Bio by: Mike Maloney
Inscription
Small headstone:
John Floyd
Colonel
(can't read) VA Mil.
Rev. War 1783
Large slab marker:
In memory of Colonel John Floyd
Born c. 1750 Amherst Co. VA
Died April 14, 1783
Jefferson County VA (now KY)
Killed by the Indians
Son of William and Abadiah Davis Floyd
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Deputy Surveyor under Col. William Preston
in Kentucky 1774
Captain of the "Phoenix"
A Privateer
1776 Captured, taken to England, imprisoned in Dartmoor.
Escaped and returned to America.
Appointed by Virginia Trustee 1780 to lay off town of Louisville.
County Lieutenant of Jefferson County, Virginia 1781.
Appointed judge of First General Court of the District of Kentucky 1782.
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Married 1st 1768 Miss Burfoot
Issue: a daughter, Mourning Floyd
Married 2nd 1778 Jane Buchanan
Issue: 1. William Preston Floyd
2. George Rogers Clark Floyd
3. John Floyd, governor of VA 1830-34.
Family Members
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