RILEY MATTOX
b. 1818
With speculated
brothers (based on Carroll Co., GA, marriages)
[DNA Kit #81106]
DNA testing has revealed a match or near match to Edward
Mattix b.1742 poss. NC (kit 46028), Christopher Mattox b. 1713 PA (kit 16570)
and John G/Z Mattox b.c. 1805 SC (kit 67955), all with the “I” or Nordic haplotype.
1850 census Edgecombe Co., NC, was a Riley Mattox b.
NC 1790 NC. He died in Wilson Co., NC
1860.
1850 Fayette Co., AL, was Lawson Matocks b. 1784 SC, with
son Riley b. 1835 (my Riley b. 1818 GA) said his parents were b. SC..
1850 Coweta Co., GA, was widowed Mary A. Mattox, b.
1778 SC
1860 Calhoun Co., AL, was widowed Rebecca Mattox, b.
1788 SC
1880 a William Riley Maddox was b. 1827 and died 1880
in Tuscaloosa Co., AL. Not the same as
William R. below b. 1813. Both had
wives named Nancy. Probably distantly
related.
One of the Mattoxes in the 1820 census of Georgia was
my Riley’s father. Was his name John?
Their first son’s name was James, his wife’s father’s name. Their second son’s name was John, probably
named after Riley’s father. Riley’s
mother seems to be Mary A., age 72, Coweta Co., GA 1850 living with George W
& wife Angeline, and next door to William R. and wife Nancy. She b. SC, sons b. GA.
Generation 1
A UNKNOWN
(JOHN?) MATTOX
b. c. 1778 SC
m. Mary A., SC?
d. before 1850
GA
CH:
A1 William
R(iley?) Mattox, b. 1813 GA (see B below)
A1 RILEY
MATTOX, b. 1818 GA (see BB below)
A2 Starling
Maddox, b. 1820 SC (see B3 below)
A3 George W.
Mattox, b. 1822 (see B4 below)
Generation 2
B William
Riley Mattox (same as A1 above)
b. 1813 GA
m. c. 1845 Nancy
d.
CH:
B1 George M.
Mattox, b. 1846 Coweta Co., GA
B2 John W. R.
Mattox, b. 1850 Coweta Co., GA
BB. RILEY (O. M.)
MATTOX (same as A2 above)1
b. 1818 GA
m. 1846 Mariah
Hill, Carroll Co., GA
d. 1899 Floyd
Co., GA, or Cherokee Co., AL
CH:
BB1 JAMES MONROE
MATTOX, b. 1846 (see C below)
BB2 Mariah
Elizabeth Mattox, b. 1848 Carroll or Troup Co., GA, d. aft. 1900 prob. Cherokee
Co., AL
BB3 Melvina C. M.
Mattox, b. 1849 Troup Co., GA
BB4 Georgian
Mattox, b. 1852 Carroll Co., GA
BB5 John Quincy
Adams Mattox, b. 1853 (see CC below)
BB6 Riley A.
Mattox, b. 1854 Carroll Co., GA
BB7 Margaret C. S.
Mattox, b. 1858 Calhoun Co., GA or AL, m. Joseph Smith, GA
B3 Starling
Mattox (same as A3 above)
b. 1820 SC
m. 1843 Anna
Amelia (Mary?) Goggins, Carroll/Harralson Co., GA
m. 1859 Haralson
Co., GA (remarried?)
d. Aft. 1880
Upsher Co., TX?
CH:
B31 Marian
Mattox, b. 1843 Carroll/Haralson Co., GA
B32 Ahas/Ahaz
Mattox, b. 1845 Carroll/Haralson Co., GA
B33 Ruben/Rubin
Mattox, b. 1845 Carroll/Haralson Co., GA
B34 Elizabethj
Jane Mattox, b. 1849 Carroll/Haralson Co., GA
B35 John
Mattox, b. 1851 GA Carroll/Haralson Co., GA
B36 James
F. Mattox, b. 1854 Carroll/Haralson Co., GA, m.c. 1879 Sarah J, Upshur Co., TX
B37 Anna
Amelia Mattox, b. 1859 Haralson Co., GA, m. 1877 Bailey F. Bledsoe, Upshur Co.,
TX, d. 1938 Upshur Co., TX
B38 Mary
M. Mattox, b. 1861 Haralson Co., GA
B39 Martha
M. Mattox, b. 1861 Haralson Co., GA
B4 George
W. Mattox (same as A4 above)
b. 1828 GA
m. 1848 Angeline
H. Hodge, Carroll Co., GA
d. c. 1865
Fulton Co., GA?
CH:
B41 Mary
A. E. Mattox, b. 1848 Coweta Co., GA
B42 Aletha
Mattox, b. 1857 Fulton? Co., GA
B43 Milton
Mattox, b. 1866 Fulton? Co., GA
Generation 3
C. JAMES
MONROE MATTOX (same as BB1 above)2
b. 1846 AL
m. 1st
1874 Mary J. Campbell, Cherokee Co., AL
m. 2nd 1897
Joahnna Edwards, Morgan Co., AL
d. c. 1906-10 Morgan
Co., AL
CH:
C1 John Thomas
Mattox, b. 1876 Cherokee Co., AL, d. 1958 Dekalb Co., AL
C2 James Luther
Mattox, b. 1881 Cherokee Co., AL, nm, d. 1968 Dekalb Co., AL
C3 Arthur
Napoleon Mattox, b. 1882 Cherokee Co., AL, d. 1968 Dekalb Co., AL
C4 Mary Magdaline
Mattox, b. 1892 Cherokee Co., AL, d. 1985 Dekalb Co., AL
C5 WILLIAM
CALHOUN MATTOX, b. 1896 Cherokee Co., AL, m. Liddy I. Jolley, d. 1960 Dekalb
Co., AL
CC John Quincy
Adams Mattox (same as BB5 above)
b. Carroll Co.,
GA
m.. 1891 Alice
___, Benton Co., MS
d. 1941 Tippah
or Benton Co., MS
CH:
CC1 Ross W. Mattox,
b. 1889 Tippah Co., MS
CC2 Epsy Mattox, b.
1891 Tippah Co., MS, m. Lafayette D. Adair, Tippah Co., MS
CC3 Nora L. Mattox,
b. 1893 Tippah Co., MS
CC4 Boyd Mattox, b.
1895 Tippah Co., MS
CC5 Minnie A.
Mattox, b. 1896 Tippah Co., MS
CC6 Mary Elizabeth
? Mattox, b. 1901? Tippah Co., MS, d. 1901 Tippah Co., MS (dtr. or dtr-in-law)
CC6 Oliver P.
Mattox, b. 1905 Tippah Co., MS
CC7 Elzie Howard
Mattox, b. 1907 Tippah Co., MS
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1Paternity Documentation Unknown to
Wm R., Riley, Starling, Geo. W: Circumstantial
evidence. All married in Carroll Co.,
GA, a few years apart. Probable mother,
Mary A., 72 in 1850 census Coweta Co., GA, with son George W and dtr-in-law
Angeline, and next door to Wm. R.
Starling in Carroll/Harolson Co., GA, census 1860. Riley in 1850 census Troup Co., GA, census.
1Paternity Documentation Riley to
James Monroe: 1860
census Calhoun Co., AL
2Paternity Documentation James Monroe to William
Calhoun: 1900
census Dekalb Co., AL
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