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Jennings, Obediah (b. , d. ?)
Given Name: Obediah
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WILLIAM MATLOCK BIBLE The title page of the Matlock Bible is missing, but a note on the cover indicates that it was purchased on 8 December 1829 in Athens, McMinn County. The owner, William Matlock, was the youngest son of John and Sarah (McPherson) Matlock of Grainger County. His siblings were Elizabeth (born 3 November 1781, married Dr. John Cloud Hailey), Charles (born 8 December 1782, never married), Sarah (born 22 September 1783, married Rev. Richard A. Forrest), Henry (born 14 July 1786, married Nancy Rice), Mary (born 6 November 1788, married Rev. Elisha Dodson), Martha (born 1 July 1791, married Isaac Rice), and John (born 13 February 1793, married Mary McElwee). William moved to the Hiwassee District of Rhea County (Ten Mile Stand area), where he operated a mill. He served as a Justice of the Peace for several years and was a member oft he Masonic Lodge organized in 1830 in the Town of Washington. After 1836, William moved to the Eastanalee Valley of McMinn County, where he died and was buried in the Old Eastanalee Cemetery. The Bible passed from William to his son, Charles L., and then to his daughter, Margaret Matlock Broyles. Margaret's daughter, Lucile, gave the Bible to her niece, Bettye J. Broyles who submitted this record. She has supplied additional information which appears in brackets. Notes for SARAH DODSON: In 1850 this family with Sarah, with Charles and Nancy, as head of the house hold is living in McMinn County, Tennessee.
Given Name: William
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Given Name: John
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Note: Death dates and marriage info based on family tree of Scott Jones/ Jill Morris from Ancestry.com.
Given Name: Allen
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from "THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF AN AMERICAN STATE" book: Military officer; born in Middletown, Conn., Dec. 17, 1734; hastened with a company to Cambridge after the affair at Lexington; accompanied Benedict Arnold to Quebec, with the rank of Major, where he was made a prisoner; and having raised a regiment in 1777, was made a Colonel, and performed a brilliant exploit at Sag Harbor. He commanded a regiment at Stony Point, and served faithfully to the end of the war. He was one of the first settlers of Marietta, Ohio. He died at the Cherokee Agency, Ga., Jan. 28, 1823. -------------- From a typed History, received from Henry Turner Rice: Col. Return Jonathan Meigs came from Marietta Ohio and established his residence at South Point (Kingston) in 1801. In 1802 he went back to Marietta for his wife and youngest son, Timothy. They accompanied him back to their home on the Tennessee Cherokee Frontier. Return Jonathan Meigs served the United States Government as Agent of the Cherokee from 1797 to 1823 and Agent of War for the State of Tennessee from 1801 to 1823. Col RJ Meigs was the son of Jonathan and Elizabeth Hamlin Meigs. He was born in Middleton Conn. Dec. 7, 1740. He was a Revolutionary Patriot with a fine record. His appointment as Indian agent was his reward for his distinguished services. Prior to the Declaration of Independence, Col. Meigs was Captain of a company in the Connecticut Militia. He marched with his men to Boston and was soon made Col. of the Sixth Conn. Infantry. He was with Bennedict Arnold on his ill-fated expedition to Quebec. He was captured but later exchanged. He kept a journal of his expedition which was said to be the best account exact. It appeared in the American Remembrance in 1776. After the close of the Revolutionary War, Col Meigs moved to Ohio and settled in a town called Marietta. He took an active part in the development of that region. In 1801 he was appointed by President Jefferson as Agent to the Cherokee Indians, he arrived in Knoxville June 3 of that year. Up to that time confusion had characterized the Government's relations with the Indians. Col. Meigs soon had the Department in order. He was a man of sterling character and devoid of personal ambitions, he soon won the trust and respect of the Cherokee. It was due to his wide vision and deep sympathy in the Government's plan to civilize the Indians, which was carried out while he was agent. Col. Meigs was married twice. He married first wife, Joann Wilburn of Middletown, Conn., in February 1754. She died Oct 3rd, 1773. He then married Grace Starr who died at the agency at Hiwassee Garrison on October 10, 1807, and she is buried in the graveyard on the hillside above the old garrison. According to sources Col. Meigs acted as guardian for his grandchildren after the death of Timothy and Elizabeth Meigs. ---------- From "THE TENNESSEE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF HISTORY AND CULTURE" Samuel D. Smith, Tennessee Division of Archaeology RETURN JONATHAN MEIGS 1740-1823 A key Cherokee agent in southeast Tennessee, Return Jonathan Meigs arrived in Tennessee in May 1801 to fill the combined position of agent to the Cherokee Nation and military agent for the United States War Department. Colonel Meigs, who was from Connecticut and later Ohio, had already completed a long and successful military career. The U.S. Congress awarded him a presentation sword for heroic behavior during the Revolutionary War. Colonel Meigs located his first Tennessee base of operations at Fort Southwest Point near present-day Kingston. His office and the Cherokee Agency remained at that location from 1801 until 1807. He supervised relocation of the agency and the U.S. "factory" for trade with the Cherokees at Tellico Blockhouse to a new post named Hiwassee Garrison near the mouth of the Hiwassee River. Meigs functioned in his dual roles as Cherokee and military agent at Hiwassee Garrison until 1813, when the Federal soldiers stationed there were withdrawn. He remained as Cherokee agent, but in 1815 he moved the agency a few miles up the Hiwassee River. He relocated a third time in 1817 and continued as agent at the new location until his death on January 28, 1823. Within the context of U.S. government policy for the southern Indians, Meigs devoted his twenty-two-year career as Cherokee agent to promoting the well-being of the Cherokees, defending their rights during treaty negotiations, and encouraging their efforts to establish their own republican form of government. In 1823 the remains of Colonel Return Jonathan Meigs were brought to the "Garrison Cemetery" near the Rhea County site of the former Hiwassee Garrison and placed next to those of his wife Grace and son Timothy. The adjoining county of Meigs was named in his honor. Suggested Reading(s): Henry T. Malone, "Return Jonathan Meigs--Indian Agent Extraordinary," East Tennessee Historical Society Publications, 28 (1956): 3-22.
Given Name: Return Jonathan
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Given Name: Grace
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Given Name: Grace
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Given Name: Elizabeth
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Given Name: Richard Montgomery
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Given Name: Joanna
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Attorney General and lived in Washington D.C. This Info. taken from Born in Middleton, Conn., graduated at Yale College in 1785 and went with his father to Marietta Ohio, in 1788. There he took a conspicuous part in public affairs, and was often egaged in Indian fights. In 1803 - 04 he was chief-justice of Ohio; and for two years he was commander of the St. Charles district of Louisiana, with the brevet of colonel, U>S>A. He was a United States district judge in Michigan; United States Senator from 1808 to 1810; and governor of Ohio from 1810 to 1814. His services during the War of 1812 were of incalculable value. From 1814 to 1823 he was Postmaster-General. He died in Marietta, Ohio, March 29, 1825. This info is from a book, with heading (THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF AN AMERICAN STATE). It ws fortunate for Ohio that Return Jonathan Meigs, Jr., occupied the gubernatorial chair at this critical period. He was one of the type of men that did so much to lay the foundations of the State. He was born at Middletown, Connecticut, in 1765. He came to Ohio with his father, Return Jonathan Meigs, in 1788 as one of the original settlers at Marietta. The senior Meigs was a valiant Revolutionary officer, with a brilliant record at Long Island, Stony Point and Quebec. Return Jonathan Meigs, Jr., graduated with honor at Yale in 1785, and thus, like many of the Ohio pioneers, he took with him into the Western country the culture and refinement of his native State. Pioneer life had attractions for him. He loved its free and adventurous spirit, and entered into close companionship with the leaders of the new country. In 1803-4 he was a judge of the Supreme Court fo Ohio, apositin which he resigned to accept from President Jefferson the appointment of commandant of the United States troops and militia of the St. Charles District of Louisiana. This afforded him a military experience that was useful to him in subsequent years. He also served as a member of the Supreme Court of that Territory for 1805-6. In 1807 he was appointed judge of the United States District Court of Michigan Territory. This commission he resigned in October of the same year to become a candidate for Governor of Ohio. He received a majority of the votes cast for this office, but was declared ineligible. (In a former chapter (V) the details and facts connected with this contest are given. He was elected to the United States Senate from Ohio and served from January 6, 1809, to May 1, 1810; In this year he was elected Governor, in which position he continued until March 25, 1814, when he resigned to accept the postmaster-Generalship in President Monroe's Cabinet. He filled this place until June 1823, when he retired to Marietta where he died March 29, 1825. This survey of his life enables us to see that he was one who had the executive force to meet the events as they occurred. It can truthfully be said of him that during this was he did more than any other govener to aid the country by a prompt organization of the militia. When mutterings of the conflict with Great Britain were heard, Governor Meigs was quick to realize the importance of his position and the necessity for prompt and vigorous action in anticipation of the coming struggle. The National government had ordered him to mobilize 1200 men, preparatory to garrisoning the for at Detroit and effecting a defense against the English in Canada. During the last of April and the first week of May he made his arrangements for the necessary supplies and transportation of the army. In the latter part of May he proceeded to Dayton where on the 25th, Governor Meigs turned over to him the command of the Ohio troops as directed by the Secretary of War. _______________________________ This info is from type written history from someone.... Return Jonathan Meigs Jr. son of Col. Meigs by his first marriage, a half brother to Timothy, graduated from Yale in 1785, in 1788 he accompanied his father to Ohio and settled in Marietta. He was sent to Detroit by General St Clair in 1790 and took part in the conflicts with the indians of the Northwest in 1803 and 1804. He served as chief Justice of the Ohio Surpreme Court. He served as United States Senator from Ohio in 1809 and 1810, and ws governor of Ohio from 1810 to 1814. He was appointed Post Master General by President Madison and continued in teh same poistion under President Monroe until 1823, when he returned to his home in Marietta Ohio where he died March 29, 1824, at age 60. ______________________________More Info....The year that he married Sophia Wright he moved to Marietta, Ohio to practive law, and was operating a store selling farming supplies. In 1794 he was the first Postmaster of Marrietta. In 1798 he was appointed Judge of a territorial Court. In 1803 he was appointed Commander of the U.S. troops in Saint Charles, Louisana. The next year he was appointed Judge in Louissana. In 1807 he requested, and received an appointment as Judge in Michigan. He later resigned this pos to become a condidate for Governor of Ohio, but because of a technicallity was disqualified as a canidate because of his not being a permanent resident of Ohio at the time of his filing. Sometime thereafter he was appointed U.S.Senator from Ohio created by the resignation of John Smith. Return was reelected to another term of Senate, but only served until May 1, 1910, whereupon he resigned to run again for the governship of Ohio. Return a conservative republican had the support of the Federalists, and the Quids, and was elected. Return was reelected for a second tern in 1812 over Thomas Scott by votes of 11,859 to 7,903. It was in Return's first term that the General Assembly located the Capital on the high bank of the Sciota River. Return also created a commision for the construction of a State House and a penitenary. Return was the first governor to recommend a State Prison. Return resigned the governorship in 1814, and was appointed Postmaster General of the U.S., he served until 1823, retiring because of ill health. Return died March 29, 1825 from "Pulmunary consumption". He is buried in Mound Cemetary where his grave is marked by a monument bearing a long inscription sating his public services, and family devotion. Return was striking i personality. He was tall, ;and well proportioned, he had a high forehead, and an aquiline nose, also penetrating black eyes under arched brows. His impression was intelligent keeping with his character. In his career of various offices he proved hinmself a worthy public servant who made notable contributions to the early history of his state, and nation. Fort Meigs, was named in honor of teh Governor of Ohio, Return Jonathan Meigs Jr. March, 1813.
Given Name: Return Jonathan
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Given Name: Sophia
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Given Name: Mary
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Given Name: Joanna
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Given Name: Mary
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Given Name: John
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Given Name: Parthena
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Note: Note: As a boy Return Jonathan lll, made his home with an uncle James Lamme. In 1822 he came to East Tennessee and was employed by his grandfather at Cherokee Agency at the site of Charleston Tennessee. Return Jonathan lll, studied law while he served his grandfather, and started to practice law in Athens Tn.
Given Name: Return Jonathan
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Given Name: Sally Key
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Given Name: James Lamme
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