Col. Francis Thornton, of Fall Hill

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Col. Francis Thornton

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Snow Creek, Essex County, Province of Virginia, Colonial America
Death: April 07, 1749 (34-35)
Fall Hill Estate, Spotsylvania County, Province of Virginia, Colonial America
Place of Burial: Fredericksburg, Virginia, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Col. Francis Thornton, Jr. and Mary Thornton, of Powhatan
Husband of Mary Frances Thornton
Father of Francis Thornton, IV of "Fall HIll"; Mildred Washington; Col. William Thornton; Captain George Thornton; Col. John Spotwood Thornton and 2 others
Brother of Jane Champe; Col. John Thornton; Alice Taylor; Mary Battaile; William Thornton, I and 6 others

Occupation: Colonel, Virginia Militia
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About Col. Francis Thornton, of Fall Hill

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!

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Col. Francis Thornton, of Fall Hill's Timeline

1714
1714
Snow Creek, Essex County, Province of Virginia, Colonial America
1737
1737
Far Hill, Spotsylvania, Virginia, United States
1740
June 22, 1740
Wakefield, Westmoreland County, Virginia, British Colonial America
1742
November 22, 1742
Spotsylvania Co., Va
1743
1743
Spotsylvania County, Virginia, United States
1743
Spotsylvania Co, VA
1748
September 17, 1748
Spotsylvania County, Virginia
November 11, 1748
Age 34
Spotsylvania County, Virginia, USA
1749
March 2, 1749
Fall Hill, Spotsylvania County, Virginia