Citation - Virginia Gazette-Williamsburg (Ri): 1768.08.04

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Index Entry Billy, runaway Negro, plays violin, took one with him 
Location Occoquan Furnc 
Citation
VGW(RI.768.036
4 Aug 1768:32 (117)
Occoquan Furnace, July 16. Ten pounds reward.  Run away from
the Occoquan furnace, in Prince William county, on the 14th
instant, a country born Negro man named Billy, the property
of the Hon. John Tayloe, Esq; he is a very well set fellow,
about 5 feet 8 or 9 inches high, chews tobacco, can play on
a violin, which he carried away with him, and is by trade a
ship carpenter . . . [6 lines, clothing]  He was lately
brought from Carolina, where, by virtue of a forged pass
that some good natured person had wrote for him, he had
travelled without much interruption, and very possibly may
prevail on some other of his acquaintance to forge another,
to assist him in prosecuting his intended scheme of getting
to South-Carolina, where he expects to be free. . . [terms,
signed] Thomas Lawson.


Generic Title Virginia Gazette-Williamsburg (Ri) 
Date 1768.08.04 
Publisher Rind, William 
City, State Williamsburg, VA 
Year 1768 
Bibliography B0049308
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