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- Chose to spell his name "Matlock".
Notes for WILLIAM F. MATLOCK:
In 1860 this family is living in Pennington Township, Bradley County,
Arkansas. Battle W. is living with them.
In 1870 this family is living in Red Land Township, Bradley County,
Arkansas.
Goodspeed Biographies
William F. Matlock, Sr., is a member of the well-known mercantile
establishment of Matlock & Haskins, which has done and is doing so
much for the advancement of New Edinburg, and vicinity. Mr. Matlock is
a Georgian, whose birth occurred in Coweta County, February 23, 1828,
and is a son of J. R. and Lucinda (Mayfield) Mattock,... their union
eight sons and seven daughters, of whom William F. Mattock was the
fifth child. His school days were spent in Bradley County, Ark., and
when twenty-two years of age he commenced to farm for himself near
where he now does business. In 1866 he began selling merchandise at
his present stand, being the first man to go into business at this
point, but at the end of two years he gave up this work, and again
turned his attention to farming, and was a successful tiller of tire
soil until 1877. Since that time he has devoted his time and attention
to merchandising, and besides his mercantile establishment he is the
owner of 360 acres of land, a large portion of which is under
cultivation. In 1853 he was married to Mrs. Amelia M. Tolefree, a
daughter of David Meriwether. She was born in Jasper County, Ga.,
April 29, 1822, and was the widow of Robert Tolefree. Her union with
Air. Matlock has resulted in the birth of the following children:
Rebecca M. (wife of T. M. Boyd, a farmer, of Cleveland County), Anna
D. (who also married a farmer of the county), and Elma S. Those
deceased are: David M., and Carrie A. (who was the wife of W . H.
Harrison, her death occurring in 1882). Mr. and Mrs. Matlock are
members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, and he is a Royal
Arch Mason, and a Democrat, politically.
Jack H. Marcus A. Matlock did much research on his branch of the
family. In his notes he stated: "it will be noted that all the names
in the Bible record were written Medlock and I have used the same
spelling in the cornments before. However, all the sons of John R.
Medlock (grandfather of Marcus A. whom. I knew spelled the narne
Matlock, and also all their children followed the latter spelling. It
is my information that William Medlock one of older sons, is
responsible for the change in spelling in our family. He was the most
prosperous of the sons of John R. Medlock in his day, owned some
slaves, a mill, and was one of the first to establish a mercantile
business in the village in South Arkansas known as New Edinburg. From
some source in one of his trading trips to New Orleans to market
cotton and merchandise, he received information that convinced him
that the correct spelling of the name should be Matlock so he changed,
and all his brothers followed him in the change. Thereafter all this
branch of the family spelled its name Matlock, and most of them moved
further west into Texas seeking greener pastures. (Note to Mrs.
Leonard and Mrs. Jack H. Matlock - I found Miles Jefferson in 1880
Wise Co., Tx.)
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1828 - Yes, date unknown