Martha Ann Rockett (8 July 1838 – 29 Jan 1934) was the daughter of James William Rockett and Eudocia Holcombe. In 1858, the year after her father's death, Matt was involved with Dickerson Royal, a young man who lived on a farm near her parents. The widowed Eudocia was in the midst of preparations to follow her sister Teresa from Mississippi to north Louisiana. Eudocia insisted that Matt go along, and so in October 1858, the family left their farm near Water Valley in ox-drawn wagons, headed towards Louisiana. Matt's beau followed, catching up with the Rocketts after they had gone only a short distance. He insisted that Matt stay and marry him, and apparently refused to take take no for an answer. Eudocia finally relented, and so while she and her younger children headed on towards Louisiana, Matt and Dickerson returned to Lafayette County, where they married on 10 October 1838. After Dickerson's service in the Confederate Mississippi Cavalry under General Nathan Bedford Forrest, the Royals settled near Water Valley. They were buried in the Oak Hill Cemetery there.