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Matthews Flournoy
Gender:
Male
Born:
June 21, 1732
Died:
March 26, 1793
Home Town:
Prince Edward County, VA
Later Residences:
Georgetown, KY
Marriage(s):
Elizabeth Ann Pryor Smith Flournoy (unknown)
Biographical Notes:
Matthews Flournoy was the son of Huguenot immigrants. He removed his family to Kentucky from Virginia. His home in Georgetown still stands. Family genealogy and newspapers give accounts of his death in an altercation with Indigenous people while journeying back to Kentucky in 1793.
Immediate Family (Why only immediate family?)
- Thomas Flournoy
Son
LLS (1797-1798) - Elizabeth Ann Pryor Smith Flournoy
Wife
Secondary Sources:
Find a Grave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/139911030/matthews-flournoy accessed 2023-05-30
Rivers, Flournoy, "The Flournoy Family" The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography Vol. 2, No. 2 (Oct.,1894), pp. 190-213: Virginia Historical Society
Accessed at
Rivers, Flournoy, "The Flournoy Family" The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography Vol. 2, No. 2 (Oct.,1894), pp. 190-213: Virginia Historical Society
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