Person:John Matthews (100)

Gov. John Matthews

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m. 5 May 1799

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Name	Gov. John Matthews
Alt Name	John Mathews
Gender	Male
Birth^[1]^[2]	1744	Stono River, Beaufort County, North Carolina
Marriage	5 May 1799	South Carolinato Sarah Rutledge
Death^[1]^[2]	17 Nov 1802	Charleston County, South Carolina
Burial^[2]	1802	Circular Congregational Church Burying Ground, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina

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↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Ancestry.com. Public Member Trees: (Note: not considered a reliable primary source).

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↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Find A Grave.

John Mathews
Birth: 1744
Beaufort County
South Carolina, USA
Death: Oct. 26, 1802
Charleston
Charleston County
South Carolina, USA

Continental Congressman, Governor. His early education was at Middle Temple in London, England earning a law degree. He served in the Cherokee War as well as the Revolution as a Captain in the South Carolina militia. He served in the First Provincial Congress, the Second Provincial Congress, and was Speaker of the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1777 to 1779. He was elected as a delegate to the Continental Congress in 1778 and he endorsed the Articles of Confederation for South Carolina. He served in Congress until his election as Governor of South Carolina in 1782. After his term as governor ended in 1783 he was elected to the Court of Chancery and then was elected to the state House of Representatives in 1784. In 1791 he was elected judge of the Court of Equity and continued that office until his death.

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