She And Her Husband Deserted To The British Squadron

From the Digital collections online at Virginia Memory, Library of Virginia:

"...he was well acquainted with Betty a female slave the property of Polly Hudnall, that according to his firm belief and the common belief and report of the neighborhood she deserted to the British squadron then lying in the Potomac in the month of November last, in company with her husband Charles...".  June 12, 1815

Categorized under " Citizens Claims of Property Lost to British Army"