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yl l G U S TA, L'Lay 26.
of GEORGE TUCKER,
Carpenter.
About two weeks after Christmas last I radc a
Eibal agreement with Mr. Fields Perdue, of
Puth-Carolina, to carry on his carpenters work
, r a year, at the rate of eighty pounds ; he to
id me every thing; and when we made our bar
da it was repeatedly mentioned that if we lhould
ifagree, he was to pay me for my wotk to the
me at that late.
] set in to work for him on these terms, and
pr.tinoed at work for him about th:ee months and
half; when there happened a small dispute with
; fpeft to the length of a rafter to make a fquure
>of, and we laid a Guinea about it ; the wager
c gave up as won by me ; he mentioned at the
in.e time that James Andrews (a carpenter whom
e had also hired to work for him) had tried it be
->re, and that it was as he had laid, but on its
eing tried by figures, he allowed I had won it; I
neutioned to him that the way Mr. Andrews tried
t, was not the right rule ; Majo Perdue anfwer
d me, that he believed Andrews undeiflood it
etter than I did ; 1 then told him he had better
■ct Andrews to cariy on his work for him, an ? he
rfwered that damned a bit did he care ; I had
iked him for money the forepart of that day,
then he told me that damned of any money I have
;ol for you.
Next morning I did not go to work, and about
us hour by fun rile he came to me, and I asked
um for a settlement that I choofed to leave him ;
ie laid to me what do you mean by trifling with
me so, and ordered me to work, and that if I did
not go to work he would horsewhip me—l reful’ed
to work on these terms —He then told me I fiiould
quit his plantation, and if he ever found me with
in 20 miles thereof, he would whip me in fjch a
2 a.vuia t/c u.'raoicci iron working in
a twelve months ; after which I went into the
house with an intention of getting my clothes, but
he prevented it by threatening me if I attempted to
take them, he would Have in my brains, having a
loaded horsewhip in his hand ; after which I went
away to Augusta, and spoke no more of it to him
until Tucfday last, when I favv him in Augusta,
I went to him and said I wanted to talk with him
if he pleased, it was near Mr. Jackson’s new build
ing ; he told me to ft and off, which I did, and he
T refently told me if I would go with him to Mr.
Shearer’s store he would talk with me ; I did so,
and he went into the store, and I flood just put of
the door when he returned with a horsewhip, and
struck me before he had got down the steps, and
he continued to follow me, laying on as hard as
he could, on which I drew my knife, and made
two or three strokes at him ; on this he turned the
but end of bis whip, and made a blow at me, which
1 avoided, and ran off to the other fide of the street,
he threw a brick after me, but did not hit me.
Next morning about fun rife he (Fields Perdue)
his brother Morris Perdue, his Overfecr Fphraim
Ferrol, and Jack Johnston, all inhabitants of South-
Carolina, f iifticd iiito the house of Mr. Wilthew,
Caipenter in Augusta, where I staid, and was then
with Mr. Wilthew—Fields Perdue immediately
clapped a pistol to my breast and said if I offered
to refill: he would put a ball through my body. I
directly laid hold of the pistol, and turned it on
eue fide, when Ferrol and Morris Perdue laid
hold of me ; (Johnston in the mean time having put
a pistol to the breast: of Mr. Wilthew, and said
much to him what Perdue had to me) they
then r ragged me out of the house, and kicked me,
when I hallowed out ; they said if I made any
noiie to alarm the town, they would (hoot me dead,
hi this lunation they hauled me to the river and
into tire ferry boat, and took me over the river
into tb? flats of so« tli-Carolina, and abcut half a
mi.e from the river they flripped me naked, and
tied nay hands with hickory baik, and flood round
me wall piitois cock’d and flicks, when Fields
Pei due whipped me fcvereJy about thirty lathes
with a horsewhip, oblerving and faying, let your
damned Georgia fi.cuds aflifi you if they can, I
don’t mean to flog every rogue in Georgia, but
i’ll nog you—Ferrol told him (Perdue) give him
enough for it is at the rifque of your life at any
rate —By this time they had get some more bark
ready, and weie going to tie me to a sapling, and
oicieied me to wa.K towards it, and they weic
pulhing me along I jumped away from them and
iun towards the river, and as I ran I bit the
hickoty bark asunder with which my hands were
tied j they all followed me as hard as they could,
crying out for me to flop or they would ftioot me,
but 1 got to the river fit ft and took the water, and
lhould have periihed had not a boat been pufbed
oif from the oppolite fide to take me in.
GEORGE TUCKER-
Augusta, May 25, 1787.
SWORN TO before me, atAugufla, this 25th
Day of May, 1787.
ROBERT FORSYTH, J. P.
Ext rail oj a letter from the State of Franklin, dated
April 24, 1787.
** Our Superior Court wa; held at Jonelbrrough,
in Waihington county, tbe firft Monday inflant,
and continued by adjournment during the week :
William Cannon, and George Middleton Clarkfon
were arraigned and tried for murder ; the former
was acquitted, the latter found guilty, and was
executed on the 13th inst. at Junefborough.”
NOTIFICATION.
11/ HEREAS the Legislature at their last Sef-
W fion palled an Aft, requiring all persons
entrufied with public monies in the course of the
late war and since, to fettle their refpeftive ac
counts with the Auditor; the following extraft
from the said Aft is publilhed for the information
of all persons concerned, who ate hereby required
to attend the Auditor with their accounts and
vouchers without delay, that final fettlemcnts may
be made m conformity to the said Aft.
JOHN WEREAT, Auditor.
Richmond County, May 19, 1787.
“ Be it enabled, and it it hereby enabled ly the
Rrprcjentati'ves oj i he Freemen cf the State of Georgia
in Afttn.biy met, and by the authority oj tbe
fame, That the Auditor be and he is hereby veiled
with full power to colleft, audit, liquidate, adjust,
and fettle the accounts of the late and present Trea
surer or Treasurers of this slate ; the late and pre
sent Commifiioner or Commiflioners of confifcated
efiates ; the late x>r present Colleftor or Collectors
of duties or imports ; the late and present Colleftor
or Colleftors, Receiver or Receivers of public
taxes in the refpeftive counties ; the late and pre
sent Attorney General or Attorney Generals ; the
late and present Sheriff or Sheriffs, and C leik or
Clerks of the refpeftive counties ; and the acc t tints
of all such other person or persons who have been
or may be entrusted, or have or may become pos
sessed of the monies* goods, 01 effects of this slate ;
and in any case where it fliall appear that a balance
of monies Ihall be due by any such person or per
sons to this state, the Auditor Ihall direst that pay
ment thereof be made to the Treasurer of thi3
state ; and the certificate of the said Auditor Ihall
be conclusive evidence in an aftion of debt, at the
suit of the state against any person $r persons for
the sums of money which such person or persons
owe or may be indebted to the state, and no set
off or deduction from the fame ihall be admitted.
js".d It it futtltr tr.tfita by tbt authority aj. l l *
Jitia’, That it lliall and may le lawful for the said
Auditor, as often as thete dull be occadon, to call
before him by Tub] oena or ft mmons, and in case
of contempt to ifluc a wiit of attachment in order
to compel the appearance of any pet ton or j eifoua
who is or may be accountable, bctoie the laid
Auditor, by virtue of this Art, or who the fuid
Auditor may reasonably suppose is or ate capable
of giving evidence or information concerning the
f .id accounts or any of them ; and the said Auditor
is hereby authoris'd to examine, upon oath or
affirmation, any person as a witncfLrefperting any
such account, which oath or affirmation the laid
Auditor is hereby empowcteJ to adminider ; ami
in case any person or persons on w horn such subj oe
na or summons dial! be served, being accountable
before the said Auditor, dull refufe to appear as
in such writ dull be expreded and directed, or
having appeared before the laid Auditor lhall refufe
or neglert to exhibit his, her, or their account and
attend the settlement thereof, or being summoned
as a witnels lhall neglert to appear before the said
Auditor at the time and place appointed in and by
such fubpeena or summons, and lhall make default
thereupon, or having appeared as aforefaid Hull
refufe to make a lull difclofurc of his, her, or
tlieir knowledge in the said Auditor, the laid Au
ditor may award an attachment, and commit such
delinquent or delinquents to the ueareit common
goal, there to be bol. en till fucb person or persons
dull fnbinit to the said Auditor, and comply with
the directions of this Art; and all persons who
dull be summoned as wituede* the laid Auditor
and etetv Sheriff, Coroner or other Officer to
whom he dull dirert his w rits or precepts as afoie
faid, dull be allowed like fees for their attendance
and services as witnedcs summoned to appear in
the Superior Courts of this dale, and as Sheriffs,
Coroners, and other Office! s arc entitled to in such
courts, tube levied on the fcveral delinquents by
the said Auditor by warrant, in the like manner as
debts under ten pounds arc recoverable.
/!hd be it Juribtr enacted by the authority ajore
faid, That if any person or persons who by virtue
of this Aft arc or dull be accountable before the
said Auditor for any sum or furns of money which
have been or may be advanced to or received by
such person or persons, or for any monies, goods,
chattels or efforts which have or may come to the
hands or pofleffion of such person or persons,
dull for three months after the service of such
fubpeena or fummon3 as afoiefaid for such per
son or persons to appear before the said Audi
tor, and exhibit and fettle bis, her, or their
accounts as afo efaid, refufe or neglert to
obey frch fubpeena, summons or demand, and
comply with the dirertions of this Art, then such
person and persons so refuting or neglertiug dull
be liable to an artion of debt or other artion at the
suit of the date for the whole of the sum and sums
of money, goods, chattels, and effects belonging
to the public, which he, die. or .they ought to
account for as afoiefaid, hefore the said Auditor,
and lliall be forevei barred of fettling off any chargo
or expenditure timeout, onlefs the said Auditor,
before the said term of three months be expired,
certify in behalf of such person or persons that
it is ;eafonable that further time be allowed such
peifon or persons for exhibiting and fettling his
her, «*r their accounts, in which case, upon fuf
ficient fecuriry being entered * y the party or par
ties in whose behalf such cert : ficate dull be nude
for the wholemoney or other property unaccounted
for by Inch person or persons, His Honor the
Governor in Council may by an entry on their
minutes allow cf further time as aforefaid. />n?-
•vtdedy Thatnothing herein contained dull prevent
the settlement or ir.fpertion of any public account
by the Committee of Finance appointed annually
by the Houle of Airembly.”