Matthew French Veteran

Birth: 2 Feb 1733
Westmoreland County, Virginia, USA
Death: Mar 1814 (aged 81)
Giles County, Virginia, USA
Burial: Boyd Cemetery

Giles County, Virginia, USA Show Map GPS-Latitude: 37.2900167, Longitude: -80.9020611
Memorial ID: 19443109 View Source

Son of John C. and Martha Upshur French.
Married Sarah H. Payne 10 Jan 1758 Culpeper Co. VA
Father of 7 known children.
He was a private in the American Revolutionary War under Colonel William Preston's Battalion of Montgomery Co. VA. Their Major was Joseph Cloyd and Thomas Shannon was their Captain. Matthew swore his allegiance to Capt. Cloyd's Co. 9/12/1777.

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1739–1830

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