Thomas married Nancy HILL on 10 Oct 1849 in Virginia. Nancy was born on 25 Oct 1827 in Virginia; died on 01 Jun 1904 in Cedar County, Iowa; was buried in Hannah Cemetery, Cedar County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Elizabeth MATHEWS was born on 12 Feb 1853; died on 26 Feb 1938 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
2. Josephine MATHEWS was born in 1856.
3. Emma MATHEWS was born on 31 Dec 1857; died in 1893.
4. Augusta MATHEWS was born on 09 Jan 1862; died on 22 Jun 1960 in Tipton, Iowa.
5. Thomas Edgar MATHEWS was born on 28 Sep 1863; died on 24 Nov 1949 in Tipton, Iowa.
6. Issac Hill MATHEWS was born on 20 Oct 1866 in Cedar County, Iowa.
7. George MATHEWS was born in 1873.

George married Elizabeth MCCLUNG on 08 Mar 1803 in Greenbrier, Virginia. Elizabeth was born on 15 Mar 1783; died in in Lewisburg, West Virginia; was buried in Old Stone Church Cemetery, Lewisburg, West Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

NOTE 1./ Biography

Archer was co-heir with his brother William, of their father's plantation on Mill Creek. On November 16, 1768 Archer sold his portion of inherited land (299 acres) to his brother, William, for100 pounds (Botetourt Co., D.B. 15, pg. 190). He removed to Greenbrier Co, WV in 1778, before the town of Greenbrier was created. In the few years he lived in Greenbrier, he acquired numerous tracts of
land in the County, and at the first town lot sale in 1784, he purchased lot #6 facing Jefferson Stand near the northwest corner of Randolph. I do not believe he ever lived there, but it is said that he had intended to build a home "in town".

Archer was said to be a man of great ability and outstanding qualities. He was one of the first Magistrates and continued in that office until his premature death. He reviewed roads, sat on the County Court, and was elected as a delegate to the Virginia Legislature from Greenbrier in 1780 and 1782. When the town of Lewisburg was created in1782, he was one of the first trustees appointed by the General Assembly. He was a charter member of the oldest Masonic Lodge west of the Allegany Mountains. He was a soldier in the American Revolution and a saddler by trade. His original homestead was built of logs about 1780 and stood three miles north of Lewisburg on the western side of Route 219 with Weavers Knob in the background. His farm was quite large, consisting of at least one grant for 600 acres and another for 300 acres. On one part of the property is what was referred to in the first deeds as a "wallow hole" and in later deeds was more politely described as a "gravelly spring". It was a shallow spring-fed pool where animals came to wallow and had been known to hunters, both Indian and white men, for many years.The Mathew's farm passed through many ownerships, but was always referred
to in the early deeds as the "Archer Mathews' Old Place". An interesting reference in a deed of 1872, to the road along which this property lies (Route 219), designates it as the "Oakland and Lewisburg Turnpike". Oakland, MD is approximately 150 miles from Lewisburg, WV.

NOTE 2./ Greenbrier County, West Virginia - 160th Anniversary Booklet
Historical Booklet - Greenbrier County; 160th Anniversary - 1778-1938; Published 1938

Lewisburg, the third oldest town in the state, was created by an Act of the Virginia Assembly in October, 1782. The trustees were: "Samuel Lewis, James Reid, Samuel Brown, Andrew Donnally, John Stuart, Archer Mathews, William Ward, and Thomas Edgar." The place was "laid out into lots of half an acre
each, with convenient streets. *** It to be unlawful to build a house less than 18 x 20 feet, and, in addition, it must have a brick or stone chimney."

Lewisburg was originally called "The Savannah," then "Fort Savannah," and finally "Lewisburg," in honor of Gen. Andrew Lewis.

RS married Letitia MCCLANAHAN about 1759 in Augusta County, Virginia. Letitia (daughter of Robert MCCLANAHAN, Sr. and Sarah BRECKINRIDGE) was born on 26 May 1745 in Augusta County, Virginia; died before 16 Mar 1815 in Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

NOTE 1./ Date: Apr 20, 1757
Location: Forks Of James River, Augusta Co., VA
Property: 1 shilling
Notes: This probate record was originally published in "Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, 1745-1800. Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County" by Lyman Chalkley.
Remarks: John Mathews' will, of Forks of James River, a gentleman. To son John, tract where on son John lives; to son Joshua, tract whereon son Joshua lives for life with remainder to Joshua's two children, Anna and Elizabeth, both infants; if they die in in
Description: Decedent's Son
Book date: WB2-205
Prove date: Nov 16, 1757

NOTE 2./ Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia: Volume I
AUGUSTA COUNTY COURT ORDERS : ORDER BOOK No. I.
NOVEMBER 23, 1753.
"John Mathews to be overseer of road from North Fork of James River, near John Mathew's, to Renix's Road," included sons John Mathews, Joshua Mathews, Richd. Mathews, Sampson Mathews and about 45 other workers

John married Betsy Ann ARCHER on 07 Jul 1725 in Virginia. Betsy (daughter of Sampson ARCHER and Rebecca THOMPSON) was born in 1701 in Strabane, Tyrone, Ireland; died after 16 Nov 1757 in Augusta County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Robert married Sarah BRECKINRIDGE. Sarah was born in 1702 in Ireland; died in in Augusta County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]