Virginia Gazette (Parks),
Williamsburg, March 4 to March 11, 1736 [1737].

RAN away from the Subscriber's House in King George County, the latter End of April last, a white Irish Servant Man named John Lee, he is by Trade a Joyner, a short thick well-set Fellow, fresh Colour'd, pitted with the Small Pox, with a Scar in his Forehead, speaks through the Nose, and has the Brogue in his Speech, and stoops forward as he walks: He was pursued to Susquehannah Ferry, where he pawn'd his Rule for his Passage; The Horse he took with him, was seiz'd near the Ferry; it is suppos'd he was harbour'd by some of the Irish Inhabitants in these Parts, and is since gone to New-York, or to Mr. Skeler's Works; he chang'd his Name to George Falmouth. Any Person that will apprehend the said Servant, and convey him to my house in King George County, in the Colony of Virginia, shall be paid by me the Subscriber, upon the Delivery of him, Twenty Pounds Current Money, or if they will apprehend and secure him in some Public Goal, and give me immediate Notice, they shall have Ten Pounds Current Money of Virginia Reward: He is an Irish Papist. Also a Mulatto Fellow, named Watt, ran away some Time before Christmas last; he is middle-siz'd, with some dark Spots in his Face; he was taken in Execution by Mr. Henry Power, as part of the Estate of Matthew Anderson, of Hanover County, and bought on Account of the Subscriber, by Mr. Augustine Graham: He is conceal'd by his late sister, or some other ill designing Person in the said County. I do hereby declare, if any Person entertains the said Slave, that I will prosecute them with the utmost Severity, unless they immediately deliver him up, to be sent from Constable to Constable, to me. And whereas, some Time before Christmas, I wrote a Letter by my Servant, that I sent in Pursuit of the said Slave, to Matthew Anderson, wherein I did engage to pay Ten Pounds for a white Servant Man, to be bought by the said Matthew Anderson, on my proper Account, and for the Use of the said Matthew Anderson, during the Time he continued to deserve the Favour at my Hands, provided he delivered up the said Slave Watt, to my Servant, which he refused to do, pretending that he knew nothing of him. I therefore give public Notice, that I will not pay the abovesaid Sum, on the said Matthew Anderson's Account. Charles Carter.

Notes

• Reprint: Windley, vol. 1, pp.2-3.