1830 IN Bartholomew 4376a&b Matthew Johnson: Matthew Johnson is 8 lines from the bottom. Free white males: 1 (20-30) Matthew Johnson; Free white females 1 (20-30) Mary Polly Cox? 2 people.

1830 IN Bartholomew 4376a&b Matthew Johnson: Matthew Johnson is 8 lines from the bottom. Free white males: 1 (20-30) Matthew Johnson; Free white females 1 (20-30) Mary Polly Cox? 2 people.

1850 IN Jackson p149 Matthew Johnson. Matthew Johnson (line 34) age 38, Mary Polly (Cox) Johnson age 38 (line 35), son Clark Johnson (line 36) age 15 born in Indiana, Nathan age 13 (line 37), James age 11 (line 38), Clark’s brother George (line 39) is who Clark’s daughter Mary Adeline Johnson lives with for a short time in 1880 before her marriage to Francis Hardesty, Alsey E age 8 (line 40), John age 6 (line 41), an unknown man William M Cerry? or more likely William McCrary, whose family is listed on the next page. Mary’s brother John Cox (line 24), Elizabeth Cox (line 25), Comfort Cox (line 26) and unknown laborer John Moor Cox (line 27).

Family information given to John Bicknell Love (grandson of Nathan and Alse Cummings Cox) to Samuel Glenn Harod (great-grandson of Nathan and Alse Cummings Cox) on a visit to Chestnut Ridge, Jackson Co, Indiana circa 1924. Not sure of the names. Top Nathan Cox = Alicy Cummins. Second line is their children. At position number 6 is Polly & Johnson (Mary Polly Cox & Matthew Johnson), a line goes from upper right to lower left to their children: Clark, Nathan, George, James, Ailcy - note order is not correct and there is no John. Photo from sharrod115.

Nathan Cox family list shared on Ancestry by sharrod115, originally from the book “The Ruddick Family in America” by John W. Hanneman, 1933, Oakland, CA. Mary Cox and Matthew Johnson are 4 on this list.

Nathan Absolom Cox will November 16, 1847.

Jackson County, Indiana 1908 map on Ancestry from matthews3_1.