Gloucester County/Mathews County

Gloucester County/Mathews County is a Virginia historical marker in Mathews County, dedicated 1928.

Mathews County · dedicated 1928 · Rte. 14 at county line

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Gloucester County 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. Mathews County Formed in 1790 from Gloucester, and named for Colonel Thomas Mathews, Revolutionary soldier. Gwynn's Island, from which Dunmore was driven in 1776, is here.

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