Francis Nash

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American military officer Continental Army general person

Francis Nash was an American Revolutionary War brigadier general from North Carolina who was mortally wounded at the Battle of Germantown and later honored as the namesake of Nashville, Tennessee.

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Francis Nash canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American military officer ⓘ
Continental Army general ⓘ
person ⓘ
person ⓘ
allegiance United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
burialPlace Germantown, Pennsylvania ⓘ
causeOfDeath wounds received in battle ⓘ
commandedUnit North Carolina Brigade ⓘ
conflict American Revolutionary War ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dateOfBirth 1742 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1777 ⓘ
deathDuring American Revolutionary War ⓘ
familyName Nash ⓘ
givenName Francis ⓘ
hasSibling Abner Nash ⓘ
heldRank colonel in the Continental Army ⓘ
honoredFor service in the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
isNamesakeOf Nash County ⓘ
surface form: Nash County, North Carolina

Nashville, North Carolina ⓘ
Nashville ⓘ
surface form: Nashville, Tennessee
militaryAllegiance Continental Congress ⓘ
militaryBranch Continental Army ⓘ
militaryRank brigadier general ⓘ
notableBattle Battle of Germantown ⓘ
notableFor being mortally wounded at the Battle of Germantown ⓘ
being namesake of Nashville, Tennessee ⓘ
occupation lawyer ⓘ
planter ⓘ
politician ⓘ
politician ⓘ
participatedIn New York and New Jersey campaign ⓘ
Philadelphia campaign ⓘ
placeOfBirth Prince Edward County, Virginia ⓘ
placeOfDeath Germantown, Pennsylvania ⓘ
positionHeld Governor of North Carolina ⓘ
regionAssociatedWith North Carolina ⓘ
residence Hillsborough, North Carolina ⓘ
servedAs clerk of court in Orange County, North Carolina ⓘ
sheriff of Orange County, North Carolina ⓘ
servedIn North Carolina General Assembly ⓘ
North Carolina Provincial Congress ⓘ
stateOfOrigin North Carolina ⓘ
supported Patriot cause in the American Revolution ⓘ
wasMortallyWoundedIn Battle of Germantown ⓘ

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Nashville → namedAfter → Francis Nash ⓘ
Abner Nash → sibling → Francis Nash ⓘ
Nash County → namedAfter → Francis Nash ⓘ