- Collection:
- McDuffie Museum Collection
- Title:
- Parole papers, Milton Dean, Georgia, 1780
- Date of Original:
- 1780-07-03
- Subject:
- Parole--Georgia--Wilkes County
Indians of North America--Georgia
Indians of North America--Government relations--To 1789
Hanging--Georgia--Augusta - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Richmond County, Augusta, 33.47097, -81.97484
United States, Georgia, Wilkes County, Washington, 33.73679, -82.73931
United States, North Carolina, 35.50069, -80.00032
United States, South Carolina, Greenwood County, Ninety Six, 34.17513, -82.02401 - Medium:
- legal documents
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- In 1780 Great Britain sent Colonel Thomas Brown into the backcountry near Wrightsboro and Washington, Georgia, to subdue the remaining patriots in that area. Brown's assistant was William Manson, who negotiated the surrender of Colonel John Dooley and all of his men and arms. At this point, Georgia reverted back to colonial status under British rule. This parole paper was given to men who surendered and promised to remain loyal to the crown, and to not raise arms again. Twenty-six Americans who carried these papers were captured in Augusta. Thirteen were hung in Augusta, and the remaining thirteen were given to the Native Americans at Ninety-six, South Carolina, to be tortured and killed. The text reads: "William Dean of Saint Paul's Parish in Georgia being a prisoner of war on parole I do forewarn all persons whomsoever not to molest him in either person or property July 3, 1780." On the reverse the parole gives him permission to go 10 miles into Carolina on business. The papers are signed by William Manson. 3 images.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:mcdm_mcd_mcd0038
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/mcdm/mcd/do:mcd0038
- Language:
- eng
- Holding Institution:
- McDuffie Museum
- Rights:
-
