Orphia J. ALLEN

• BIRTH: JUL 1876, MO [S1]
• DEATH: 19 MAR 1916 [S1]
• BURIAL: AFT 19 MAR 1916, Maryville, Nodaway, MO [S1]

• REFN: 291

• MARRIAGE: 12 APR 1906, Nodaway, MO [S1]

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Lucy M. CLARKE

• REFN: 3450

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|                    _Sampson MATHEWS _
|_Jane MATHEWS _____|
                    |_Mary LOCKHART ___

??? GREGORY

• REFN: 3867

• MARRIAGE: [S39]

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Roseanna 'Ann' LEE

• BIRTH: JUN 1855, Pettis, MO [S1] [S1]
• DEATH: 1931 [S1] [S1]

• RESIDENCE: 1870, Saline, MO [S1]
  living with parents

• RESIDENCE: 1860, Pettis, MO [S1]
  living with parents

• RESIDENCE: 1880, Saline, MO [S1]
• RESIDENCE: 1900, Saline, MO [S1]

• REFN: 2064

• MARRIAGE: 28 DEC 1876, Saline, MO [S1]

1. +Ruth 'Birdie' BULLARD
2.  Arthur BULLARD
3.  Edward BULLARD
4.  Lester BULLARD
5.  Melvina BULLARD
6.  Oda P BULLARD
7.  Ollie F. BULLARD
8.  Alford L. BULLARD
9.  Richard G. BULLARD
10.  Minerva BULLARD

                       _Grissom LEE ________
 _Richard LEE ________|
|                     |_Mary 'Polly' GLENN _
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|--Roseanna 'Ann' LEE 
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|_Martha Ann FREEMAN _|
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George MATHEWS (Brigadier General)

• EVENT: 25 JUL 1757, Augusta, VA [S145]
  "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.[:ITAL]

• EVENT: [S130] [S130]
  "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." (Gilmer)
  
  ".....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. (Virginia Magazine)
  
  "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. (Gilmer)

• BIRTH: 30 AUG 1739, Augusta, VA [S70]
• DEATH: 30 AUG 1812, Augusta, Richmond, GA [S70]
  "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 [S70] [S249]
• EVENT: 21 NOV 1772, Augusta, VA [S271]
  Memorandum for teaching servants
  "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 [S31]
  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 [S31]
  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: 23 MAY 1772, Augusta, VA [S31]
  Appointed tax collector.
  "Know all men by these Presents that we George
  Mathews and Sampson Mathews John Madison Junior and
  Thomas Madison are held and firmly bound unto James
  Lockart William Tees James Craig John Frogg and
  Thomas Hugart Justices in the Commission of the Peace
  for Augusta County for and in Behalf of and to the sole
  use and Behalf of the Justices of the said County & their
  successors in the sum of thirty three Thousand five hundred
  and four pounds of Tobacco to be paid to the said Justices
  and their Successors to the which Payment well & truly to be
  made we bind ourselves and every of us our
  heirs Executors & Administrators jointly & Severally firmly
  by these Presents sealed with our seals and dated his
  23 day of May 1772
  The Condition of this obligation is such
  that whereas the above bound George Mathews hath taken upon
  him the Collection of the Public levy amounting to
  Sixteen Thousand seven hundred and fifty two Pounds of
  Tobacco now if the said George Mathews shall pay the
  several Creditors their several demands then the above
  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 Sampson Mathews (Seal)
  John Madison Jr. (Seal)
  Thomas Madison (Seal)"

• EVENT:
  gave bond, along with William McClenachan, as guardian to Elizabeth

• EVENT: 24 AUG 1767, Augusta, VA [S130]
  gave bond, along with William McClenachen, as guardian of Elizabeth,
  orphan of Joshua Mathews

• EVENT: 04 OCT 1777, Germantown, PA [S70] [S130]
  Fought at Germantown. He was taken prisoner and sent to a British
  prison in New York; he was later exchanged. (Congressional Bio)
  
  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. (Gilmer)
  
  "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 [S70] [S130]
  Officially exchanged as a prisoner of war, but had been on parole in
  Augusta County for several months.

• EVENT: 1763, Augusta, VA [S130]
  Served as Vestryman.

• EVENT: BETWEEN 1765 AND 1767, Augusta, VA [S130]
  Served as warden.

• EVENT: 1768, Augusta, VA [S130]
  Served as surveyer of road.

• EVENT: 29 NOV 1770, Augusta, VA [S130] [S31]
  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 [S130]
  Served as justice of the peace.

• EVENT: BETWEEN 1773 AND 1775, Augusta, VA [S130]
  Served as justice of the peace.

• EVENT: 1766, Augusta, VA [S130]
  Appointed Captain of Militia.

• EVENT: 1772, Staunton, Augusta, VA [S130]
  Named as trustee, with brother Sampson, for the Town of Staunton.

• EVENT: 1775, Augusta, VA [S130]
  Recruited a company to serve in the RevWar.

• EVENT: NOV 1777- DEC 1781, New York, New York [S130]
  "Apparently almost two years lapsed before Mathews fully recovered
  from the wounds he received at Germantown. Little more is known about
  the Colonel until the latter part of 1779, when he became active in
  efforts, to improve the conditions of the American prisoners."

• EVENT: SEP 1779, West Point, NY [S130] [S155]
  ""In September 1779 Mathews appeared at Washington's headquarters at
  West Point with a letter from Joshua Loring, British Commissary of
  Prisoners.
  According to Washington, Mathews was sent at "the request of the
  Virginia Officers in Captivity, to solicit such indulgence for him and
  his companions, as will induce the enemy to relinquish the Executions
  of their threats." The Loring letter expressed deep concern about the
  treatment of Lieutenant Colonel Henry Hamilton, who had been captured
  by George Rogers Clark at Vincennes in February 1779. Loring
  threatened retaliation upon American officers, especially Virginians,
  held in New York. Since Hamilton was a prisoner of the state of
  Virginia in Williamsburg, Washington sent Mathews with a copy of the
  Loring letter to Governor Thomas Jefferson.
  
  "The Loring-Mathews proposal that Mathews "should be permitted to
  remain in Virginia if Lieutt. Colo. Hamilton were permitted to go to
  New York on parole." Jefferson not only refused to agree to such an
  exchange, but stiffly refused to promise better treatment for
  Hamilton.....
  
  "Undaunted by this failure, Mathews went back to New York and with
  Major General William Phillips helped work out a general plan
  concerning an exchange of prisoners." (Gilmer)
  
  Randall provides some background on the Jefferson-Hamilton
  controversy. Sir Henry Hamilton was Lieutenant Governor of Canada and
  had gained considerable infamy by actively inciting Indians to attacks
  on the western frontier. He was known as the "Hair Buyer." One
  evening early in June 1779, an armed troop of dragoons rode up the
  governor's driveway leading a bedraggled Hamilton and two other
  captives in handcuffs. They had been on a three-month,
  twelve-hundred-mile trip from capture at Vincennes, Indiana, by George
  Rogers Clark. Jefferson did not great Hamilton nor did he treat him
  as a high-ranking captive. Hamilton was imprisoned in Williamsburg
  with common criminals. Jefferson action was probably due not only to
  Hamilton's reputation, but also to Jefferson's concern over the
  frontier. (Randall)

• EVENT: ABT FEB 1780, Philadelphia, PA [S130]
  Colonels Mathews, Robert Magaw, John Ely, and Lieutenant Colonel
  Nathaniel Ramsay were paroled to leave New York to present the
  proposal to Congress. Upon presenting the plan (for exchange of
  prisoners) to this body, they learned that Congress had just renewed
  and confirmed the exchange powers it had granted to Washington
  earlier..... Throughout the remainder of 1780 negotiations regarding
  the exchange of prisoners bogged down due to several attempts to
  depart from the general plan drawn up.....

• EVENT: 1781 [S130]
  "In 1781 Mathews made several more trips to Congress, Washington's
  headquarters, and to Virginia as a parolee. While most of his efforts
  were directed toward effecting an exchange of his fellow Virginia
  officers in New York, he also worked for the release of other
  prisoners, including some held aboard a British ship operating in the
  vicinity of Newport News. Experiencing little success in the area of
  prisoner exchange, Mathews sought to improve the living conditions of
  the prisoners. In 1781 he secured money and provisions from Congress
  and Virginia to make the lot of the prisoners more comfortable.....
  
  "The atmosphere regarding treatment and exchange of prisoners improved
  with the passage of time and events in 1781. The British Commissary
  of Prisoners had written the American Commissary in 1779 that the
  Virginians in the hands of the British would not be exchanged until
  relief was granted to Colonel Hamilton. His parole in October 1780
  and finally his exchange in March 1781 removed a major obstacle.
  Following the invasion of Virginia by the British forces, General
  William Phillips wrote General Weedon from his headquarters at
  Portsmouth, Virginia: "The two flags by Lt. Col. Mathews and Major
  Callis have been admitted to this place and your Letter received by
  them and I hope you will be convinced from these Gentlemen's Report of
  my conversation with them that I mean to pursue during my stay in
  Virginia a conduct of the strictest liberality and humanity" with
  regard to the treatment and exchange of prisoners."

• EVENT: 27 DEC 1781, Augusta, VA [S130]
  "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 [S130]
  Left for Georgia to joind General Greene.

• EVENT: FEB 1783, GA [S130]
  "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 [S130]
  "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 [S145]
  Wife, Margaret, accompanied the General to Philadelphia and, later, to
  Goose Pond.

• EVENT: SEP 1793-13 FEB 1797, Staunton, Augusta, VA [S145]
  "In 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 [S130]
  "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 [S130]
  "Sunday, March 31st 1805
  
  The Genl. Was Talkative and spoke of Hanible, Sipeo, 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--
  
  Memo.
  
  "When I Dined with Genl. Mathews at his own House He was disposed To
  Tell his Military Exploits - When he Dined with me a few days ago he
  was disposed to relate his Civil adventures as a Councillor Ec.
  
  "He was in Congress on the first Meeting and Organization of the
  Federal Government - and related Several Anectdotes Shewing how he had
  Conducted himself and what his Sentiments had been on sever Important
  questions which also involved the Conduct and Sentiments of several
  other Members of Congress particularly Mr. Madisons the Present
  Secrety. of the U.S.
  
  "The General was reputed a brave officer - was in The Battle with the
  Indians at Point Pleasant at the Mount of the Great Canawa River - and
  received 5 wounds in the Battle of German Town - was a Prisoner some
  time to the Brittish & resided on Long Island - Since the War he has
  been a Representative in Congress & was once Governor of Georgia at
  the Time of the Yazoo Speculations--
  
  "He is Still Healthy and Active & Comfortably Settled in this
  Territory Misisipi--."[:ITAL]

• EVENT: 04 APR 1812, Washington, D.C. [S130]
  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

• EVENT: 11 SEP 1812, Augusta, Richmond, GA [S249]
  "CHRONICLE, Friday, September 11, 1812:
  
  "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 on
  the 30th ult. aged 73 years - He was a native of Augusta County in the
  state of Virginia, & at an early period of life commanded a company
  against the Indians, where he distinguished himself as a brave and
  gallant officer at Point Pleasant, on the great Kanhawa. - He was
  among the earliest asserters, and defenders of our country's rights,
  in the times that "tried mens souls" and at the commencement of the
  revolutionary war he was appointed a colonel in the ninth regiment in
  the Virginia line - at the head of which he fell in the battle of
  Germantown covered with wounds, when he was taken prisoner and
  remained two years in captivity; being afterwards exchanged he entered
  again into the active service and was a zealous and valuable officer
  in the army of Gen. Green at the southward. In the tented field his
  martial spirit, prudence, enterprize and activity, entitled him to the
  affection and confidence of the common father of his country, and to
  the gratitude of all who held in veneration the liberties and
  independence of America. - Soon after the revolutionary war he removed
  to this state - his superiority of natural intellect - his wisdom in
  discerning, and firmness in pursuing the general good of the
  community, entitled him to a seat in Congress, to which he was elected
  in 1789 - and to the first honors of this state which have been
  several times conferred on him. He lately accepted an unsolicited
  appointment to act as an United States commissioner at the southward,
  and although his heart might have been stung by some recent
  transactions, yet never was his patriotism more conspicuous, than when
  he made every feeling of personal resentment yield to it - He was a
  stranger to adulation and equally above the smiles and frowns of power
  - for which, although he entertained a proper respect, yet his
  approach to it was ever untainted with servility and with a freedom
  not bordering upon rudeness, nor did he regard the rash tumultuary
  opinions of the day; conscious that he never had or could neglect or
  betray his country's interest - but that with invincible resolution he
  had pursued what he deemed the true intent of his instructions, and
  the good of the community even amidst, and against, the murmurs of
  interested individuals.
  
  "In private life he was kind and benevolent - sincere ln his
  professions, faithful to his engagements, and inflexibly just in his
  dealings. He was uncommonly active for his time of life, and relying
  on the firmness of an excellent constitution, he neither regarded
  fatigue or difficulty in pursuing what he conceived to be his duty;
  and the disease which terminated his existence, was doubtless
  contracted in the service of his country. For learning before he left
  the southward that the Indians in that quarter were becoming
  troublesome, he made a visit to Col. Hawkins, to concert with him a
  plan to defeat or prevent their mischievous designs; that the heat of
  the weather, the high waters, and numerous difficulties he encountered
  on this rout, added to other unmerited circumstances to which he had
  been subjected, sensibly affected his bodily powers, and he only
  reached this city in time to receive the last offices of friendship,
  during the progress of that disease, which closed his connection with
  earthly things.
  
  "On the afternoon of Monday, the 31st ult. his remains were interred
  in St. Paul's Church Yard, with military honors; and attended by a
  large concourse of citizens, who assembled to pay the last respect, to
  a brave soldier and worthy man the procession moved from Mr. Eabley's
  to the Church Yard, in the following order:--
  
  CAVALRY (Dismounted.)
  
  Independent Blues
  
  RANGERS with arms reversed
  
  and drumbs muffled
  
  Colonel McKinne, C Colonel Ware.
  
  Maj. Hutchinson, O Major Walton,
  
  Major Lark, R Major Watkins
  
  P
  
  S
  
  E
  
  CHIEF MOURNERS,
  
  Mr. Charles Matthews, General Walker
  
  Col. Isaacs, and John Forsyth, esq.
  
  MILITARY OFFICERS,
  
  Intendant and Members of Council
  
  CITIZENS, ARTILLERY
  
  "Minute guns were fired till the procession reached the Church Yard;
  after the interment, three guns were fired over the grave by the
  Artillery, and three vollies by the infantry companies - Thus pass the
  Heroes of the Revolution one after another, to that "undiscovered
  country from whose bourn no traveller returns."
  
  
  "The militia of Augusta agreed on the propriety of wearing crepe bands
  and Governor Mitchell issued a call from Milledgeville for all
  military officers in the state to wear black crepe armbands for thirty
  days as a mark of respect to the memory of Mathews. In commenting on
  the General, Mitchell stated: "By this demise, another hero of the
  Revolution is gone. Whatever political errors he may have fallen
  into, in the course of a long public life, let them rest in oblivion.
  He has carried with him to the grave, many scars from wounds he
  received fighting battles of the Revolution - let us, therefore, pay
  that respect which is due to the memory of a soldier, who often braved
  death to establish the independence of our country."[:ITAL]

• EVENT: 01 AUG 1798, Logan, KY [S254]
  Article: A list of lands in Logan County t be sold to satisfy overdue
  taxes. Mentions Gen. George Matheews.

• EVENT: 02 JAN 1800, Lexington, Fayette, KY [S254]
  Article: A list of letters at the Post Office in Lexington: Gen.
  George Mathews.

• EVENT: 04 MAR 1800, KY [S254]
  Article: Alexander Nelson, 4 mar 1800, regarding land in dispute.
  Mentions George Mathews, Sampson Mathews of Virginia.

• EVENT: 07 JUN 1794, Mercer, KY [S254]
  Article: Thomas Allin, regarding a suit in Mercer County court: James
  Lawrence vs. Sampson Mathews, George Mathews and Patrick Lockhart.

• EVENT: 30 OCT 1810, KY [S254]
  Article: John P. Wagnon regarding runaway slaves names Willis and
  George. Mentions Gen. George Matthews, Maj. Burr Powell of Loudon Co.,
  Va., and William Ward of Scott County.

• EVENT: AUG 1774, Staunton, Augusta, VA [S145]
  Served as Captain under Colonel Charles Lewis at Battle of Point
  Pleasant.

• EVENT: 30 DEC 1763, Augusta, VA [S154]
  George Mathews, John Poage, John Archer and James Lockhart qualified
  as Administrators of Joshua Mathews, wife Mary having refused

• EVENT: 1775 [S200]
  Lt. Col, 9th Regiment, VA Troops under Gen Andrew Lewis.

• EVENT: 11 SEP 1777, Brandywine, PA [S200] [S70]
  He served under Gen Washington at Brandywine.

• EVENT: 1785, Oglethorpe, GA [S200] [S70]
  Col. in command of 3d VA Regiment under Gen Green, located in
  Oglethorpe County, GA

• EVENT: AFT 1785, Wilkes, GA [S200] [S248]
  After the war, he removed to Goose Pond Tract, Wilkes County, Georgia.
  On his plantation at Goose Pond he built a one room log cabin in which
  he and his wife slept. Their daughters used the attic as a boudoir
  and their sons occupied another but smaller loghouse in the yard.
  Despite his later affluence and his high place in Georgia politics, he
  steadfastly refused to waste money for a more suitable house. It
  remained for his son, after the father's death, to build a magnificent
  plantation home.

• EVENT: 10 OCT 1774, VA [S52] [S70] [S130]
  Commanded a company of Virginians at the Battle of Point Pleasant.
  Every man in the company was over six feet in height. This company,
  with those
  of Captains Shelby and Stewart, made the successful flank movement by
  way
  of Crooked creek that drove the Indians from the field. (Georgia Rev
  Soldiers)
  
  It is not clear who anticipated the intentions of the enemy and
  initiated the counter movement that brought about the final victory,
  Mathews or General Lewis. Some accounts give the credit to Mathews,
  others claim the orders came from the General. Many years later
  Charles A. Stuart wrote the following account:
  
  "I will say what Genl. Mathews (then Capt. Mathews) told me. Late in
  the day, he and Capt. Mathew Arbuckle being upon the right wing, and
  consequently near the Creek (crooked Creek), which was bordered on the
  east side of a ridge running down it, and terminating near the camp,
  perceived a movement of the enemy indicative of their intention to
  cross the creek and gain the heights. They (Arbuckle and Mathews)
  flanked off to the right,
  and so checked the movement, driving back the Indians.
  
  "The Battle of Crooked Creek" was of vital importance to the
  protection
  of the camp and to the final victory. Had the Indians attained the
  heights east of the creek, the results might have been calamitous.
  (Gilmer)

• TITLE: Brigadier General
• OCCUPATION: 04 MAR 1789-03 MAR 1791, Philadelphia, PA [S70] [S248]
  Served in First Congress as Representative from Georgia. It is
  interesting to survey George Mathews' fellow Congressmen. There were
  twenty-six senators and sixty-six representatives, including James
  Monroe, James Madison, and Richard Henry Lee (father of Robert E.
  Lee). Meeting with Congress was the Vice President, John Adams.
  (Congressional Bio)
  
  Apparently the Congressman made good use of his tie in Philadelphia
  for personal business. "He used to go from Philadelphia to Ohio with
  three or four horses for his capital in trade. He knew all of the
  officers of the Revolutionary Army entitled to land in Ohio. He found
  that men would take a horse for an uncertain claim who would refuse to
  sell at all if money were offered, from the opinion that money, which
  was very scarce, would not be given but for what was known to be very
  valuable. He acquired a large estate in lands, principally by this
  kind of traffic. (Gilmer)

• OCCUPATION: 1805, GA [S130]
  President Jefferson directed Secretary of State Madison to commission
  George as Judge of the Mississippi Territory. It was only a recess
  appointment, but in the following year he assumed the judgeship of the
  Orleans territory.

• OCCUPATION: 1811, Florida Territory [S130]
  In 1811, George Mathews became involved in a secret mission to annex
  Spanish Florida. "The then Spanish Governor of Florida had
  indicated that he could be bribed to surrender the territory to the
  United States, General Mathews was to have explored this possibility,
  and failing same, to look into ways and means of acquiring Florida by
  other means. The Spanish Governor, it developed, could not be bought,
  so the General accompanied by an Indian Agent, John McKee, attempted
  to foment a rebellion among the numerous Americans then residing in
  Florida. The General and McKee made many arduous journeys along the
  Florida Frontier. Dr. Patrick speaks of one such trip from Washington
  to Fort Stoddert in the Mississippi Territory, by way of St. Mary's,
  Georgia:
  
  ""On this exhausting Journey the forty-year-old McKee came to know the
  man who was his senior by more than thirty years. His first
  impressions were unfavorable. To hear Mathews speak on his personal
  affairs, his talented children, his "bastardly" detractors, and his
  past services brought to mind the inevitable comparison to a puff of
  wind attempting to blow itself into a cyclone. The remnants of an
  Irish brogue, a unique pronunciation of the simplest words, and the
  accenting of the "ed" in words such as drowned, learned, named and
  returned, as well as his laborious writing and spelling of coffee as
  "kaughphy" sack as "sac," and knock as "nok", and laugh as "laf"
  caused the more literate McKee to question Mathews ability. But not
  for long. His adroit handling of innkeepers and tradesmen along the
  way (it was said of Mathews that he never made an unprofitable deal or
  a poor investment), his woodslore, his information about the frontier,
  and his understanding of men soon drew the respect of McKee."
  
  "General Mathews was successful in organizing an insurrection among
  the Americans residing in Florida and actually succeeded in capturing
  Amelia Island (Fernandina). At this point, the President found it
  politically expedient to repudiate General Mathews completely and
  order him to cease his activities, and in fact, disclaimed having
  given him any such instructions in the first place.

• OCCUPATION: 1786, GA [S200] [S70]
  elected Governor of the State of Georgia

• OCCUPATION: 1793, GA [S52] [S70] [S130]
  Elected Governor of Georgia. (Congressional Bio)

• OCCUPATION: 1794, GA [S52] [S70]
  elected Governor of Georgia

• OCCUPATION: 1795, GA [S52] [S70]
  Elected Governor of Georgia. He approved the infamous 'Yazoo Land
  Act,' and while he doubtless signed it with honest intentions the act
  always remained a blot upon his otherwise irreproachable public
  career. President Adams nominated him for governor of Mississippi
  Territory, but recalled the appointment on account of the 'Yazoo act.'
  Matthews went to Washington to chastise the president, but the matter
  was compromised by Adams appointing Governor Matthew's son supervisor
  of public revenues in Georgia.

• OCCUPATION: 1811, FL [S52] [S70]
  He was appointed (as Brigadier General) by President Madison to
  negotiate a treaty for the annexation of West Florida. He succeeded,
  but Madison refused to sanction the treaty the following year.

• REFN: 2307

• MARRIAGE: 13 SEP 1762, Augusta, VA [S8] [S130]

1. +John MATHEWS
2. +William MATHEWS
3. +George MATHEWS
4. +Charles Lewis MATHEWS
5.  Ann MATHEWS
6. +Jane MATHEWS
7. +Margaret MATHEWS
8. +Rebecca (Rebekah) MATHEWS

• MARRIAGE: 29 SEP 1790, Staunton, Augusta, VA [S203] [S236]
  Margaret was a widow

• DIVORCE: 13 FEB 1797, VA [S145]

• MARRIAGE: 1804, MS [S130] [S145]

                        _??? MATHEWS _
 _John MATHEWS ________|
|                      |______________
|
|--George MATHEWS 
|
|                       ______________
|_Anne 'Betsy' ARCHER _|
                       |______________

William MATHEWS

• RESIDENCE: 1800, Augusta, VA [S33]
  William Mathews, Jr. and Sr. appear

• RESIDENCE: AFT 07 FEB 1802, Elbert, GA [S2]
  after father William's death, the family moved

• REFN: 2976

                          _George MATHEWS ___
 _William MATHEWS _______|
|                        |_Ann 'Polly' PAUL _
|
|--William MATHEWS 
|
|                         ___________________
|_Elizabeth MERRIWETHER _|
                         |___________________

Susannah MCGUIRE

• BURIAL: AFT 09 APR 1905, Bedford, TN [S1]
• BIRTH: 10 NOV 1816, Bedford, Bedford, TN [S1]
• DEATH: 09 APR 1905, Bedford, Bedford, TN [S1]

• REFN: 534

• MARRIAGE: NOV 1839, Bedford, Bedford, TN [S1]

                     _____________________
 _Thomas MCGUIRE ___|
|                   |_____________________
|
|--Susannah MCGUIRE 
|
|                    _Richard LEE ________
|_Anna Talitha LEE _|
                    |_Elizabeth SCOTT(?) _

John MOORE

• REFN: 1911

• MARRIAGE: [S1]

    __
 __|
|  |__
|
|--John MOORE 
|
|   __
|__|
   |__

William Eben 'Willie' TITUS

• BIRTH: 18 JUL 1873, MO [S1] [S142]
• DEATH: 01 OCT 1911 [S1]

• RESIDENCE: 1880, Prairie Twp, Howard, MO [S142] [S1]
  living with parents

• REFN: 1416

• MARRIAGE: 21 FEB 1909 [S1]

                      _Squire Caleb TITUS _
 _James Denny TITUS _|
|                    |_Catherine J. DENNY _
|
|--William Eben 'Willie' TITUS 
|
|                     _____________________
|_Luella JACKSON ____|
                     |_____________________

Eliza WEST

• BIRTH: 1831, TN [S1]

• RESIDENCE: 1850, Ray, MO [S1]

• REFN: 767

                      _____________________
 _Littleton WEST ____|
|                    |_____________________
|
|--Eliza WEST 
|
|                     _Richard LEE ________
|_Sarah 'Sally' LEE _|
                     |_Elizabeth SCOTT(?) _

Rotha WEST

• BIRTH: 1891 [S1]

• REFN: 1173

                   _Lindsey J. WEST _____
 _Henry Lee WEST _|
|                 |_Millie Ann BRADFORD _
|
|--Rotha WEST 
|
|                  ______________________
|_Maud D. ROSS ___|
                  |______________________