Monday, August 12, 2019

Military Monday: Deserted (1779)

Virginia Gazette
2 October 1779

August 29, 1779.

DESERTED, three of the recruits from Prince William county, to wit: ANDREW MURPHEY, an Irishman, 5 feet 7 or 8 inches high, well made, black hair, a large black beard, had on a round hat, brown cloth sailors jacket, check shirt, and a pair of osnabrug trowslers. JAMES MILLER, an Englishman, 5 feet 8 inches high, of a swarthy complexion, short brown hair, curls before, well made, had on a white coarie cloth jacket, cotton shirt, and osnabrug trowsers. ROBERT WOODERFIELD, an Englishman, 5 feet 11 inches high, fair complexion, short light hair, well made, much given to liquor, lost his foreteeth, had on an old white shirt slit on the shoulders, a pair of bed ticking trowsers, and a pair of old shoes. Any person apprehending the above deserters, shall receive 150 dollars, or 50 dollars for each upon delivery to

WILLIAM LINTON

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