John Thanks so much for your resonse with information. I have posted it to my datbase and the dates match up from other sources. Does your family have any ideas about Isham's parents? Best Regards Joe Matlock >>> "jcmedlock" <[email protected]> 02/21/01 08:57AM >>> Just in case you don't see this on the Genforum: Here is some additional information about Isham Medlock (Matlock?) and his descendants excerpted from p. 555-556 of James C. Flanigan's _History of Gwinnett County, Georgia_ published in 1959. Copies of this book can be obtained from the Gwinnett Historical Society at http://www.gwinnetths.org/ My father, W. Harold Medlock, has much more information about this line as well. The Medlock Family By Antoinette Medlock Johnson (Mrs. William Collins Matthews) When Gwinnett County was formed in 1818, Isham Medlock was listed as one of its pioneers. He was born in Virginia, in 1777, and went to South Carolina, as a boy. He married Susannah, the daughter of Lewis Williams, a Revolutionary soldier and a Virginian. Isham and Susannah came to Franklin County, Ga., sometime between 1803 and 1811, for their son, John Williams was born April 4, 1803 in South Carolina, and Lewis Henry was born Nov. 3, 1811 in Franklin County, Ga. There were other children besides these two, but only other known is Mastin D., who was born Sept. 9, 1814 and died Oct. 6, 1854. John Williams Medlock is the only son who remained in Gwinnett County as late as 1847, when he moved to Atlanta. His father, Isham, took an active part in the early development of Gwinnett County until he went with his son, Mastin, to Cherokee County, Alabama, about 1840. There he is buried in Salem Church yard, beside his son, Mastin Medlock who married Mary Ann Johnson of DeKalb County, Ga. Lewis Henry Medlock married Marian McHenry Lansford of Oglethorpe County and moved to Washington County where he became an editor. He is buried in Mt. Pleasant Church yard, Emanuel County, Ga. John Williams Medlock lived for many years in Gwinnett County. In 1822 he married Sarah Jemison Ware, daughter of Thomas Ware and Sarah Jemison who moved into Gwinnett from Greene County. Eleven of the thirteen children of John Williams Medlock were born in Gwinnett County. Two sons were born after they moved to Atlanta, both dying in infancy. Those who lived to maturity were: Thomas Landrum Delony Medlock, Nov. 22, 1823 - Feb. 26, 1864, married Rebecca Ballenger. Many of their descendants are living in Gwinnett now. Susannah Eliza Medlock, Aug. 18, 1826 - Jan. 31, 1880, married Fletcher Tilley of DeKalb Co. James Isham Henry Medlock, Mar. 12, 1828 - Dec. 1, 1850, married Caroline Alethia Wrenn. They were en route to California during the Gold Rush when he died and was buried at sea. One of his three sons, William Joseph Thomas, survived him and became a minister in Louisiana. He has prominent descendants in Louisiana and Tennessee. John Oliver Medlock, Aug. 26, 1830 - June 21, 1911, married Elizabeth Carroll, and like his brother Thomas, has many well - known descendants in Gwinnett Co. Robert Medlock, Dec. 31, 1832 - April 24, 1919, married Adeline Smith and also has many prominent descendants in Gwinnett Co. Martha Margaret Ann Medlock, Jan 31, 1834 - Dec. 11, 1893, married James Littleton Terry, a Methodist minister. They moved to Longview, Texas. William Parks Medlock, the seventh child of Sarah Jemison Ware and John Williams Medlock, was named for the Rev. William Parks, a minister who is well remembered for his splendid work in spreading the Gospel in those pioneer days. William Parks Medlock was a young boy when his parents moved to Atlanta. He married Vilenah Antoinette Mason, daughter of William Pinckney Mason and Maryann Amanda Chandler, of DeKalb Co. Medlock Road and the William Parks Medlock School are lasting memorials in DeKalb Co. of this native of Gwinnett. He was born June 6, 1837 and died March 26, 1903, and is buried in Decatur cemetery on the lot with his parents. Eli Wren Medlock, Aug. 26, 1839 - Aug. 31, 1904, married Martha Edmonson, and lived in Cobb Co. Sarah Jemison Medlock, April b, 1841 - March 16, 1914, married Benjamin Franklin Walker, whose farm was what is now Piedmont Park and whose old home was made into the Piedmont Driving Club in Atlanta. Caroline Medlock, March 4, 1843 - April 1896, married Pleasant Wade Merritt and is the only child who lived to maturity who left no descendants. Georgia Ann Medlock, April 12, 1846 - March 24, 1916, married Joel Yarborough of Fulton Co. The John Williams Medlock plantation in Atlanta was on what later became Ponce de Leon Ave. and reached as far as the present site of Sears - Roebuck. Their old home was on what is now Boulevard at the intersection of St. Charles Ave. The family burying ground was near the corner of St. Charles. There those who died were buried, but when Atlanta began to make streets and building lots of the land, the graves were later moved to Decatur cemetery. The famous Ponce de Leon springs was on the Medlock property, and it was very popular for friends to gather there on frequent occasions "to take the waters". Many would drive from Gwinnett to see their old neighbors and friends, and to enjoy the spring. During the War Between the States all five of the sons of John Williams Medlock and four sons - in - law served in the Confederate Army. Thomas died as a result of the war. William Parks was wounded in both hands, the bullet remaining in his left hand until his death. Written for Volume II of The History of Gwinnett County from information found in the Federal censuses, county records, cemetery and Bible records, and reminiscences of Medlock descendants, by a granddaughter of William Parks Medlock, Antoinette Medlock Johnson (Mrs. Wm. Collins Matthews).