Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameAnne “Polly” PAUL 
Birth Date30 Aug 1741
Birth PlaceAlbemarle County, Virginia
Death Date21 Sep 1788 Age: 47
Death PlaceOglethorpe, Macon County, Georgia
Burial PlaceVesta, Oglethorpe County, Georgia, Goose Pond Cemetery
Spouses
Birth Date30 Aug 1739
Birth PlaceAugusta County, Virginia
Death Date30 Aug 1812 Age: 73
Death PlaceAugusta, Richmond County, Georgia
Burial PlaceAugusta, Richmond County, Georgia, Saint Paul's Episcopal Church Cemetery
OccupationRW Soldier & Indian Wars Soldier, General, Georgia Governor, Battle Of Brandywine,
Family ID5779
Marr Date13 Sep 1762
Marr PlaceAugusta County, Virginia
ChildrenAnne (1765-1840)
Notes for George (Spouse 1)
U.S. Congressman, Georgia Governor. He was a merchant and a planter when he commanded a volunteer company of the Virginia Colonial Militia against the Indians in 1757. He also was in the Battle of Point Pleasant on October 10, 1774. During the American Revolutionary War, he served as Colonel of the 9th Virginia Regiment and the Third Virginia Regiment, Continental Army. After the war, he relocated to Georgia and engaged in farming in Oglethorpe County. Entering politics, he was elected as a Jefferson-Republican, the 1st. Georgia Governor, serving (1787 to 1788). During his term, he resolved the boundary dispute with South Carolina, strengthened the militia, and was the first Territorial Indian Commissioner. After leaving office, he was elected as a Federalist to the First Congress (1789 to 1791). After his term, he served as Justice of the Inferior Court for Wilkes County, Georgia (1792 to 1793). In 1793, the Georgia State Legislature elected Mathews again the Governor of Georgia, serving until 1796. After leaving office, he became Brigadier General of the Georgia Militia and commanded a mission to secure West Florida in 1811. He died shortly after returning to Georgia.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
On Find A Grave.
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Some times known as General George Mathews.
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Point Pleasant hero. from page 49 “The Benjamin Blackburn Family and notes on Blackburns in America” by W. A. Challacombe, Carlinville, Illinois. 1942.
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Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
On Find A Grave.
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Some times known as General George Mathews.
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Point Pleasant hero. from page 49 “The Benjamin Blackburn Family and notes on Blackburns in America” by W. A. Challacombe, Carlinville, Illinois. 1942.
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