. William and Mary College quarterly historical magazine . e received a mostdangerous wound in the right arm, for the cure of w4iich hewas at considerable expense. Praying consideration of the HouseResolution; passed: Francis Triplett allowed 55 pounds. Hewas in the Regiment of Colonel George Washington in 1755and 1756 (See Letters to Washington Vol. i, pages 114, 340,edited by Hamilton). He was also a recruiting officer atAlexandria, \^a., Oct. iSth, 1755. On April loth, 1765, hedeeds cattle, etc., to James Triplett (Prince William Countyrecords). After Fauquier County was taken out of Prince
. William and Mary College quarterly historical magazine . e received a mostdangerous wound in the right arm, for the cure of w4iich hewas at considerable expense. Praying consideration of the HouseResolution; passed: Francis Triplett allowed 55 pounds. Hewas in the Regiment of Colonel George Washington in 1755and 1756 (See Letters to Washington Vol. i, pages 114, 340,edited by Hamilton). He was also a recruiting officer atAlexandria, \^a., Oct. iSth, 1755. On April loth, 1765, hedeeds cattle, etc., to James Triplett (Prince William Countyrecords). After Fauquier County was taken out of Prince Wil-liam County, he was a resident of Fauquier County. The fol-lowing references to him are in the records of Fauquier County: March 1763 Francis Triplett is engaged in a suit againstMoses John (Minute Bk 1763-4, page 61) and he was en-gaged in many suits subsequently. He is frequently describedas Francis Triplett, Gentleman Minute Bk 17S1-4 pages3:^, 38). /rUli^i^ fp^V-^-i-cO [liZ^aJu^ iih±x.^ -i]%^nn:^p^ 4iniM^ c^^^^ / (( <\ IJ-iuk. C-fi^J^ cll-u^. f^Hy. lA^CUi /^ 1^^^ y ^-^ /, rti E. ./7 d / ^ William and Mary Quarterly 117 J March Court 1778 Francis Triplett, Gentleman is swornas Francis Triplett, Gentleman Minute Bk 1781-4, pagesBk 1773—80 pages 309-341). He was appointed Captain ofMilitia and ^served during the Revolutionary War. taking the ; oath of allegiance Sept. 28, 1778 (Minute Bk IS73—So, page ^ 341). He was also a Vestryman of Leeds Parish, FauquierCounty (Minute Bk 1788—91, page 197). He or his cousin Triplett of Loudon County may have been the officerreferred to in the following extract from a letter from GeneralDaniel Morgan to Col. Taverner Beale: I hav^ appointed Col. ; Triplett to raise a Brigade below the Ridge in Fauquier andLoudon (Pennsylvania ^.lagazine \^ol. I, page 488). TheWill of Francis Triplett dated Sept. 24th, 1794, was proved ^ in Fauquier County, Jan. 26th, 1795, In this Will he leaves : 37,000 acres of the best land in Ke
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