Phebe Randall travels in the BON in close proximity to other Randalls from Nansemond County. Her owner Betsy Jones from Suffolk in Nansemond is not known. She has a 3 year old son with the surname McLeod. She is probably the wife of Sam McLeod 29 with the 42 Regiment travelling on the Saucey Ben. They are not in the Birchtown muster.
John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore (1732 – 25 February 1809), was the colonial governor of Virginia at the outbreak of the American Revolution.
On July 23 1777 the British fleet left from Sandy Hook, New York carrying more than 15,000 soldiers and headed into the Atlantic before turning south to enter the Chesapeake in August and sail up the bay to its northern extremity to set the troops ashore at the head of the Elk River on August 25.
In November 1782 a provisional peace treaty was hammered out between the British and the Americans in Paris.
In April 1783 the first evacuation fleet left for Nova Scotia. A week later the British Commander, Sir Guy Carleton, sailed up the Hudson River to Orangetown for a conference with General Washington to discuss the evacuation. As the victorious commander, Washington opened the meeting by reiterating the resolution of Congress regarding “the delivery of all Negroes and other property.”
Vessel Names and their Commanders | Where Bound | Names | Age | Description | Names of the Person in whose Possession they now are | Remarks |
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Clinton Master: Lt. Trounce |
Annapolis | Phebe Randall | 21 | stout wench | Formerly Slave to Betsey Jones, Suffolk. Left 5 years ago. Certificate from General Birch. |