Deserted from my Company in the 5th North Carolina Battalion of Continental Troops, Sundry Soldiers, viz. William Watson, William Topping, and John Robinson, new Recruits; also Nathan Gray, Willie Gurganus, William Satherthaite, Elija Slade, Thos. Wilkinson, John Kennedy, Andrew Huston, Christopher Sherman, William Moore, George West, Benjamin Alexander, Henry and Anthony Tully, John and William Gerrel, and Simon Fitzgerald, all belonging to this State. Whoever delivers the above Deserters to me, or any other Continental Officer, shall have the above reward for each of them.