Article on Jacobite Prisoner John Cameron (#1)
Maryland Gazette
March 1, 1753
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James Mills, living in St. Mary's County, reports a runaway convict servant
man named Thomas M'Clain, about age 17. He is thought to be with John
Cameron, who served his time with Jesse Wharton.
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Editor's Note:
John Cameron was a Jacobite prisoner in the prisons at Carlisle
and Chester. He was one of four Camerons (two were named
John) who departed Liverpool on either April 22 or May 5,
1747 (records vary). They were placed aboard the transport
"Johnson," which arrived in "Choptank" at Port
Oxford, Maryland on July 16/17, 1747. This first John
Cameron was "free" by early 1753, as evidenced by this
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