Military officer; born in
Donegal, Ireland, in 1730, of a Huguenot family which came to
Virginia in 1732.
Andrew was a volunteer to take possession of the
Ohio region in 1754; was with
Washington; and was major of a Virginian regiment at
Braddock's defeat.
In the expedition under
Major Grant, in 1758, he was made prisoner and taken to
Montreal.
In 1768 he was a commissioner to treat with the Indians at
Fort Stanwix; was appointed a brigadier-general in 1774, and on Oct. 10, that year, he fought a severe battle with a formidable Indian force at
Point Pleasant, and gained a victory.
In the
Virginia House of Burgesses, and in the field, he was a bold patriot.
A colonel in the army, he commanded the
Virginia troops that drove Lord Dunmore from Virginian waters.
In that expedition he caught a cold, from the effects of which he died, in
Bedford county, Sept. 26, 1781.
His four brothers —Samuel,
Thomas.
Charles, and William —were all distinguished in military annals.
His statue occupies one of the pedestals around
Crawford's Washington monument at
Richmond.
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