"John Baptiste Brognard, (1761-1823), enlisted in the Grenadiers in the corps of Foreign volunteers, 1778, under Due de Lauzun. He had studied medicine and was detailed to surgeon's duty in this famous legion which was complimented by Washington for its brilliant service. He was born in France; died in Columbus, N. J." - Lineage Book: National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, vol. XXV 1898 (Harrisburg, Pa.: Telegraph Printing Company, 1908). Online https://archive.org/details/lineagebook25daug
"John Baptiste Brognard, (1761-1823), enlisted in the Grenadiers in the corps of Foreign volunteers, 1778, under Due de Lauzun. He had studied medicine and was detailed to surgeon's duty in this famous legion which was complimented by Washington for its brilliant service. He was born in France; died in Columbus, N. J." - Lineage Book: National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, vol. XXV 1898 (Harrisburg, Pa.: Telegraph Printing Company, 1908). Online https://archive.org/details/lineagebook25daug
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"His remains, with those of his son Frank, were buried in the Friends' burying place at Mansfield. No monument." - History of Medicine in New Jersey: And of Its Medical Men, from the Settlement of the Province to A.D. 1800, 166.
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