William Matthews (1767 - 1802)

Born 1767 in Colony of Virginia

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 7 Feb 1802 at about age 35 in Goosepond Plantation, Oglethorpe, Georgia, United States

Biography

Gilmer [Gilmer, George R., Sketches of Some of the First Settlers of Upper Georgia, of the Cherokees and the Author, orig. publ. 1855, reprinted, Americus, Georgia, 1926.] states that:

"William Mathews, second son of Gen. Mathews, married Elizabeth Meriwether, daughter of Mr. Frank Meriwether, an exceedingly clever woman, as she proved in her after life by the admirable manner in which she discharged all the duties of wife, mother, friend and relative. William Mathews never studied Greek or Latin, was a planter and succeeded very well. He never held any office higher than Captain of the Militia of his district, and that was forced upon him, rather than sought for. Militia musters were great bores to many of the Broad River people..... William Mathews lived at the Goosepond until his death. His family soon after removed to the plantation which had been owned by General Blackburn, in Elbert County."

24 Oct 1806, Adams Co., MS - The will of Gen./Gov. George Mathews names "my son William Mathew’s four sons, George Mathews, Francis Meriwether Mathews, Charles L. Mathews and Samuel B Mathews." ^[1]

Will

Will of William Mathews. Oglethorpe Co., GA, WB A, pp. 108-109, written 1 Oct 1799, recorded 1 Feb 1802. Digital image at Ancestry.com - https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/8635/images/007701148_00064?pId=896507

wife Elizebeth Mathews
my five children (to wit) Anne, George, Frances Charles & William (It appears some - or all - of the children are under age.)
Exrs: brother George Mathews junr, Wm Barnett, Thos. Meriwither, Joel Barnett
Wit: Mary Barnett

Sources

1. ↑ Will of George Mathews Senr of the Mississippi Territory. Adams Co., MS, WB 1 (1802-1812) (transcribed and typed), pp. 86-88, written 24 Oct 1806, proven 5 Apr 1813. Digital image at Ancestry.com - https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/8995/images/005818627_00401?usePUB=true&_phsrc=TXc17&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&pId=5002059

• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29T-FRZJ : 5 August 2020), William Mathews, ; Burial, Vesta, Oglethorpe, Georgia, United States of America, Goose Pond Cemetery; citing record ID 150993945, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

• Ancestry Family Tree Data http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=4415404&pid=1057 Source: S-2128271959 Repository: #R-2145945513

Acknowledgements

• This profile was created by Sherry Reynolds through the import of Alford, Pippin, Turner Family .ged on Nov 1, 2014. '