Does anyone have ties to the Matheny family living in Sharp County between 1870-1880 to which a Jerry Freemon Matheny might belong? This person was born in Indiana in 1853. Nomai Morton was the daughter of Dr.Thomas Morton and his second wife Nancy Wolf Culp Morton. As far as I know Dr. Morton was living in Stone County at this time period but I believe that the Matheny male was from Sharp County because all of this surname that I find living in Mart, Texas where Nomia lived are shown as being born or from Sharp County, AR. Our family records say he went by the name of Freemon but the ONLY place I can find him is on the 1900 Texas Hill County Census in the household of Samuel Franklin Terry and he is listed as father-in-law, Jerry F. Matheny. Thomas Morton's estate papers lists an Arabella Matheny but does not give the connection. I believe she must be the granddaughter of Thomas and daughte of Nomia and Jerry F. Matheny. I do NOT find any record for her past the 1870 AR census where she is in her father's household. I believe she was not alive in 1899 when her father died and certainly not by 1900 where we find just her husband living with who I believe is the daughter. If anyone can connect me to the right Matheny family, I would certainly appreciate it. Dorothy Boynton dbton@yahoo.com