CLAIBORNE P. MATLOCK

 The following bio was taken from page 301 of the book entitled “Rusk County History” compiled and edited and used with permission of the Rusk County Historical Commission.

 Transcribed by Claudia Schuster

 Submitted by Gloria Briley Mayfield, Rusk County TX Coordinator

   Claiborne P. Matlock arrived in Rusk County in 1949.  He came from Tippah County, Mississippi.  He was born in Limestone County, Alabama in January, 1822 and died in Mt. Enterprise, May 31, 1910.  He is buried in the Gatlin Cemetery at Mt. Enterprise.  His parents were Littleberry Matlock and Nancy Strother.  Claiborne P. Matlock married Margaret Frame, July 29, 1850 in Rusk County.  She was the widow of William Shoffitt, who died in Rusk County February 22, 1850.  The Shoffitts had also arrived in Rusk County in 1849, having come from Jackson County, Alabama.  Margaret Elizabeth Frame was born in Franklin County, Tennessee, in September 1828 and died in Mt. Enterprise, October 8, 1906 and is buried in Gatlin Cemetery.  Her parents were Robert Frame and Lucinda Griffin.

 William Shoffitt and Margaret Elizabeth Frame were the parents of one son, Robert Shoffitt, who was born in 1842 in Alabama and died in Arkansas during the Civil War.  He never married.

 Claiborne P.  Matlock and Margaret Elizabeth Frame were the parents of the following three children:

 General Samuel Houston Matlock, born in Mt. Enterprise, July 8, 1858, died in Altus, Jackson County, Oklahoma.  He married Sarah Josephine Gatlin, June 27, 1878 in Rusk County.

 Charles Logan Matlock, born in Mt. Enterprise, August 27, 1861, died in February, 1931 in Pollock, Angelina County, Texas and buried in King Cemetery, Mt. Enterprise.  He married Lundy Belle Gatlin in Rusk County, March 25, 1882.

 Mary Ann Matlock, born in Mt. Enterprise, July 15, 1865, died in Mt. Enterprise, February 1, 1905 and is buried in Gatlin Cemetery.  She married Sam R. Smith, February 22, 1883 in Rusk County.

 Submitted by E. Ray Green