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Gloucester County ~ Mathews County
John Clayton Memorial Hwy,
VA ,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
37° 27' 54.477576",
-76° 26' 46.773852"
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Virginia State
Historical Marker
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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, Revolution ary soldier. Gwynn's Island, from which Dunmore was driven in 1776, is here.
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Gloucester County ~ Mathews County Virginia Map
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