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Title
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Will - VA-BLA6
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Identifier
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VA-BLA6
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Subject
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African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans, African American blacksmiths
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Source
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Virginia Gazette
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Date
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March 16, 1776
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Trade
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Blacksmith
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Enslaver
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George Turberville
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Events
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1. Self-emancipated from George Turberville
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Item Type
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Advertisement
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Transcription
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RUN or STOLEN away from the subscriber in Westmoreland county, the first week in December 1775, a negro man named WILL, by trade a blacksmith. He is a large raw-boned able fellow, about 5 feet 8 or 9 inches high, and about 35 years of age. He has a long face, large mouth, thick lips, low forehead, and small ears, his upper fore teeth project over his under lip, he speaks slow, and generally with a grinning smile, especially when answering a question; he has a large scar upon his right leg, and a small burnt spot on his right cheek, near his temple. His cotton jacket and breeches were old (being those he had last year) and a new pair of shoes. He is fond of liquor, but never was guilty of running away before. And as there was a pilot boat and large flat oystering near to my plantation at the time of his elopement, and the said negro likewise being oystering for me, I have reason to suspect that some of the persons belonging to the pilot boat, or flat, have enticed him away, by making him drunk, or otherwise .
The persons belonging to the pilot boat were James Sim and John Sim, who live on Wicomico, in Northumberland county; but carried their oysters to Port Tobacco; in Maryland, to sell .
The persons in the flat were John Davis, John Way, and Daniel Forgey. I understand they live in Dumfries, and that the flat belongs to old Forgey, in or near the same place, and as I am informed, carried their oysters there to sell. Whoever brings the said negro to me, or secures him so that I get him again, shall have TEN DOLLARS reward, besides what the law allows; and upon conviction of the thief , 20 l reward
GEORGE TURBERVILLE .
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gender
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Male
