318 Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1769-1770.

Lib. C. B.
No. 20

one on the Log upon which he saw a great Number all under
Arms then he Shut to the Door and continued in the House till
about two Hours before day then he asked his Wife if she was
Sleepy and she said not he then asked her what the Reason was
and she answered that she could not rest because of the Noise
she heard in the Cellar and about the House upon which he
and his Wife continued walking about the House until day
when he fired a Gun charged with Powder only in order to
alarm his Brother John who he had agreed with to do that in
case they should come again after the first mentioned time and
then he shut to the Door and went to the Window and look'd
out and saw Francis Baker Stephen Porter Jeremiah Baker
Robert Porter James M^cCalease and sundry other Persons
who cried out there is the Son of a Bitch Shute him Shute him
upon which Francis Baker and Stephen Porter both Shot
through the Windows into the House and lodged Seventy five
Shot in the House and four Shot went through the Shirt that
he had on his Back and they and the Company with them fell
too and broke Sixty odd Pains of Glass in the Windows and
the Window Sashes then broke open the Door and some came
in at the Windows and some at the Door and went over all the
House opening the Doors of the Rooms and went into the Gar-
rett and brought down four Negroes the Property of said
Reynolds whose Names are Cesar Pegg Sue and Jack and car-
ried them off and also took two Guns with them the Property
of said Reynolds and Stephen Porter did Beat Prudence Reyn-
olds the Wife of the said William Reynolds And the said
Deponent further Declareth that when they took the two Guns
out of the House Jeremiah Baker and Robert Porter proceeded
to load the Guns the Company swore they would blow his the
said Reynolds' Brains out some of the Company then said dont
kill him for we have got the Negroes and John Cavanah came
up to him with a Cutlass in his hand after they had got the
Negroes and swore he would Split his Brains out. And
further this Deponent saith not.

p. 77

Robert Porter Francis Baker Jeremiah Baker James Gil-
laspy and John Cavanah being present at the time of the taking
the aforegoing Deposition Francis Baker asked of the said
Reynolds if James Gillaspy one of the Persons mentioned in
an Indictment in Chester County was present answered that
to the best of his Knowledge he was present at one of the
times mentioned in the said Reynolds' Deposition but does
not certainly recollect which of the times And the said De-
ponent being asked if he knew certainly the Persons mentioned
in the Indictment in Chester County answered that he cer-
tainly knew and that there was present Robert Porter Francis
Baker Jeremiah Baker James M^cCalease James Gillaspy John