Captain Matthew Arbuckle
Subtitle: a documentary biography
By: Joseph C. Jefferds, Jr.
Publisher: Education Foundation
Published: 1981
Place of publication: Charleston, W. Va
Language: eng
Number of pages: 112
Subjects: Arbuckle, Matthew, ca. 1741-1781.; Pioneers -- Virginia -- Biography.; Pioneers -- West Virginia -- Biography.; Soldiers -- Virginia -- Biography.; Soldiers -- West Virginia -- Biography.; Virginia -- History -- French and Indian War, 1755-1763.; Virginia -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783.
Description: Documentary biography of Matthew Arbuckle (ca.1741-1781), the son of James Arbuckle of Scotch-Irish lineage. Matthew served in Virginia's militia, and was also a frontier pioneer and an Indian fighter. He founded the city of Lewisburg, Virginia (later West Virginia) and married twice (there were children from each marriage).
Notes: Bibliography: p. 108-112.