Matthew Arbuckle Sr.

For the son, see Matthew Arbuckle Jr.
Matthew Arbuckle Sr.
Born(1740-07-15)July 15, 1740
Botetourt County, Virginia
DiedJuly 27, 1781(1781-07-27) (aged 41)
Jackson River, Virginia
OccupationsHunter, fur trapper, militia officer, magistrate
SpouseFrances Lawrence Arbuckle Hunter Welch

Matthew Arbuckle Sr., (July 15, 1740 – July 27, 1781) was a frontiersman, hunter and fur trapper of western Virginia (now West Virginia) and the Ohio territory. He is considered likely to have been the first Euro-American person to travel through Virginia all the way to the Ohio River, other than as a prisoner of Native Americans. This trapping and trading trip may have occurred around 1764.

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