Name of Vessel:

[unknown]

Master of Vessel:

Rig of Vessel:

Schooner

Date of Capture:

26 February 1776

Place of Capture:

York Spit, Virginia

Captor:

Virginia troops

Home Port:

From What Port:

Hungers Creek, Virginia

To What Port:

Norfolk, Virginia

Cargo:

Provisions

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

13

Owners:

Prizemaster:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

Hampton, Virginia

Into What Port:

Hampton, Virginia

Date Arrived:

26 February 1776

Date Tried:

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: This unknown schooner, loaded with provisions, was laying in Hungers Creek. On the night of 25 February 1776, thirteen escaped slaves took possession of her and sailed for Lord Dunmore’s fleet, laying at Norfolk, Virginia. In the morning she was overhauled by a whaleboat near York Spit, recaptured, and taken in to Hampton, arriving in the night. The thirteen slaves were detained under guard.

[NDAR, IV, 111]

Revised 10 August 2009