Matthew Burnett Homesite

Texas Army Camp - April 16, 1836

Matthew Burnett (1795-1842) and his wife, Sarah (Simmons) (1797-1852), came to Texas from Arkansas in 1831 and settled south of here on Cypress Creek. Their home was near the "Harrisburg Road" which stretched ...

The Sully Farms

Alone in Dixie

At the time of the Civil War, the farms of Sully and Little Sully (no longer standing) were the homes of the Barlow and Haight families respectively. These families, connected by marriage, had come to Virginia from ...

The Mercer Oak

The Mercer Oak was named for Brigadier General Hugh Mercer, who fought and was mortally wounded in the Battle of Princeton, January 3, 1777. The white oak is believed to have been here at the time of the American Revolution.

The Murphree-Hollingsworth Cabin

Ongoing development at this mill site includes a variety of ventures. Significant among these is the recent relocation and restoration of this Cabin. In the late 1780's the Secona Baptist Church was organized in Pickens. Named after the Cherokee ...

The Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial

At this site will be erected the Martin Luther King, Jr .Memorial. The memorial will embody the man, the movement and the message. It will honor this 20th century visionary who brought about change through the principles of nonviolence and ...

Gloucester County / Mathews County

(Obverse)

Gloucester County

Area 223 Square Miles

Formed in 1651 from York, and named for Gloucester County, England. Bacon the Rebel died in this county, 1676. Gloucester Point was the outpost of Cornwallis at Yorktown, 1781.

(Reverse)

Mathews County

Area ...

Formation of the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center

On September 8, 1960, President Dwight Eisenhower formally dedicated the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, as a new field installation of the National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA) organization that had resulted from the Army transfer ...

The George Washington Masonic National Memorial

Let prejudices and local interests yield to reason. Let us look at our national character and to things beyond the present period.

—George Washington

(Left Plaque) This classic sculpture commemorates the 50th Anniversary of the George Washington Masonic National Memorial. ...

Mathews County Confederate Monument

1861-1865

Our Confederate Soldiers

In memory of the

Soldiers and Sailors

of Mathews County Va.

Erected by the

Lane Diggs camp C.V.

and the Sallie Thompkins

Chapter U.D.C.

Marker is at the intersection of Church Street (Virginia Route 611) and ...

Mathews County Courthouse Square

Mathews County was formed in 1790 from Gloucester County and named for Thomas Mathews, of Norfolk, a soldier of the Revolution who was then Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates. A local builder, Richard Billups, constructed the courthouse between ...