Editing Thomas Sumter (section)

===Imprisonment for debt===
Sumter became stranded in South Carolina due to financial difficulties. He petitioned the Virginia Colony for reimbursement of his travel expenses, but was denied. Subsequently, Sumter was imprisoned for debt in Virginia. When his friend and fellow soldier, [[Joseph Martin (general)|Joseph Martin]], arrived in [[Staunton, Virginia|Staunton]], Martin asked to spend the night with Sumter in jail. Martin gave Sumter ten [[Guinea (coin)|guineas]] and a tomahawk. Sumter used the money to buy his way out of jail in 1766.<ref name=TimberlakeKing>{{cite book | first=Henry |last=Timberlake |editor-first=Duane |editor-last=King |title=The Memoirs of Lt. Henry Timberlake: The Story of a Soldier, Adventurer, and Emissary to the Cherokees, 1756–1765 |publisher=UNC Press }}</ref>{{rp|xxvii}} When Martin and Sumter were reunited some thirty years later, Sumter repaid the money.