Citation - Virginia Gazette-Williamsburg (Ri): 1769.08.03

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Index Entry Fiddle, played by runaway Negro named Salter, Tom 
Location Loudoun County 
Citation
VGW(RI.769.078
3 Aug 1769:42 (169)
Ten Pounds Reward.  Run away from the subscriber's
plantation, in Loudoun county, from James Whaley, overseer,
Tom, a Negro man slave, by some called Tom Salter, of a
middle size; and well made for strength, about 38 years old,
he has bad teeth, and many small pimples about his beard; he
can read, and play on the fiddle, and had a variety of
cloaths; but his common working dress, was died brown
cotton; he managed several years as an overseer for me,
under Capt. Robert Downman, at a plantation of mine on
Morattico creek, in Richmond county, where he always lived
until lately; he is a dissembling artful fellow, and
generally smiles when he speaks.  I suspect he is lurking
about a plantation belonging to Charles Carter, Esq; in
Hanover county, at or near South Wales, where he has a wife
named Sebra, and perhaps at times about his old haunts at
Morattico. . . [6 lines, terms, signed] Henry Lee.


Generic Title Virginia Gazette-Williamsburg (Ri) 
Date 1769.08.03 
Publisher Rind, William 
City, State Williamsburg, VA 
Year 1769 
Bibliography B0049354
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