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went up to Outten who in about Six Minuits after his being
Shot Expired that the Several persons of Willys party walked
up to the Corps after it Lay on the Earth and Rejoyced at the
Action and further this Deponent saith not
his
Moses H Timmons
mark
Taken & Sworn the 9^th day of March 1759
before me Rob^t Jenkins Henry

Maryland Worcester County ss^t
Lanta Slavins of Worcester County aged Sixty years or
thereabouts being Sworn on the Holy Evangels of Almighty
God Deposeth and saith, That the place where he this De-
ponent now Lives was as he has been told Surveyed by the
Sussex surveyor about six years ago for One William Laf-
land who put him this Deponent in possession thereof that to
the best of his Remembrance Some time in January Last
William Outten Sub Sheriff of Worcester County aforesaid
Came to his House and there Arrested One William Mullinex
upon a process from Worcester County Court as this De-
ponent was Informed for not giving himself in a Taxable of
that County and Mullinux made his Escape and the same
night of that Day which the said Mullinux was so as afs^d

Lib. J. R.
& U. S.

Arrested, there Came to this Deponents House the said Wil-
liam Mullinuex, Israel Coverdale, Richard Coverdale, Mat-
thew Coverdale, John Coverdale son of Samuel, John Lane,
Pennington Welch John Sharpe Elijah Collins, John Willey
who hath since it is said killed the said Outten and Solomon

Willy who say'd they were come by order of Nehemiah
Draper a Magistrate of Sussex County but had not any War-
rant in Writing to Seize the said Outten and were much en-
raged against him and the said John Sharp, Pennington Welch
and Tames Ingram said they would kill the said Outten if he
should come to take them, other sayed they would carry him
to Lewis Town & some sayed they would stamp him, that
on Sunday the Fourth day of February Last past the said
Outten came to this Deponents House where was then John
Collins, Elijah Collins, Job Smith, John Smith Adam Short
and John Willy above mentioned sayed to have killed Outten,
and one Richard Coverdale, who said he had a Warrant from
Isaac Watson and Nehemiah Draper Justices of Sussex
County to take said Outten or any other Maryland Officer
who should Come to take any of the Bordering men the said
Outten Demanded a Sight of that Warrant but the said
Richard Coverdale refused it, That said Coverdale proceeded
to arrest the said Outten which he did in his Lordships Name,
but afterwards recalled and made the arrest in his Majesty's

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