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John MATHEWS

Male Abt 1763 -


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  • Name John MATHEWS 
    Born Abt 1763  Augusta County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died Greene County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I13438  Bob-Millie Family Tree
    Last Modified 12 Oct 2022 

    Father RS Governor George MATHEWS
              b. 30 Aug 1739, Augusta County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 30 Sep 1812, Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Ann Polly PAUL
              b. 1741, Albermarle County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 21 Sep 1788  (Age 47 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Married 13 Sep 1762  Augusta County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Family ID F5810  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth MATHEWS
              b. Bef 1766, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Archer MATHEWS
              b. Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 1843, Wilcox County, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     2. Charles L MATHEWS
              b. Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     3. Letty MATHEWS
              b. Abt 1793, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     4. Jane MATHEWS
              b. Abt 1795, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     5. George Green MATHEWS
              b. Abt 1800, Greene County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. Bef 1850, Greene County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age < 49 years)  [natural]
     6. Mary MATHEWS
              b. Abt 1802, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. Wilcox County, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
    Last Modified 12 Oct 2022 
    Family ID F5491  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - Abt 1763 - Augusta County, Virginia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - - Greene County, Georgia Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • NOTE 1./ "John Mathews, the eldest son of Gen. Mathews, whilst employed in learning Latin and Greek at an academy in Western Virginia, fell in love with a pretty cousin and married her. He returned to Georgia, and was authorized by an Act of the Legislature, to practice Law. There was some peculiarity in the Mathewses which prevented their success at the Bar. Many tried, not one ever succeeded. They were either too proud, too passionate, or too much devoted to other pursuits, to secure the confidence of those who wanted the aid of lawyers. John Mathews, getting along rather badly at the bar, procured, through his father, from President Adams, the office of supervisor of the revenue. The cousin whom he married, though a very pretty woman, did not prove a very good helpmate. They had a large family of children. They, as the children of cousins are apt to do, showed that whose who are so near akin ought not to marry if they can do otherwise; that crossing the breed is as important for man as other animals."

      John Mathews had several children, the exact number unknown. His father's Will refers to his son John Mathews' three sons, George, Archer and John Mathews. Inasmuch as the only persons to claim the lands thus devised which were in Scioto County, Ohio, were George, Archer, and Charles Mathews, Jr., it is assumed that he (Charles) is who the General was referring to.

  • Sources 
    1. [S1488] Family Data Collection - Marriages, Ancestry.com.
      Name Spouse Marriage Date
      (Day, Month, Year) City County State Save This

      George Mathews Mathews Ann Polly Paul 13 September 1762 Augusta Cty VA