75 www.wrightsvillebeachmagazine.com WBM County, North Carolina, think the dish surely dates to the former colo-nial port there named Brunswick Town, food historians tend to give credit to Brunswick County, Virginia, where early 1800s slave and hunting camp cook James “Uncle Jimmy” Matthews was known for his fine squirrel stew. He slow-cooked the meat on the bone with bacon, onions, butter and a crumbled loaf of stale bread for a thick stew so rich it was renowned in his community. Matthews worked for Dr. Creed Haskins, and Haskins’ family mem-bers and others reared near the clan at Mount Donum, Virginia, relate accounts of Matthews’ stew being the original Brunswick stew referenced in letters printed in a 1906 booklet prepared by the Brunswick County, Virginia, Board of Supervisors, titled “Brunswick County, Virginia: Information for the Homeseeker and Investor.”
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