to be divided amongst his heirs. He appointed his wife Elizabeth and his son William as executors. Witnesses were Hackaliah McMath, Elijah McMath and Claburn Wall. His will was probated on 5 September 1825 in Warren County, Georgia.
On 6 July 1947, there was a ceremony in which markers furnished by the U.S. War Department were placed on the land of Joseph McMath by the Burkhalter Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution of Warrenton, Georgia and the Council of Safety Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution of Americus, Georgia. Subsequently, the D.A.R. has removed recognition of Joseph McMath as a Revolutionary War veteran due to the lack of primary source evidence.
William Thomas McMath of Americus, Georgia stated on 30 June 1948 that he was is possession of the family Bible of Joseph McMath.
Issue:
i. William McMath, b. 19 Jan. 1778, d. ca. 1836 in Gray, Jones County, Georgia; m. (1) Polly Hatcher Dec. 1805 in Warren Co., Georgia, d.; m. (2) Polly Amos 23 Jan. 1811 in Warren Co., Georgia.
ii. John McMath, b. 6 June 1780.
From Wilkes County Georgia Deed Book "FF" 1788:
Page 9--JONES, THOMAS and wife Sarah to Jos. McMath 200 acres on Brier creek. Nov. 9, 1788. John Sallis, Robt. Lossiter, Hugh Rees, J. P., Test.
Page 11--McMATH, JOSEPH and wife Elizabeth to Thos. Jones, planter 50 acres on Brier creek. Nov. 9, 1788.
Single headstone of Joseph McMath is located beside Cosby Rd about 1 mile from Matthew Cemetery, a few yards before the junction of Cosby Rd and Adam Chalker Rd, on the right heading south.
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