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William Smith

AKA: William Smith (broker)
Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1700s
State:Pennsylvania
Time Imprisoned:
7 Months 25 Days
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Biography

William Smith, a Philadelphia broker (so distinguished in the records from the other men of that common name), was one of the citizens arrested in September 1777 and banished with the "Virginia Exiles" to Winchester, Virginia.

Case

Charges: Banished without trial to Winchester, Virginia (September 1777) as a "Virginia Exile".
Arrested: Sep 2, 1777
Incarcerated: Sep 2, 1777
Released: Apr 27, 1778
Sentence: Banished about seven months to Winchester, Virginia; released in the spring of 1778.
Convicted: No