Judge George Mathews

ID: 3056 ~ Source: Courtesy of The Louisiana Supreme Court. ~ Date: before 1836

This file appears in: Government House: First Louisiana Supreme Court Location, 1813-1818

Judge Mathews served on the Louisiana Supreme Court from its inception on March 1, 1813 until his death in 1836, presiding as chief judge from July 4, 1813 until November 14, 1836.

This file appears in: Government House: First Louisiana Supreme Court Location, 1813-1818

Government House: First Louisiana Supreme Court Location, 1813-1818

By Mary Ann Wegmann, The Law Library of Louisiana & University of New Orleans History Department

Government House, where the Louisiana Supreme Court met for approximately five years from March 1, 1813 until 1818, was located on the northeast corner of Levee (now Decatur) and Toulouse…