There were several Christopher Chaffins.
Beverly
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Fran,
Did you find this on that Christopher (b. 1690) ? Someone
had told me that he was
murdered by a runaway slave and then
I found this on the Internet.
Notes on Runaways from the Journals of the Virginia House
of Burgesses, 1730. May
27, 1730.
A petition of John Grimes Esqr setting forth that two of
his
Negros run away and were taken up in Maryland and
afterwards deliver'd to Jacob Rice and Christopher Chaffin
employ'd by him to bring them home; that they murder'd those
two persons and return'd to Maryland where they were again
committed; that the Widows and Children of those unfortunate
men are left in a very distressed condition, and that the
Petitioner has been at great Expence in bringing the said
Negros to Justice, And praying the Consideration of the
House thereupon was presented to the House and read.
Order'd, That the said Petition be Refer'd to the
Consideration of the Committee of Publick Claims And that
they do Examine the matter thereof and Report the same with
their Opinion to the House.
H.R. McIlwaine, ed., Journals of the House of Burgesses,
1727-1734, 1736-1740. (Richmond, 1910), p. 65
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