Matrom Elmore

About Matrom Elmore

Birth Date: 1757 

Birth Location: Virginia

Death Date: 1840

Death Location: Iowa, but exact location is unknown. 

Service Information

Volunteered and served at least four times between 1779-1782 in both Virginia and Kentucky in John Snoddy's Company of Lincoln Militia in Actual Service on an expedition against the Shawnee Indians and Commanded by George Rogers Clark Brigadier General. Elmore moved to Iowa Territory and appeared in the 1840 Census. 

Source: Iowa Society. Sons of the American Revolution. (2016, November 2). Revolutionary War Soldiers Buried in Iowa. Iowa Society, Sons of the American Revolution. https://iassar.org/2016/11/02/patriot-gravestone-project/ 

Burial Information

Cemetery Name: Oakland Cemetery (aka Vincennes Cemetery, Meek Cemetery, Sand Prairie Cemetery, Sands Cemetery)

Cemetery Location: Belfast Road Vincennes, Lee County, Iowa (Coordinates:40.49806, -91.59583)

Additional Information: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/112936072/matrom-mathew-elmore

Source: Stefanie Wager personal photos, Taken August 31, 2025

Additional Information

• Article: 8th Revolutionary War Vet Found in Lee County (Daily Gate City, 2013)

• Addition to the Revolutionary War Monument (Legislative Services Agency, 2025)

• Iowan Uncovers His Ancestor's Service in the Revolutionary War (Iowa Public Radio, August 22, 2026)