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Matkin Cemetery, 37-3 Summary Report, page 1
MATKIN CEMETERY, 37 - 3
Summary Report
MATKIN CEMETERY (37-3), Redstone Arsenal, Madison Co. AL, December 16, 2002,
The Matkin family name is considered to be interchangeable with the early Madkin families in north Alabama. For example, Thomas Crow Matkin was recorded as buying a tract of government land in Morgan County in 1835. However, in 1833 Thomas Crow Madkin was also recorded as buying a tract of government land in Morgan County. The role of phonetics in the spelling of names (of people who were generally illiterate and couldn't offer definitive spellings of their own names) by recording clerks is self evident.
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