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Female Matilda Cheek Click to view Matilda Cheek in the family tree

Matilda was born in 1855 in Ashe Co.  or Alleghany Co., NC/Ashe Co., NC.  Matilda's father is Meridith Cheek and her mother was Sarah "Sally" Andrews.  Her paternal grandparents are Richard Cheek and Mrs. Frankie Cheek; her maternal grandfather was James Andrews and her maternal grandmother is Elizabeth Crouse. She had five brothers and two sisters, named James, Henderson, Isom, Burras, Joseph, Rosa and Pheobe Jane.  She was the third oldest of the eight children.  She died at the age of 85 in 1940 in Oklahoma.


Matilda's family with Shadrack "Shade" Filmore Johnson

‌Matilda and Shadrack "Shade" Filmore were married in a religious ceremony on June 20th, 1881 in Sandy Ford, NC.  They had four sons named Charles G., Joseph Steven, Mack and Major.

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