Name of Vessel:

Betsy

Master of Vessel:

Rig of Vessel:

Sloop

Date of Capture:

16 December 1775

Place of Capture:

Charleston Harbor, South Carolina

Captor:

South Carolina Navy Ship Prosper

Home Port:

From What Port:

Charleston, South Carolina

To What Port:

Savannah, Georgia

Cargo:

Household goods

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Alexander Mills [of Charleston, South Carolina (?)]

Prizemaster:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

Charleston, South Carolina

Into What Port:

Charleston, South Carolina

Date Arrived:

16 December 1775

Date Tried:

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: Ordered seized by the Council of Safety on 13 December 1775 by sailors from the Prosper; to be hauled up near the Prosper and guarded there. The sloop had household goods of the Royal Governor aboard and was ordered seized again on 16 December. Sloop was owned by Alexander Mills and was bound to Georgia.

[NDAR, II, 93; III, 133-136, 143]

Revised 10 August 2009