Lewis Matthews

Photograph of

Lewis Matthews

Name(s)

Lewis Matthews

Date of photograph

~1890s

Location of photograph

Edgefield County, South Carolina, United States

Description

Copy of portrait of Lewis Matthews.

Lewis Matthews (1824-<1910), the son of his enslaver Drury Cook Matthews and the enslaved Darkiss (Dorcas), was born in 1824 in Edgefield County, South Carolina, United States. He married Martha Bottom who was born a free woman of color in 1843 in Edgefield County, South Carolina. Martha died in Pickens, Edgefield County, South Carolina between 1881 and 1890. Lewis and Martha Matthews were the parents of a large family.

Type

Photograph

Format

JPG

Rights

Public Domain | All records should be cited as coming from the Center Family History at the International African American Museum in Charleston, South Carolina, United States.

Donated By

The family of Joseph C. Sheffey and Barbara Ann Turner