On Church Street (Virginia Route 611) at Court Street (Virginia Route 1002) on Church Street.
Sally Tompkins, born at Poplar Grove 3 miles south of here, was the only woman granted a commission in the Army of the Confederacy. "Captain Sally" founded and directed Robertson Hospital in Richmond where over 1300 Confederate soldiers were cared . . . — — Map (db m30125) HM
Near Williams Wharf Road (Virginia Route 614) 0.4 miles west of New Point Comfort Highway (Virginia Route 14).
Captain Sally L. Tompkins
C.S.A.
Born at Poplar Grove, Mathews Co., VA.
November 9, 1833.
Died at Richmond, VA., July 25, 1916.
In grateful appreciation of her
services in maintaining the Roberston
Hospital at Richmond, VA., from . . . — — Map (db m30127) HM
On Court Street (Virginia Route 1002) at Church Street (Virginia Route 611), on the right when traveling south on Court Street.
Several Confederate companies were organized here during the war. The Mathews Light Artillery (formerly Co. H, 61st Virginia Militia) was organized in July 1861. On May 14, 1862, it was accepted into Confederate States service as Capt Andrew D. . . . — — Map (db m74694) HM
On Court Street (Virginia Route 1002) at Brickbat Road (Route 1001), on the left when traveling north on Court Street.
Erected in commemoration of the victory of the American Continental soldiers in command of General Andrew Lewis over the British land and sea forces under Lord Dunmore at Fort Cricket Hill, VA, June 9th 1776. — — Map (db m30141) WM
On Williams Wharf Road (Virginia Route 614) 0.3 miles west of New Point Comfort Highway (Virginia Route 14), on the right when traveling west.
Kingston Parish was established about 1652. During colonial times, the Anglican parish administered the ecclesiastical and some civil affairs for the inhabitants of the area that later became Mathews County. The principal parish church is believed . . . — — Map (db m30128) HM
On Glebe Road (Virginia Route 621) at Church Street (Virginia Route 611), on the right when traveling south on Glebe Road.
Just south, between Put In Creek and Woodas Creek, lies the former glebe of Kingston Parish of the Church of England (now the Protestant Epsicopal Church). In 1665 the parish acquired the first parcel (455 acres) of glebe land to support its . . . — — Map (db m74699) HM
On Church Street (Virginia Route 611) at Court Street (Virginia Route 1002), on the right when traveling east on Church Street.
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 . . . — — Map (db m30124) HM
On Church Street (Virginia Route 611) just south of Put-In-Creek Road, on the left when traveling north.
African Americans formed the Mathews Educational League in 1923 and raised $9,900 to build a four-room school here in 1926-1927. Donations came mainly from the black community, with additional contributions from white residents, the county school . . . — — Map (db m176022) HM
On Brickbat Road (Virginia Route 1001) just west of Court Street (County Road 1002), on the left when traveling west.
This property is registered as a
Virginia Historic Landmark
and placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the
United States Department
of the Interior — — Map (db m176017) HM
On Buckley Hall Road (Virginia Route 14) 0.1 miles south of St. Ives Court, on the right when traveling south.
To honor the memory of the men from Mathews County who gave their lives in wars and conflicts of the twentieth century
"Remember we died to keep you and others free"
World War I, 1917 - 1918
Brownley, Stanley E. - USNR •
Butts, . . . — — Map (db m176016) WM
