Volume III Part 29 (1/2)

Mr. James Kimborough, Memphis, Tenn. in the ”Memphis Enquirer” July 13, 1838.

”Ranaway, a negro boy, named Jerry--has a _scar_ on his right check two inches long, from the cut of a knife.”

Mr. Robert Beasley, Macon, Georgia, in the ”Georgia Messenger”, July 27, 1837.

”Ranaway, my man Fountain--has _holes in his ears, a scar_ on the right side of his forehead--has been _shot in the hind parts of his legs_--is marked on the back with the whip.”

Mr. B.G. Barrer, St. Louis, Missouri, in the ”Republican”, Sept. 6, 1837.

”Ranaway, a negro man named Jarret--_has a scar_ on the under part of one of his arms, occasioned by a wound from a knife.”

Mr. John D. Turner, near Norfolk, Virginia, in the ”Norfolk Herald”, June 27, 1838.

”Ranaway, a negro by the name of Joshua--he has a cut across one of his ears, which he will conceal as much as possible--one of his ankles is _enlarged by an ulcer_.”

Mr. William Stansell, Picksville, Ala. in the ”Huntsville Democrat”, August 29, 1837.

”Ranaway, negro boy Harper--has a scar on one of his hips in the form of a G.”

Hon. Ambrose H. Sevier Senator, in Congress, from Arkansas in the ”Vicksburg Register”, of Oct. 18.

”Ranaway, Bob, a slave--has a _scar across his breast_, another on the _right side of his head_--his back is _much scarred_ with the whip.”

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.