Note 9 — CHRONICLES OF BORDER WARFARE (continued 2)

Shortly after, M’Nutt was appointed governor of Nova Scotia, where he remained until the commencement of the American revolution. In this contest he adhered to the cause of liberty, and joined his countrymen in arms under Gen. Gates at Saratoga. He was afterwards known as a meritorious officer in the brigade of Baron de Kalb, in the south––he died in 1811, and was buried in the Falling Spring church yard, in the forks of James river.