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Matoka Orlevia "Toka" Messer

Female 1879 - 1948  (69 years)


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  1. 1.  Matoka Orlevia "Toka" Messer was born 3 Jan 1879 (daughter of James Harrison Messer and Nancy Elizabeth Green); died 19 Sep 1948; was buried Clark Cemetery, Cocke County, Tennessee.

    Matoka married John Brown, III 1897. John (son of John Brown, II and Sarah Jane Fox) died 1906, Florence, South Carolina; was buried Clarks Cemetery. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Obed Brown was born 1898.
    2. Charles Emitt Brown was born 2 Jul 1900; died 26 Nov 1975; was buried Clark Cemetery.

    Matoka — Rev. Henry Alvin "H. A." Freeman. Henry (son of Benjamin Grover Freeman and Harriet Jane Roberts) was born 10 Aug 1882; died 15 Aug 1962; was buried Clark Cemetery, Cocke County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Boyd A. Freeman was born 1 Sep 1912; died 29 Sep 1985; was buried Clark Cemetery, Cocke County, Tennessee.
    2. Benjamin Walter Freeman was born 25 Jan 1915; died 22 Apr 1988; was buried Clark Cemetery, Cocke County, Tennessee.
    3. Darnell Freeman was born 9 May 1917; died 29 Sep 1955; was buried Clark Cemetery, Cocke County, Tennessee.
    4. Henry Stewart Freeman was born 4 Jun 1919; died 27 May 1990; was buried Clark Cemetery, Cocke County, Tennessee.
    5. Freeman died At Birth.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  James Harrison Messer was born 7 Feb 1850, Haywood County, North Carolina (son of Bill O. Messer and Green); died 9 Jan 1928, Cocke County, Tennessee; was buried 11 Jan 1928, Clark Cemetery, Cocke County, Tennessee.

    Other Events:

    • Census: 1850, Haywood County, North Carolina

    James — Nancy Elizabeth Green. Nancy (daughter of Stephen and Sarah Smith) was born 13 Apr 1847, Haywood County, North Carolina; died 3 Jan 1916, Jefferson County, Tennessee; was buried 5 Jan 1916, Clark Cemetery, Cocke County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Nancy Elizabeth Green was born 13 Apr 1847, Haywood County, North Carolina (daughter of Stephen and Sarah Smith); died 3 Jan 1916, Jefferson County, Tennessee; was buried 5 Jan 1916, Clark Cemetery, Cocke County, Tennessee.
    Children:
    1. Ellender Messer was born 8 Mar 1871; died INFANT.
    2. Sarah Eva Messer was born 2 Jul 1874, Oklahoma; died 29 Dec 1949, Greenville, Greenville County, South Carolina; was buried Clark Cemetery, Cocke County, Tennessee.
    3. 1. Matoka Orlevia "Toka" Messer was born 3 Jan 1879; died 19 Sep 1948; was buried Clark Cemetery, Cocke County, Tennessee.
    4. Lawson Brown Messer was born 20 Jun 1881; died 15 Jan 1950, Cocke County, Tennessee; was buried Clark Cemetery, Cocke County, Tennessee.
    5. Jessie Messer was born 28 Sep 1884; died 2 Oct 1884; was buried Clark Cemetery, Cocke County, Tennessee.
    6. William Claude Messer was born 26 May 1886, North Carolina; died 27 Mar 1968; was buried White Pine Cemetery, White Pine, Jefferson County, Tennessee.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Bill O. Messer (son of John Messer and R. A. "Rebecca" Martin).

    Bill — Green. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Green
    Children:
    1. Sallie Messer
    2. Damie Messer
    3. Lonie Messer
    4. Bud Messer
    5. Clingman Messer
    6. Lou Messer
    7. 2. James Harrison Messer was born 7 Feb 1850, Haywood County, North Carolina; died 9 Jan 1928, Cocke County, Tennessee; was buried 11 Jan 1928, Clark Cemetery, Cocke County, Tennessee.

  3. 6.  Stephen was born Haywood County, North Carolina.

    Stephen — Sarah Smith. Sarah was born Haywood County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Sarah Smith was born Haywood County, North Carolina.
    Children:
    1. 3. Nancy Elizabeth Green was born 13 Apr 1847, Haywood County, North Carolina; died 3 Jan 1916, Jefferson County, Tennessee; was buried 5 Jan 1916, Clark Cemetery, Cocke County, Tennessee.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  John Messer (son of Christian Messer).

    John — R. A. "Rebecca" Martin. R. was born 1804; was buried Marion Green Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  R. A. "Rebecca" Martin was born 1804; was buried Marion Green Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    Children:
    1. 4. Bill O. Messer
    2. Sallie Elizabeth Messer was born 4 Jan 1832, Haywood Country, North Carolina; died Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Marion Green Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
    3. Lucinda Messer
    4. Lawson Messer was born 2 Feb 1837; died 4 Jun 1930; was buried Liberty Cemetery, Haywood County, North Carolina.
    5. Rachel Messer
    6. Jane Messer


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