Part 160 (1/2)

Mr. R.A. Greene, Milledgeville, Georgia, in the ”Macon Messenger” July 27, 1837.

”Two hundred and fifty dollars reward, for my negro man Jim--he is much marked with _shot_ in his right thigh,--the shot entered on the outside, half way between the hip and knee joints.”

Benjamin Russel, deputy sheriff, Bibb county, Ga. in the ”Macon Telegraph”, December 25, 1837.

”Brought to jail, John--_left ear cropt_.”

Hon. H Hitchc.o.c.k, Mobile, judge of the Supreme Court, in the ”Commercial Register”, Oct. 27, 1837.

”Ranaway, the slave Ellis--he has _lost one of his ears_.”

Mrs. Elizabeth L. Carter, near Groveton, Prince William county, Virginia, in the ”National Intelligencer”, Was.h.i.+ngton, D.C. June 10, 1837.

”Ranaway, a negro man, Moses--he has _lost a part_ of one of his ears.”

Mr. William D. Buckels, Natchez, Mi. in the ”Natchez Courier,” July 28, 1838.

”Taken up, a negro man--is _very much scarred_ about the face and body, and has the left _ear bit off_.”

Mr. Walter R. English, Monroe county, Ala. in the ”Mobile Chronicle,”

Sept. 2, 1837.

”Ranaway, my slave Lewis--he has lost a _piece of one ear_, and a _part of one of his fingers_, a _part of one of his toes_ is also lost.”

Mr. James Saunders, Grany Spring, Hawkins county, Tenn. in the ”Knoxville Register,” June 6, 1838.

”Ranaway, a black girl named Mary--has a _scar_ on her cheek, and the end of one of her toes _cut off_.”

Mr. John Jenkins, St Joseph's, Florida, captain of the steamboat Ellen, ”Apalachicola Gazette,” June 7, 1838.

”Ranaway, the negro boy Caesar--he has _but one eye_.”

Mr. Peter Hanson, Lafayette city, La., in the New Orleans ”Bee,” July 28, 1838.

”Ranaway, the negress Martha--she has _lost her right eye_.”

Mr. Orren Ellis, Georgeville, Mi. in the ”North Alabamian,” Sept. 15, 1837.

”Ranaway, George--has had the lower part of _one of his ears bit off_.”