Individual Details

Married Margaret Bassett, 18 Mar 1824. She was the daughter of Nathaniel Basset - Goerge and Margaret where named in Nathaniel's Will, 1834, Hawkins Co, TN. He married 2nd Nancy Prescott, and 3rd, Mary Brown.

"Beginning at a stake four poles west of my stables, running due south to the top of the knob, then eastwardly with the top of said knob to Sterling Cooke's line, then with said line north to a red oak near George Matlock's house, then with said Cooke's line to the stage road, then with Thomas Poindexter's line northwardly to a stake on the south side of said road, then west to a stake on my old line, then with said line north to the back line of my said old tract, then west with the line of said tract so far that a due south line will strike the first station near said stables "
"Seventhly. I give and bequeath unto my daughter Peggy who has intermarried with George Matlock, my negro woman Winney and my negro woman Sidea and her child, a girl about two years old, which three negroes, together with the hire of Sidea eight years, I estimate their value at nine hundred dollars, to her and her heirs forever. And I further give to my said daughter Peggy two beds and furniture at forty dollars each which makes her share worth nine hundred and eighty dollars"

1850 Census. Jasper Twp, Crawford Co, AR, Hh 339
George W. Matlock, 54, b. TN, farmer
Nancy, 46 (2nd wife)
Margaret C. 16, b. TN
Joseph W. Matlock, 21
Martha, 17, b. AR (Joseph's wife)

1860 Census. Jasper Twp, Crawford Co, AR, Hh 769
George W. Matlock, 63, b. TN, merchant
Nancy, 55, b. Maine
Margaret Severe, 68, b. NC

1870 Census. Jasper Twp, Crawford Co. AR, Hh 187
G. W. Matlock, b. TN, Farmer
Mary, 56, b. KY (3rd wife)

George Washington Matlock was an early settler and farmer in the Drippings Springs area. These excerpts are from a booklet: "An Historical Salute to Crawford County" that was published by the Crawford County Bicentennial Commission on July 4, 1976:
The first store was owned and operated by George W Matlock, who came to Crawford Co. in 1847. He gave the community land on which to establish a cemetery and he was buried there in 1875.
The first Post Office with George W Matlock as Postmaster was established in 1870 and discontinued the same year. The post office was again established in 1872 with Wallace Deffenbaugh as Postmaster.
George Washington and Margaret Bassett Matlock belonged to the Methodist Episcopal Church South.

Birth	4 Aug 1796	Carter County, Tennessee
Death	18 May 1875
Marriage		Margaret Bassett
Burial		Dripping Springs Cemetery, Crawford County, Arkansas

Spouse	Margaret Bassett ( - )
Child	Martha Matlock (1825 - )
Child	Joseph Warren Matlock (1829 - 1905)
Child	John Matlock ( - )
Child	Valentine Matlock (1832 - 1899)
Child	Sterling Price Matlock (1833 - )
Child	Margaret C. Matlock (1839 - )

Father	William Matlock (1762 - 1829)
Mother	Catherine Sevier ( - 1824)
Sibling	John Matlock (1785 - 1785)
Sibling	Valentine Matlock (1786 - )
Sibling	Lucindy Matlock (1787 - 1788)
Sibling	Mary Matlock (1790 - )
Sibling	Margaret Matlock (1792 - )
Sibling	David Matlock (1794 - 1873)
Sibling	Catey Matlock (1798 - )
Sibling	Joannah Matlock (1801 - )
Sibling	Minervy Matlock (1803 - )
Sibling	James Matlock (1805 - 1805)
Sibling	Betsy Matlock (1807 - )
Sibling	William C. Matlock (1810 - )