Person ID: I21591 | Tree: Robin |  Last Modified: 8 May 2023
John Arbuckle
1686 - 1717 (Age 31)
Birth
1686
Port Glasgow, Renfrew, Scotland
Died
1717
Lanarkshire, Scotland
Margaret Bartholomew
1685 - 1766 (Age 81)
Birth
1685
Scotland
Died
1766
Family
John Arbuckle & Margaret Bartholomew
Children
1. James Arbuckle, Sr b. 30 Aug 1713, Port Glasgow, Renfrew, Scotland
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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.
Killed by falling tree in a storm while returning to Greenbrier County from Jamestown
Buried
Old Stone Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, West Virginia, USA [4]
FindAGrave Memorial 19481302; lengthy obit of military career and life thereafter. Grave metal sign and Gravestone with curved top, both with inscriptions.
James Arbuckle, Sr (ID:I21589)(Age 69) b. 30 Aug 1713, Port Glasgow, Renfrew, Scotland d. Apr 1783, Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, West Virginia, USA(Age 69)
1. William Arbuckle (ID:I20848)(Age 84) b. 3 Mar 1752, Balcony Falls, Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA d. 21 Mar 1836, Mason County, West Virginia, USA(Age 84)
2. Captain Matthew Arbuckle (ID:I21591)
(current person)(Age 41) b. 15 Jul 1740, Botetourt County, Virginia, USA d. 27 Jul 1781, Jackson River, Bath County, Virginia, USA(Age 41)
Frances Lawrence Hunter (ID:I21595)(Age 85) b. 10 Mar 1749, Botetourt County, Virginia, USA d. 25 Jul 1834, Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, West Virginia, USA(Age 85)
1. James Harvey Arbuckle (ID:I21597)(Age 93) b. 17 Nov 1775, Fort Donaldson, Greenbrier County, West Virginia, USA d. 7 Mar 1869, Greenbrier County, West Virginia, USA(Age 93)
2. General Matthew Arbuckle, Jr (ID:I21598)(Age 72) b. 28 Dec 1778, Greenbrier County, West Virginia, USA d. 11 Jun 1851, Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas, USA(Age 72)
3. Thomas Arbuckle (ID:I21599)(Age 58) b. 15 Jan 1780, Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, West Virginia, USA d. 29 Sep 1838, Henry County, Missouri, USA(Age 58)
4. Samuel Arbuckle (ID:I21600)(Age 49) b. 15 Feb 1782, Greenbrier County, West Virginia, USA d. 6 May 1831, Hopkinsville, Christian County, Kentucky, USA(Age 49)
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
Death of Shawnee Chief Cornstalk 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 (although I admit that I haven't read the specific sources that are cited in the article), I believe that 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 private. Most stories of Cornstalk's death three years later identify the fort's commander, Captain Arbuckle, as Matthew, not William. And though it is possible, I doubt that William had become a 25-year-old captain in the interim.
In the 1780's after Matthews's death, William continued to serve at, or at least live in the vicinity of (the new) Fort Randolph, and some stories say that he also served as commandant. But I know of no records that say that he did, or that he definitely achieved the rank of Captain. However, it is certainly plausible that he acted as commandant of the fort at some point.
- Robin Richmond
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Birth - 15 Jul 1740 - Botetourt County, Virginia, USA
Marriage - 1768 - Virginia, USA
Marriage - 17 Dec 1774 - Botetourt County, Virginia, USA
Died - 27 Jul 1781 - Jackson River, Bath County, Virginia, USA
Buried - - Old Stone Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, West Virginia, USA
Probate - 20 Nov 1781 - Greenbrier County, West Virginia, USA
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:
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
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: