Pass auf: Beerdigt (??-04-1749) vor Sterbedatum (11. November 1749).
The old Barbary pirate tale was that his tongue had been cut out and Francis Thornton, III took pity on him and offered When the pirate died, Thornton buried him. The gold he reportedly had was never found. The Thornton family was destitute after the Civil War and the cook had a vision in which she saw the gold buried between two oak trees. There are many holes between oak trees at Fall Hill today, but the gold has never been found!!BIRTH - VIRGINIA LINEAGES, LETTERS & MEMORIES by Alice Jean Nelson, p. 238
Francis Thornton, III was born 1714 in Spotsylvania Co.
!MAR - Ibid
He married 3 Setember or November 1736 Frances Gregory.
Francis Thorntonn, II of Fall Hill was a member of the House of Burgesses from Spotsylvania Co. 1744, 1745, 1752, 1754, was a Justice of Spotsylvania Co. and appointed Colonel of Militia in 1742. - Ibid
!DEATH - Ibid
He died 1749, age 35
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