Escape from Richmond jail prompts manhunt for Kills Bruce
Richmond jail authorities offer a twenty five dollar reward for the recapture of Kills Bruce a 19 year old white male and five dollars for each of four enslaved men named Tarleton Redcross Dick Harry Tom Young John and Nancy who fled on the night of the 24th. Bruce was convicted of robbing the Franklin county mail and his parents live in Greenville district South Carolina.
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John
Nancy
Bruce
Richmond
A. Rhodes
N. B. Bruce
Franklin County
Greenville Distric
South Carolina
A. R
Portland Porters Vote Sell Dissention in Early Georgia
A public statement accuses Maj Oliver Porter of offering bribes to surveyor candidates for his son’s gain during a 1807 Georgia election. Included testimonies from Samuel Cunningham and James Stewart claim Porter proposed one third profits and used influence with the Surveyor General. The documents allege false denials and a street confrontation over the charges.
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Oliver Porter
Porter
Louisville
Ore
Maj. Porter
Georgia
Greene County
Maj
Greenesborough
M.j. Porter
Power
Tam
George Willis
Willis
Haughton
Maj. O. Porter
George D. Willis
Maj. Haughton
Wilkes County
Watson Porter
O. Porter
Anthony Porter
Surveyor General
Reuben O’jarnett
Jas. Stewart
Samuel Cunningham
Cordo
Joshua Haughton
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