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Price, William, ?-1790 [Deposition in case of Brown vs. Payne]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00496.245 Author/Creator: Price, William, ?-1790 Place Written: Virginia Type: Document signed Date: December 6, 1752 Pagination: 2 p. : address : docket ; Height: 31.7 cm, Width: 19.8 cm Order a Copy

Signed as a witness by Augustine Washington, George Washington's half-brother, and Andrew Monroe. Deposition deals with the settlement of Brown's estate. Also contains deposition of John Brown but it is struck through. Docketed on address leaf.

Price, William, fl. 1725-1752
Washington, Augustine, 1718-1762
Monroe, Andrew, fl. 1752
Brown, Nathaniel, fl. 1752
Washington, George, 1732-1799

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