This Certifies that during the late war I served as a Colo. in the Artillery of Virginia that I was well acquainted with William Florey who belonged to the 15th Virginia Regm’t and was from Norfolk County that he served in the Continental Line untill the seige of York or the close of the war to the best of my recollection, and was held in high esteem as a Soldier.
Norfolk July 16th 1806 Thos Mathews
Norfolk May 30 1806. I hereby certify that I was Surgeon to the 7th Virga. Reg’t. in the years 1776, 1777 & 1778 the greatest part of which time it formed a part of Woodfords Brigade, and the 16th Virg’a. Reg’t. formed another part, during which time Wm. Floray a man of colour, was a soldier in the 16th Reg’t. and held in no little estimation by his Officers.
A Slaughter.
