Merry Christmas to all. Did not what to close done for the season and not take one last opportunity to say Merry Christmas too all. And just so you have something to do over the holidays I am cleaning out the data base of widows, orphans and lost lines. I will publish here what ever and all of the information I have whether Matlock or Medlock or Matlack or Matlick. If any of you know any of these folk or can contribute to the cause of tying the family together please feel free to respond. There will be a whole series of these each with this message and the primary ancestor as the subject line. May you all get what your want for Christmas and unlike myself only what I deserve. Good Luck Joe Matlock Descendants of Unknown Matlock Generation No. 1 1. UNKNOWN1 MATLOCK was born Unknown. Children of UNKONWN MATLOCK are: 2. i. JOHN2 MATLOCK. ii. CHARLES MATLOCK. iii. EDWARD MATLOCK. Generation No. 2 2. JOHN2 MATLOCK (UNKNOWN1) He married RACHEL. Notes for JOHN MATLOCK: The claim of John's action at Kings Mountain with a force of Tennessee Militia under the leadership of John Seiver was previously not known to me and is best explained by the following from a report of chronology records received from Marie Matlock Harris 5 April 1994. This report is currently published on the family website. Ms Harris reports "John MADDOX [Before we say for sure this isn't one of our MEDLOCK --I have to tell you that John MATLOCK that died on King Mt. .... the scribe of who ever wrote his name, used the MATTOX spelling .. witting it --- MATL (crossing the T & L) MATTLO->then turning the C to form the back of the K == forming an X = MATLOCK = MATTOX. I probably would not have seen what they had done; except, for the word Buckskins --- I will never know why I ordered this mans will - on which I have to tell you; his brother spelled MATLOCK 7 so was his wife's name Rachel MATLOCK & his brother Charles MATLOCK - the word BUXSKINS - used the same form of writing, the "C" to form the back of the letter "K", thus BUCKSKINS = became BUXSKINS. This John MATTOC, is the John killed in the Kings Mt. Battle. He had 2 brothers - Charles and Edward. " The birth dates of his children would make him a very old man at the time of the battle and this claim continues to need work. Children of JOHN MATLOCK and RACHEL are: i. SARA3 MATLOCK, b. 27 September 1702. ii. ROBERT MATLOCK, b. 25 February 1704/05. iii. SUSANNAH MATLOCK, b. 19 April 1707. iv. WILLIAM MATLOCK, b. 11 January 1718/19.