1.1.5.8 ABSOLOM MATLOCK, son of Moore MATLOCK and Jane POWELL b. 13 Jul 1771 and d. about 1838 m. 1st HANNAH MOORE; 13 Mar 1799, South Carolina ( probable dau of Hugh MOORE ) b. 10 Oct 1777 and d. 7 Oct 1820 m. 2nd ELIZABETH DYER, 20 Feb. 1827 Elizabeth survived her second husband. Elizabeth ____ m. 1st Manoah DYER, abt. 1802, in Pendleton Dist. S.C. They removed to Warren Co. Ky, a few years after marriage. Notes from Melba Wood: Absolom lived next to Hugh MOORE in South Carolina. He went to Warren Co. Kentucky. Moore Matlock sold a slave in Roane Co. Tenn. to Absolom, but he wasn't to have possession until after Moore's death. Melba found several girls but couldn't prove which girls are daughters or granddaughters. They could even be daughters of Littleberry in Roane Co. Tn. Absalom had the following children all, it is believed, by his first wife.
1.1.5.8.1 RIAL H. MATLOCK b. 29 Jan 1800 and d. 21 Feb 1873 m. CAMILLA CLARK b. 1801 and d. 1849
1.1.5.8.1.1 LUCINDA JANE MATLOCK b.1824 and d. 1861 m. CALVIN KENNY
1.1.5.8.1.2 ABSOLOM MATLOCK b. 1825
1.1.5.8.1.3 ELIZABETH M. MATLOCK b. 1825
1.1.5.8.1.4 JAMES B. MATLOCK b. 1829
1.1.5.8.1.5 CHARLES E. MATLOCK b. 1832 and d. 2 Jul 1898
1.1.5.8.1.6 CUNDLE MATLOCK b. 1834
1.1.5.8.1.7 MILAGAH MATLOCK b. 1834
1.1.5.8.1.8 RIAL A. MATLOCK b. 1839 and d. 1888 m. SUSAN E. ____
1.1.5.8.2 SAMUEL MOORE MATLOCK (Rev.) b. 17 Oct 1802 and d. 8 Jan 1858 m. MARTHA ____
1.1.5.8.3 JOSEPH MATLOCK b. 4 Oct 1804
1.1.5.8.4 ALPHA T. MATLOCK b. 18 Sep 1805
1.1.5.8.5 HULDA H. MATLOCK b. 12 May 1807
1.1.5.8.6 GEORGE W. MATLOCK b. 11 Apr 1809 and d. OCT 1809
1.1.5.8.7 JOEL E. MATLOCK b. 27 Aug 1810 m. ELIZABETH DYER, 27 Mar 1834 (probably a dau of Josiah DYER)
1.1.5.8.8 JASON M. MATLOCK b. 15 Mar 1812
1.1.5.8.9 WILLIAM H. MATLOCK b. 23 Aug 1813
1.1.5.8.10 ABSOLOM A.J. MATLOCK b. 4 Feb 1815 and d. 6 Nov 1864
1.1.5.8.11 JOHN MATLOCK b. 30 Mar 1816
1.1.5.8.12 LUCINDA MATLOCK b. 18 Jan 1817
1.1.5.8.13 JAMES MONROE MATLOCK b. 18 Jul 1818 and d. 19 Jun 1902 m. ELIZABETH SUMMERS b. 1827 and d. 1906
1.1.5.8.13.1 RIAL H. MATLOCK b. 1850
1.1.5.8.13.2 LAURA MATLOCK b. 1852
1.1.5.8.13.3 SAMUEL MATLOCK b. 1853
1.1.5.8.13.4 MARTHA MATLOCK b. 1855
1.1.5.8.13.5 JOHN W. MATLOCK b. 1856 m. (possable) 1st Angie LINK/LYNK 1880 in Logan/Simpson or Warren Co. Ky.
1.1.5.8.13.6 JAMES T. MATLOCK b. 1858
1.1.5.8.13.7 JOSEPH R. MATLOCK b. 1860
1.1.5.8.13.8 MARY E. MATLOCK b. 1862
1.1.5.8.13.9 PRESLEY MATLOCK b. 1864
1.1.5.8.13.10 HULDA MATLOCK b. 1869
1.1.5.8.13.11 ALICE MATLOCK b. 1869
1.1.5.8.14 SARAH JANE MATLOCK b. 10 Aug 1827
1.1.5.8.15 HENRY CLAY MATLOCK b. 10 Jan 1829