George Washington Mathews
b. circa 1807
- George Washington Mathews was born circa 1807 in Georgia.
- He married Rebecca Meriwether Marks, daughter of Nicholas Meriwether Marks and Ann Paul Mathews, on 7 January 1828 in Montgomery County, Alabama.
- George Washington Mathews and Rebecca Meriwether Marks appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Montgomery County, Alabama, enumerated near Rebecca's mother.
- He was a planter, according to the 1850 census.
- George Washington Mathews and Rebecca Meriwether Marks appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Montgomery PO, Montgomery County, Alabama.
- He was a planter, according to the 1860 census.
- A biographical sketch of George Washington Mathews appears in W. G. Robertson's 1892 Early Settlers::
Col. George Mathews, better known as little George Mathews, was very wealthy; he was the largest land owner in Montgomery county, except Henry Lucas. He owned about eight thousand acres of land in a body, and a large amount of other property. His first wife was Rebecca Marks, daughter of Nicholas Marks; she was a general favorite with her family. Mr. Mathews was heard to say on one occasion that whenever one of the family was taken sick, they would always send for "Beck," as he called her. they had no children. Mrs. Mathews died at not an advanced age. After a few years Mr. Mathews married a young lady, Miss Mayhue. There were no children by this marriage. Mr. Mathews lived to a good old age; and before his death he willed all his property to his last wife, who survived her husband a few years, and at her death she willed it to Mrs. Mathews, afterwards Mrs. Forniss, a niece of his first wife and daughter of Gen. James F. Watkins.
Recollections of the Early Settlers of Montgomery County and Their Families, by William G. Robertson. Montgomery, Alabama: Excelsior Printing Company, 1892. Reprinted Montgomery Alabama: Society of Pioneers of Montgomery, 1961.
- Last Edited: 8 Jul 2014