American War of Independence
On the outbreak of the American War of Independence he was a lieutenant-colonel living in Paramus, New Jersey, and after Savannah's capture in December 1778 he was for a short time British governor of Georgia in succession to Archibald Campbell. Accompanying a body of troops to Jamaica in 1781, he died of wounds suffered earlier in the war later that year. Weeks after his death his wife, Theodosia Bartow Prevost, became involved with Aaron Burr, later marrying him.
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