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Negro Pompey

Offence: Murder

Location: Spotsylvania Co.

Ex) Date: 8-29-1732

Details: Slave of Mr. Joseph Hawkins. Valuation + ClO)

Condemned for fatally poisoning a white
man named Ambrose Madison.

Source: Spotsylvania County Order Book 1730-1738
page 151. See also page 456 for certifi-
cation of compensation voucher which was
filed four years belatedly.

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Offence: Murder

Location: Spotsylvania Co.

Ex Date: 8-29-1732

Details: Slave of Mr. Joseph Hawkins. Valuation K30

Condemned for fatally poisoning a white
man named Ambrose Madison.

Source: Spotsylvania County Order Book 1730-1738
page 151. See also page 456 for certifi-
cation of compensation voucher which was
filed four years belatedly.

Negro Pompey

Offence:
Location:
Ex Date:

Details:

Source:

August 29,

Murder
Spotsylvania Co.
8-29-1732

Slave of Mr. Joseph Hawkins. Valuation X30
Condemned for fatally poisoning a white
man named Ambrose Madison.

Spotsylvania County Order Book 1730-1738
page 151. See also page 456 for certifi-
cation of compensation voucher which was
filed four years belatedly.

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