The Wilkes County Papers 1773-1833 By Robert Scott Davis, Jr. (The editor would like to acknowledge the help of George Stevenson of the North Carolina Division of Archives and History in bringing this document to his attention.) The MILLEN Deposition ] State of Georgia ] Wilkes County ] Personally appeared before me STEPHEN HERD one of the Justices assigned to keep the peace WILLIAM MILLEN of the county of Richmond and District of Wrightsborough in the State aforesaid who being duly sworn saith that on the twenty fourth day of this instant he the deponent was sent for by one JAMES BOYD to the house of JOHN MOORE and when he came there he found said MOORE, BOYD, & JAMES BRYAN talking by themselves and after some little discourse said BOYD told him the Deponent that he had just come from the Kings Army at Savannah and that he was going in to South Carolina to raise men to join them and desired him, the Deponent [WILLIAM MILLEN], to show him the way through the settlements and showed him Kings Proclamation and his instructions to raise men, upon which said BRYAN desired BOYD to go and sound Mr. MATTOCK for he knowed the King's Heart was in his bosom, and Deponent further saith that he believes he did, accompanied by JOHN MOORE, but that he the Deponent went away and met with PETER BUFFINGTON who told him he had seen such a man and some time after he met with one JAMES COATES and JOSHUA RYAL and told them, and that they all three went to THOMAS ANSLEY's and told him likewise and that said ANSLEY RYAL & COATES went to JOHN MOORE to see him and when he the Deponent went there he found with them DAVID BALDWIN, and the Deponent saith that they were all in discourses about the terms and when BOYD found out that he bore a respect for the King he showed his proclamation and the instructions he had to enlist men and further say that ANSLEY seemed to find some fault with them and did not seem to like the terms they were upon but BOYD desired them to let any friends they had or knew of know and hold themselves in readiness to march down to Augusta and give up after the the Kings Army should arrive and deponent further saith that he heard the said BOYD say the he intended to raise men or his friends in the south and take Augusta in about six to ten days from the date hereof and further this Deponent saith not. Signed & Sworn before me this twenty-eighth day of January 1779. WILLIAM MILLEN STEPHEN HERD, Justice of Peace Page 1 of 2 ** PAGE BREAK ** The Wilkes County Papers 1773-1833 By Robert Scott Davis, Jr. ###### # # ##### ####### # # ##### ####### # # # # ## ## # # # ## # # # # # ## ## # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # ###### # # # # #### ##### # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # ## ### # # # # # # ###### # # ##### ####### # # ### ##### ####### # # Transcribed from original documents by Brent R. Brian & Martha M. Brian. This document and others can be found on our website: BMGEN We claim COPYLEFT on the documents that we publish that are our original work. COPYLEFT “rules” can be reviewed on the web site: GNU Free Documentation License In short, use what you like. But if you use our stuff, mention us as the source. Brent R. Brian Martha M. Brian BrianMitchellGenealogy@gmail.com Page 2 of 2 ** PAGE BREAK **