Crawford Co., AR - Biographies - Nathaniel W. Matlock

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SOURCE: History of Benton, Washington, Carroll, Madison, Crawford,
Franklin, and Sebastian Counties, Arkansas. Chicago: The Goodspeed 
Publishing Co., 1889.
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Nathaniel W. Matlock was born September 25, 1828, in Overton County, 
[p.1173] Tenn., his parents being Valentine and Mary (Bassett) 
Matlock. The father was born in Tennessee February 27, 1786, and the 
mother was born in the same State January 3, 1790. In 1839 they left 
their native State, traveling to Franklin County, Ark., by wagon. In 
1840 they immigrated to Crawford County, Ark., where they lived until 
their respective deaths in 1868 and 1862. Mr. Matlock served in the 
Creek War and was sheriff of Overton County, Tenn., for eighteen 
years. By occupation he was a farmer. Of his five children but two are 
living. Nathaniel W. Matlock is of English descent, and was but 
thirteen years old when he accompanied his parents to Arkansas, which 
was then unpopulated and in a wild state. His educational advantages 
were thus meager, and at the age of twenty-two he began life on his 
own account. November 6, 1873, he married Miss Rachel Mooney, who was 
born in this county in 1842, and is a daughter of William and Mary 
(Crawford) Mooney. Her father was born in North Carolina, and died in 
1878. Her mother died in 1844. The following are their children who 
are still living: Mrs. Mary Shepherd, of Oregon; Mrs. Rebecca Baker, 
of Crawford County; George Mooney, of this county; Joel H. Mooney, of 
this county, and Mrs. Rachel Matlock. To Mr. and Mrs. Matlock seven 
children have been born all of whom reside with their parents: Rebecca 
Lee, Harriet Lacy, William H., Rufus M., Charles M., George Franklin 
and Mary. In 1861 Mr. Matlock enlisted in the Frontier Guards, 
Confederate Army, under Col. Grashett and Capt Brown, and served until 
the close of the war, participating in the following battles: Oak 
Hill, Honey Springs, Ind. T., Prairieville, Ind. T. Mr. Matlock is a 
successful farmer, owning 160 acres of land, forty of which he 
cultivates, and is also interested in stock raising. He is a member of 
the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and belongs to the Masonic 
fraternity. In politics he is a Democrat, and his first presidential 
vote was cast for Pierce in 1852. 

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