Mathias [Furrow], our gr. gr. gr. grandfather, was born June 18, 1778 in Loudoun Co. He married Barbara Weaver April 7, 1812 in Montgomery Co. Barbara Weaver was born in North Carolina Nov. 10, 1778. Mathias and Barbara had a son Adam born Sept. 27, 1815; he married Eliza Poff 14 Dec. 1835 in Floyd County. Eliza Poff Furrow was born 19 Jan., 1819, daughter of Henry Poff and Sarah Sowder.