General Orders, 13 July 1780
General Orders
Head Quarters Pracaness Thursday July 13th 1780
Parole Bethlehem Countersigns Bath: Berm.
Watchword Stoney point
[Officers] Of the Day Tomorrow[:] Brigadier General Irvine[,] Lieutt Colo. Commandant Hubley[,] Brigade Major Van Läer
Major Burrowes is appointed Field officer of the day for this Day vice Major T. L. Moore Indisposed.
At a Brigade General Court martial held by order of Brigadier General Wayne the 12th Instant; Colonel Stewart president John Williams Soldier in the 2nd Pennsylvania Regiment Tried for Deserting to the Enemy and bearing Arms in their Service.1 Pled Guilty.
The Court Sentence him to suffer Death—(more than two thirds agreeing thereto) but from his Youth and former good Character the Court beg leave to recommend him to the Commander in Chief.
The Commander in Chief approves the sentence: but in Consequence of the Court’s Recommendation and for the reasons they have assigned the General thinks proper to pardon the Prisoner and he is pardoned accordingly and to be released from Confinement.
Varick transcript, DLC:GW.
On this date, Capt. John Johnson receipted for “one hundred pounds New York Currency” from Maj. Caleb Gibbs “for the hire of my servant Isaac as a Cook to His Excellency General Washington from June 1st 1777 to June 1st 1780.” A note under the docket of the receipt reads: “N.B. A warrant was drawn on the Dy P.M. Genl for 1,000 dollar[s] in favor of Capt. Johnson” (Revolutionary War Vouchers and Receipted Accounts, 1776–1780, DLC:GW, ser. 5). On 16 July, GW issued a warrant for $10,000 to Johnson “for hire of Cook Isaac from June 1776 to June 1780” (Revolutionary War Warrant Book 5, 1780–1783, DLC:GW, ser. 5).
1. John Williams (born c.1753) enlisted as a fifer in the 2d Pennsylvania Regiment in 1776 and served until the end of the war.