Valentine Mattox was born about 1750, most likely in Virginia. He married, about 1776, Mary 'Polly' Shrewsbury, daughter and eldest child of Rev Nathaniel Shrewsbury.
He appears in Bedford County, Virginia as early as 15 Aug 1777 when he signed the Oath of Allegiance to the Patriot Cause. He is on the tax lists for Bedford County for 1782 through 1785. The personal property he was taxed on included various acres of land, six horses and seven cattle.
Property records confirm the Mattox family moved to Hawkins County, North Carolina by 1786. At that time, Hawkins was part of the now extinct district of Franklin [see map images], and the government changed rapidly between the late 1770's into the early 1790's as new counties and states were created. The physical land they were living on then was in present day Knox County, Tennessee. I have provided a series of map images to better help visualize this process, as they lived in at least 4 'states' within a matter of less than 10 years!
On 14 Jan 1793 a land grant was issued to Valentine Mattox for 300 acres in Hawkins County on William Doakes Creek. Survey records indicate the land was on the North side of the Holsten River, at Douglass Branch; bounded by the lands of Richard Morrow, Jacob Pearson and Jonathan Douglass and was bounded at one point by the land of a Widow Stuart. Valentine's land grant was registered 7 Aug 1795 and by then their land was officially in Knox County, Tennessee. Knox having been formed earlier that same year, and the next year, 1796, Tennessee was admitted to the Union.
Valentine was taxed in Captain Davis' Company of Knox County in 1804 owning 300 acres. In 1806 Valentine Mattox was on the tax list of Captain Price's Company in Knox County, Tennessee as owning 270 acres. He remained in Knox County until shortly after the death of his wife Polly, about 1809. Records indicate he married a daughter of James Cundiff, of Adair County, Kentucky in 1810. It is unclear the exact nature of her relationship to James Cundiff, some theorize she was a natural daughter, while others believe she may have been an adopted Cherokee girl.
In 1812 Valentine bought land in Ohio County, Kentucky near to son Samuel and John Cundiff Sr. During the process of moving his family from Tennessee to Kentucky, his new father-in-law died and Valentine appointed a William Squires as his Power of Attorney in connection with the estate of James Cundiff in Adair County. The Cundiff, Mattox and Squires families have connections to each other from early colonial Virginia.
By 1815, his land in Ohio County was now in Daviess County, Kentucky. The 1820 census lists Valentine Mattox living next to his son, Samuel Mattox and just down the road from his newly married son Baptist Mattox. Census records also indicate that Valentine and his 2nd wife had at least four children, two boys and two girls all under 10 years old in 1820.
The date of Valentine's death is unknown at this time, but could be as early as 1821. Sons Samuel and Baptist moved to Indiana that same year, and another son, Nathaniel had already moved to Washington County, Indiana.
The estate records of Abel Shrewsbury (ca: 1840 Wayne County, KY) mention the nine children of his sister, Mary 'Polly' Shrewsbury Mattox, wife of Valentine Mattox. Six of the nine children are mentioned directly by name:
- Nancy Mattox
- William Mattox
- Mildred 'Milly' Mattox
- Matilda Mattox
- Samuel Mattox
- Nathaniel Mattox
The younger three are not named but are referred to, they include:
- Baptist Mattox
- Churchill Mattox
- Amelia Mattox
Valentine's will only named his children with Polly, most likely because it was written prior to her death and a codicil was never added. Therefore the given name of his second wife is not known, but it is suspected amongst Mattox researchers she is the female aged 50-59 living with step-son Church Mattox in 1830 at Vigo County, Indiana. The 1830 Census also shows two males aged 10-15 in Church's household, and these are presumed to be his younger half brother's. Of his two half-sister's, one died in childhood, but the other is presumed to be Zerish Mattox, who was living next door. By 1840, Valentine's second wife in not found in any further census record's and it is presumed she had died by then.
Further compelling evidence of family connections is the 1850 Census, in which Church Mattox was living in Honey Creek Twp, Vigo County, his brother Samuel was in Riley Twp, also Vigo, and two younger Mattox men, James and David, were also living near to Samuel in Riley Twp. These two are suspected to be the younger half siblings of Church and Samuel, and Valentine's youngest sons with his second wife.
Researched and written by J Salkeld of Salkeld Genealogy Research
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Source(s):
- Fourth Census of the United States, 1820. (NARA microfilm publication M33, 142 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. Census Place: Daviess, Kentucky; Page: 13; NARA Roll: M33_21; Image: 22.
- Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, Tennessee; Early Tennessee/North Carolina Land Records; Roll: 20; Book 9:200.
- Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, Tennessee; Series Number: 02; Series Title: Entries; Grant or Warrant Number: 2126.
- Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, Tennessee; Series Number: 04; Series Title: Grants; Grant or Warrant Number: 380.
- The Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, Tennessee. Early Tax Lists of Tennessee. Microfilm, 12 rolls. County: Knox; Year: 1804; p. 9.
- The Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, Tennessee. Early Tax Lists of Tennessee. Microfilm, 12 rolls. County: Knox; Year: 1806; p. 95.
- Fifth Census of the United States, 1830. (NARA microfilm publication M19, 201 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
- Seventh Census of the United States, 1850. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
He appears in Bedford County, Virginia as early as 15 Aug 1777 when he signed the Oath of Allegiance to the Patriot Cause. He is on the tax lists for Bedford County for 1782 through 1785. The personal property he was taxed on included various acres of land, six horses and seven cattle.
Property records confirm the Mattox family moved to Hawkins County, North Carolina by 1786. At that time, Hawkins was part of the now extinct district of Franklin [see map images], and the government changed rapidly between the late 1770's into the early 1790's as new counties and states were created. The physical land they were living on then was in present day Knox County, Tennessee. I have provided a series of map images to better help visualize this process, as they lived in at least 4 'states' within a matter of less than 10 years!
On 14 Jan 1793 a land grant was issued to Valentine Mattox for 300 acres in Hawkins County on William Doakes Creek. Survey records indicate the land was on the North side of the Holsten River, at Douglass Branch; bounded by the lands of Richard Morrow, Jacob Pearson and Jonathan Douglass and was bounded at one point by the land of a Widow Stuart. Valentine's land grant was registered 7 Aug 1795 and by then their land was officially in Knox County, Tennessee. Knox having been formed earlier that same year, and the next year, 1796, Tennessee was admitted to the Union.
Valentine was taxed in Captain Davis' Company of Knox County in 1804 owning 300 acres. In 1806 Valentine Mattox was on the tax list of Captain Price's Company in Knox County, Tennessee as owning 270 acres. He remained in Knox County until shortly after the death of his wife Polly, about 1809. Records indicate he married a daughter of James Cundiff, of Adair County, Kentucky in 1810. It is unclear the exact nature of her relationship to James Cundiff, some theorize she was a natural daughter, while others believe she may have been an adopted Cherokee girl.
In 1812 Valentine bought land in Ohio County, Kentucky near to son Samuel and John Cundiff Sr. During the process of moving his family from Tennessee to Kentucky, his new father-in-law died and Valentine appointed a William Squires as his Power of Attorney in connection with the estate of James Cundiff in Adair County. The Cundiff, Mattox and Squires families have connections to each other from early colonial Virginia.
By 1815, his land in Ohio County was now in Daviess County, Kentucky. The 1820 census lists Valentine Mattox living next to his son, Samuel Mattox and just down the road from his newly married son Baptist Mattox. Census records also indicate that Valentine and his 2nd wife had at least four children, two boys and two girls all under 10 years old in 1820.
The date of Valentine's death is unknown at this time, but could be as early as 1821. Sons Samuel and Baptist moved to Indiana that same year, and another son, Nathaniel had already moved to Washington County, Indiana.
The estate records of Abel Shrewsbury (ca: 1840 Wayne County, KY) mention the nine children of his sister, Mary 'Polly' Shrewsbury Mattox, wife of Valentine Mattox. Six of the nine children are mentioned directly by name:
- Nancy Mattox
- William Mattox
- Mildred 'Milly' Mattox
- Matilda Mattox
- Samuel Mattox
- Nathaniel Mattox
The younger three are not named but are referred to, they include:
- Baptist Mattox
- Churchill Mattox
- Amelia Mattox
Valentine's will only named his children with Polly, most likely because it was written prior to her death and a codicil was never added. Therefore the given name of his second wife is not known, but it is suspected amongst Mattox researchers she is the female aged 50-59 living with step-son Church Mattox in 1830 at Vigo County, Indiana. The 1830 Census also shows two males aged 10-15 in Church's household, and these are presumed to be his younger half brother's. Of his two half-sister's, one died in childhood, but the other is presumed to be Zerish Mattox, who was living next door. By 1840, Valentine's second wife in not found in any further census record's and it is presumed she had died by then.
Further compelling evidence of family connections is the 1850 Census, in which Church Mattox was living in Honey Creek Twp, Vigo County, his brother Samuel was in Riley Twp, also Vigo, and two younger Mattox men, James and David, were also living near to Samuel in Riley Twp. These two are suspected to be the younger half siblings of Church and Samuel, and Valentine's youngest sons with his second wife.
Researched and written by J Salkeld of Salkeld Genealogy Research
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Source(s):
- Fourth Census of the United States, 1820. (NARA microfilm publication M33, 142 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. Census Place: Daviess, Kentucky; Page: 13; NARA Roll: M33_21; Image: 22.
- Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, Tennessee; Early Tennessee/North Carolina Land Records; Roll: 20; Book 9:200.
- Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, Tennessee; Series Number: 02; Series Title: Entries; Grant or Warrant Number: 2126.
- Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, Tennessee; Series Number: 04; Series Title: Grants; Grant or Warrant Number: 380.
- The Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, Tennessee. Early Tax Lists of Tennessee. Microfilm, 12 rolls. County: Knox; Year: 1804; p. 9.
- The Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, Tennessee. Early Tax Lists of Tennessee. Microfilm, 12 rolls. County: Knox; Year: 1806; p. 95.
- Fifth Census of the United States, 1830. (NARA microfilm publication M19, 201 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
- Seventh Census of the United States, 1850. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
Valentine Mattox was born about 1750, most likely in Virginia. He married, about 1776, Mary 'Polly' Shrewsbury, daughter and eldest child of Rev Nathaniel Shrewsbury.
He appears in Bedford County, Virginia as early as 15 Aug 1777 when he signed the Oath of Allegiance to the Patriot Cause. He is on the tax lists for Bedford County for 1782 through 1785. The personal property he was taxed on included various acres of land, six horses and seven cattle.
Property records confirm the Mattox family moved to Hawkins County, North Carolina by 1786. At that time, Hawkins was part of the now extinct district of Franklin [see map images], and the government changed rapidly between the late 1770's into the early 1790's as new counties and states were created. The physical land they were living on then was in present day Knox County, Tennessee. I have provided a series of map images to better help visualize this process, as they lived in at least 4 'states' within a matter of less than 10 years!
On 14 Jan 1793 a land grant was issued to Valentine Mattox for 300 acres in Hawkins County on William Doakes Creek. Survey records indicate the land was on the North side of the Holsten River, at Douglass Branch; bounded by the lands of Richard Morrow, Jacob Pearson and Jonathan Douglass and was bounded at one point by the land of a Widow Stuart. Valentine's land grant was registered 7 Aug 1795 and by then their land was officially in Knox County, Tennessee. Knox having been formed earlier that same year, and the next year, 1796, Tennessee was admitted to the Union.
Valentine was taxed in Captain Davis' Company of Knox County in 1804 owning 300 acres. In 1806 Valentine Mattox was on the tax list of Captain Price's Company in Knox County, Tennessee as owning 270 acres. He remained in Knox County until shortly after the death of his wife Polly, about 1809. Records indicate he married a daughter of James Cundiff, of Adair County, Kentucky in 1810. It is unclear the exact nature of her relationship to James Cundiff, some theorize she was a natural daughter, while others believe she may have been an adopted Cherokee girl.
In 1812 Valentine bought land in Ohio County, Kentucky near to son Samuel and John Cundiff Sr. During the process of moving his family from Tennessee to Kentucky, his new father-in-law died and Valentine appointed a William Squires as his Power of Attorney in connection with the estate of James Cundiff in Adair County. The Cundiff, Mattox and Squires families have connections to each other from early colonial Virginia.
By 1815, his land in Ohio County was now in Daviess County, Kentucky. The 1820 census lists Valentine Mattox living next to his son, Samuel Mattox and just down the road from his newly married son Baptist Mattox. Census records also indicate that Valentine and his 2nd wife had at least four children, two boys and two girls all under 10 years old in 1820.
The date of Valentine's death is unknown at this time, but could be as early as 1821. Sons Samuel and Baptist moved to Indiana that same year, and another son, Nathaniel had already moved to Washington County, Indiana.
The estate records of Abel Shrewsbury (ca: 1840 Wayne County, KY) mention the nine children of his sister, Mary 'Polly' Shrewsbury Mattox, wife of Valentine Mattox. Six of the nine children are mentioned directly by name:
- Nancy Mattox
- William Mattox
- Mildred 'Milly' Mattox
- Matilda Mattox
- Samuel Mattox
- Nathaniel Mattox
The younger three are not named but are referred to, they include:
- Baptist Mattox
- Churchill Mattox
- Amelia Mattox
Valentine's will only named his children with Polly, most likely because it was written prior to her death and a codicil was never added. Therefore the given name of his second wife is not known, but it is suspected amongst Mattox researchers she is the female aged 50-59 living with step-son Church Mattox in 1830 at Vigo County, Indiana. The 1830 Census also shows two males aged 10-15 in Church's household, and these are presumed to be his younger half brother's. Of his two half-sister's, one died in childhood, but the other is presumed to be Zerish Mattox, who was living next door. By 1840, Valentine's second wife in not found in any further census record's and it is presumed she had died by then.
Further compelling evidence of family connections is the 1850 Census, in which Church Mattox was living in Honey Creek Twp, Vigo County, his brother Samuel was in Riley Twp, also Vigo, and two younger Mattox men, James and David, were also living near to Samuel in Riley Twp. These two are suspected to be the younger half siblings of Church and Samuel, and Valentine's youngest sons with his second wife.
Researched and written by J Salkeld of Salkeld Genealogy Research
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Source(s):
- Fourth Census of the United States, 1820. (NARA microfilm publication M33, 142 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. Census Place: Daviess, Kentucky; Page: 13; NARA Roll: M33_21; Image: 22.
- Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, Tennessee; Early Tennessee/North Carolina Land Records; Roll: 20; Book 9:200.
- Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, Tennessee; Series Number: 02; Series Title: Entries; Grant or Warrant Number: 2126.
- Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, Tennessee; Series Number: 04; Series Title: Grants; Grant or Warrant Number: 380.
- The Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, Tennessee. Early Tax Lists of Tennessee. Microfilm, 12 rolls. County: Knox; Year: 1804; p. 9.
- The Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, Tennessee. Early Tax Lists of Tennessee. Microfilm, 12 rolls. County: Knox; Year: 1806; p. 95.
- Fifth Census of the United States, 1830. (NARA microfilm publication M19, 201 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
- Seventh Census of the United States, 1850. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
He appears in Bedford County, Virginia as early as 15 Aug 1777 when he signed the Oath of Allegiance to the Patriot Cause. He is on the tax lists for Bedford County for 1782 through 1785. The personal property he was taxed on included various acres of land, six horses and seven cattle.
Property records confirm the Mattox family moved to Hawkins County, North Carolina by 1786. At that time, Hawkins was part of the now extinct district of Franklin [see map images], and the government changed rapidly between the late 1770's into the early 1790's as new counties and states were created. The physical land they were living on then was in present day Knox County, Tennessee. I have provided a series of map images to better help visualize this process, as they lived in at least 4 'states' within a matter of less than 10 years!
On 14 Jan 1793 a land grant was issued to Valentine Mattox for 300 acres in Hawkins County on William Doakes Creek. Survey records indicate the land was on the North side of the Holsten River, at Douglass Branch; bounded by the lands of Richard Morrow, Jacob Pearson and Jonathan Douglass and was bounded at one point by the land of a Widow Stuart. Valentine's land grant was registered 7 Aug 1795 and by then their land was officially in Knox County, Tennessee. Knox having been formed earlier that same year, and the next year, 1796, Tennessee was admitted to the Union.
Valentine was taxed in Captain Davis' Company of Knox County in 1804 owning 300 acres. In 1806 Valentine Mattox was on the tax list of Captain Price's Company in Knox County, Tennessee as owning 270 acres. He remained in Knox County until shortly after the death of his wife Polly, about 1809. Records indicate he married a daughter of James Cundiff, of Adair County, Kentucky in 1810. It is unclear the exact nature of her relationship to James Cundiff, some theorize she was a natural daughter, while others believe she may have been an adopted Cherokee girl.
In 1812 Valentine bought land in Ohio County, Kentucky near to son Samuel and John Cundiff Sr. During the process of moving his family from Tennessee to Kentucky, his new father-in-law died and Valentine appointed a William Squires as his Power of Attorney in connection with the estate of James Cundiff in Adair County. The Cundiff, Mattox and Squires families have connections to each other from early colonial Virginia.
By 1815, his land in Ohio County was now in Daviess County, Kentucky. The 1820 census lists Valentine Mattox living next to his son, Samuel Mattox and just down the road from his newly married son Baptist Mattox. Census records also indicate that Valentine and his 2nd wife had at least four children, two boys and two girls all under 10 years old in 1820.
The date of Valentine's death is unknown at this time, but could be as early as 1821. Sons Samuel and Baptist moved to Indiana that same year, and another son, Nathaniel had already moved to Washington County, Indiana.
The estate records of Abel Shrewsbury (ca: 1840 Wayne County, KY) mention the nine children of his sister, Mary 'Polly' Shrewsbury Mattox, wife of Valentine Mattox. Six of the nine children are mentioned directly by name:
- Nancy Mattox
- William Mattox
- Mildred 'Milly' Mattox
- Matilda Mattox
- Samuel Mattox
- Nathaniel Mattox
The younger three are not named but are referred to, they include:
- Baptist Mattox
- Churchill Mattox
- Amelia Mattox
Valentine's will only named his children with Polly, most likely because it was written prior to her death and a codicil was never added. Therefore the given name of his second wife is not known, but it is suspected amongst Mattox researchers she is the female aged 50-59 living with step-son Church Mattox in 1830 at Vigo County, Indiana. The 1830 Census also shows two males aged 10-15 in Church's household, and these are presumed to be his younger half brother's. Of his two half-sister's, one died in childhood, but the other is presumed to be Zerish Mattox, who was living next door. By 1840, Valentine's second wife in not found in any further census record's and it is presumed she had died by then.
Further compelling evidence of family connections is the 1850 Census, in which Church Mattox was living in Honey Creek Twp, Vigo County, his brother Samuel was in Riley Twp, also Vigo, and two younger Mattox men, James and David, were also living near to Samuel in Riley Twp. These two are suspected to be the younger half siblings of Church and Samuel, and Valentine's youngest sons with his second wife.
Researched and written by J Salkeld of Salkeld Genealogy Research
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Source(s):
- Fourth Census of the United States, 1820. (NARA microfilm publication M33, 142 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. Census Place: Daviess, Kentucky; Page: 13; NARA Roll: M33_21; Image: 22.
- Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, Tennessee; Early Tennessee/North Carolina Land Records; Roll: 20; Book 9:200.
- Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, Tennessee; Series Number: 02; Series Title: Entries; Grant or Warrant Number: 2126.
- Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, Tennessee; Series Number: 04; Series Title: Grants; Grant or Warrant Number: 380.
- The Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, Tennessee. Early Tax Lists of Tennessee. Microfilm, 12 rolls. County: Knox; Year: 1804; p. 9.
- The Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, Tennessee. Early Tax Lists of Tennessee. Microfilm, 12 rolls. County: Knox; Year: 1806; p. 95.
- Fifth Census of the United States, 1830. (NARA microfilm publication M19, 201 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
- Seventh Census of the United States, 1850. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
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