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In Memory of
AARON MATTHEWS
Born c 1790, NC - Died c. 1836, MS
And His Wife
MIDDIA JOHNSON
Born c. 1800, NC - Died 1840/41, MO
Parents of
Margaret, Lewis W., Elizabeth, Lemuel K.,
Daniel J.,
Winnie, Leudiann, Enoch A. & Mary Jane
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Aaron Matthews was born in North Carolina
about 1790. He married Midda Johnson, daughter of Jacob and Margaret Garrett
Johnson in 1817 in Surry Co., North Carolina. Sometime after 1828, the
family relocated to Lawrence Co., Mississippi. Aaron died in Mississippi
about 1836, leaving a widow and large family. His burial place is unknown.
Middia Matthews arrived in Johnson County,
Arkansas sometime before January 1837, with her nine children and elderly
parents. Her younger brother, Jacob [Jr.] arrived in Johnson County about
the same time but it is uncertain whether he was part of the family migration
or came by a northern route, possibly by way of Newton County, Missouri
where his elder brother, Eli T. Johnson was established.
Middia Matthews and Jacob Johnson (Jr.) are
listed among the tax payers of Johnson County in 1837. Shortly before
her marriage to Carey Evans (or Evants,) Middia signed a deed of gift before
Joseph Adkins, Justice of the Peace of Perry Township, Johnson County,
in May 1838. All nine of her children are listed. Soon afterward,
the new couple and the six younger Matthews children moved to Newton County,
Missouri. In April of 1840, another deed of gift was executed in Newton
County, Missouri, giving details of the property to be given to each of
the six minor children. Court records show that Middia was deceased by
the following February when her brother Eli T. Johnson was named guardian
of the minor children of Aaron and Middia Matthews. It is probable
that Middia is buried in what is now known as Miller Cemetery, along with
her brother and several members of his family, but no marker was found
for her grave.
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In May of 2001, a memorial stone was
installed by descendants in the Minnow Creek Cemetery in Johnson County,
Arkansas. Aaron Matthews never came to Johnson County and Middia stayed
only for a short time. However, their descendants feel that it is fitting
for a marker to be placed near that of Middia's parents, Jacob and Margaret
Johnson and in the same cemetery where so many of their descendants are
also buried.
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Four of the Matthews children, Daniel,
Winnie, Leudiann, Mary Jane are buried at Minnow Creek. Margaret, Lewis
and Lemuel died in Johnson County but their burial places are unknown.
A memorial marker for these three was placed beside that of their parents
in May 2001.
Aaron and Middia's daughter, Elizabeth Stewart,
moved to Texas with her family. She died 11 Oct 1906, and is buried in
Gabriel Mills, Williamson County, Texas. Enoch Alexander, youngest
son of Aaron and Middia, is buried in Owens Cemetery, Pope County
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