Peter Francisco, known variously as the "India", the "Giant of the Revolution", and occasionally the "Virginia Hercules", was a Portuguese-born American patriot and soldier in the American Revolutionary War.
Miniature portrait, early 19th century
Monument to Francisco in New Bedford, Massachusetts
Peter (Pedro) Francisco, born July 9, 1760. Birth certificate from the church at the town of Porto Judeu, Terceira Island, Azores, Portugal.
Monument to Francisco, Guilford Courthouse National Military Park
Buckingham County, Virginia
Buckingham County is a rural United States county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and containing the geographic center of the state. Buckingham County is part of the Piedmont region of Virginia, and the county seat is Buckingham.
Buckingham County Courthouse
Buckingham County is rural and heavily forested.