Pitt County NcArchives Court.....Noah Smith White, William Lambort & 1777
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Source: Colonial Records Of North Carolina
Written: 1777

Petition from John Finman et al. concerning the actions of William Lambort and 
Noah Smith White
Finman, John; Blount, Jacob, 1726-1789; Et Al.
June 28, 1777 
Volume 11, Pages 731-732

PETITION OF JAMES SPIVEY & OTHERS.

[From MS. Records in Office of Secretary of State.]

No. Carolina Pitt June 28th 1777.

To His Excellency Rich'd Caswell Governor and Commander in Chief over the 
State of North Carolina.

To His Excellency Richard Caswell Esqr. Governor and Commander in Chief, in & 
over the State of No. Carolina. We the Subscribers hereto most Humbly Sheweth, 
Hopeing your Excellency will grant us some Redress, that are much Distressed 
by Two Vagabone young men, that Resorts our Neighbourhood Near the line of 
Pitt and Dobbs, on little Contentney, as their manner of living is by 
pilfering and Stealing of Hogs, which has been proved against them, & sheep, & 
bells, & anything they Can, & doing Mischief to peoples Creatures, they both 
have been Drafted Twice, & run away, & lay out first in one County & then in 
the Other, till the Companyes Macht, & then they will skulk about and & be at 
their Mischief again, they makes their brags that they will not goe into the 
Service, they Never are Subject to any Military Disipline whatever, they Never 
assign any Test, their Names is William Lambort, & Noah Smith White, this 
Lambort, & his Brother, by all account kill'd a man to the Southward, & Run 
away for it, his Bror, listed in the Service and des'd, & this followed the 
same Exercise there, & Now when any officer Comes to take them they shift from 
one County to the Other, & so keep out of any Officers way, they Generally 
keeps private and lyes out, Except amongst their favourites, your Humble 
pertitioners, beg your Excellency if you please, to give some Order from under 
your hand, to take them if Possible, & have them put in the Service, that they 
may do some good for their Country, as they are Very Prejudicial to this 
place, we Humbly beg your Excellency, Patiently to Receive our Unworthy 
Complaint, as it will Render much Satisfaction to this Neighbourhood, to be 
freed, from the Tyranny of such Pestilent fellows, here is one more, we hope 
your Honour will give us leave to Inform your Excellency of one Henry Lambort, 
Lately Come in the place, & is a great Confederate of theirs, he has Lately 
Deserted the Service at Charles Town, we would Humbly beg your Excellency, to 
give us Some advice what to do with him, as we Expect he will follow the same 
practice, as they have no Estate, nor follows no Occupation for a livelyhood, 
Scarcely, & Hopeing your Redress, your Excellency Pertitioners, as in Duty 
bound shall Ever prays

JOHN FINMAN
JACOB BLOUNT
WM WHITFIELD
SOLOMON SATTON his mark X
JOHN SOL.
THOS. BRACKSON his mark X
THOS. FINMAN
BENJAMIN BLOUNT
SAMPSON POWELL
ANTHONY TONQUETT
RICH'D MAYO
WILLES WILLIAMS
JAMES BRACKSON jun
JAMES ROBERTS Sen.
JAMES SPIVEY
THOS. H
PETER DIGGINS.

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