Caesar Prutt

first name
Caesar
last name
Prutt
gender
male
birth, death year
1727 , circa 1807
first, last year in records
1727, --
confidence level
confirmed identity
freed status (year freed)
enslaved, then free
enslaver(s)
Chauncey, Josiah;
location(s)
Amherst, MA   Hadley, MA  
place of origin
Hadley, MA

Bio

son of Arthur Prutt; lived in Hadley, MA; Chauncey sent Caesar to fight in the French & Indian War in 1758, he served for 45 days and returned to being a slave; 1770 was accused of poaching (shot a deer) and was fined 6 pounds; valued at 25 pounds in 1770; fought in the American Revolutionary War in 1775 & 1776; he fought as a patriot even though his master was a Tory; 1807 auctioned at vendue in Amherst, MA, for $65 of tax credit