John Amos Maddox

From the Record

Listed in the 1880 census of Jackson County as a 17-year-old farm laborer. Worked in the timber industry in Jackson County, was a farmer and lived from the land. By a deed dated 23 December 1881 (drawn up by James H. Currey; recorded in Deed Book 28, pages 491-492 by L. H. Lemley, Clerk of Courts, on 13 March 1886), he agreed to keep Matilda (Bolin) Cheuvront, last wife of Aaron Cheuvront, comfortable in sickness and health, employ a skilled physician for her, and arrange her burial.

In return he would receive the remaining Cheuvront property on Sand Creek; the earlier history calls it 48 acres, more or less, while the later charts say about 37 acres. He appears to have kept up his end of the agreement, received ownership, and spent the rest of his life on the property, which remained in Maddox ownership when the charts were written. The date of his second marriage is given as '18 June 1907-(1908)' in the table and '18th of June 1907/1908' in the narrative, both years retained.

From the Family Manuscript

• Katie Maddox 9 John Amos Maddox 8 George C. Maddox 7 William Oscar Maddox 6 Matthew Maddox, Jr. 5 Matthew Maddox, Sr. 4 John Maddox 3 Notley Maddox 2 Samuel Maddox 1 And Willie J. Griffith

  Maddox Family History, transcript lines 1572–1574.

• Flora May Maddox 9 John Amos Maddox 8 George C. Maddox 7 William Oscar Maddox 6 Matthew Maddox, Jr. 5 Matthew Maddox, Sr. 4 John Maddox 3 Notley Maddox 2 Samuel Maddox 1 And Charles H. McCauley aka Charles H. Kidd

  Maddox Family History, transcript lines 1602–1604.

• Pearl Ora Maddox 9 John Amos Maddox 8 George C. Maddox 7 William Oscar Maddox 6 Matthew Maddox, Jr. 5 Matthew Maddox, Sr. 4 John Maddox 3 Notley Maddox 2 Samuel Maddox 1 And Ola Wilson

  Maddox Family History, transcript lines 1647–1649.

• Martha Ruthema Maddox 9 John Amos Maddox 8 George C. Maddox 7 William Oscar Maddox 6 Matthew Maddox, Jr. 5 Matthew Maddox, Sr. 4 John Maddox 3 Notley Maddox 2 Samuel Maddox 1 And James Tuttle Robinson

  Maddox Family History, transcript lines 1667–1669.

• Marie Maddox 9 John Amos Maddox 8 George C. Maddox 7 William Oscar Maddox 6 Matthew Maddox, Jr. 5 Matthew Maddox, Sr. 4 John Maddox 3 Notley Maddox 2 Samuel Maddox 1 And Gilbert Warner Treadway

  Maddox Family History, transcript lines 1732–1734.

Sources for this Record

• birth · Drift Run United Methodist Cemetery Index, Maddox surname group: John Amos Maddox marker entry.
• birth · John Amos Maddox: Generation 8 Family Group Sheet, lines 9–29.
• death · Drift Run United Methodist Cemetery Index, Maddox surname group: John Amos Maddox marker entry.
• death · John Amos Maddox: Generation 8 Family Group Sheet, lines 9–29.
• burial · Drift Run United Methodist Cemetery Index, Maddox surname group in the Drift Run cemetery index.
• parentage · Drift Run United Methodist Cemetery Index, marker abstract identifies George C. and Mahala Lockhart Maddox as parents.
• parentage · John Amos Maddox: Generation 8 Family Group Sheet, lines 9–29.
• biography · Deed of Matilda Cheuvront to John Amos Maddox, Jackson County Deed Book 28, pages 491–492; conditional conveyance dated 23 December 1881.
• biography · John Amos Maddox: Generation 8 Family Group Sheet, lines 9–29.
• biography · Jackson County Maddox Marriage Abstracts, 1903–1929, marriage entry dated 18 June 1907; license names John A. Maddox and Bertha A. Smith.

Where the Sources Disagree

• second marriage year (to Bertha A. Smith) — 18 June 1907-(1908) (Chapter 9 table (line 1534)) · 18th of June 1907/1908 (Chapter 9 narrative (line 1928)) — the chronicle uses 18 June 1907-(1908).

  The source itself gives both years without resolving them.

• acreage received for Matilda Cheuvront's care — 48 acres, more or less (Maddox Family History, generation 8 narrative) · about 37 acres (Maddox Family History Charts, generation 8 narrative (chart transcript line 4581)) — the chronicle uses the tract is described without a resolved acreage.