Matthew Maddox, Sr.

Marriages

• With Rachel Bonnifield — 1773, Frederick County, Maryland

Notes

American Revolutionary War Patriot. Moved from St. Marys County, Maryland to old Dunmore County, Virginia (now Shenandoah County); in 1779 bought 401 acres from Jeremy Odell on Jeremy's Run, later called Matthews Arm (now a location in the Shenandoah National Park). Enlisted October 1780 in Shenandoah County into the Colonial Army (Virginia service number 17802, Colonial Army service number 38181), Virginia 3rd Line Company under Captain Oldham, under Generals Muhlenberg and Green; fought at Guilford Courthouse, then at the Second Battle of Camden (Hobkirks Hill) on 25 April 1781, where he was shot in the leg with a one-ounce lead ball, dragged off the battlefield and left for dead, found five days later, and had the small bone of his leg removed at a field hospital; judged unfit for service and given a full discharge. Returned to his parents' home in Culpeper County, Virginia, inheriting their property in 1787 (listed in the 1787 Culpeper tax records, paying tax on one slave over 16). Moved to Harrison County, Virginia (WV) around 1785 [so given in the narrative, though it also states sons Rozzel (b.1781) and Matthew Jr. (b.1783) were born in Culpeper County], then in about 1812 to Wood County, Virginia (WV), where he owned no land and appears to have lived with his son Thomas. Applied for his Revolutionary War pension in a Wood County court on 20 July 1820, listing property of 3 beds, 2 cows, 2 calves, 2 hogs, kitchen items and $1.19 cash; granted $96.00 per year for life (dated September 1820, handled by agent James H. Neale of Parkersburg), drawn until his death. On 11 November 1999 a new Veterans Grave Marker ('MATTHEW MADDOX, Pvt 3 VA Line Rect Revolutionary War 1752 - 1831') was dedicated at the Maddox Cemetery, Wood County, West Virginia with DAR and SAR rites and a three-gun salute.