Anthony Walton White (7 July 1750 – 10 February 1803) was a Brigadier-General of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.
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Anthony Walton White was born on 7 July 1750 in New Brunswick, New Jersey, the son of an immigrant from Bermuda (his father's family had fled to Bermuda during the English Civil War due to their support of the Cavaliers) and the daughter of Governor Lewis Morris. White was educated by his father, and he joined the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. On 9 February 1776, he became the commander of the 3rd New Jersey Regiment, and he served in the North until 1780, when he was sent to the southern theater under Isaac Huger. In 1780, he was defeated by Banastre Tarleton at the Battle of Lenud's Ferry, but in 1781 he had several successful encounters with Tarleton on his way north to Virginia to join the Marquis de Lafayette's army. After the war, he served under Henry Lee in the quelling of the Whiskey Rebellion, and he died at the age of 52 in 1803.