Deposition of George Rives - 1719 - Prince George Co. VA (Deeds,etc.1713-28, page 350, Prince George Co.VA.) GEORGE RIVES aged fifty nine years or thereabouts Deposeth that some time in the month of April Last past while he was tradeing in the Province of South Carolina, he both see and often times conversed with a runaway Mallatto man Slave named Jack, belonging to Samuel Harwood the younger of Charles City County, that the said Slave came into that Province in the company of Mr.Robert Hix and other Traders, as the s'd. Traders informed this Deponent, that the said Malatto man Slave there goes by the name of John Bunch and would Love returned home to his said Master, but was forcibly detained in that Province by one Capt.How and others traders there. This Deponent further saith that he very well knows the said runaway Slave to belong to the said Harwood and for some years past did Live upon his Plantation on the Poplar Swamp under him, and further saith not, this 6th day of September 1719. George(X)Rives At a Court held at Merchants Hope for the County of Prince George on the Second Tuesday in September, being the Eighth day of the s'd. month Anno Dom. 1719. The above written Deposition of George Rives was taken in Court and on the motion of Samuel Harwood Jun'r. the same was ordered to be recorded, and accordingly is truly recorded. Test Wm.Hamlin ClCur. Submitted by Russell L. Lawrence **************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. Files may be printed or copied for personal use only. ****************************************************************