Robert Matthews^{[1, 2]}

1786 - 1870  (84 years)

• Name	Robert Matthews
  Born	19 Feb 1786	Tennessee   [3]
  Gender	Male
  Died	19 Mar 1870
  Buried	Matthews-Baxter Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee   [4]
  Person ID	I57474	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	9 Sep 2013

  
  

  Father	Obadiah Matthews
  Mother	Lydia Richardson
  Family ID	F21279	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Leah Dobbins,   b. 1782, Tennessee ,   d. 28 May 1863  (Age 81 years)
  Children	+ 1. Margaret Matthews,   b. 1812,   d. 30 Nov 1872  (Age 60 years)   2. Lydia Matthews,   b. 6 Feb 1814, Tennessee ,   d. 23 Mar 1881  (Age 67 years) + 3. Thomas J. Matthews,   b. 22 Feb 1820, Tennessee ,   d. 13 Nov 1875  (Age 55 years) + 4. Elizabeth Matthews,   b. 12 Sep 1824, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 3 Aug 1894  (Age 69 years) + 5. Sarah "Sally" Matthews,   b. Abt 1829, Tennessee ,   d. 3 Aug 1864  (Age ~ 35 years)   6. Mary Matthews,   b. Abt 1831, Tennessee
  Family ID	F21278	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 19 Feb 1786 - Tennessee Buried - - Matthews-Baxter Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  ---------- Reference: "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 187.

  
  

• Sources

  [S9] Smoky Mountain Historical Society Newsletter, Smoky Mountain Historical Society, Vol. 20, No. 2, p 3, Summer 1999. [S24] The Newport Plain Talk, (http://www.newportplaintalk.com), 13 Jul 2007. Markers to be unveiled By: Duay O'Neil Source: The Newport Plain Talk 07-13-2007 COSBY - Saturday, July 28, three East Tennessee pioneers will be honored by members of the Thomas Ogle Chapter Daughters of the War of 1812. Cosby residents James Baxter and Jesse Giles, along with Sevier County veteran Robert Matthews, will have monuments unveiled and dedicated in their memory in a series of ceremonies beginning at 10:00 a.m. According to Beth O. Freeman, chapter president, the first marker dedication will honor James Baxter. "His marker has been placed in the old Jesse Baxter Cemetery, which is immediately adjacent to the new Valentine Family Cemetery off Caney Creek Road. The cemetery is a short distance from Liberty Church," Ogle said. Following this dedication, everyone is invited to remove to Ogle Hill Cemetery for a noon ceremony honoring Jesse Giles, whose marker has been erected there. That afternoon, a similar ceremony will be held in the Baxter-Matthews Cemetery in Sevier County in honor of Robert Matthews. It will begin at 3:00 p.m. "All three men served together during the War of 1812," said Freeman, "at the famed Battle of Horseshoe Bend. Their families intermarried, and hundreds of local people proudly claim them as their ancestors." According to Freeman, everyone is invited to attend the events. For more information, call (423) 487-2424 or (423) 487-5808. [S94] Sevier County, Tennessee Census, family 32, page 386a, line 36, 14 Aug 1850. ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/census/tn/sevier/1850/pg0384a.txt [S34] In the Shadow of the Smokies, Smoky Mountain Historical Society, (1993), 546.