John Wright, John Turner, and Enos Blackslee
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INLISTED with Capt. Lewis of Col. Charles Webb's regiment, about the first of January 1777, four men John Turner, Enos Blacksles, Asa Branson and Normand Newel, supposed to belong to the county of New London; are ordered to march and join their regiment without delay, to rendezvous at Danbury. By order of Brigadier General Parsons, JOHN MILLS, Capt. in the room of Capt. Lewis, late of Fairfield, deceas'd. TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD N. B. DESERTED from Capt. Robert Lewis of Stratford, in Col. Webb's regiment, about ten weeks past, John Wright, John Turner, and Enos Blackslee. Any person apprehending him shall be entitled to the above reward for each, by JOHN MILLS, Capt. May 6, 1777.
Citation
John Mills, advertisement for John Wright, John Turner, and Enos Blackslee, Connecticut Courant, May 26, 1777, accessed June 8, 2025, https://runaway.fairuse.org/runawayct/items/show/4617.