back, his red hair wind-blown, and his dark blue eyes framed by a weathered face. Memorials Several historical markers in the United States are dedicated to George Mathews. The Battle of Point Pleasant monument and memorial in Mason County, West Virginia, lists him as a captain in the army of General Andrew Lewis. A marker stands at sight of his Georgia home, "Goose Pond", in Oglethorpe County, Georgia. Another marker, in Greene County, Georgia, stands at the sight of Fort Mathews, an outpost where Thomas Houghton wrote the report to George Mathews that led to the fall of the Trans-Oconee Republic. A marker in Elbert County, Georgia, acknowledges Mathews's role in settling of that county. See also Seminole Wars, has a short section on the Patriot War References Bibliography External links Society of the Cincinnati American Revolution Institute 1739 births 1812 deaths American merchants American people of Scotch-Irish descent American pioneers American planters American filibusters (military) American militia officers American Revolutionary War prisoners of war held by Great Britain Colonial American merchants Continental Army officers from Virginia Georgia (U.S. state) Federalists Governors of Georgia (U.S. state) House of Burgesses members Mathews family of Virginia and West Virginia Members of the Georgia General Assembly Members of the United States House of Representatives from Georgia (U.S. state) People from Augusta County, Virginia People from Washington, Georgia People in Dunmore's War United States Army generals Virginia colonial people Virginia sheriffs Federalist Party state governors of the United States