Thanks Wanda That pretty well matches up with what I have been finding...William is reported dead and gone by 1864 and not much missed, as he did not bother to divorce Ruth before he ran off with Susan. I found Susan in the census. William is just a farmer like Donald Trump is just in real estate. He own 5000 acres in white county...notice he took the money with him Joe Matlock 860 MATLOCK WILLIAM* White County TN 461 District #8 Wiliam Matlock 62 MW NC Farmer, v.R/E $10,000, v.pers $38,885 Susan 47 FW TN 1870 MATLOCK SUSAN White County TN 372 District # 18 Susan Matlock 58 FW TN Keeping house, v.R/E $1,000, v.pers $1,000 Susan 36 FB TN Caroline 14 FB TN Samuel 7 MB TN Evaline 4 FB TN Millia 16 FB TN Alaxender 15 MB TN Works on farm 1880 MATLOCK SUSAN White County TN District 8 463A Susan Matlock Head FW 69 Wd TN TN TN Keeping house 1880 MATLOCK SUSAN White County TN District 8 463A Susan Matlock Head FB 48 Wd TN (blank) Keeping house Caroline Dau FB 21 S TN (blank) James M Son MB 17 S TN (blank) Samuel Son MB 15 S TN TN TN Laborer Evoline Dau FB 11 S TN TN TN Perry L Dau FB 7 S TN TN TN Nota Dau FM 5 S TN TN TN Zebedee G/Son MM 4 S TN TN TN Mona G/Dau FM 2 S TN (blank) TN >>> "Wanda Albers" <WandaR7@worldnet.att.net> 8/9/2004 3:07:54 PM >>> Joe, I have a note that this William was of Buncombe Co, NC. I have him son of James. Would love to find something to prove that. The James might be son of Nicholas and Mary Shelton. Who was in Burke Co, NC in 1790 Anyway William was married to MARRIAGE: (1)William Matlock married Ruth Rockhold, 17 Apr 1817; Carter Co, TN (2)William Matlock to Susan Manafee 7 Jun 1845 White County, TN. Have as Children: Elcana D. , James T. and Eveline. Elcana was in White County 1850 and 1860. His wife Diannah 'Diana' is still there in 1870. James T. no information. Evelint T. Married James Cook 11 Mar 1851 in White County. The father of William has not been proveen. Just speculation on my part. Wanda ----- Original Message ----- From: Joe Matlock To: MATLOCK-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, August 09, 2004 1:05 PM Subject: [MATLOCK-L] William Matlock of 1798 Does anybody Know this family...? Joe Matlock 1860 MATLOCK WILLIAM* White County TN 461 District #8 Wiliam Matlock 62 MW NC Farmer, v.R/E $10,000, v.pers $38,885 Susan 47 FW TN Samuel Williams 15 MW MO Farmer Eveline Rowland 16 FW TN Catharine Howell 35 FW TN Elena Williams 20 FW TN ==== MATLOCK Mailing List ==== To Post messages on the list send to : MATLOCK-L@rootsweb.com It will be sent to all subscribers. For problems on the list write to janab@slip.net ==== MATLOCK Mailing List ==== Other MATLOCK, etc. resources on the net: <http://www.genforum.com/matlock> <http://searches.rootsweb.com/htdig/search.html> <http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/qindex.html> HAVE FUN AND TAKE YOUR TIME!