The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg, Va., 1777-05-16 00:00:00, page 5

YUPPLEMENTTo ffinzssssV1RGssIN1AGAZ'ETIsi'E.
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May 16, 1777.
PRINTlsiED BY AL EXANDER PURDIE.
To be S O\L D to the highest hidden, fbr ready moviey, on
'1 uesday the zoth instant, at the [aic dwelling house of
Robc rt si- N.: w su ssn , dcccq/ed ,
LL the remaining psi-xrt us the deceased's estate, con
siffiug ot'houschold and kitchcn farniture, some stock,
a quantity ufcom, a few grass ut'bottlcs. &c.—ire.
_ TH()M\S B-XRRETT,
May 4. 1/77- (1) m was nusrw, Zcssct
Vussum p., fame.: rymum Ham,, M..) ;, 1777.
'180 DOLLARd Reward. .
E SE R 1' E D From my company of the 15'ch Virginia
]) regimeht. the folluwuzgsussldien, vi: join: Thomat,
cuuitcd in Amclim bu; late from Prince William couuty,
whare he is weh known, by trAde a carpencqr, about 5
sect 1 1 inches high, between go and qo'ycass of agq, has
yellow hair, and is thick cs hearing. William Pra'tt, of
Cr'zzzrlatte county, eplistzd in Amclz'u, about 5 feet ll inches
nsissss 11, 25 years o_r age, tus, dark brown hair. jajeph
Halland, of Amelia county, upwards of 6 feet high aboctut
fie years'ufage, brown complexion, with dark hfir, and
uops in hix shoulders when he walks. 70)": .QuQ/eflbmg,
ssensuteal in Amc/ia, about 5' sect lo ictnches high, well
mule, bethsicn go and 40 yersis usage.,- with darkeolourcd
11 in Benjcuhin fine;, ot'zfmelia, about 5 sect 4 inches
high _ 25- yeusi-s of age, weH made, of & yellowish com
pLxT-m .nuch srcckl-d, with dark hair. EdmundsiM-ct-ffb ,
ot'Anssili-l, almut 6 feet high, 20 years of age, fair cum
plexfim, ]iqht hxir, and has suche little impediment in his
speech. George Lavell, enhsted in Ameliu, where he is
Wau known, bu'si laxely came sijom North Carolina, about
5 sect 11 inches high, 25 years dage, thin visage, dark
complzxi-m, with dark hair, and at the time he deferred
crm-zplsszined much of one of his eyes. Also" Cu-wley, of
Cu uberlss'nzsssil county, about ; sees. 10 inches hi h, 18 or 19
years usage, brown hair, and slender made. ctzohn Quirm,
of -Ymcliass about ; Feet 6 or 7 inches high, weIl made,
21 years of agess and black hair; who, as he has always
bore the _ch.1ract-:r oP an orderly good suldier, and had not.
notice of the time of mnrching, -if he wiH repair imme
difctely to the cominental camp, he shall escape whh im
Fu-zity. whoever takes up the said deserters, and dqji
vers them to some officer in the continental service, that
thcy nmv be conveyed to their regiment, shall have 20
DO'LLAQS reward for each
251 - ].me FUSTER, capshin.
Lu-uSl-UND jumhcssi ot Az'Jc-marle coumy, a soldicr
enlisted by me in the service of this state, is desired
"to repair to [Villiamsburg without loss of time, or he will
be treated us a dz-srrtm- in J*MES Mnnvv'rm-zn,
Twenty 1) () L LflR S reward
OR TOM, & negro man who ran away from the sub
scribcr living in the lower end of Afecklenburg coun
ty, in .srgiuiz, on the l7th of fitly 1773. He was im
ported from Guinea the year before, and calls his country
hsundingo. He is near 6 sect high, [lim marle, very black,
has reddish cvesis, an] a remarkable looscjoilling way of
walking. ] suppose him to be about 30 years old. ] will
give 15 DOLLA PsiS for such intelligcncsi: that I get him
thereby , or the above: reward if brought home.
:" _]O\1\H DALY.
1 .—1. zctsi-ctu 0- ;1 uULL-N ssusi a! my phiuu: m Wzm—
:) am/lwrsip Sundnynighflafl, alaizxakhnr'sc'ingsszoclnrder,
mmu' 4 ict ct-z xosiss'u-h-sishigh, about 10 Vchs n'sid, pzxccs and
tr-uz, '.;_'rzi'1ctsic ssizsizrsslt. old shoes umm his sure sect. and has
;: ssiHTLH "Lump :- -.1' one of 1le nz'ct'r'x'vs. Any person who
will 'f1si1---ss—}ssc.nci Ulf' 'sisih'zcs. fl-uuhi Here bf: :urx-7 and be:
O; n'sssiLI 1]. ! wili zsszlvesi :! rcatrxrd us zcsii. cxc'sixsifiivct: (si-t' whsisizs
ti'c l'si'v ;-siss1.si:*ss<: "ctl i'ctct: cl-!}—.cri11ssxrss' ths huricts Lo ma, or
nn l'sin at l-p'iz'c' r.!zctsvsi'frgs, 202.
ctflfss/ Lo, x777. 2}! MA'I'THLVV T—Z.*.R.\BLE.
:,Y
STO L E N from my plant'ation in Dinwiddic, about 7
miles From Petersburg, on Tuc/Zfay the 29l-h of ctsi-pril
last, an iron gray gelding 4 years old, about 4 feesit 8 'm
ches high, and brandcd on Your do" a ckl O; he trot:
and gallOps pretty Well, but rags lfisssfmd sect. Who
ever sccures the horse so that I get him again shall haVc
zos. reward and reasonable charges, and 5] . on c-mvictinu
oFthc thief. ," wa ovsin mv.
DEJEK H-LD from my company in she 7c_h rc-gunsicm nf
North Carolina continencal troops, Michae! He ,
who said by wasssa Frenchman, au_d has- lost off his left
hand the thumb and two fingefa. ,Since his descrtion I_
'am insorssm'cd he; enlistcd with capt. Fame: Mq/ou as the
5'sih Virginia re'gimenc, who exchanged him -w'nh.capt.
Edward Travis of the Ruleigh armed brig. Whoeyqr
delivers the said desertcr to me in Halifax town, -N. Ca— -
rolina, shall have 20 D QLLARS-reward ; and I hereby si
forewam all offigers from detaincting the said desettcr.
!] JJMES VAUGHAN, cap: 7ch ssrcg.'
* Sixty _D_0LLAKS Ke-ward. _
DESERTED the,:ctoth instanc (April) stom Frederick/si 7
burg. che followigg soldiers, viz. Peter Barhamsi, .
abnux 54 years old, stout made, abuut 5 sect 10 inghei
high, red complexion, with red -whi\kcrs, his upper sore.
teeth broke off to his gums, and when laughing'shcwc
them niuch; he is very artful, and-wil] when taken ]: '
make his escape if not properly sccured. 7effZ= New, a
slender made fellow. about 10 wan old, 11qu 5 ("get _'9
inches high, of a fair complexion, with smdy cnioured
hair, and a fraclded face. ! paid him zo dnllars sorcttnk-*
ing him on his march to Fredcricksburg. shown Raach,
about 24 years o'ld, ; feet 4 inches high, dark complE-xi-_
on, and wears h'u—own hair, which isss often tied behind. ;
They are all natives of Charles City county. I will. give
the above reward, or twenty doliars for cichcrpf them
that'arc delivered to the commanding officer at Willi
amjburg, or any commanding officer marching to the
Northwardsi. p jOHN BELL-ss lieus.
si in the Gth Virginia regiment:
WHE REAS a certain Chnstoplm- Butter and Robert
Saunder: were duly en'listed by me for the service
of this commonwealth, and have sailed to attend agree
able to orders, they are therefore considered as deseyterl,
and ] will give a reward of ten dollarl for each tcto any
rsou who will deliver them to the commandio officer
m Williamsburg. launder: is a resident oFLoui/E, ab'ciit
5 feet lo inches high, 35 or 45 years of age, and has re'd
hair. Buller is about the same 'age, a small man, has
dark hair, and a ert look; he was an inhssabitant ofctHan
over, where his amily fiill resides, but am informed he
has connections in Charlottc councy, where he is supposed
to be lurking. [] THOMAS SMlTH.
TRAYED or STOLEN from the subscribsir .ssit Hair"
over courthouse, the qth of this instam (Apri!) a bay
horse about 4 feet 6 or 7 inches high, wich a swizch tail
and hanging mane, branded, but not known, his back
was hurt some time ago, and was {To very tender when I
lust him that he generally gave way to the snddle when
;, person got on him. He has a starin his forehead, a smp
on his nose, two sect white, and the third partly_or
all so, I do not remember which; The horsisil am ln
sormed was riiscd in Prince- George. so shut it is probable,
is he is not (tulen, he may he sumc where on the north
iisse of 7amc: river endeavouring to get is) the piece \' here
he was raised. . ] will give 405. rc vnrd to n'u' perlsim that
v-i'i c.]."lix'cx' 'Yis: s.i\l ilslss-t' (0 cui. Sssvm: at A' siwsi'ssf/fsi'c. mr.
Ip'il'umz A'nss/ssl' ssss'! m Usi'isi'lia/fm'furg, or un". h'sfisi'iinfz Pctrythrqssc
at Flower de Hundrcd.
" ]OHN LUCAS.