Near Petersburg in Chesterfield County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

Mattoax

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, May 31, 2009

1. Mattoax Marker

Inscription. Mattoax was located to the south on the Appomattox River. John Randolph, Sr., built a house there in the 1770s that burned after 1810; it was the boyhood home of his son, John Randolph of Roanoke. Mattoax also was the residence of St. George Tucker, a noted jurist, and his sons: Henry St. George Tucker, lawyer and legislator, and Nathaniel Beverley Tucker, novelist and law professor. In 1854 Sylvester J. Pearce built a second house on the site that stood until the 1930s.

Erected 1988 by Department of Conservation and Historic Resources. (Marker Number O-26.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Colonial Era • Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the Virginia Department of Historic Resources (DHR) series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1810.

Location. 37° 13.925′ N, 77° 26.687′ W. Marker is near Petersburg, Virginia, in Chesterfield County. It is on River Road (Virginia Route 36) west of Winfree Avenue, on the left when traveling west. This marker is located in front of the Ettrick-Matoaca Library. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 4501 River Road, Petersburg VA 23803, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Virginia’s Piedmont,

in Central Virginia,

and in the Richmond Metropolitan Area.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies

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: AKA Delta Omega (within shouting distance of this marker); Battersea - 1760. (approx. one mile away); Mayfield (approx. 1.1 miles away); Central State Hospital (approx. 1.2 miles away); Ettrick Veterans Memorial (approx. 1.2 miles away); Battersea (approx. 1.2 miles away); Edge Hill (approx. 1.3 miles away); Virginia State University (approx. 1½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Petersburg.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Central State Hospital (was approx. 1.2 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).

Mattoax Marker on River Road (facing east). image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, May 31, 2009

2. Mattoax Marker on River Road (facing east).

Credits. This page was last revised on February 2, 2023. It was originally submitted on June 4, 2009, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia. This page has been viewed 2,433 times since then and 105 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on June 4, 2009, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia.