The Okie Legacy: Falls of Potowmack 22 Dec. 1774

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Falls of Potowmack 22 Dec. 1774

Looking back through the newspaper archives, we found this interesting tidbit concerning the "Falls of Potomac, 22 December 1774," in The Virginia Gazette, Williamsburg, Virginia, dated 7 January 1775, Saturday, page 3:

Found on Newspapers.com

Falls of Potomac, Dec. 1774
At a meeting of the trustees for opening the Navigation of Potowmack River, held at George Town the first Day of December, 1774, present, Thomas Johnson, Jun. Attorney at Law, William Deakins, Adam Steuart, Thomas Johns, and Thomas Richardson, of George Town, Merchants, William Ellzey, Robert Alexander, and Philip Alexander, of Virginia, who ordered and directed that the subscriber should, on the credit, and at the risk of the above named Trustees, hire fifty slaves to labour in cutting the Canals round the several Falls of said River; And at another Meeting of Trustees, for the Purpose aforesaid, held at Alexandria the 19th Day of the same Month, present, George Washington, John Carlyle, John Dalton, and William Ramsay, Gentlemen, together with many of the Trustees at the former Meeting, who recognized and approved of the Order for hiring fifty Slaves, and agreed to become equally liable. In consequence of which Order of the Trustees, I hereby give Notice that I want to hire Negro Men for the ensuing Year, for the Purpose above-mentioned. Any Person inclining to hire the Whole, or any Part of them, may see the Proceedings of the said Trustees, subscribed by and with their respective Hands, in my custody. - John Ballentine
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