Matilda was born about 1820. She passed away in 1877.
Sources
Death Records
Rebecca Cumins b:1844 d: 28 Oct 1925 Dora, Walker Co, AL. father: James Southerland mother: Matilda Austin spouse: Tom Cummings[1]
J R Southerland b: 1869 d:17 Dec 1922 Wayne, TN father: James Southerland mother: Matilda Austin[2]
Nancy Jane Clark b: 1857 d: 30 Jan 1941 Cordova, Walker Co, AL father: James Southerland mother: Matildy Austin spouse: John Henry Clarke[3]
Census Records
1850 District 12, Walker, AL
Dwelling 346, family 346
James Sutharland 45 b SC
Matilda Sutharland 30 b: unknown
Malinda Sutharland 8 b: AL
Rebecka Sutharland 6 b: AL
Mary Sutharland 4 b: AL
Lenenda Sutharland 2 b: AL
Levi Sutharland 1 b: AL
1860 Eastern Division, Walker, AL
Dwelling 373, Family 361
James Southerland 50 b:SC
Matilda Southerland 36 b:GA
Levi Southerland 11 b: AL
Malissa Southerland 9 b: AL
Jane Southerland 3 b: AL
James Southerland 9mo b:AL
Dwelling 376, Family 363
John Austin 39 b:TN
Elizabeth 39 b:SC
Bryant 17 b: MS
John R 15 b: MS
James A 13 b:AL
Mary E 11 b: AL
Rebecca C 9 b: AL
Sarah A 7 b:AL
William J 5 b:AL
Abraham 3 b:AL
Lucy A 0 b:AL
Wille R Rodgers 22 b:AL
1866 Walker Co, AL State Census
James Southerland
1 male under 10
1 male 10-20
1 male 60-70
3 females under 10
3 females 10-20
1 female 40-50
References
↑ "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JDJP-FJ9 : 15 February 2018), Matilda Austin in entry for Rebecca Cumins, 28 Oct 1925; citing reference cn 23619, Department of Health, Montgomery; FHL microfilm 1,908,275.
↑ "Tennessee Death Records, 1914-1963," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NS52-FS8 : 9 March 2018), Matilda Austin in entry for J R Southerland, 17 Dec 1922; citing Cemetery, Wayne, Tennessee, vol 60 cn 64, State Library and Archives, Nashville; FHL microfilm 1,299,752.
↑ "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JKSY-SSH : 15 February 2018), Matildy Austin in entry for Nancy Jane Clark, 30 Jan 1941; citing reference 2593, Department of Health, Montgomery; FHL microfilm 1,908,598.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Matilda by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Matilda: