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 the Marquis of Bretigny
and Col. Wm. Washingtonwho with their North Carolina and Virginia Cavalry charged and ran through and over the 2nd Queens Guards in the valley below.
Marker is on Guilford Courthouse Tour Road, on the left when traveling north.
Courtesy hmdb.org
