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Francis Nash
American general · United States · On the map · Lived 1742 to 1777 · aged 35
Francis Nash was a brigadier general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.
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Francis Nash's home in Hillsborough, now known as the Nash-Hooper House
A portion of John Collet's 1770 map of North Carolina depicting the environs of Hillsborough and the Haw and Eno Rivers
An artist's depiction of the fighting around the Chew House at Germantown, near where Nash was mortally wounded
Highway Historical Marker near Nash's home in Hillsborough, North CarolinaAbout this person
Prior to the war, he was a lawyer, public official, and politician in Hillsborough, North Carolina, and was heavily involved in opposing the Regulator movement, an uprising of settlers in the North Carolina piedmont between 1765 and 1771. Nash was also involved in North Carolina politics, representing Hillsborough on several occasions in the colonial North Carolina General Assembly.