Early Life
He was born 28 December 1778 in Greenbrier County, Virginia (now West Virginia), the second of four sons of Capt. Matthew Arbuckle, a veteran of the Battle of Point Pleasant who later distinguished himself in the American Revolution, and Frances (Hunter) Arbuckle.
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