His master was ordered to "return his working tools" at the expiration of his labor term. Committed petit larceny shortly after gaining his freedom. Perhaps a transported convict.
(1) T.L.C. Genealogy, Spotsylvania County, Virginia Court Orders 1746-1748 (Miami Beach, Florida: TLC Genealogy, 1999), 32, 39, 63, citing Spotsylvania County, Virginia Order Book 1746-1748:420, 427, 450.