The Mathews family is an American political family originally descended from Samuel Mathews (d.1657) [and later American pioneer John Mathews] and Ann Archer, originating in colonial Virginia and active in Virginia and the American South in the 17th–20th centuries.

Wilkes County is a county located in the east central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 9,565. The county seat is the city of Washington.