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SKINNER, John, British soldier, born in New Jersey about 1750; died in England, 10 October, 1827. He entered the service of the crown as an ensign in the 16th regiment of foot, was in the actions of Beaufort and Stone Ferry and at the sieges of Savannah and Charleston, and commanded a troop in Tarleton's legion in the battles of Black-stocks, Cowpens, and Guilford. In 1795 he reduced the Maroons of Jamaica to submission, and in 1804 he commanded the 16th regiment in the expedition against Surinam. He became a major-general, was successively governor of several of the West India islands, and commanded a brigade at the capture of Guadeloupe in 1810.
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