Part 159 (1/2)

Mr. W. Riley, Orangeburg District, South Carolina, in the ”Columbia [S.C.] Telescope,” Nov. 11, 1837.

”Ranaway a negro man, has a _scar_ on the ankle produced by a _burn_, and a _mark on his arm_ resembling the letter S.”

Mr. Samuel Mason, Warren Co, Mi. in the ”Vicksburg Register,” July 18, 1838.”

”Ranaway, a negro man named Allen, he has a scar on his breast, also a scar under the left eye, and has _two buck shot in his right arm_.”

Mr. F.L.C. Edwards, in the ”Southern Telegraph”, Sept. 25, 1837

”Ranaway from the plantation of James Surgette, the following negroes, Randal, _has one ear cropped_; Bob, _has lost one eye_, Kentucky Tom, _has one jaw broken_.”

Mr. Stephen M. Jackson, in the ”Vicksburg Register”, March 10, 1837.

”Ranaway, Anthony, _one of his ears cut off_, and his left hand cut with an axe.”

Philip Honerton, deputy sheriff of Halifax Co. Virginia, Jan. 1837.

”Was committed, a negro man, has a _scar_ on his right side by a burn, one on his knee, and one on the calf of his leg _by the bite of a dog_.”

Stearns & Co. No. 28, New Levee, New Orleans, in the ”Bee”, March 22, 1837.

”Absconded, the mulatto boy Tom, his fingers _scarred_ on his right hand, and has a _scar_ on his right cheek”

Mr. John W. Walton, Greensboro, Ala. in the ”Alabama Beacon”, Dec. 13, 1838.

”Ranaway my black boy Frazier, with a _scar_ below and one above his right ear.”

Mr. R. Furman, Charleston, S.C. in the ”Charleston Mercury” Jan. 12, 1839.

”Ranaway, d.i.c.k, about 19, has lost the small toe of one foot.”

Mr. John Tart, Sen. in the ”Fayetteville [N.C.] Observer”, Dec. 26, 1838

”Stolen a mulatto boy, _ten_ years old, he has a _scar_ over his eye which was made by an axe.”

Mr. Richard Overstreet, Brook Neal, Campbell Co. Virginia, in the ”Danville [Va.] Reporter”, Dec. 21, 1838.

”Absconded my negro man Coleman, has a _very large scar_ on one of his legs, also one on _each_ arm, by a burn, and his heels have been frosted.”

The editor of the New Orleans ”Bee” in that paper, August 27, 1837.