John Crittendon and Luke Cannon, officers in the 15th Virginia Regiment, recruited an indentured mulatto man named Jesse Kelly to serve in the army. Kelly's master, Lewis Lee, brought suit for the loss of his servant. The petitioners explain that they consulted Lieutenant Colonel Henry Lee, as well as "an eminent attorney the late Thompson Mason," and that "they were well advised they had a right to recruit the said Kelly." The petitioners declare, however, that nine years later the said Lee recovered a judgment of more than thirty-five pounds, "which your Petitioners being compelled to pay, now pray this Honorable House to be reimbursed as the said Recruit served the time for which he inlisted faithfully, and as his Country & not your Petitioners received the Services of the said Jesse Kelly."
Result: Rejected.
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Repository: Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia
