Isham Esau Matlock (abt. 1782 - 1874)

Born about Sep 1782 in Halifax, Virginia, United States

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Died 28 Nov 1874 at about age 92 in Crawford, Missouri, United States

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Biography

Isham Esau Matlock was a soldier in the War of 1812. He enlisted in Carter Co. TN, and served from Oct 18, 1813 to Jan 18, 1814 as a Private in Capt Jesse Cole's Company of Tennessee Militia. He also served as a Corporal in Capt. Henry Hunter's Company. He was wounded in the war and sustained a spinal injury that did not permit him to walk or stand erect for the rest of his life. Despite his injury, he hauled freight from Cuba to Dillion, Missouri at one time. Isham and Nancy lived with their son Jesse in 1870. Most of their children and families emigrated by ox cart from Tennessee to Missouri. Nancy did not want to make the arduous trip to Missouri in an ox cart. Isham bought her a clock as an inducement and she made the trip. ^[1]

• Fact: Residence (1850) Crawford, Missouri, United States
• Fact: Residence (1870) Rolla, Phelps, Missouri, United States

Sources

1. ↑ Memories from Beulah Dowell and Alice Wendt

• 1850 Census: "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDZ4-QMK : 4 April 2020), Isham Matlock, Crawford county, Crawford, Missouri, United States; citing family 165, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• 1870 Census: "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4XM-G6L : 19 March 2020), Isam Matlock in entry for Jesse Matlock, 1870.