Captain Matthew Talbot, II

A Patriot of the American Revolution for NORTH CAROLINA. DAR Ancestor # A112516

In his young manhood, Matthew 2nd was a hunter and trapper in addition to performing his military service. In 1758, "he was endeavoring to raise a party of woodsmen to go out after Indians who were terrorizing the good folks of Bedford County." At that time, he held a commission as a Captain of the Bedford Militia.

About 1777 , he left Virginia and settled first in the valley of the Watauga River in what is now eastern Tennessee where he engaged in the cattle business. Some eight years later, he moved to Wilkes County, Georgia, where his younger brother John had previously settled.

Born a high churchman, Matthew 2nd became a Baptist preacher after moving to Georgia and continued his preaching until his death.

Rev Matthew Talbot was shown to reside in Washington County, Tennessee. Apparently as a Talbot family legend has it ,Matthew Talbot and Nicholas Haile were close friends and it is reported that Matthew Talbot and Nicholas Haile had taken " heavy losses at sea" and moved from Maryland to Virginia to look for better opportunities. Nicholas Haile's daughter, Mary, would become the wife of Matthew Talbot.

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