Was he trading with the Tuscarora Indians during their war with North Carolina? He was a Virginian what claimed to be a Chowan resident…after skedaddling back to Southside he had his cohorts (a pretty shady bunch) sell his property in the middle of Occoneechee Neck…how convenient. His wife is purported to be a Anderson gal … Continue reading …was Matthew Sturdivant a low down dirty rotten dog?