Col. John Spotwood Thornton

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Col. John Spotwood Thornton

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Birthplace: Spotsylvania County, Virginia, United States
Death: February 22, 1822 (78-79)
Thornton Hill, Culpeper, Virginia, United States
Place of Burial: Unknown
Immediate Family:

Son of Col. Francis Thornton, of Fall Hill and Mary Frances Thornton
Husband of Jane Augusta Thornton and Jane Augusta Thornton
Father of Nancy A Rogers; Nancy Augusta Rogers; Jane Washington Thornton; George Washington Thornton; Frances Gregory Thornton and 3 others
Brother of Francis Thornton, IV of "Fall HIll"; Mildred Washington; Col. William Thornton; Captain George Thornton; Mary Meade and 1 other

Occupation: Colonel in the Revolutionary War
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About Col. John Spotwood Thornton

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Info adder per Mary S Lockwood's "Lineage Book of the Charter Members" of the DAR:

He was a captain in Third Virginia Regiment, Continental Line; major and lieutenant colonel in 1777, in 1781 commanded a regiment under Lafayette in the Cornwallis campaign.

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Col. John Spotwood Thornton's Timeline

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1743
Spotsylvania County, Virginia, United States
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1763
Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
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1822
February 22, 1822
Age 79
Thornton Hill, Culpeper, Virginia, United States
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