Individual Details
Mary G. Saltus
(1754 - 25 Jun 1845)
From C.P.M.(Clelia Peronneau Mathewes) notes
"On the first day of July 1816 I promise to pay to Mrs. George Mathewes one thousand and eighty eight dollars for value received. JOHN R. MATHEWES
Charleston, June 28, 1816
July 9, 1821
"This note I give to my beloved son, John R. Mathewes".
MARY MATHEWES
From notes by Jeanie T. Cason marked Salters Fund, State of SC
Deed and settlement made 13 May 1794 between Archibald Salters of the 1st part, Mary Mathewes sister of Said Archibald and wife of George Mathewes of second part and John Bee Holmes and William Holmes of the 3rd part, a lot situated on the North side of Wentworth Street bordering on the west on Smith, north on lands of ---------- east on lands of Thomas Waring and south on Wentworth was conveyed to said John Bee Holmes and William Holmes in trust for the use of said Mary Mathewes during her life and then to the issue of her body living at the time of death.
During the lifetime said lot was sold and proceeds invested and whence John R. Mathewes was on 26 June 1818 appointed trustee in place of John Bee Holmes and William Holmes and whereas the said Mrs. Mary Mathewes departed this life 1845 leaving the undersigned proceeds of sales amount to $4413.50 whereof each is entitled to $51.48 of payment, etc.
Jan. 1, 1847
Witness 1. O.E. Hughes
Ed G. Heriot 2. Mary W. Hughes
" 3. Wm. O.E. Hughes
" 4. J.P. Hughes
" 5.Wm. O.E. Hughes
" 6. John R. Hughes
A.M. Mathewes 7.Eliza Brown
R.G. Lawton 8. Winburn Lawton
9.R.G. Edwards
Geo M. Coffin 10 & 11 for A.M.Edward, Wallace W. and William B. Ioor
R.G. Edwards 12. George M. Coffin
13.I.M. Hughes for Maria E. Hughes, Edward G. Heriot 14. I.M. Dwight for A.M. Dwight
Anne Mathewes 16. Geo. M. Coffin in trust for my children
E.G. Heriot 17. P.G. Edwards - Atty for Witt Evans
18. William J. Mathewes
19. J.G. Edwards -Atty for W.P. Delph
Martha S. Johnson 20. R.W. Habersham for Mrs. Martha Habersham
Oliver Mathewes 21. Edward Mathewes
22. C. Mathewes
Wm. H. Green rec'd 23. his wife, Georgiana, portion from Bank of Charleston
J. Raven Mathewes, Jr. 24 & 25 F.Y. simmons for self & wife, Elizabeth
Ed G. Heriot 26. P.G. Edwards, Atty for W. Brook
John B. Bee 27. Edward W. Mathewes
Edward G. Heriot 28. Isaac H. Mathewes
29. J. Raven Mathewes, Jr.
Edward G. Heriot 30. B. Elliot Habersham for Hariett Habersham
Isaac H. Mathewes 31. J.R. Mathewes
F.Y. Simmons 32.W. Clifford Simmons
33-37 Josiah P. Hughes, guardian of my 5 children Edward, Caroline, Martha S., Henry M.
38. O. E. Hughes, agent for James Fischer Hughes
39-51 children of age James F., Charles, George M. Josiah P. David Price and guardian for Eliza, George C. W. Evan (Edding) Louisa M., Joel W., Martha , L. Daniel Optimus, Sarah
52. Received for use and benefit of children Eliza and Richard (since dead)
53. The (?) book of Charleston Savings Institute with the principle and interest in full to date the above named being daughter of J.R. Mathewes, Charleston Oct. 24, 1859 H.E. Habersham, Martha J. Habersham
54. Winborn Lawton guardian for Winborn Wallace Lawton and 55. Maria Julia Lawton
Received Charleston 24 June 1867 from J. Fraser Mathewes Executor of J. Raven Mathewes deposit book #3995 of Charleston Savings Investment - the same being in trust for Louisa E. and Mary G. Edwards as their portions of the Salters Fund. Eben Coffin for Louisa E. Shand & Mary G. Edwards, witness Alex R. Haig 5 May 1861 Oliver D. Mathewes by order of OHR. Stay this recd?
I do hereby state that the stock purchased for me in trust from Mrs. Peters Bond-Robbs Bonds Becksetts note and Edward Hutchinson Bond are from the sales of the Wentworth Street House given to myself and children by my brother Archibald Salters, also a balance of fourteen hundred dollars in J.R. Mathewes hands, the interest on the several sums having been received in full by me up to this date. Signed Mary G. Mathewes May 15, 1837 Witness O. L. Dobson
Events
Families
Spouse | Lieut. George A. Mathews (1754 - 1815) |
Child | Louisa Mathews (1778 - 1820) |
Child | Anne Bolen Mathews (1787 - 1857) |
Child | Henriette Mathews (1787 - ) |
Child | John Raven Mathewes "the Elder" (1788 - 1867) |
Child | Elizabeth "Eliza" Mathews (1789 - ) |
Father | Richard Saltus (1728 - 1773) |
Mother | Mary ( - 1773) |
Sibling | Archibald Saltus (1752 - ) |
Sibling | Elizabeth Saltus (1752 - ) |
Notes
Marriage
[Wednesday, May 8, 1776] Marriages. Lieut. George Mathewes to the amiable Miss Mary Salters, Daughter of Richard Salters, Esq., deceased (Salley 24).There is another marriage record for George and Mary. Jean Ann Lemon tells me that there is a Dorchester, SC, as well as the county, which is where George and Mary were married at St. George's Parish. Her father owned land there as well as in Charleston. This record is from SCHGM Vol XX No 4, October 1919 and Vol XI no. 3, July 1910 Records of Col. Isaac Hayne.
Census (family)
George Matthews 00201 020012 men 16-26 John R. (22) & ?
1 man 45+ George (57)
2 girls 10-16
1 woman 45+ Mary (56)
Census
Mary Mathews 000100401010 (110)Census
Mary MathewsEndnotes
1. Kelly, Richard., "Hughes, Mathews, Saltus, and related South Carolina and Mississippi genealogy." Rootsweb WorldConnect project. (Richard Kelly
2. Holcomb, Brent H., South Carolina Marriages 1688-1799. (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. 1980.), pg 167.
3. Jean Ann Lemon, "Mathewes Genealogy," e-mail messages from
4. Salley, A. S., Jr., compiled and edited, Marriage notices in the South-Carolina and American General Gazette from May 30, 1766, to February 28, 1781 and its successor The Royal Gazette (1781-1782) (Columbia, S. C.: The State Company for The Historical Commission of South Carolina, 1914), 24; digital images, DMK Heritage (http://www.dmkheritage.com/store/ : accessed 14 September 2009.
5. U.S. Census images. Heritage Quest Online. Subscription database through the Sonoma County Public Library. (ProQuest LLC, 2009.), 1810 > SOUTH CAROLINA > CHARLESTON > CHARLESTON Series: M252 Roll: 60 Page: 224.
6. Jean Ann Lemon, "Descendants of Anthony Mathewes," complied records from