Before me Thos. Bloodworth one of the Justices for the County aforesaid personally appeared John Joseph (a Portuguese) who made an oath on the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God, and sayeth
that he sailed from Curacoa, on a voyage to Virginia in the schooner St. Anna commanded by Capt. Dewit, and after arrival at Virginia took a load of Flour and Bread, and on her return back to Curacoa was taken by the ship Galatia commanded by Thos. Jordan, and remained on board of her as a prisoner for two months, and was put on shore in St. Augustine, and was taken against my will to go on board the sloop Ranger commanded by George Osborne who was bound on a cruize, and further sayeth not.JOHN | his X mark |
JOSEPH. |
Taken and sworn to this 18th April 1778, before me.