John Pemberton

Released
Date of birth:27. 02. 1727
Date of death:1795
Age:67† Deceased
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1700s
State:Pennsylvania
Time Imprisoned:
7 Months 0 Days
Support
Anti-War Conscientious Objection
John Pemberton

Biography

John Pemberton, a Quaker minister and younger brother of Israel and James Pemberton, was one of the "Virginia Exiles" — about twenty prominent Philadelphia Quakers whom the Continental Congress and the Pennsylvania Supreme Executive Council arrested in September 1777, as the British approached the city, and banished without any charge or trial to the frontier town of Winchester, Virginia, for the Society of Friends' conscientious refusal to support the Revolutionary War. Held roughly seven months, the survivors were released in the spring of 1778.

Case

Charges: Banished without trial to Winchester, Virginia (September 1777) as a "Virginia Exile,".
Incarcerated: September 1777
Released: April 1778
Sentence: Banished about seven months to Winchester, Virginia; released in the spring of 1778. Verdict as recorded: No — never charged or tried; interned by order of Congress and the Pennsylvania Council. Charges as recorded: Banished without trial to Winchester, Virginia (September 1777) as a "Virginia Exile," for the Quaker refusal to support the Revolutionary War.
Convicted: No

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