New Ber District Court. Later court records indicate it was WINKFIELD and not WINFIELD or WINGFIELD. <<< Folder: 1779 Information: The confession of Joseph KILLETT:Thos HARRISON & Jno CATO robbed Wm. RADFORD of currency & property; HARRISON stole a mare of Hampton SYLLAVAN, and HARRISON and CATO and KILLET & David LAWHORN robbed Peter LEE on a mare and other porperty and money; he beleives that LAWHON sold the mare to Jno HONEYCUTT upon the waters of Deep River; that HARRISON & KATO stole of Jno. EDWARDS a horse & mare & KILLET saw them on the horses and they sold the horses either to Jas. FARR,, Cap. JOESON or Jno. ARTHUR between Jones1s Creek & Temptson1s Creek; HARRISON stole Jno. Roache1s horse and he heard him say he would shoot the horse as soon as he took him to Neuse R.; on Tuesday 27 of this Instant [July 1779-sbg] he saw LAWHON with 2 mares which he said he borow1d the white one of Robt. KEY & the Dark Bay of David RAINER; on Thursday 28th KILLET and LAWHON went to Mr. WINKFIELD where they stole a gray horse which he was to let Jno. COLE have to carry to Salisbury to sell for halves; that he hired Jno. VICK to take his place as soldier and returned him to Liet MCNES under the name of Jno. MITCHEL and as he and VICK were going to Kingston they called at James MILES1S and VICK stole a pair of leather breeches out of MILES1S house; the following persons harbour and assist both thieves and deserters: Saml. STRICKLEN, Tho. DAUGHTY, Andrew KILLET Sen. William KILLET Junr. (Dobbs Co.), Robt. KEY, Kinchen CITCHER, Isaac WHEELER, Jno. MILES, David MILES, Wm. MCLAN, Joel JOINER, Ben JOINER, Geo. LASSITER, Geo. CATO, Jno. BAREFOOT, Peter LEE & Selah THORNTON (Duplin Co.). [On back]: Deposition of David RAINER: On 27th of this instant [July 1779-sbg] he had a bay mare stolen from him. Deposition of Joseph WINKFIELDS: On the night of the 28th of this instant he had one gray horse stolen out of his pen. Depositions of Michael KING, James W. DONAL, Asha PIPKIN, Jesse PIPKIN, Joshua CARAWAY, Bryan MCCULLIN, David COGDELL, and John ROACH: Say that on the nnight of the 28th they saw Joseph KILLET and one other man unknown to them who had in their possession the above horse and a mare & one other gray mare; that Joseph KILLET and the other person made their escape. Date: 30 July 1779 (date of all testimony) County: Duplin/Dobbs >>> John R. Clarke Thomasville, GA