Peter Francisco / Marquis of Bretigny and Col. Wm. Washington

To Peter FranciscoA giant in stature, might and courage –

who slew in this engagement eleven of the enemy with his own broad sword rendering himself thereby perhaps the most famous private soldier of the Revolutionary War.

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1781 1903

To ...

Peter Francisco

Abandoned on the wharf at City

Point, now Hopewell, in 1765, he was

taken as a small boy to Buckingham

County, where he grew to gigantic

size. Enlisting at 16 he served

under Washington with distinction

in the North. Later in the South

he became a hero ...

Peter Francisco

Abandoned on the wharf at City

Point, now Hopewell, in 1765, he was

taken as a small boy to Buckingham

County, where he grew to gigantic

size. Enlisting at 16 he served

under Washington with distinction

in the North. Later in the South

he became a hero ...