Good Morning Peggy As you are aware there is considerable discussion on the issue of parents for Isham and Parthenia. The chart below is ment to only be a suggestion, based on the evidence provided on various sources at rootsweb and genfourm. Concrete documentation may not be forth coming. The argument from negative evidence is always the least desired but serves as pointers and sign posts in the search. I belived that a key element of the search now rest with those in the famliy who have access to the colonial immagration records. Which Medlock's arrived in South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia and when??? I believe that we are dealing with more than one immagrant famliy, maybe of some kin, who lived in the same general areas and intermarried and or closely associated so as to be confused one with the other. Given the poor quality of spelling by mordern standards in colonial records and the bable of accents (what does a 17th century Englishman sound like), the occasion is ripe for lost families, missing records and disappearance of now necessary information. But hey its getting cold out, let's keep looking. Joe Matlock Descendants of John Matlock THIS FAMILY USES THE SURNAME MEDLOCK Generation No. 1 1. JOHN1 MATLOCK was born Abt. 1755. He married CATHERINE. She was born Abt. 1759. Notes for JOHN MATLOCK: GA. State Gazette and Register (early Chronicle) 11/01/1788 Abbeville County, SC. On Friday the eighth of August 1788, a party of thirty one armed men under Capt. Fain left Houlflon on Nine Mile Creek to gather apples in Cherokee Territory. The Indians let them pass and then attacked while the men were in the orchard. Killed Capt. Caleb Jones, Joseph Alexander, Van Piercefield, William Lang, Jonathan Dean, J. Brannon, William English, JOHN MEDLOCK, Robert Hufton, George Matthews, Isaac Anderson, Charles Payne, Luther Johnson, Herman Greeg, George Bul---. Posted By: David Nixon Email: Subject: Re: Nathaniel and John Jr. Matlock Post Date: May 27, 2000 at 19:15:13 Message URL: http://www.genforum.com/medlock/messages/169.html Forum: Medlock Family Genealogy Forum Forum URL: http://www.genforum.com/medlock/ I haven't heard this story of John Medlock getting killed. John Medlock Jr Was supposed to have married Catherine, as the story goes . The 1800 Census of Greenville Co shows Head of household as Catherine Medlock 20100-40100.She is to young to be John Jr. wife. Looks to me we might have a third John Medlock. Could it be John Medlock the III ? Also Have run across a Thomas Medlock 1812 SC . David Nixon Children of JOHN MATLOCK and CATHERINE are: i. ISHAM2 MATLOCK, b. 1777; d. Abt. 1852; m. SUSANNAH WILLIAMS, Abt. 1789; b. Abt. 1779. Notes for ISHAM MATLOCK: In 1790 he is in Greenville District, South Carolina and later moves to Gwinnett County, Georgia. In 1850 at age 73 Isham is living in Cherokee County, Alabama Notes for SUSANNAH WILLIAMS: Following is from: Ancestors of Jeanette Ula Wilson (18 Sep 00 JWM) 118. Lewis Williams He was the son of 236. William W. Williams and 237. Lucy Terry. He married 119. Parthena. Child of Lewis Williams and Parthena is: 59 i. Susannah Williams, married Isham Medlock Lewis was named in the will of Wm. Williams as a son, however, there is evidence to indicate he was not a child of William and Lucy (what evidence?). ii. MARY PARTHENIA POLLY MATLOCK, b. 23 July 1783, South Carolina; d. 09 June 1865, Pontotoc County, Mississippi; m. ABNER NIXON; b. 29 November 1777; d. 08 May 1854. >>> "PTilley" <[email protected]> 11/27/00 11:22PM >>> Susannah Elizabeth Medlock b 18 Aug 1825, Norcross, Ga, d. 15 Jun 1880, DeKalb Co., Ga; married John William Fletcher Tilly (1823-1892) 31 Jan 1845. Her parents were John Williams Medlock 1803-1882 and Sarah Jemison Ware 1807-1883. J. W. Medlock moved from Gwinette Co., Ga to Fulton Co. ca 1840. Their children: Susannah Elizabeth, William Parks, Thomas?, John?, Robert?, Eli Wren?. This info from "Stephen and Rebecca (Kimg) Tilly and Their Descendants 1782-1992" by Harwell Parks Tilly, IV 1993, Katy, Tx. My Parthenia Medlock was born 1783, SC, married Abner Nixon in the Greenville/Laurens Co.'s area. Who were her parents? Peggy ============================== Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com