George Mathews

• Name	George Mathews
  Gender	Male
  Person ID	I58	Georgia Revolutionary War Graves
  Last Modified	24 Sep 2006

  
  

• Headstones		Mathews, George (VA Marker) GPS Location is 33° 28.54' N., 81° 57.67' W. elevation 128'
  		Mathews, George GPS Coordinates: N 33° 28.561’ W 81° 57.656’

  
  

• Notes

  George Mathews was colonel of a regiment of Virginia Continentals. He was captured at the fall of Charleston in 1780. In 1783 he received a promotion to brevet brigadier general. After the Revolution he moved to Georgia. He was governor of the state in 1787 and 1793-1796. At the beginning of the War of 1812 he was brigadier general of Georgia militia. He died in Augusta while on his way to Washington to consult with the War Department.