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- Archer Mathews, a Soldier of the Revolution, was born in 1744, in Augusta County, Virginia, and died 13 August 1786, in Greenbrier County, West Virginia. He married Letitia McCLANAHAN, daughter of Robert McCLANAHAN, Sr. After the death of Archer Mathews his widow married Joseph KAYSER (KEYSER), who died before March, 1815. Augusta Court Records, Deed Book 15, Page 190, 16 November 1768, Archer Mathews deeded to William Mathews for 100 pounds, his part of 299 acres willed by John Mathews, Sr. deceased, in Forks of the James, on Mill Creek. In Deed Record XVII, page 69, 7 July 1770, Archer Mathews and Lettice, deeded to Sampson Mathews 15 acres northwest of Staunton and one half lot 5 in Staunton. Archer and Letitia had six children of whom we have a record.
Thus far it has not been possible to reconstruct much about the life of Archer Mathews, but all available data seems to indicate that he was a very prominent and influential citizen of Greenbrier County, West Virginia and seems to have been one of the founders of the town of Lewisburg, West Virginia.
[Pettigrew, Marion Dewoody, Marks-Barnett Families and Their Kin, Macon, Georgia: The J. W. Burke Co., 1939]
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