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Mathew Marshall was born 1780 in probably Burke County, Georgia. He died about 1852, probably in Newton County, Texas. He is last found on the 1852 tax records for Newton County, Texas.

There are at least four different Mathew Marshalls that have been confused with this Mathew Marshall over the years:
*Matthew Asa Marshall - he belongs to the family of the Matthew in Wilkes County, Georgia; the one who married Rhoda.
*Matthew Marshall who died in 1862 in Claiborne Parish, Louisiana. This Matthew was born in 1800 in Georgia, possibly the son of Joseph Marshall and Nancy Layfield. He married Louisa Jane Fulghum and Elizabeth Jane Kyle.
*Matthew Marshall of Jefferson County, GA. This family fought with the English in the Revolution. Some lost their land, some fled to Nova Scotia. They were Irish and came on one of the boats to Savannah, Georgia, receiving land grants in St. George's Parish which became Burke County, Georgia. NOTE: Matthew, Jr. died from an illness and is said to have had a small child which could possibly be our Matthew.
*Matthew Marshall who died in Houston County, Georgia. He is said to have been born in Ohio,and then came through North Carolina to Georgia where he married.

Mathew is believed to have died in 1852 in Newton County, Texas. He is last found on the Newton County tax records in 1852. His son John Robert Marshall appears to be taxed on the same land in 1853. It is not known where he is buried.[Source: tax records]

Mathew married Mary Ann "Polly" McCullar about 1810, the daughter of Alexander McCullar and Esther Magee [Maiden name now in question].

Mathew Marshall is found with the McCullar and Woods families in 1812 in Franklin County, Tennessee. In 1815, he signed a petition asking Congress for an extension of payments on their land due to inability to pay due to the war with the Creek Nation and the War of 1812. In 1815 and 1816, he is found on the tax roll for Lawrence County, Mississippi, but not taxed for land. He is mentioned in a memoir detailing Alexander and his family that was published in 1882 that says he married daughter Polly. At the time of publishing, Alexander, Jr was still alive. Matthew then was found in Panola County, MS, and finally in Newton County, Texas.Mathew is then found alternating between Mississippi and Tennessee until he is finally found in Newton County, Texas in 1850 living with his grandson Hiram Woods. He is 70 years old. He is found in Newton County as early as 1847.

Known children of Mathew and Mary Ann are:
*Nancy Marshall Woods [1814 - 1893]
*William Riley "Bill" Marshall [1815 - 1888]
*John Robert Marshall [1816 - 1889] - arrived in Newton County in 1847.
*Alexander J Marshall [1824 - 1910]
*Isaac Marshall [1827 - died in Civil War]

Mary Ann died sometime before 1850.

SOURCES:
*Early Tennessee Tax List, Byron and Barbara Sistler, 1977
*1820 Lawrence County, Mississippi census
*1830 McNairy County, TN census
*1840 Panola County, Mississippi census
*"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXLL-TKN : 23 December 2020), Mathew Marshall in household of Hiram Woods, Newton, Newton, Texas, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
*1847 - 1852 tax lists of Newton County, Texas.

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