JACOB, ROBERT, and NED negro men slaves who were taken on board the armed boat Dreadnought, being, together with the said boat,1 libelled in this court at the suit of the said James and Richard Barron, and no person appearing to claim either of the said slaves, it is ordered that publick notice be thrice given in the Virginia Gazette, that unless any person claiming a property in either of them shall appear and prosecute the same on or before the twenty eighth day of this instant, the court will proceed according to law.
WILLIAM RUSSELL, Cl. Cur. [Clerk of the Court]
Jacob says he belongs to Hancock Jacob, Robert to Arthur Upshaw, and Ned to Douglass Willett, all of Northampton county.
