Research Guides & Bibliographies
The Mathews Memorial Library has an excellent collection of family history-related research materials. These resources include a wide variety of standard reference sources, historical periodicals, Virginia histories and biographies, newspapers, maps, Mathews County census schedules, and many unique manuscripts.
This guide is designed to assist the genealogist/family historian in locating and using these resources in the Chesapeake Room. This is a very selective bibliography and does not attempt to be exhaustive or complete. Careful examination of these titles and browsing for other interesting resources are highly recommended.
Records of Colonial Gloucester County Virginia, a collection of abstracts from original documents concerning the lands and people of Colonial Gloucester County compiled by Polly Cary Mason. Vol. I. (1946) & Vol. II (1948). CREF 975.375 MAS
Births (1865-1874) and Deaths (1865-1874) of Mathews County, Virginia compiled by Carolyn and Frances Haywood. CREF 929.3755 HAY
Marriages in Mathews County, Virginia: 1861-1900 compiled by Carolyn Winn Markie. 2006. CREF 929.3755 MAR
Mathews County Virginia Land and Personal Tax Lists 1791-1800 abstracted by Dr. Stephen E. Bradley, Jr. 1992. CREF 929.3 BRA
Mathews County Virginia Censuses 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840 abstracted by Dr. Stephen E. Bradley, Jr. 1994. CREF 929.3755 BRA
The 1850 Federal Census Mathews County, Virginia (Includes All Schedules) abstracted by Dr. Stephen E. Bradley, Jr. 1990. CREF 929.3755 BRA
The 1860 Federal Census Mathews County, Virginia (Including All Schedules) abstracted by Dr. Stephen E. Bradley, Jr. 1998. CREF 929.3755 BRA
The Vestry Book of Kingston Parish Mathews County, Virginia, (until May 1, 1791, Gloucester County) 1679-1796 transcribed, annotated, and indexed by C. G. Chamberlayne. 1929. CREF 929.3755 CHA MCHS
The 1787 Census of Virginia Gloucester County by Netti Schreiner-Yantis and Florene Speakman Love. 1987. CREF 929.3 SCH
Old Tombstone Records of Mathews County, Virginia by Princess Anne County Chapter National Society Daughters of the Revolultion. 1970. CREF 929.5 DAR
Gwynn's Island Times news items from the Mathews journal, 1905-1937; and the Gloucester-Mathews Gazette-Journal, 1937-1950 compiled and edited by Elsa Cooke Verbyla. 1998. CREF 975.5 GWY
Island History & Progress news items about Gwynn's Island, Virginia from the Gloucester-Mathews Gazette-Journal 1951-2000. 2008. CREF 975.5 GWY
Historic Homes and Properties of Mathews County, Virginia pre-Civil War. First in a Series of Five. Mathews County Historical Society, Inc. 2009. CREF 728 MCH
Microfilm
Reel 10 Mathews County Virginia Land Tax Records, 1791-1828
Reel 11 Mathews County Virginia Land Tax Records, 1829-1850
Reel 20 Mathews County Virginia Land Tax Records, 1791-1831
Reel 21 Mathews County Virginia Land Tax Records, 1851-1863
