Audrey, was this source: Edgefield Co. Records by Janie Revell? My comments about John Carter in right of his wife below are NOT preceeded by > I also checked the 1850 census to see if I could find any of these folks. Used the online census records compiled by Martha Jacobson ftp://www.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/sc/edgefield/1850/ Billie Jones > MATHEWS, Sugar (J.) (Jones)-Dec'd. R.E. sold 1831. Edgefield Rec. Bk. A-38 Dist: 1/12 each equal to $82.97. Legatees: > > James MATTHEWS (1) Willey MATTHEWS (2) > Drury MATTHEWS (3) Pamelia (4) > Blanche (5) Caleb MATTHEWS (6) > Lewis MATTHEWS (7) Luke MATTHEWS (8) > Catherine (9) John CHRISTIAN (10) > William MATTHEWS (11); >Sarah and Martha, children of Bud MATTHEWS share jointly. (12) > > (Note on page) 'It is doubtful whether one CHRISTIAN is entitled to the share (that) has (been) given him.' James MATTHEWS- Purchaser. > > Rec't. 24 Oct 1831 from John CARTER, Jr for share of wife. -- I think the Willey (2) the same as Willa Ann. On line, "Electronic," http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~shill957/pafg2668.htm#2634. has Sugar Jones Matthews b. ca 1793. HC Ouzts has an unknown Matthews [1768](m. Martha (b. 1770 SC))[1850] I believe that the above is the following John Carter, altho this John's father was Charles Carter m. Lydia Scurry, so he was not a Jr., but Jr. & Sr. not always used to denote father & son, but sometimes to denote the older of two John Carters in the area at the time. 1 John Benjamin CARTER b: March 04, 1799 Edgefield Co., SC d: December 12, 1856 . +Willa Ann MATTHEWS/MATHIS b: July 1813 SC m: July 14, 1831 [La Fayette, Chatooga County, Georgia] or [SC] d: May 09, 1871 [Source: the John Benjamin Carter Ledger, transcribed by Ed. Gross which is like a wonderful Bible records of the desc. of Charles and Lydia Scurry Carter] > Rec'dt 29 April 1833 from John CHRICTIE (CHRISTIAN) for share of wife." Does anyone know the wife of John Christian? Could he be a John Christie? The following census records are from CENSUS YR: 1850 STATE or TERRITORY: SC COUNTY: Edgefield DIVISION: Edgefield REEL NO: M432-852 =============================================================================== ===== Now here's a possible group, if you discount spelling who could be son William and his sister married to John Christie/Christian Same Census, p. 38B, hh 587, living with Z. W.Carwile family: Matthews William 33 M . Farmer SC Living next door looks like Sugar's daughter who married John Christie/Christian, and living with them are Lewis and Luk, names given for her brothers. Don't know the Bryant and Moss connections. However, NOTE the location of birth for Elizabeth?? Either an error, or this might not be the daughter of Sugar?? Remember this is a transcription and name could be Matthews. p. 38 hh#588 Christie John 56 M Farmer 2,000 Scotland Christie Elizabeth 29 F . . . Scotland Matthis Lewis 35 M Blacksmith SC Matthis Luk 31 M . . . SC Bryant Brantly 17 M Farmer SC Moss John 16 M Farmer SC --------------------------------------------------- I have several Lewis and Drury Matthews (sometimes seen as Mathews, sometimes Mathis), so those are difficult to attach from what I have. I have two Bud Cade/Caid Matthews as well.. One still having children in 1837, so eliminate him. The other is Descendants of Bud Caid Matthews 1 Bud Caid MATTHEWS b: July 26, 1798 d: October 09, 1821 Burial: Mathews - King Cem, Hwy 246, Cambridge, Greenwood Co., SC. I found his grave on one of my trips when mother and I just stopped at every cem. we passed. According to Greenwood Co. Sketches: Old Rds and Early Families by Margaret Watson, Attic Press, Inc., Greenwood, SC, 1970, p. 322, he died in young manhood, apparently unmarried. On one of my roaming trips with my mother where we stopped at every cem. we saw, we found a small old graveyard containing a Bud Caid Matthews dates 7/26/1798 - 10/28/1820. Could this fit here as sited by the Greenwood Sketches book. The cem. is located on hwy 246,, Greenwood Co - on the right from Saluda. Also buried there are the two other sons of Drury described in the Greenwood Sketches book as dying as young men having never married (John Pope and Wiley J. Mathews) RE: CATHERINE MATTHEWS: Could this be her?? Payn Thomas 50 M Planter 12,000 SC Payn Mary 17 F school SC Payn Elizabeth P. 11 F school . SC Payn William T. 6 M school . SC * Mathews Catharine 45 F . . . SC Kain Martha Payn 1 F . . . SC Goode Mack M. 30 M Farmer . SC OR did she marry? Same census, same p. 35A, hh #538 Robinson Catharin 35 F . . . SC Matthews Bud 12 M . . . SC Matthews Ann 9 F . . . SC Matthews Willa 5 F . . . Matthews Eugenia 2 F SC Of another: p. 45B, hh 705 living with John Stripling Stripling John 51 M Farmer 1,600 SC Stripling Frances 24 F . . . SC Chiles Adaline 21 F . . . SC Matthis Catharin 22 F . . . SC ----------------------------------------------------------------- Wonder if the two 21 year olds are the Sarah and Martha listed as children of Bud, decd. p. 51B, hh# 784 Matthis Matthew 48 M FArmer 1,000 SC Matthis Mark 26 M Farmer . SC *Matthis Sarah 21 F . . . SC *Matthis Martha 21 F . . . SC Matthis Mary 3/12 F . . . SC ---------------------------- Another William p. 84B, hh#1302 (No. sequence should be 1305) Matthis William 35 M Farmer SC Matthis Sabra 29 F . . SC Matthis Sarah E. 10 F school SC Matthis Joel H. 7 M . . SC Matthis John M. 4 M . . SC Matthis William J. 1 M . . SC ------------------------------------ Here's another Lewis, p. 188A, hh# 454 Matthews Lewis 40 M Farmer SC Matthews John 10 M school SC Matthews William 7 M SC Birthdate of Willa Ann Matthews Carter is proven to be 1813. So this Lewis is about her age. ---------------------------------------- Lots of Matthews and Mathis families, but these contained names that showed up in your Suguar Jones Matthews info. I have more on the family of Willia Ann Matthews Carter and her husband and family. This is the line of Ed Gross, 46 Chalet Circle, Dawsonville, GA, 30534. <[email protected]>. Ed we welcome any comments about the Matthews line if you have worked on this. I have added the Sugar J. Matthews probate record to my to dos at the State archives, but it could be quite a while before I get to it. If someone has the full probate package, please share and save us the time of going thru the records again. Billie Jones Camden, SC [email protected]