Name of Vessel:

Kingfisher

Master of Vessel:

Lot Strange

Rig of Vessel:

Sloop

Date of Capture:

[15 February] 1776

Place of Capture:

Roanoke, North Carolina

Captor:

North Carolina militia

Home Port:

Roanoke, North Carolina

From What Port:

St. Christophers, British West Indies

To What Port:

Roanoke, North Carolina

Cargo:

Rum

Tonnage:

30

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

John Strange of Roanoke, North Carolina

Prizemaster:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

Roanoke, North Carolina

Into What Port:

Roanoke, North Carolina

Date Arrived:

Date Tried:

Released

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: Sloop Kingfisher [King Fisher] (Lot Strange) entered the port of Roanoke on 6 February 1776 from St. Christophers, with a cargo of rum. Since this importation was a violation of the Continental Association, the vessel and cargo was detained by the local committee of safety and the North Carolina Provincial Council was contacted for further instructions. On 5 March 1776 the Council ordered the vessel released to the Stranges, provided they made bond for £500 that no further such importations would be made, and that the vessel sail, in ballast, within thirty days.

[NDAR, II, 1345-1361; IV, 184]

Revised 10 August 2009