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Mathews County is a county located in the U.S. state of Virginia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 8,978. Its county seat is Mathews. Located on the Middle Peninsula, Mathews County is included in the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC Metropolitan Statistical Area. Originally inhabited by the Chiskiake tribe, part of the Powhatan Confederacy, the area was transferred to English persons under suspicious circumstances. After the death of his father (and tribal head), a young "boy king", and his "protector", with a name sounding like "Pindavako" to English ears, supposedly signed over the northern areas of the county to the invaders. This "gift" was likely made under the barrel of a gun. During Virginia's colonial era, the area that later became Mathews County was a portion of Gloucester County. The small town at Mathews Court House (also known as simply "Mathews") was originally named Westville, and was established around 1700. In 1691, the Virginia General Assembly had directed that each county designate an official port-of-entry. Westville was located along Put-in Creek, a tidal tributary of Virginia's East River feeding into Mobjack Bay, itself a tributary of the Chesapeake Bay. In 1776, Virginia's last Royal Governor, Lord Dunmore, left Virginia after being driven to Gwynn's Island by General Andrew Lewis and the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. About 10 years after Virginia gained its independence from Great Britain, Mathews County was established in 1791 from part of Gloucester County. The county was named for Brigadier General Thomas Mathews, then speaker of the House of Delegates of the General Assembly of Virginia. Westville was designated at the county seat (later become known variously as Mathews Court House or simply Mathews). en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathews_County,_Virginia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_Creative_Commons_... |
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| Source | Welcome to Mathews County, Virginia |
| Author | Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA |
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