1830 Census of Marengo Co AL (next door to Samuel Hammons)
Matthias Hammons 2 M <5, 2 M 5-10, 1 M 10-15, 1 M 30-40; 1 F 10-15, 1 F 30-40.

1840 Census of Sumter Co AL
Mathias Hammond 2 M <5, 3 M 5-10, 1 M 10-15, 1 M 15-20, 1 M 50-60; 1 F 40-50.

1850 Census of Intercourse, Sumter Co AL
Name Age
Matthew Hammonds 60 SC
Mary Hammonds 53 GA
Matthew Hammonds 18 AL
Wiley F. Hammonds 16 AL
John K. Hammonds 14 AL
Henry Hammonds 11 AL
James L. Hammonds 8 AL
Bazill N. B. Hammonds 29 AL
Thadeus A. Hammonds 5 AL
Napoleon Hammonds 1 AL

1860 Census of Newton Co MS
Household Members Age
Mathias Hammons 70
Marthy Hammons 48
James Hammons 17

Following is taken from the website of a Hammond family researcher:2299

B N B Hammond and his sons Napoleon and Thaddeus were living with Mathias after the untimely death of Amelia Hitt, B N B Hammond's first wife. In that same census Mathias is listed on the Slave Schedule as owning 49 people.

On 28 May 1859, Mathias Hammond received a land grant in Newton Co MS described as the East 1/2 of the Northwest 1/4 of Section 21, Township 7, Range 11 East, totally 80.77 acres and for which Mathias paid a total of $100.96 at $1.25 an acre. Owning adjoining land were Isaac Hollingsworth, David Riser, and Samuel T. Jones.

On April 4 1860, Mathias Hammond purchased land in Newton County MS. The location of the Hammond residence is believed to be approximately three miles west of Decatur. Census records indicate that many of his children were already living in the area by 1855. The reason for this move may likely be the result of the volatile cotton growing business. At a time when progressive farming method like crop rotation and fertilization were unknown, once the nutrients in the soil were spent, the owners often sold their interests and moved literally greener pastures.

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Some of the children of this family are taken from a document compiled by William Seborn Hammond, a great grandson of Mathias Hammond.2308