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The Daily Phoenix
Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina
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A 99-year-old former slave named Jones reports in St. Louis that he was robbed of a watch he carried for 30 years. He recalls witnessing the surrender at Yorktown, plowing with Henry Clay, fleeing to see Aaron Burr's trial, marching against Admiral Cockburn, and shaking hands with Lafayette.
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The oldest colored man in the State reported at the Central Station, this morning, that he had been robbed of a watch which he had carried for thirty years. Jones will be one hundred years old on the first of January next. He remembers the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown; his master, Col. Simms, who owned several plantations and six hundred slaves, being present at the surrender. Jones has ploughed the glebe with Henry Clay in the 'Slashes of Hanover.'" When Aaron Burr was tried at Richmond, he ran away to get a sight at him, and got one of the most devillish est whippings for it he ever received. When Admiral Cockburn sailed with his fleet up the Chesapeake Bay, he sent word to Richmond that he would be there next day to dine. The chivalry went out to meet him. Jones marched out with Andrew J. Stevenson, who commanded the 'foot artillery.' William Wirt was Captain of the flying artillery,' and Robert Gamble of the 'troops.' Jones shook hands with Lafayette, and now has lost his watch.
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St. Louis; Yorktown; Slashes Of Hanover; Richmond; Chesapeake Bay
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Will Be One Hundred Years Old On The First Of January Next
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Jones, nearly 100, reports watch theft after 30 years. Recalls master's presence at Yorktown surrender, plowing with Clay, whipping for seeing Burr's trial, marching against Cockburn under Stevenson with Wirt and Gamble, and meeting Lafayette.