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Matthew Covington

Birth
Marlboro County, South Carolina, USA
Death
7 Aug 1836 (aged 33–34)
Preston, Webster County, Georgia, USA
Burial
Preston, Webster County, Georgia, USA Add to Map
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MATTHEW COVINGTON, born at Marlboro Co SC 1802, is generation (9) of THOMAS COVINGTON who was born around 1605 in Huntingdonshire, England.

William (7) and Rachel Thomas Covington were the parents of Benjamin Covington. The children of Benjamin (8) and Rebecca Hunter Covington were(generation 9): Matthew, Charlotte, John M., Benjamin W., Nancy Jane, Daniel A., Charlotte, Julia, Mial, Elizabeth.

Matthew was killed by raiding Indians at Lannahessee, GA. Husband of Elizabeth Capel Covington of Richmond County, NC. Children: Wilson, Annie Elizabeth, Calvin, Terrell, Thomas Matthew, John, Henry, John A.

The first white settlement in the area of Stewart County Georgia that would form Kinchafoonee County was Lannahassee, which was settled in 1836. In 1851, residents of Lannahassee apparently moved to a nearby location, which they named McIntosh. Became Webster County in 1853.

He was the brother of Nancy "Jane" Covington Baldwin
MATTHEW COVINGTON, born at Marlboro Co SC 1802, is generation (9) of THOMAS COVINGTON who was born around 1605 in Huntingdonshire, England.

William (7) and Rachel Thomas Covington were the parents of Benjamin Covington. The children of Benjamin (8) and Rebecca Hunter Covington were(generation 9): Matthew, Charlotte, John M., Benjamin W., Nancy Jane, Daniel A., Charlotte, Julia, Mial, Elizabeth.

Matthew was killed by raiding Indians at Lannahessee, GA. Husband of Elizabeth Capel Covington of Richmond County, NC. Children: Wilson, Annie Elizabeth, Calvin, Terrell, Thomas Matthew, John, Henry, John A.

The first white settlement in the area of Stewart County Georgia that would form Kinchafoonee County was Lannahassee, which was settled in 1836. In 1851, residents of Lannahassee apparently moved to a nearby location, which they named McIntosh. Became Webster County in 1853.

He was the brother of Nancy "Jane" Covington Baldwin

Gravesite Details

Unmarked grave at Lannahessee, GA, 1836



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