Archer Mathews
Archer Mathews | |
|---|---|
| Member of the John Stuart | |
| Succeeded by | James Reid |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1744 Augusta County, Virginia |
| Died | c.1790 Lewisburg, West Virginia |
| Spouse | Letitia McLanahan |
| Relations | Mathews family |
| Occupation | Saddler Legislator |
| Military service | |
| Branch/service | Virginia militia |
| Battles/wars | American Revolution |
Archer Mathews (1744 – c. 1796) was a
Life
Archer Mathews was born in 1744 in
Greenbrier County,[6] where his brothers Sampson and George Mathews had established the area's first European trade network.[8] He married Letitia McLanahan and had seven children.[6]
In Greenbrier County, Mathews was
Henry Mason Mathews.[14]
Archer Mathews died c. 1790,[9] and was buried at the Old Stone Church in Lewisburg, West Virginia.
References
- ^ Leonard, Cynthia Miller 1978. The General Assembly of Virginia, July 30, 1619-January 11, 1978: a bicentennial register of members. Virginia State Library
- ^ a b Rice, Otis K. 1986. A History of Greenbrier County. Greenbrier Historical Society, p. 116
- ^ Waddell, p. 1
- ^ Peyton, p. 97
- ^ Waddell, p. 137
- ^ a b c Cole, p. 70
- ^ Chalkley, p. 478
- ^ Handley, Harry (1963). "The Mathews Trading Post". The Journal of the Greenbrier Historical Society. 1 (1). Retrieved April 17, 2020.
- ^ Dayton, p. 215
- ^ Rice, p. 61
- Thwaites, p. 209
- ^ Kromkowski, http://vavh.electionstats.com/php/bio.php?pid=4797 Archived 2018-12-17 at the Wayback Machine
- OCLC 2575649.
- ^ Combs, p. 5-44
Bibliography
- Chalkley, Lyman (1912). Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia. OCLC 2575649.
- Cole, J.R. (1917). History of Greenbrier County. OCLC 874926102. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
- Combs, James Thurl (1987). Greenbrier, C.S.A. Wartime Letters of Mason Mathews to his son Captain Joseph William Mathews, C.S.A.,p. 5–44. Parsons, West Virginia: The Journal of the Greenbrier Historical Society. OCLC 13983198.
- Dayton, Ruth (1942). Greenbrier Pioneers and Their Homes. OCLC 416281810.
- Kromkowski, C. (2005). "Virginia Elections and State Elected Officials Database Project, 1776 – 2005". Charlottesville, Virginia: University of Virginia Library.
- Peyton, John L. (1882). History of Augusta County, Virginia. Unknown: Samuel M. Yost & son. OCLC 923774044.
- OCLC 15539717.
- Thwaites, Reuben (1908). The Revolution on the Upper Ohio, 1775-1777. ISBN 1556136390. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
- Waddell, Joseph A. (1902). Annals of Augusta County, Virginia, from 1726 to 1871. OCLC 3880311.