COL John Smith Fontaine
Birth 6 Aug 1750
Beaverdam, Hanover County, Virginia, USA
Death 14 Apr 1792 (aged 41)
Henry County, Virginia, USA
Burial
Leatherwood Plantation
Henry County, Virginia, USA
Martha and John Fontaine lived at Leatherwood Plantation, a portion of which John bought from his father-in-law in 1779. John Fontaine served as a Captain in the Henry County Militia, and fought during the siege of Yorktown, where he contracted malaria. He died from the disease in 1792.
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