Captain Matthew Arbuckle

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Name	Matthew Arbuckle  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
Title	Captain
Gender	Male
Born	15 Jul 1740 Botetourt Co, VA [1, 2, 4]
Died	27 Jul 1781 [4, 5]
	Killed by falling tree in a storm while returning to Greenbrier County from Jamestown
Buried	Y  [4]
	FindAGrave Memorial 19481302; lengthy obit of military career and life thereafter. Grave metal sign and Gravestone with curved top, both with inscriptions.
Notes	Matthew Arbuckle was a renowned frontiersman in western Virginia (now West Virginia) and the Ohio territory in the 1760, and is considered to be the first European to travel on his own (i.e. not in captivity) across the mountains of Virginia to the Ohio River. He was an officer in the Virginia miltia as early as 1767, and was a "gentleman justice" in Botetourt County Virginia from 1769 to 1773. In 1773 or 4, he was the guide and chief scout for British General Andrew Lewis in his campaign in the upper Ohio River Valley. In October, 1774, he led a Virginia militia company in the Battle of Point Pleasant, which is historically because it was the first battle in which Colonial and British armies were (effectively) on opposite sides. General Lewis was expected to join the Virginia Militia in defense of frontier settlements that were under attack by a Native American force led by the Shawnee Chief Cornstalk. but General signed a peace agreement with a Shawnee conferation. His failure to assist the militia at the time of the Battle of Point Point Pleasant contributed to the miltia's sound defeat. In 1777, Captain Arbuckle was in command of Fort Randolph at Point Pleasant, when he "detained" Cornstalk while Cornstalk was on a peace mission. When Cornstalk's son Elinipsico visited him at the fort, a Native American who was presumed to be part of Elinipsico's contingent killed a militiaman, whereupon a gang of militiamen raced into the fort and murdered Cornstalk, Elinipsico, and two companions. The murder was widely publicised and roundly crticized, but the militiamen were acquitted at trial because their fellow soldiers refused to testify againt them. In 1789, Captain Arbuckle participated in Gen. George Rogers Clark's successful military expedition into the Northwest Territories (Ohio, Illinois, Michigan, etc.). Then, in 1790, he was the first settler of the new town of Lewisburg, (now West) Virginia, on the western slopes of the Allegheny Mountains. In 1781, while returning from a trip to the Virginia state capital at Williamsburg, he was killed by a falling tree during a storm. Capt Arbuckle's son, Gen. Matthew Arbuckle, was instrumental in establishing peaceful relations between American and Native Americans in western Arkanas and eastern Oklahoma. The Arbuble Mountains of Oklahoma are named for Gen. Matthew Arbuckle. See Captain Matthew Arbuckle'ss Wikipedia article☍
Siblings	1. John Arbuckle (ID:I23432) (Age 31 years) b. 17 Mar 1742, Augusta Co, VA d. 1774 (Age 31 years) + 2. Thomas Arbuckle (ID:I23433) (Age 95 years) b. 2 Nov 1747, Augusta Co, VA d. 15 Jun 1843 (Age 95 years) m. Elizabeth Lawrence (1768) + 3. William Arbuckle (ID:I20848) (Age 84 years) b. 3 Mar 1752, Balcony Falls, Rockbridge, VA d. 21 Mar 1836 (Age 84 years) m. Catherine Madison (1779)   4. Elizabeth Arbuckle (ID:I23434) (Age 56 years) b. 1757, Augusta Co, VA d. 17 Oct 1813, Augusta Co, VA (Age 56 years)

Parents

Family ID: F20703 Group Sheet  |  Family Chart  

Father	James Arbuckle, Sr (ID:I21589) (Age 69 years) b. 30 Aug 1713 d. Apr 1783 (Age 69 years)
Mother	Margaret Thompson (ID:I21590) (Age 46 years) b. 1 Jan 1714 d. 1761, Augusta Co, VA (Age 46 years)
Married	12 Feb 1734 Avondale, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Age at Marriage	He : 20 years and 6 months - She : 20 years and 1 month.

Family 1

Family ID: F20706 Group Sheet  |  Family Chart  |  Last Modified:   

Wife 1	Jane Lockhart (ID:I28801) (Age 35 years) b. 1746, Augusta Co, VA d. 1781, Augusta Co, VA (Age 35 years)
Married	1768 [2]
Age at Marriage	He : ~ 27 years and 5 months - She : ~ 22 years.
Children	+ 1. Charles Arbuckle (ID:I21601) (Age 78 years) b. 24 Feb 1768, Botetourt Co, VA d. 27 Mar 1846 (Age 78 years) m. Esther Skyles (1795) + 2. John Arbuckle (ID:I21596) (Age 71 years) b. 2 Oct 1771 d. 30 Sep 1843 (Age 71 years) m. Elizabeth Bishop (1813)

Family 2

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Wife 2	Frances Lawrence Hunter (ID:I21595) (Age 85 years) b. 10 Mar 1749, Botetourt Co, VA d. 25 Jul 1834 (Age 85 years)
Married	17 Dec 1774 Botetourt Co, VA [1, 3]
Age at Marriage	He : 34 years and 5 months - She : 25 years and 9 months.
Children	+ 1. James Harvey Arbuckle (ID:I21597) (Age 93 years) b. 17 Nov 1775 d. 7 Mar 1869 (Age 93 years) m. Catherine Alexander (1798)   2. Matthew Arbuckle, Jr (ID:I21598) (Age 72 years) b. 28 Dec 1778 d. 11 Jun 1851 (Age 72 years) + 3. Thomas Arbuckle (ID:I21599) (Age 58 years) b. 15 Jan 1780 d. 29 Sep 1838 (Age 58 years) m. Jane Davis (1804)   4. Samuel Arbuckle (ID:I21600) (Age 49 years) b. 15 Feb 1782 d. 6 May 1831 (Age 49 years) m. Arabella Palmer (1812)

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Occupation	Military Officer, Frontiersman
Probate	20 Nov 1781 [5]  –  "An appraisement of the goods and chattels of Capt. Matthew Arbuckle."

Documents		West Virginia, Wills and Probate Records, 1724-1978 Will Books, 1777-1969; Will Book Index, 1777-1969; Author: West Virginia. County Court (Greenbrier County); Probate Place: Greenbrier, West Virginia
		Gen Matthew Arbuckle letter re Capt Matthew Arbuckle - page 1 First page of a letter about Capt. Matthew Arbuckle, to his biographer Lyman Draper, written in 1845 by Capt. Arbuckle's son, General Matthew Arbuckle

Histories » Slide Show		Greenbrier Pioneers - Arbuckle chapter From Greenbrier Pioneers and their Homes by Ruth Woods Dayton. West Virginia Publishing Co, Charleston. Chapter titled Arbuckle Family: House of James Arbuckle II (son of Capt Matthew Arbuckle). Online at https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=30043
		Gen Matthew Arbuckle letter re Capt Matthew Arbuckle - page 2 Second page of a letter about Capt. Matthew Arbuckle, to his biographer Lyman Draper, written in 1845 by Capt. Arbuckle's son, General Matthew Arbuckle
		Arbuckle Vs. Arbuckle Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, Vol. II, Augusta County Court Records, Page 96
		Colonial Virginia Militia Captain James Arbuckle 1759 from Augusta County. Great,,,,,,grandfather
		Biography and Notes Matthew Arbuckle http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=camarlow&id=I0168
		Battle of Point Pleasant - First Battle of the Revolution? Articled describing the battle and its significance. See also the Battle of Point Pleasant Wikipedia Article
		The Murder of Shawnee Chief Cornstalk under Matthew Arbuckle's Watch Published in The Weekender, Lexington, Virginia (December 13, 1997), pp. 1-3. This article appears to give a good, detailed historical view of the death of the Native American chief Cornstalk and related events. However, it falls into the same trap as many stories about Point Pleasant and Fort Randolph, and confuses the Arbuckle brothers, Matthew and William. At the famous Battle of Point Pleasant in 1774, Matthew was a well-known frontiersman, and a 34-year-old Captain, whereas William was a 22-year-old "volunteer soldier", as he put it in his rejected application for a Revolution War pension. William did not have a military career; Matthew was the commander at Fort Randolph in 1777 when Cornstalk was murdered. - Robin Richmond

Headstones

Point Pleasant Cemetery, Point Pleasant, Mason County,West Virginia Find a Grave...Created by: Karen McClanahan King...Record added: 16 July 2008...find a Grave Memorial # 28327549

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	Born - 15 Jul 1740 - Botetourt Co, VA Child - Charles Arbuckle - 24 Feb 1768 - Botetourt Co, VA Married - 17 Dec 1774 - Botetourt Co, VA  = Link to Google Earth
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Source Citations

[S111] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 (S|C) Details: Name: Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.; Citation: Page: Source number: 13781.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: WAY [S111] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 (S|C) Details: Name: Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.; Citation: Page: Name: Matthew Arbuckle spouse of Jane Lockhart . Source number: 13780.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: WAY Text:  Name: Matthew Arbuckle Gender: Male Birth Place: VA Birth Year: 1740 Spouse Name: Jane Lockhart Marriage Year: 1768 Marriage State: VA Number Pages: 1 Household Members: Name: Age Matthew Arbuckle: Jane Lockhart: [S334] Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940 by Ancestry.com (S) Details: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014; [S370] FindAGrave.com (C) Citation: Page: FindAGrave Memorial 19481302; Capt Matthew Arbuckle (1740 - 1781) Text:  Birth: Jul. 15, 1740, Botetourt County, Virginia, USA Death: Jul. 27, 1781, Bath County, Virginia, USA Burial: Old Stone Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, West Virginia, USA Parents: James Arbuckle (1713-1783) Margaret Thompson Arbuckle (1714-1761) Spouses: Jane Lockhart Arbuckle (1746-1781) Frances Hunter Arbuckle Welch (1750-1834) Children: Charles Arbuckle (1768-1846) John Arbuckle (1771-1843) James Harvey Arbuckle (1774-1869) Matthew Arbuckle (1778-1851) Thomas Arbuckle (1780-1838) Created by: Eddy Dodson [S335] West Virginia, Wills and Probate Records, 1724-1978 by Ancestry.com (S|C) Details: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015; Citation: Page: Name: Mathew Arbuckle. Item Description: Will Book Index, 1777-1969; Author: West Virginia. County Court (Greenbrier County); Probate Place: Greenbrier, West Virginia Text:  Name: Mathew Arbuckle Probate Date: 20 Nov 1781 Probate Place: Greenbrier, West Virginia, USA Inferred Death Year: Abt 1781 Inferred Death Place: West Virginia, USA Item Description: Will Books, Vol 1, 1777-1833 Household Members: Name: Age Mathew Arbuckle: