Notes:

NOTE 1./
John MATHEWS lived at Blunt Point at the mouth of Deep Creek, Warwick County. While under age he received a patent, 29 March 1678, for 2944 acres on Deep Creek as grandson and heir of Samuel Mathews, Exq. He was still under age, 24 Jun 1679 when William Cole, Esq was "Guardian to Mr John Mathews, but had reached his majority by April 1682 when he served as a member of the House of Burgesses.

The reference in Hening (II, p 14) to the "orphan heir of Col Mathews" must have been to him (John) whose guardian till 1671, when she died, was Mrs. Anna Bernard. Then Peter Jenings was guardian, and in 1679 William Cole, Esq, was guardian. He had arrived at age before 1682

He married by 24 Mar 1684/5, Elizabeth TAVENOR, daughter and heiress of Michael TAVENOR.

1. Samuel, died 1718, Richmond, VA, married 1. PAULIN, 2. Katherine TUNSTALL, 10 Aug 1706, 3. Margaret
He was living 19 Sep 1686 and was dead before 1 May 1706.

NOTE 2./
John((3)) (Samuel((2)), Samuel((1))) married (before 1683-4) Elizabeth, "heiress of Michael Tavenor," and had issue Samuel, who as lawful son and heir of Capt. John Mathews, of King and Queen County, gave a power to Nicholas Brent, of "Woodstock," to sell any part of 5,211 acres of land in Stafford County. (Deed in Stafford, August 17, 1702.)

Captain married Elizabeth TAVENOR on 24 Mar 1684 in York County, Virginia. Elizabeth (daughter of Michael TAVENOR) was born about 1660 in York County, Virginia; died before 1710 in York County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

NOTE 1./
Samuel((4)) (John((3)), Samuel((2)), Samuel((1))) <> Samuel ((4)) married several times. In Essex records, 1720, there is a bond dated 1706 from Samuel Mathews, of St. Stephen's parish, King and Queen County, to Major George Braxton for the benefit of Elizabeth Mary Mathews((5)), "whom I had by my deceased wife." In Samuel Mathews' will (November 16, 1718), proved in Richmond County, he refers to this bond as "executed" from him "the day I was married to Katherine Dunstall when I was very much in drink." By his first marriage he also had John, died s. p., Baldwin, died s. p. By his second marriage he had no issue. He married, third, Margaret (who survived him, and she married William Shrime). Issue by third marriage, Francis, died s. p. Still-born child, unnamed.

Elizabeth((5)) (Samuel((4)), John((3)), Samuel((2)), Samuel((1))) married Moseley Battaley, and in 1751 her son, Samuel Battaley, of Spottsylvania, was heir-at-law to his mother, "the only surviving heir-at-law of her father, Samuel Mathews." Deed recorded in King George, conveying 2,000 acres in Richmond County patented in 1654 by Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Mathews, which descended to his grandson Samuel, who made his will November 16, 1718. (Quarterly, V, p. 277.)

Captain married Elizabeth BRAXTON about 1700 in King & Queen County, Virginia. Elizabeth (daughter of George BRAXTON and Elizabeth PAULIN) was born in 1685 in Virginia; died in 1706 in Richmond County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Captain married Elizabeth PAULIN before 1706 in King and Queen County, Virginia. Elizabeth (daughter of Colonel Thomas PAULLIN and Elizabeth UNKNOWN) died before 1706 in Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Captain married Katherine TUNSTALL on 10 Aug 1706 in Richmond County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Captain married Margaret REED about 1710 in Richmond, King and Queen County, Virginia. Margaret died after 1720. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Samuel((4)) (John((3)), Samuel((2)), Samuel((1))) married several times. In Essex records, 1720, there is a bond dated 1706 from Samuel Mathews, of St. Stephen's parish, King and Queen County, to Major George Braxton for the benefit of Elizabeth Mary Mathews((5)), "whom I had by my deceased wife." In Samuel Mathews' will (November 16, 1718), proved in Richmond County, he refers to this bond as "executed" from him "the day I was married to Katherine Dunstall when I was very much in drink." By his first marriage he also had John, died s. p., Baldwin, died s. p.

Mary married Issac Edward MATHEWS about 1723 in King & Queen County, Virginia. Issac (son of Thomas MATHEWS and UNKNOWN) was born about 1700 in King and Queen County, Virginia; died on 19 Sep 1769 in Halifax County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Robert TALIAFERIO. Robert was born in 1689 in Virginia; died in 1728 in Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married Moseley BATTALEY on 22 Oct 1728. [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]

Notes:

NOTE 1./ from James Ham & Family at<>

Moses Mathews was a gunsmith and maker of fine guns.
From: "A Genealogical History of the Mathews Family from a Remote Period to the Present Time" as compiled by Dr. James C. Mathews (now deceased), Greenville, Georgia. "Moses Mathews was born in Virginia in 1725. In 1753/54 he married Sarah Finley. Their first child James was born in Virginia in 1755. He moved his wife and firstborn to Winfield County, South Carolina and settled on the Broad River near Winsboro. In 1760/61 he bought a tract of land where he later built a gun shop where he could repair and manufacture guns. During the Revolutionary War his shop became a Government shop for the Colonial Government. He made and repaired guns for General Sumpter's command. Just before the end of the war his home was raided by the Tories. His stock of horses was stolen and his home, gun shop, his shop books, accounts, and family records were burned. He may not have been fully paid for his services and for materials furnished during the war. There is an account against the Government for $18,000.00 which was never fully paid. The only payment he ever received was a land grant of several hundred acres in then Wilkes County, (now Lincoln County) Georgia. In 1784 he was granted 270 acres on Lloyd's Creek. He built a home here with his family where he conducted a large farming interest until his death in 1806. He was one of the wealthiest men in Georgia in his day. He and his wife, along with other family members, are buried in a churchyard near his home.
From "Roster of Revolutionary Soldiers in Georgia" compiled by Mrs. Howard H. McCall, published by the Georgia Society Daughters of the American Revolution, 1968: "Moses Mathews, b. Halifax Co., Va., 1725; d. Wilkes Co., Ga.1806. Was a Rev. Sol.; served as a gunsmith in Gen. Sumpter's S.C. Regiment; received grant of land in Ga. for his service. Mar. in Va.,Sarah Findley."

NOTE 2./ Will of Moses Mathews is as follows: March 13, 1806, Crawford County, Georgia
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"In the name of God Amen: I Moses Mathews of the State of Georgia and county of Lincoln being weak of body but of sound mind and perfect memory and knowing the uncertainty of life and the certainty of death do constitute this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following.
ITEM. I give and bequeath to my beloved wife Sally Mathews my house and land on the North side of Loyds Creek, two Negroe fellows named Bob and Pompey and two Negroe women named Denna and Jane for her comfort during her natural life to be disposed of at the discretion of my executors and two honest hearts of her choice and after her decease the above named Negro Bob to devolve to my son James Mathews and the above named Negroe Pompey to my daughter Polly Ware,wife of Nicholas Ware. I give to my son Jesse one Negroe woman named Jane after my wife's death.
ITEM. I give and bequeath to Sally Smith the wife of Henry Smith, one Negroe boy named Jack. I give my son William one girl Hannah.
ITEM. I give and bequeath to my son Phillip Mathews one Negroe fellow named Will.
ITEM. I give and bequeath to my son Moses Mathews five hundred dollars to be paid after his mother's decease or sooner if circumstances will admit the money to be raised by the hire of two Negroes named Jack and Will and all the money made over and above supporting my wife Sally Mathews yearly to go towards the payment of the above mentioned five hundred dollars till paid with all the livestock that can be spared by discretion of the here in after mentioned executors.
ITEM. I will and bequeath to my son Moses one feather bed of furniture.
ITEM. I will and bequeath that all my lands should be equally divided among my three sons Moses, William and Jesse Mathews agreeable to quantity and quality.
ITEM. I will that my wife should live peaceable on the plantation whereby she now lives during her life. ITEM. I will and bequeath that after the death of my wife Sally Mathews that all the stock that may be on this plantation may be sold with all the household furniture and all my tools and the money to be equally divided between James and Phillip Mathews, Sally Smith and Polly Ware. I will that Bob and Pompey should be hired after the death of my wife and the money go towards the payment of the within five hundred dollars. I do hereby constitute and appoint my sons James Mathews and Nicholas Ware Executors to this my last Will and Testament. In Witness where of I have set my hand and this 13th day of March and in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Six. Signed Sealed and Delivered Moses Mathews Assigns and Acknowledges in the Presence of Benjamin Samuel Issac Essy William Griffin. The Original Will as has been proven in Open Court William Harper C.C.O.

NOTE 3./
Wilkes County was created in 1777 as one of the original 11 counties of Georgia.
The original Wilkes (in some old records Wilks) County included all of the area now in Lincoln, Elbert, and Wilkes Counties; most of Oglethorpe,, Madison, Taliaferro and Warren Counties; half of Hart County, and parts of Clarke, Glascock, Greene Hancock , and McDuffie Counties, and of course present day Wilkes County. The County seat of Wilkes County is Washington.

NOTE 4./
DAR Patriot Lookup: Reference Code RFTYZXK:
Matthews Sr., Moses
Birth: VA 1725
Service: SC
Rank: Civil Service
Death: GA 1806
Patriot Pensioned: No Widow Pensioned: No
Children Pensioned: No Heirs Pensioned: No
Spouse: (1) Sarah Findley

RS married Sarah FINDLEY in 1748 in Halifax County, Virginia. Sarah was born in 1728 in Virginia; died after 1806 in Wilkes (now Lincoln) County, Georgia; was buried in buried in a churchyard near his home in Lincoln County, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

NOTE 1./ Thomas Matthews Will - dated. August 17th, 1785 Chatham Co., NC Wills and Estates. Vol.1, Pg. 20(b), 21 N. C. State Archives film. # C.022.50001

In the Name of God Amen I Thomas Matthews of the county of Chatham in the State of North Carolina being weak in Body but sound memory blessed be God, do this day. August the seventeenth in the year of our Lord one thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty five make and publish this my last Will and Testament in manner following that to say, first I give to my Daughter Sarah Morgan one Shilling Sterling-also I give and bequeath to my son William Matthews one Shilling Sterling-also I give and bequeath to my Daughter Hannah Griffith one Shilling Sterling also I give an bequeath to my son Thomas Matthews one Shilling Sterling also I give and bequeath to my Daughter Elizabeth Matthews one Shilling Sterling also I give and bequeath to my son Ezekiel Matthews one Shilling Sterling-also I give and bequeath to my daughter Margaret McDade one Shilling Sterling also I give and bequeath to my loving wife Margaret Matthews all my goods chattels and personal Estate such as Horse Cattle Hogs and Household furniture all my farming and carpenters Tools during her life and after her death I leave unto Ezekiel Matthews two oldest Daughters to them their Heirs and assigns forever and I make and ordain my Loving Wife Sole Executrix of this my Will in trust for the intents and purposes in this my Will Contained in Witness whereof I the said Thomas Matthews have to this my last Will and Testament Set my hand and seal thid Day and year above written
Signed Sealed and delivered
in the presence of us...
George Hobson
Jesse Hobson
Adam Moffitt
Signed Thomas (his X mark Matthews \
A Copy Test John Ramsey, C. C.


Died:
Chatham County, North Carolina

Thomas married Margaret MATHEWS about 1748 in South Carolina. Margaret was born about 1730 in Virginia; died before 1810 in Laurens County, South Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ann UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Mary SMITH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Samuel DAVIS. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown HUMPHRIES. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From Here to Antiquity by Richard Woodville at <>

Court records involving the Estate of Isaac Matthews, Jr.

In Equity

Ninety Six District

To the Honorable Henry William Dessaussure, Thomas Waites, Theodore Gaillard, Waddy Thompson and William James, Esquires, Judges of the Court of Equity of the said State.

Humbly complaining show unto your Honors your Orater, Daniel Matthews and your Oratrix, Martha Matthews, widow of Moses Matthews, deceased, in behalf of herself and her children under age, viz: Budcade Matthews, William Matthews, Eleanor Matthews, and also in behalf of William Hardy and Anna, his wife, late Anna Matthews, Jacob Pope, and Elizabeth, his wife, late Elizabeth Matthews, and Daniel Cureinton and Cabell, his wife, late Cabell Matthews, children and heirs of herself and the said Moses Matthews, deceased, all except the said Daniel Cureinton of the District and State aforesaid; that on or about the 25th day of March in the year of our Lord, One Thousand seven hundred and ninety one Isaac Matthews of the said District and State departed this life leaving a widow, Anna Matthews, since deceased, and sons Moses Matthews, Lewis Matthews, Hardy Matthews, Micajah Matthews, and your orator Daniel Matthews, and daughters, Cabell Matthews, who intermarried with Thomas Pace, now deceased, and since with Benjamin Carr, resident of the State of Georgia and Elizabeth Matthews, who intermarried with George Fluker, resident in the District and State first aforesaid, leaving also a personal estate and real estate, the latter consisting of one tract of land alone, containing according to the original grant made to William Whitaker on the 4th of October, one thousand, seven hundred and sixty eight, two hundred and fifty acres situate on both sides of Little Saluda River near its junction with Big Saluda River; bounded at the time of the survey to east by lands of William West, and on all other sides by vacant lands, but containing five hundred and fifty acres according to a re-survey made by John Blocker, the younger, esq., which said tract of land was conveyed by the original grantor to John Chestnut, Esquire, of Camden, and purchased of him jointly by the deceased, Isaac Matthews and his son, Moses Matthews, now deceased (the eldest son of the said Isaac and the late husband of your oratrix, Martha Matthews) for the sum of one hundred pounds sterling, equal proportions of which the said Isaac and Moses actually paid to him, the said John Chestnut, although the titles to said land were made to the said Isaac Matthews alone and under the express agreement and understanding that one-half part of the said lands was to enure to the use, benefit and behoof of the said Moses as his absolute property and estate in fee simple. Your orator and oratrix further beg leave to show unto your Honors that is was the express, distinct and well understood dying wish and desire of him the said Isaac Matthews that his half of undivided moiety of the said land should on his death vest in and become the absolute and unqualified right and property of him the said Daniel Matthews, your orator, and that after the death of the said Isaac, the brothers of your orator, to wit: Moses Matthews, Lewis Matthews, Hardy Matthews and Micajah Matthews, being anxious to show that the estate of their father had been settled up and divided in the spirit of peace and brotherhood, and being under the solemn impression, knowledge and understanding that their father's half of the land should be the clear and undisputed right and property of your orator, did enter into, execute and deliver to your orator the following agreement in writing under their hands and seals the original of which is now ready to be produced, that is to say "South Carolina, Edgefield County…This is to certify that we five brothers, Moses Matthews, Lewis Matthews, Hardy Matthews, Micajah Matthews and Daniel Matthews do hereby bind ourselves in this bond of five hundred pounds sterling to stand to this sale that we are consenting to the 31st day of December, 1798. The property that was sold was part of the estate of our father, Isaac Matthews, deceased. The property is thus - one Negro man, named Anthony, and another Negro named Peter, a set of blacksmith's tools, and one wagon set up, and we five legatees have had a young Negro a piece as we come of age and agreed before witnesses that we were satisfied to take then at one price and be even and satisfied; again we four brothers, Moses Matthews, Lewis Matthews, Hardy Matthews and Micajah Matthews, do hereby agree and bind ourselves in the above bond to give and make rights and titles to our parts of the land to our brother, Daniel Matthews, and hereto set our hands and seals," and subscribed by two witnesses, and signed and sealed by the parties, etc. That according to the above agreement and the understanding of all parties, your orator did take possession and has hitherto together with your oratrix (before and since the death of her husband Moses Matthews0 kept the clear and undisputed possession of the tract of land above described although the said tract of land has never been partitioned or divided; that the said Thomas Pace who intermarried with Cabell Matthews, daughter of the said Isaac, deceased and George Fluker, who intermarried with the said Elizabeth Matthews, the other daughter of the said deceased, are perfectly satisfied with such parts of the estate of the deceased as they have received, appears by receipts and acquittances given by them, copies of which are herewith filed, marked A and B, which your orator and oratrix prays may be received as parts of their bill and referred to when necessary. That since the death of the said Isaac Matthews and also since the execution and delivery of the aforesaid agreement or instrument of writing and before any titles to the said lands have been made either to your orator or to the said Moses in his life time or to his heirs and legal representatives since his death. He, the said Moses, has deceased, leaving your oratrix, his widow, with the children aforesaid, three of whom have intermarried with William Hardy, Jacob Pope and Daniel Cureiton as aforesiad and the said Lewis Matthews has also deceased, leaving a widow Nancy Matthews, since intermarried with a certain Bailey Crouch, but having by him the said Lewis Matthews the following named children, to-wit: Elizabeth who intermarried with Thomas Waites, by who she had one child, Nancy, and died leaving the child now living a minor under the protection of its father the said Thomas Waites; also Sugar Jones Matthews, Cabell Matthews, Mary Quarles Matthews, Moses Matthews, Josiah Allen Matthews, Drury Matthews, Milbury Matthews, all of which said children are under age except the first which renders it indispensible to the perfecting a good title to said land in your orator and your oratrix and her children whom she represents, to seek the aid and interference of this honorable Court to partition and divide the said land and to compel the parties interested to make good titles to said land as in equity they are bound to do. BUT NOW SO IT IS may please your honors that the said Hardy Matthews, Micajah Matthews, Nancy Matthews in behalf of herself and her said children, George Fluker, and Elizabeth, his wife, and Benjamin Carr and Cabell, his wife, combining and confederating with divers and other persons at present unknown to your orator and oratrix, whose names when discovered they pray may be made parties hereto with apt words to charge them endeavoring to wrong and injure orator and oratrix in the premises that refused to make to your orator and oratrix a good title to the said tract of land in conformity with their agreement aforesaid, although they, (your orator and oratrix) have been in the peaceable and undisturbed possession of said land ever since said agreement. IN TENDER CONSIDERATION WHEREOF and for as much as your orator and oratrix are remediless in the premises by the strict rules of the common law and cannot compel a partition and specific performance of said agreement but by the aid and assistance of this honorable court where matters of this nature are properly cognizable and relievable. TO THE END THEREFORE, that the said Hardy Matthews, Micajah Matthews, Nancy Matthews, the widow of Lewis, in behalf of herself and her said children, George Fluker and Elizabeth, his wife, and Benjamin Carr and Cabell, his wife.

And their confederates when discovered may upon their corporal oaths true direct and perfect answers make to all and singular the matters aforesaid, and that as fully and particularly as if the same were herein again repeated and interrogated, and more particularly that they may set forth and discover whether the said Isaac Matthews did not die intestate leaving the children aforesaid and possessed of the tract of land before particularly described; whether it was not conveyed from the grantee to John Chesnut and whether the said Isaac and his eldest son, Moses, did not before either of their deaths jointly purchase said tract of land; whether they did not pay for it; each of them in equal proportions, and whether it was not the express and distinct understanding and agreement of the said Isaac and Moses that he, the said Moses, should actually own, possess and enjoy one-half of said land in his own right and whether he, the said Moses, did not thereupon take possession of a part of the said land and whether himself in his life time and his widow since his death have not constantly been in possession of the same although the titles and deeds were executed and delivered to the said Isaac Matthews alone, and whether it was not the express agreement and understanding that titles should be made to the said Moses by the said Isaac of one-half of the land at some convenient time thereafter upon a division or partition of this land. That the said defendants may further particularly disclose and set forth whether it was not the distinct, frequently expressed and well known dying wish and desire of him, the said Isaac Matthews, that your orator, Daniel Matthews, should not, after the death of the Isaac, own, possess and enjoy his half of the said land, and whether the said Moses, Lewis, Hardy and Micajah did not make and execute the deed before set forth binding themselves to make good titles of their parts of the said land to your orator, Daniel Matthews, under a solemn understanding of their said father's will and desire; whether your orator, Daniel Matthews, did not in conformity thereto take possession of said land and whether he has not ever since said agreement kept the constant and uninterrupted possession of the said land. That they or either of them may further declare whether the said Moses and Lewis Matthews have not both died leaving the children and heirs before set forth without ever having made titles to your orator of the said land in pursuance of their agreement, and whether said land has ever been partitioned or divided. That they or either of them may declare further whether Thomas Pace who intermarried with Cabell Matthews, did not give the receipt and acquittance, a copy of which is herewith filed, marked A, and whether this was not done with the knowledge and by the consent of the said Cabell Pace, his wife, and whether she was not then and is not now fully satisfied with such part of the estate of her deceased father as has come into the hands of herself and her former husband. That the said George Fluker, and Elizabeth his wife, may declare whether the said George did not give the receipt and acquittance, a copy of which is herewith filed, marked B, and whether himself and his wife are not fully satisfied and content; that good and sufficient titles should be made to the land as is hereinbefore claimed after partition of the same, and that every and all parties aforesaid may declare whether they are not satisfied and willing that titles should be ordered and decreed by this honorable Court in the manner claimed and set forth by your orator and oratrix. May it therefore please your honor to grant to your orator and oratrix writ of Subpoena to be directed to the said Hardy Matthews, Micajah Matthews, Nancy Matthews, in behalf of self and her children aforesaid, and the said Thomas Waites in behalf of himself and his child, Nancy, George Fluker and Elizabeth, his wife, Benjamin Carr, and Cabell, his wife, commanding and inquiring them under a certain penalty to be therein named personally to be and appear before your honors in this honorable Court on the 3rd day of October next ensuing and then and there particular answers make to all singular the matters and things herein contained; and that the said lands hereinbefore particularly mentioned and described may be order to be partitioned and divided by writ or partition to be issued from this honorable Court and that all and every the parties interested aforesaid including your oratrix, Martha Matthews, in behalf of her minor children, Enoch, Mary, Budcade, William, and Eleanor whom she represents by the order of this Court, and the said William Hardy and Anna, his wife, Jacob Pope, and Elizabeth, his wife, and Daniel Cureinton and Cabell, his wife, whom she represents by special power of attorney may be ordered and directed to make to your orator, Daniel Matthews, good and sufficient titles to one-half of said tract of land in such way and under circumstances as this honorable Court may deem equitable and expedient in pursuance of the agreement before set forth. And that all and every the parties defendants herein including the said Daniel Matthews, your orator, may be ordered and decreed after said partition and division to make your oratrix, Martha Matthews, in behalf of herself and the aforesaid minor children, as the said William, Jacob and Daniel and their respective wives aforesaid, or such person, or persons, for their use, benefit and behoof as the honorable Court may deem meet, good and sufficient title deeds to the other half or moiety of the said lands in such way and manner and under such circumstances as this honorable Court may deem just and expedient, and further to abide the orders and decrees of this Honorable Court in their behalf and also to grant such other and further relief in the premises as to equity and good conscience may appertain and to your honors may seem meet.

Sourh Carolina

Edgefield District

Personally appeared before me the said Daniel Matthews and the said Martha Matthews in her capacity aforesaid who upon their oaths declare that the matters and things contained in aforesaid bill are true so far as stated to be within their knowledge and they believe to be true and what relates to be knowledge of others. Sworn to before me 9th of September 1814.

(Signed) Martha Matthews

(Signed) Daniel Matthews

Eldred Simkins, J.Q.W.

Judgement Roll 95 in Office of Clerk of Court of Edgefield, S.C. Filed 13th September 1814.

State of South Carolina

County of Edgefield, I, L. T. May, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Edgefield, State of South Carolina, do hereby certify that the foregoing instrument of 5 pages is a true and correct abstract taken from the original records as found in the office of the Clerk of Court in and for the aforesiad County and State.

IssacJr married Susannah (Anna) Quarles CALHOUN on 12 Oct 1784 in Abbeville District, South Carolina. Susannah was born on 28 May 1745 in Augusta County, Virginia; died on 19 Dec 1830 in Edgefield .District,South Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joshua married Mary UNKNOWN in May 1750 in Augusta, Virginia. Mary died after 30 Dec 1763 in Augusta County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Ann UNKNOWN about 1749 in Augusta County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

NOTE 1./ MARRIAGE: BEF 1782, Nashville, NC
Since daughter Rachel's birth date is 1782 and her last name is given as Titus rather than Bowen, it can be assumed that daughter Rachel was born of Ebenezer and Rachel, making their marriage in 1781 or before. 'The Tennessee Historical Magazine,' March 1917, noted in John R. Boots, 'The Mat(t0hews Family,' (WordPerfect format on computer disk, 1995), File Mathews02, reports that after her Bowen husband died, she took her three daughters to Nashville in 1782/3 and married Ebenezer Titus. Given the above data, it would seem that Rachel and Ebenezer were married before Rachel came to Nashville; with a marriage probably in Augusta County, VA. Ebenezer probably arrived without his family
in 1780 with Robertson's party (neither Rachel or Ebenezer appear in Donelson's Journal). Since the trip to the Cumberland settlement was extremely dangerous, it also appears likely that Rachel came with her
two Bowen daughters, and one Titus daughter later, in 1783.

MARRIAGE: AUG 1779- SEP 1779

Rachel married John BOWEN about 1756 in Augusta County, VA. John was born about 1738 in Virginia; died between 07 Jul and 17 Aug 1768 in Augusta County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Rachel married Ebenezer TITUS in 1779 in Nashville, Tennessee. Ebenezer was born in 1727 in Huntington, Suffolk, New York; died on 14 Sep 1807 in Dry Creek, Davidson County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jane married Captain Audley PAUL in 1755 in Augusta County, Virginia. Captain was born about 1728 in Nottingham, England; died in 1802 in Botetourt Cty, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Elinor BRADSHAW. Elinor was born about 1740 in Augusta County, Virginia; died in in Rockbridge County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

NOTE 1./
Sampson Mathews was a member of Col. Andrew Lewis's force of militia wh o responded to Gov. Dunmore's call for war against the indians who were h arassing the frontier. Again, quoting from Waddell's Annals of Augusta C ounty:

"Sampson Mathews was commissary for the regiment of Colonel Lewis. Math ews and his men drove a herd of cattle and took along a load of rum. Be cause the subsistence of the men consisted mainly of beef, which were d riven afoot, he was titled 'Master driver of cattle.'
It took 19 days to reach the mouth of the Kanawha River. They arrived 1 O ctober 1774. Colonel Lewis waited 9 days for Lord Dunmore and troops to a rrive. A courier then arrived with a message from Dunmore which said th at he would not join forces with Lewis. Dunmore ordered Lewis to march d irectly against the Indians on the Scioto River. The Battle of Point Pl easant was fought the next day, 10 October 1774."

NOTE 2./
Scots-Irish in Virginia, Vol. 1

Description: This three volume set of chronicles are taken from the original court records and papers of Augusta County, Virginia from 1745 to 1800. Augusta County was formed in 1745 and prior to that time, it had become the refuge and home to a strong body of Scotish-Irish immigrants.

CHRONICLES OF THE Scotch-Irish Settlement IN VIRGINIA EXTRACTED FROM THE ORIGINAL COURT RECORDS OF AUGUSTA COUNTY 1745-1800 AUGUSTA COUNTY COURT RECORDS. ORDER BOOK No. XXIV. page 518

To the gentlemen of the committee in the respective companies of Augusta County. Gentlemen: From some late occurrences it has been judged necessary to call a convention of delegates from the various counties and burroughs of this colony to meet at Richmond, in the County of Henrico, on the 20th of March next, and it is become a question whether the right of electing such delegates is vested in your committee, or in the freeholders of this County in general. You are requested to assemble the respective companies to which you belong and deliberate whether it will be most convenient for the freeholders to assemble to make such election themselves, or refer it to the judgment of the committee, who are hereby requested to meet in Staunton on Wednesday, the 22d instant, to make report of the determination of the respective companies on this head, and consider of such other matters that then may be laid before them. (Signed) Thomas Lewis, Sampson Mathews, William Lewis, Alexander McClenachan, Michael Bowyer. February 2, 1775. Bohannon vs. Martin.--Copy of Proceedings. Writ, dated 21st December, in 31st year of reign. By John Buchanan, gent., vs. Patrick Martain.--Account of what militia was under command of Capt. Patrick Martain since the 2d of May: --- Name. When Entered. Days on duty. When Discharged. Pay per die Capt. Patrick Martain Aug. 4th 36 9 Sept. 10/ Adam Thompson Aug. 4th 28 1 Sept. 1/ Samuel Black Aug. 4th 36 9 Sept. 1/ David Stuart, Serg. Aug. 4th 36 9 Sept. 1/4 John Perrie Aug. 4th 36 9 Sept. 1/ Patrick English Aug. 4th 34 7 Sept. 1/ John Vance Aug. 4th 36 9 Sept. 1/ William Hodge Aug. 4th 36 9 Sept. 1/ Charles Erwin Aug. 4th 36 9 Sept. 1/ Edward Hinds Aug. 4th 36 9 Sept. 1/ John Trimble Aug. 4th 12 16 Aug. 1/ John Beard Aug. 16th 24 9 Sept. 1/ Gabriel Guile Aug. 23rd 15 7 Sept. 1/ Archibald Gilkeson Aug. 16th 24 9 Sept. 1/ Jacob Guile Aug. 23rd 15 7 Sept. 1/ George Guile Aug. 23rd 15 7 Sept. 1/ John Jameson Aug. 26th 8 3 Sept. 1/

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CHRONICLES OF THE Scotch-Irish Settlement IN VIRGINIA EXTRACTED FROM THE ORIGINAL COURT RECORDS OF AUGUSTA COUNTY 1745-1800 ABSTRACTS OF WILLS OF AUGUSTA COUNTY, VIRGINIA. AUGUSTA COUNTY COURT. WILL BOOK NO. 3. ADDITIONAL MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. page 98 Page 509.--23d August, 1767. David Stewart's will--To wife Margaret, and to her oldest daughter, Mary Pall, 1 tract lying over James River, 100 acres; to son, John; to daughter, Sebing (?), 219 1/2 acres purchased from Andw. Johnston; to daughter, Elizabeth, tract on Round Oak and part of a lot in Staunton (no buildings on it) between Saml. Cowdon and me, and the lot that Jno. Stuart now lives on to be sold; to son, John, plantation testator lives on with 2 negros, goot from Greor formerly Patrick Martins. Executors, George Mathis and Wm. Lewis. Teste: Joseph Ray. Proved, 19th March, 1767, wholly in testator's handwriting. Executors refuse. Administration granted George Mathews and Andw. Lewis, who qualify with Sampson Mathews, Robert Breckinridge.

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Sampson married Mary LOCKHART in Sep 1759 in Augusta County, Virginia. Mary was born in 1732 in Virginia; died in 1783 in Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sampson married Catherine NORTH in Jun 1783 in Augusta County, Virginia. Catherine was born about 1741 in Augusta County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

NOTE 1./
Commanded a volunteer company against the Indians in 1757 and in the Battle of Point Pleasant October 10, 1774.
Colonel of the Ninth Virginia Regiment in the Revolutionary War; wasexchanged in December 1781 and joined General Greene?s army as Colonel ofthe Third Virginia Regiment.
Engaged in farming in Oglethorpe County, Ga. in 1785.
Governor of Georgia, 9 Jan 1787 - 1788, and again 7 Nov 1793-1796 (Jeffersonian Republican}
Elected to the First Congress, U.S. Representative from Georgia at-large(March 4, 1789-March 3, 1791).
Brigadier General in the expedition for the capture of West Florida in1811.

NOTE 2./
MATHEWS, George, a Representative from Georgia; born in Augusta County, Va., August 30, 1739; commanded a volunteer company against the Indians in 1757 and in the Battle of Point Pleasant October 10, 1774; colonel of the Ninth Virginia Regiment in the Revolutionary War; was exchanged in December 1781 and joined General Greene’s army as colonel of the Third Virginia Regiment; engaged in farming in Oglethorpe County, Ga., in 1785; Governor of Georgia in 1787 and 1793-1796; elected to the First Congress (March 4, 1789-March 3, 1791); brigadier general in the expedition for the capture of West Florida in 1811; died in Augusta, Ga., August 30, 1812; interment in St. Paul’s Churchyard.

In 1775 he was elected a colonel of the ninth regiment, and for two years he commanded it on the eastern shore of Virginia, after which he joined General Washington. Colonel Mathews commanded his regiment at Brandywine, and at the battle of Germantown captured a regiment of the enemy. He received a very severe wound with a bayonet in another skirmish, was taken a prisoner, and confined on board a British ship in the harbor of New York. He was not exchanged until the termination of the war, when he joined General Greene as commander of the third Virginia regiment. He removed to "Goose Pond," on Broad river, Georgia, in 1785, with his family. One year afterwards he was elected Governor of the State. Under the present constitution he was the first representative of Georgia in Congress, and in 1794, 1795, he was again Governor.

In 1798 President John ADAMS sent his name to the Senate for confirmation as governor of the Mississippi Territory, but as sharp objection was raised in that body because of MATHEW's connection with one of the Yazoo land companies, the President withdrew his name. Governor George GILMER recorded that as a result of this, MATHEWS went directly to Philadelphia, barged into the President's home, and informed him as follows: "Sir, if you had known me, you would not have taken the nomination back. If you did not know me, you should not have nominated me to so important an office. Now, Sir, unless you can satisfy me, your station of President of these United States shall not screen you from my vengeance." ADAMS placated the fiery MATHEWS by promising to appoint his son, John, supervisor of public revenue in Georgia.

Mathews was forced to deal with Elijah Clarke's attempts to capture East Florida and to set up an
independent republic across the Oconee River. More importantly, Mathews signed the infamous Yazoo
Land Act, leading to the illegal granting and selling of large tracts of Georgia's western lands. This left
him unpopular in Georgia, and in 1797 Mathews moved permanently to the Mississippi Territory.
Subsequently, Pres. Madison appointed Mathews to try to acquire Florida from the Spain. Toward this
end, Mathews attempted to stir up revolt among the Indians in Florida, which led Madison to repudiate
his activities. Upon hearing of this, Mathews angrily left for Washington to confront Madison, but in
route he died on his 73rd birthday in Augusta, Ga., where he was buried in St. Paul's churchyard.

NOTE 3./ MATHEWS, George, (1739 - 1812)

Early life
George was born to John and Ann (Arthur) Mathews on August 30, 1739 in Augusta County, Virginia. Young George helped expand the family enterprise. He went into business with his older brother, Sampson, and the brothers acquired property as far west as the Greenbrier district. Their commercial or mercantile efforts extended to oversees markets.
George joined the militia, and became active in civic affairs. He became a vestryman in the church, a Ccaptain in te militia, and the sheriff of Augusta County. He earned a military reputation leading his company in the Battle of Point Pleasant against the Shawnee Indians during Lord Dunmore's War in 1774.

Revolutionary war
Mathews was named the Colonel of the Ninth Virginia Regiment in early 1777. Soon after he led them north to join the Continental Army, but met with serious reverses. In the Battle of Germantown on September 26, 1777 his entire regiment was killed, captured, or scattered. Mathew himself became a Prisoner of War, at first held at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. When the British withdrew from there, he was moved to a prison ship, anchored in New York harbor.
By 1779 Mathews gave a limited parole and was permitted to live in New York City, He wrote to Governor Thomas Jefferson and to the Continental Congress urging an exchange, but exchanges were limited by disagreement at the highest levels. He was finally exchanged in 1781, but got back into action only after the Battle of Yorktown.
Mathews was named commander of the Twelfth Virginia Regiment, but this was only a nominal. command, since his new regiment had been prisoners since the fall of Charleston in May of 1780. But, he went south to work with any available force in clean up actions in South Carolina and Georgia.

Life in Georgia
Mathews was impressed with what he saw as the opportunities on the Georgia frontier. Released from service in 1783, he bought land in Wilkes County. He augmented that with land grants, given for Revolutionary War service. He liquidated his Virginia property, and moved his family to a log cabin there. He and his wife, Polly, would raise their children there and in their later, larger house. In all, they had eight: John, Charles Lewis, George, William, Ann, Jane, Margaret, and Rebecca.
George encouraged other Virginia families to help settle the area. He became a judge in Wilkes County, and a town commissioner for Washington, Georgia. Then in 1787 he was a successful candidate for the Georgia Assembly. His bearing and military experience gained the respect of the other members, and they named him Governor that same year. He attended the state convention that ratified the United States Constitution. He was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1789 but served only one term.
Mathew's political career had struck its first bump. His identification as a Federalist and his involvement in land speculation caused him to lose the Election for the U.S. Senate in 1792. But, by 1793 he had regained enough support to again be chosen Governor.
His second administration was much less successful than his first. He couldn't get Federal support or funding from the Assembly for his planned series of frontier forts to protect against stepped up raids by the Creek Indians. Frustrated, Mathews again turned to dealing with land speculators in an effort to maintain his popularity. When the western land speculation, known as the Yazoo Land Fraud became public, his career was over. James Jackson resigned from the U.S. Senate and returned to replace him as Governor in the 1796 election.

Later life
Mathews start afresh in the Mississippi Territory. Poly had died, so he married a widow, Mary Carpenter, who owned property there. A few years later he again became involved with politics, at first as a spy. U.S. President James Madison and he had conceived a plan to annex East Florida, then governed by Spain. English and other European colonists had been abandoned by Britain after the Revolutionary War. He was to foment a rebellion in St. Augustine, then lead troops in to make the annexation a reality. Mathews succeeded in the first steps, and early in 1812 activated a commission from Madison as a Brigadier General, and gathered local troops for the invasion.
But, in Washington, D.C., the congress became alarmed at the possibility of being drawn into war with Spain. Madison was forced to recall his commission, and the effort fell apart. Mathews decided to go to Waqshington to appeal his case personally. But, on the trip he became ill and was forced to stop in Augusta, Georgia. He died in Augusta on August 30, 1812, and was buried in St. Paul's Churchyard there.

NOTE 4./ George MATHEWS (Brigadier General) EVENT: 25 JUL 1757, Augusta, VA <>

"George MATHEWS of Staunton, and William and Audley Maxwell were on their way to Smith's house at the time of the assault. Hearing the report of the guns as they approached, they supposed there was a shooting match at the place; but on riding up to the house, they discovered the dead bodies of Smith and Renix lying in the yard. The Indians had concealed themselves in and behind the house when they saw
Mathews nd his companions approaching, and fired upon them as they wheeled to ride back. The club of Mathews' cue was cut off, and Audley Maxwell was slightly wounded in the arm."

"The Indians then divided their party, twenty of them with their prisones and plunder returning to Ohio, while the remainder started towards Cedar creek to commit further depredations. But Mathews and the Maxwells had aroused the settlement and all the people soon collected at Paul's Fort, at the Big Spring, near Springfield. Here the women and children were left to be defended by Audley Maxwell and five other men; twenty-one men led by Mathews, going in search of the enemy. The Indians were soon encountered, and, after a severe engagement, took flight. They were pursued as far as Purgatory creek,
but escaped in the night and overtaking their comrades at the mouth of the Cowpasture river, proceeded to Ohio without further molestation. Three whites (Benjamin Smith, Thomas Maury and the father of Sally
Jew) were killed in the engagement. Returning to the battlefield the next morning, Mathews and his men buried the dead Indians on the spot. The whites slain there, and those murdered in the preceding day, were buried near the fork of a branch in what was (in 1831) the Meadow of Thomas Cross, Sen.

EVENT: "General Mathews was a short, thick man, with stout legs, on which he stood very straight. He carried his head, rather thrown back. His features were full and bluff; his hair, light red; and his complexion, fair and florrid. His looks spoke out that he would not fear the devil, should he meet him face to face..... His dress was in unison with his look and conversation. He wore a threeÄcornered cocked hat, fair top boots, a full, ruffled shirt at the bosom and wrists, and occasionally, a long sword at his side..... He was unlearned. He pronounced fully the "l" in would, should, etc., and "ed" at the termination of compound words, with a long drawling accent. He spelled coffee "Kaughphy". He wrote congress with a "k". When Governor, he dictated his messages to his secretary, and then sent them to James Mason Simmons, the Irish schoolmaster, to put them into grammar.

"His memory was unequalled. Whilst he was a Member of Congress, an important document, which had been read during the session, was lost. He was able to repeat its contents verbatim. Previous to the
Revolutionary War, he was Sheriff of Augusta County (Virginia), and had to collect the taxes from the inhabitants. He recollected for a long time the name of every taxpayer. His memory, and sharpness in
trade, enabled him to make lucrative speculations in the most unusual way."

".....He (George) was by far the crudest, most dynamic, energetic, colorful, and capable of the seven boys. He spent virtually all of his life on frontiers: western Virginia, upper Georgia, the Mississippi Territory, and Florida...... One contemporary of Mathews wrote: "I knew him to be a man of unwavering truth as he was of dauntless courage and gigantic mind. He was indeed illiterate, but I have rarely known his equal in energy, comprehension and moral sense."

"By the time he had reached his early twenties, he was a seasoned veteran of Indian warfare..... By the early 176O's Mathews had become a prominent and prosperous young man in Augusta County..... He and his older brother, Sampson, engaged in several economic activities. They kept an ordinary..... and ran a store..... The two brothers were very active in the purchase and sale of lots in Staunton as well as
large and small tracts of land throughout the surrounding area. As merchants, they soon penetrated the whole area west of the mountains..... The Mathews firm dealt in everything from Dutch ovens to contracts for indentured servants and a few Negro slaves..... Naturally, a successful businessman would be called upon to serve his community in other ways.

"Mathews was a natural storyteller and the war was the source of some of his tallest stories. His own part in it grew with the years. During his lifetime he was known to acknowledge but two superiors: General George Washington, and the Lord Almighty. And as time passed, he questioned the high standing of Washington. Mathews never forgot that he "blead from five wounds in his Countrys service" and sustained a loss in his private interest of twenty thousand pounds by "depreciation of our money" during the war.

BIRTH: 30 AUG 1739, Augusta, VA ; DEATH: 30 AUG 1812, Augusta, Richmond, GA
"Late in August (1812) the General reached Augusta. Once there he crawled into bed. By morning his fever had mounted - he could not rise. The hot, humid air of the river town pressed on him from every
side.... His fever continued unabated, and his once strong muscles could barely move his emaciated body. On Sunday, August 30, he would be seventy-three years of age. Sunday came and Mathews still lived, but as though that birthday were a goal of major importance, he achieved it and could go no further. Hot-tempered General George Mathews was dead.

BURIAL: 31 AUG 1812, Augusta, Richmond, GA
EVENT: 21 NOV 1772, Augusta, VA
"Memorandum of Agreement between Sampson and George Mathews wit their servants Denis
Callahan Mary Jackson and John Welsh Viz the said Callahan is to Teach their servant Mary Jackson in an art of mistrey of Britches Making as also to Teach John Welsh devicing(?) the time of said Welshes service with said Mathews in said art in Consideration of which the said Sampson and George Mathews is to allow him the Benefit of said Mary Jacksons work for 10 months as part is already expired as also
to pay said Callahan fifty shilling for Instructing said Welsh and this said Welsh is to allow the said Mary out of his freedom dues and this said Mary Jackson is to serve the said Sampson and George Mathews eight month after her present time by Indenture is Expired on Acct. of said Callahan Teaching
her in his Art & Mystrey as Aforesaid

At a Court continued and held for Augusta County November the 21st 1772 This agreement between Sampson & George Mathews and their Servants John Welsh and Denis Callahan was Acknowledged by the Parties with the consent of the Court and Ordered to be Recorded."

EVENT: 20 NOV 1770- 1771, Augusta, VA ; Appointment as sheriff:
"Know all men by these presnets that we George Mathews Sampson Mathews John Archer & Peter Hog
are held and firmly bound unto our Soveriegn Lord George Mathews in the sum of one Thousand Pounds
to which Payment will and truly to be made unto our said Lord the King his heirs and Successors we bind our selves and each of us our and each of our heirs Executors and Administrators Jointly and Severally firmly by these Presents Sealed with our seals and dated this 20th day of November 1770
The Condition of the above obligation is such that whereas the above bound George Mathews is Constituted and Appointed sheriff of the County of Augusta ________
Pleasure by Commission from William Nelson Esquire President of Virinia under the seal of the Colony dated the Twenty fifth day of October last past if(?) therefore the said George Mathews shall well and truly Collect & receive all offices fees Z& dues put into his hands to Collect and duly account ofr and
pay the same to the Offices to whom such fees are due respective -ly at such times as are Prescribed & Simetted(?) by Law & shall well and truly Execute & due return make full __ Process & Receipts to him directed & pay & Satisfy all sums of Money & Tobacco by him recieved by Virtue of any such Process to the Person or Persons to whom the same are due his or heirs Executors Administrators or Assigns
and in all other things shall truly & faith fully perform the said Office of Sherif during the time of his Continuance therein then the above Obligation to be void otherwise to Remain in full force & Virtue
Seald & Delivered Geo. Mathews (Seal) ; In the Presnece of Samp. Mathews (Seal) ;John Archer (Seal)
Petr Hog (Seal)

EVENT: 28 NOV 1771, Augusta, VA ; Appointed tax collector.
"Know all men by these Presents that we George Mathews and Sampson Mathews John Madison Junior & Thomas Madison are held and firmly bound unto our sovereign lord George the third by the grace of God of Great Britain france and Ireland king defender of the faith. in the sum of one hundred and Seventy thousand six hundred and forty pounds of Tobacco to which Payment well & Truly to be made to our said Lord the King his heirs & Successors we bind ourselves and every of our heirs Executors and Adminis=
trators Jointly & Severally firmly by these Presents sealed with our seals and dated his 29th day of November 1771 The Condition of this obligation is such that whereas the above bound George Mathews hath taken upon him the Collection of the County levy for this County amounting to Eighty five Thousand three hundred & twenty Pounds of Tobacco now if the said George Mathews shall pay to the several Creditors the several sums of Tobacco Serviced(?) for _____ according to law then this Obligation to be void or otherwise to be and remain in full force and Virtue Sealed and Delivered Geo. Mathews (Seal)
In the Presence of Samp. Mathews (Seal) ; John Madison Junior (Seal) ; Thomas Madison (Seal)"

EVENT: 04 OCT 1777, Germantown, PA : Fought at Germantown. He was taken prisoner and sent to a British prison in New York; he was later exchanged.

He was wounded in the Battle of Germantown, and his men, retreating before the advancing British, failed to see him as he lay on the field. An English soldier lifted his bayonet to stab him, but his
commander caught the weapon and angrily demanded, "Would you murder a wounded officer?"
Turning painfully on his back, Mathews asked, "To whom, sar, do I owe my life?"
""If you call it an obligation, sir, to me," replied the British officer.
"Mathews eyed the British uniform above him and muttered, "Well, sar, I'll have you know I scorn a life saved by a damn Briton.

Fortunately, his wounds were not fatal.

"There are several versions as to how Mathews and his regiment came to be captured (at the battle of Germantown)..... Undoubtedly, Mathews' regiment fought its way far in advance of the other American units as it pushed beyond Luken's Mill. When Mathews received orders to retreat, or was forced to do so, he attempted to withdraw via Luken's Mill. Changes in the battle lines had allowed the enemy to man the breastworks again, thus blocking his withdrawal route.

"Despite the fact that the Ninth Regiment was captured at Germantown, the entire unit, and especially Mathews, won considerable fame for their conduct during the campaign. The salvation of the American army at Germantown was ascribed in one early biography of Greene "to the bravery and good conduct of two regiments, one of which was commanded by..... Col Mathews." (Gilmer)

EVENT: 05 DEC 1781
Officially exchanged as a prisoner of war, but had been on parole in Augusta County for several months.

EVENT: 1763, Augusta, VA ; Served as Vestryman.

EVENT: BETWEEN 1765 AND 1767, Augusta, VA ; Served as warden.

EVENT: 1768, Augusta, VA ; Served as surveyer of road.

EVENT: 29 NOV 1770, Augusta, VA ; Appointed tax collector.
"Know all men by these Presents that we George Mathews Sampson Mathews John Madison Jr. and
Thomas Madison are held and firmly bound unto our sovereign lord George the third in the sum of one hundred and fifty seven Thousand seven hundred & fifty seven Pounds of Tobacco to which Payment well & truly to be made to our said lord the King his heirs & Successors we bind ourselves and each of us our and each of our heirs Executors and Administrators Jointly & Severally firmly by these Presents sealed with our seals and dated his 29th day of November 1770 The Condition of this obligation is such that whereas by consent of Augusta Court the above bound George Mathews hath this day taken upon
him the Collection of the County Proportion Amounting to seventy Eight Thousand eight hundred & Seventy seven pounds of Tobacco if therefore the said George Mathews shall well and truly Collect amt and pay to the County Creditors without Cover or fraud what is by the state of the County Proportion Appropriated to them then this Obligation to be void or else to Remain in full force and virtue
Sealed and Delivered Geo. Mathews (Seal) ; In the Presence of Samp Mathews (Seal) ; Thos. Madison (Seal) ; John Madison Jr. (Seal)"

EVENT: BETWEEN 1769 AND 1770, Augusta, VA ; Served as justice of the peace.

EVENT: 27 DEC 1781, Augusta, VA
"On December 27, 1781, three weeks following the official exchange date for Mathews, he received a letter from General Greene ordering him to duty. Mathews replied that he had been recently attacked "with the appearance of a fistilo (pipelike ulcer) which have sence terminated in inward bleeding," which seriously impaired his health. He promised to join Greene in April, if his health permitted."

EVENT: ABT 15 NOV 1782, Augusta, VA ; Left for Georgia to joind General Greene.

EVENT: FEB 1783, GA ; "Soon after his regiment had disbanded, Mathews was petitioning the Georgia Assembly for land. In February, the Legislature acted favorably on a petition made by Mathews and several others requesting that a square district or tract of land of 200,000 acres be reserved for the Virginia families they proposed to bring down....."

EVENT: 1784, Wilkes, GA
"Sometime during the year 1784 Mathews, his wife and eight children, and some of his Virginia friends went to Wilkes County, Georgia, and settled in the Goose Pond area of the fertile Broad River Valley,
which became the first permanent settlement in present day Oglethorpe County."28 Among [his friends] were Francis Meriwether, Benjamin Taliaferro and many others. These people formed what was known as the "Broad River Settlement."

EVENT: 29 SEP 1790- 1791, Philadelphia, PA ; Wife, Margaret, accompanied the General to Philadelphia and, later, to Goose Pond.

EVENT: SEP 1793-13 FEB 1797, Staunton, Augusta, VA ; n September 1793, Mrs. Mathews, her two step-daughters, and a step-son, came to Staunton on a visit.

"The long silence between the husband and wife was broken by a notice served on her that he intended to apply to the legislature of Georgia for an Act of divorce."

EVENT:
President John Adams appointed Mathews governor of the newly created territory of Mississippi. Secretary of War James McHenry objected because Mathews was interested in the New England Mississippi Land Company, the claimant of extensive acreage in the territory. Adams withdrew the nomination.

EVENT: 1798
"The story is apocryphal, but with an element of truth in it. In 1798 President John Adams appointed Mathews governor of the newly created territory of Mississippi. Secretary of War James McHenry objected because Mathews was interested in the New England Mississippi Land Company, the claimant of extensive acreage in the territory. After Adams withdrew the nomination, Mathews expressed his disappointment in a letter to the secretary of state, but it was 1805 before he received an appointment.

EVENT: 31 MAR 1805, Mississippi Territory ; Sunday, March 31st 1805

The Genl. Was Talkative and spoke of Hanible, Sipeo, Fabricius, Carolanus, Marius, &c &c but his historical knowledge was detached and some Times he Erred as To Time and place and frequently Spoke bad English - yet he seemed To have a pretty Strong memory - & repeated parts of Hanible & Sipeo - yet combined parts of different Speeches together without distinction of Time & place &C. He also fought his own Battles o'er e o'er & and gave us a good many other Anecdotes - In a word he was the Orator of the day -Seldom did any of us Interrupt him - I only now & then Expressed a few words to help to rectify some mistakes of Persons, Time & place in his Historical Sketches and I believd we left the Generl. highly pleased with himself - The Genl. However is a Ruff brave old Soldier - and is in many respects Respectable - nor does he lack Strong Talants but all his Opertunities have not polished them much - His wife is an Amiable woman--

EVENT: 04 APR 1812, Washington, D.C. The following letter was dispatched to General Mathews:
"JAMES MONROE, SECRETARY OF STATE, TO GEORGE MATHEWS ; Department of State April 4, 1812 "Gen. George Mathews
"Sir,
"I have had the honor to receive your letter of the 14th of March, and have now to communicate to you the sentiments of the President on the very interesting subject to which it relates. I am sorry to have to
state that the measures which you appear to have adopted for obtaining possession of Amelia Island and other parts of East Florida, are not authorized by the law of the United States under which you have acted. You were authorized by the law, a copy of which was communicated, and by your instructions which are strictly conformable to it, to take possession of East Florida only in case one of the following
contingencies should happen: either that the Governor, or other existing local authority, should be disposed to place it amicably in the hands of the United States, or that an attempt should be made to
take possession of it by a foreign power. Should the first contingency happen, it would follow that the arrangement being amicable would require no force on the part of the United States to carry it into effect. It was only in case of an attempt to take it by a foreign power that force could be necessary in which event only were you authorized to avail yourself of it, "In neither of these contingencies was it the policy of the law, or purpose of the Executive, to wrest the province forcibly from Spain, but only to occupy it with a view to prevent its falling into the hands of any foreign power and to hold that pledge under the existing peculiarity of the circumstances of the Spanish monarchy for a just result in an amicable negotiation with Spain.

"Had the U. S. been disposed to proceed otherwise, that intention would have been manifested by a change of the law and suitable measures to carry it into effect, and as it was in their power to take
possession whenever they might think that circumstances authorize and require it, it would be the more to be regretted if possession should be effected by any means irregular in themselves and subjecting the Government of the U. S. to unmerited censure.
"The views of the Executive respecting East Florida are further illustrated by your instructions as to West Florida. Although the U. S. have thought they had a good title to the latter Province they did not take possession until after the Spanish authority had been subverted by a revolutionary proceeding, and the contingency of the country being thrown into foreign hands had forced itself into view, nor did they then, nor have they since, dispossessed the Spanish Troops of the Post which they occupied. If they did not think proper to take possession by force of a Province to which they thought they were justly entitled, it could not be presumed that they should intend to act differently in, respect to one due sensibility has been always felt for the injuries which were received from the Spanish government in the war, the present situation of Spain has been a motive for moderate and pacific policy towards her.

"In communicating to you these sentiments of the Executive on the measures you have lately adopted for taking possession of East Florida, I add with pleasure that the utmost confidence is reposed in
your integrity and zeal to promote the welfare of your country. To that zeal, the error into which you have fallen, is imputed. But in consideration of the part you have taken which differs so essentially from that contemplated and authorized by the Government and contradicts so entirely the principles on which it has uniformly and sincerely acted, you will be sensible of the necessity of discontinuing the service in which you have been employed. You will, therefore, consider your powers as revoked on the receipt of this letter. The new duties to be performed will be transferred to the Governor of Georgia, to whom instructions will be given on all the circumstances to which it may be proper at the present juncture to
call his attention"I am, Sir James Monroe."

George was infuriated and immediately headed for Washington, D.C. He made it as far as Augusta, Georgia
"It is not to embelish a character that ever shone without any false lustre, that you are requested to record the death of General GEORGE MATTHEWS, one of our real heroic and patriotic revolutionary
fathers. On his journey to Washington from Florida he became indisposed in this city, and after an illness of 12 days expired.

RS married Ann Polly PAUL on 13 Sep 1762 in Augusta County, Virginia. Ann (daughter of John PAUL and Margaret LYNN) was born in 1741 in Albermarle County, Virginia; died on 21 Sep 1788. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Mary CARPENTER. Mary was born in 1743 in Augusta County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Margaret CUNNINGHAM. Margaret was born in 1743 in Staunton, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Frances CROWE on 28 Nov 1763 in Botetort County, Virginia. Frances was born about 1745 in Donaghmore, Ireland. [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]

Elizabeth married Joseph TITUS on 06 Apr 1775 in Botetourt County, VA. Joseph was born on 02 Dec 1750 in Suffolk, NY; died on 23 Apr 1830 in Howard, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown STUART. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]