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| Affiliation | Democratic-Republican |
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| Name | George Mathews |
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Augusta, Georgia , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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August 30, 1739
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| Died | August 30, 1812
(73 years)
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| Contributor | Ralphie |
| Last Modifed | Ralphie
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| Info | MATHEWS, George, a Representative from Georgia; born in Augusta County, Va., August 30, 1739; commanded a volunteer company against the Indians in 1757 and in the Battle of Point Pleasant October 10, 1774; colonel of the Ninth Virginia Regiment in the Revolutionary War; was exchanged in December 1781 and joined General Greene’s army as colonel of the Third Virginia Regiment; engaged in farming in Oglethorpe County, Ga., in 1785; Governor of Georgia in 1787 and 1793-1796; elected to the First Congress (March 4, 1789-March 3, 1791); brigadier general in the expedition for the capture of West Florida in 1811; died in Augusta, Ga., August 30, 1812; interment in St. Paul’s Churchyard.
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