Matthews / Conner / Covey / Salts [Solt] Family History - Person Sheet
Matthews / Conner / Covey / Salts [Solt] Family History - Person Sheet
NameLucy FOX619,626, F
Birth Date28 Nov 1747619
Death Date12 Feb 1831619 Age: 83
Death PlaceWilliams County, Tennessee
FatherRichard FOX , M
Spouses
Birth Date15 Mar 1739625,619
Birth PlaceBrunswick County, Virginia
Death Date7 Apr 1788625,619 Age: 49
Death PlaceBrunswick County, Virginia
FatherCharles MATTHEWS , M (ca1704-<1780)
MotherLucretia , F
Marr Date26 Jan 1766
ChildrenAngelica , F (1767-1859)
 Hannah , F (1786-)
 Elizabeth , F (1772-)
 Lucy , F (1774-)
 John , M (1777-)
 Luke , M (1779-)
 Isham , M (1782-1862)
 Nancy , F (1785-)
 Drury , M (1788-)
Notes for Luke (Spouse 1)
The Luke Matthews family joined the Methodist movement of Virginia whole heartedly (1780-1800). At least 15 descendants of Luke’s son, John and Isham, have been Methodist ministers.

Isham and John Matthews, sons of Lucy Fox Matthews and Luke Matthews and brothers to Hannah Matthews Holmes, had moved near Nashville, Tennessee, prior to 1808. Some time after that their mother, Lucy Fox Matthews, then about 61 years old, left her home in Virginia and joined her son John at Triune in Williamson county, TN. She undoubtedly made this long journey over the mountains by horseback. It had been 20 years since the death of her husband and some business connected with the division of the estate had to be left unfinished. It was would up by a son-in-law who was co-executor. In 1814 she wrote a daughter in Virginia to send her some garden bulbs and seeds by the next passage.

Family letters of that period show that Luke Matthews Holmes, a son of Hannah Matthews and Edward Holmes, went to Williamson County, TN, with his uncles, as they returned from a visit to Virginia in 1811. Williamson county records show that Luke Matthews Holmes married Lucy Sanford, Dec. 16, 1813.

John Holmes, a younger brother of Luke, joined his brother and other relatives in Williamson County some time after 1811. County records show that John Holmes married Elizabeth Price, December 24, 1817.626

Will of Luke (x) Matthews of Brunswick County, VA
(noted that he was of Meherrin Parish)

To daughter Angelica Walker, Negro and a mare

To daughter Hannah Matthews, Negro, a mare, furniture

To daughter Betsey Matthews, Negro, a mare, furniture

To daughter Lucey Matthews, Negro, a mare, furniture

To son John, Negro, a colt, furniture

To son Luke, Negro, horse, furniture

To son Isham, Negro, horse, furniture

To daughter Nancey, Negro, horse, furniture

To unborn (noted he thought wife was pregnant) child, Negro, horse, furniture

To [wife] Lucy, remainder of real & personal estate

Extr: wife Lucy Matthews, son-in-law Wilson Walker

Wit: James Frame, Daniel Baugh, Mark Steed

Dated: 6 Apr 1788 Rec: 23 Jun 1788

Ref: Wills from Brunswick County from Brunswick County Virginia Will Books, Vol. 2
and 3, abstracted by Dr. Stephen E. Bradley, Jr., 1997617
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