James and his family lived in Hawkins County, Tennessee before moving to Jackson County, Alabama.
1816 - On May 29, 1816 James Matthews bought 50 acres in Caney Valley, Hawkins County, Tennessee for $100.
6131817 - On February 20, 1817 James sold the 50 acres—including the place where he currently lived—in Caney Valley for $600.
6141820 - They traveled via flatboat from Hawkins County around 1820 and settled in the Little Coon area of Jackson Co., AL.
5951822 - On December 14, 1822 James Matthews of Jackson County, Alabama sold 60 acres in Hawkins County on the north side of the Holston River in Caney Valley.
6151830 - In 1830 James owned six slaves. James and Elizabeth are both buried in the Cumberland Presbyterian Cemetery on Little Crow Creek -- three limestone boxed graves in a row.
611 1850 - James is not listed on the 1850 Jackson County, Alabama census.
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