It appears that I was wrong about the family of Albert Matlock and the children I thought were his were not. Could they possibly be the children of his older brother John Matlock? I went back and looked at some of the records and the info that has been printed on this web site. John, Albert, and Thomas Leonidus Matlock were the children of John Matlock and Mary Matlock. I think John Matlock, born in Ga., married Mary ???, born Ga. in Tattnall or Gwinnett Co., Ga. They later moved to Talladega (I think) Alabama, and then on to Ouachita Co., Ark. John died before 1850, and his widow Mary, 54, was living with Albert, born 1830, and Thomas Leonidus, born 1837. In 1860 Albert was married and living in Calhoun Co., Ark. Living next door to him was T.L. Matlock. 21, born Ala. with wife Josephine 22, born Ala., daughter Nancy 2, born Ark. In 1870 Albert Matlock, 39, farmer, Ala., Calhoun Co., Ark., wife Sarah 26, and also living there was Lee Matlock, 32, Josephine, 30, Nancy 12, and John 4, both born Ark. In 1880 We find Albert Medlock, 39, born Ala., Sallie 28, born Al., Georgia A., 7, born Ark., John, 4 born Ark., Hattie 2, born Ark., and Albert Jr., 2/12, born Ark. Lee Matlock is not listed on the census. Someone said that this was another wife for Albert, but Sallie is the nicknmae for Sarah. As everyone knows, you cann't judge the ages on the census. You never know who gave the census taker the info. I have found several things about the Matlocks in question. I had thought Albert had come to Texas but apparently he did not. Also, I thought that Thomas Leonidus (Lee) Matlock, was married to Josephine Harris. This info was given to me and I assumed it was correct, but I have since dicovered it to be wrong. The Josephine Harris I was told was the wife was only 10 months old in 1850, and too young to have married Lee Matlock by 1860. I had thought that his wife was Josephine Boyd, and I have returned to that idea. In 1850 Celia Boyd, 40, b N.C., is living by the Matlocks in Ouachita Co., Ark. She is a widow with sons Elias 18, James 15, Elana or Elanie 11, and Martha E., 5. Everything fits as the wife of Lee Matlock except the name, which I think was a nickname for Josephine. In 1860 Lee and Josephine had moved to Calhoun Co. Living by them was Celia Boyd, and in 1870 they are living in another area in Calhoun Co. with Celia Boyd living next door to them. I think that if she was not the mother of Josephine she would have not moved with them and lived next to them. I think that the wife of Albert was posssibly a Wood. In 1860 Bryant Wood, 62, W M, Farmer, Al., is living with Albert & Sarah. I have found info in Ga. where there was possibly a connection with Isham Medlock. Mary Wood obtained letters of administration for the Wood children and one of the securities was Isham Medlock. Does anyone have anymore info on this family? Does anyone know who the father of John Matlock was? I had thought that maybe he was Isham but Isham seems to have another son named John Williams Matlock who married someone else and did not got o Ark. Joyce Moore I have never been able to find where Lee Matlock was in 1880, but the Thomas Matlock with wife Sarah was not the same T.L. Matlock. This Matlock was Thomas Matlcok who married Sarah Ann holder 8 Nov. 1860. Lee Matlock went by the name Lee, not Thomas. Also, Albert does not have a new wife as Sallie is the nickname for Sarah. Nicknames were common back in those days and I think that Elanie was the nickname for Josephine. I am going to try and find the list of nicknames to see what it lists for Josephine. As I have mentioned before, Josephine was supposed to have been Indian. I do know that in an old family biography she is called "an Indian girl" in one place and a "halfbreed" in another so I believe she was Indian. Does anyone have any idea what the maiden name of Mary Matlock was? Someone told me that they had found a marriage license for John and Mary in Ga. but I have lost it. They were married either in Tattnall or Gwinnett Co., Ga., I think. I think they were later in Talladega, ala before they went to Ark.