Volume III Part 31 (1/2)

27, 1837.

”Ranaway, d.i.c.k--has _lost the little toe_ of one of his feet.”

Mr. R. Faucette, Haywood, North Carolina, in the ”Raleigh Register,”

April 30, 1838.

”Escaped, my negro man Eaton--his _little finger_ of the right hand has been _broke_.”

Mr. G.C. Richardson, Owen Station, Mo., in the St. Louis ”Republican,”

May 5, 1838.

”Ranaway, my negro man named Top--has had one of his _legs broken_.”

Mr. E. Han, La Grange, Fayette county, Tenn. in the Gallatin ”Union,”

June 23, 1837.

”Ranaway, negro boy Jack--has a small _crop out of his left ear_.”

D. Herring, warden of Baltimore city jail, in the ”Marylander,” Oct 6, 1837.

”Was committed to jail, a negro man--has _two scars_ on his forehead, and the _top of his left ear cut off_.”

Mr. James Marks, near Natchitoches, La. in the ”Natchitoches Herald,”

July 21, 1838.

”Stolen, a negro man named Winter--has a _notch_ cut out of the left ear, and the mark of _four or five buck shot_ on his legs.”

Mr. James Barr, Amelia Court House, Virginia, in the ”Norfolk Herald,”

Sept. 12, 1838.

”Ranaway, a negro man--_scar back of his left eye_, as if from the _cut_ of a knife.”

Mr. Isaac Mich.e.l.l, Wilkinson county, Georgia, in the ”Augusta Chronicle,” Sept 21, 1837.

”Ranaway, negro man Buck--has a very _plain mark_ under his ear on his jaw, about the size of a dollar, having been _inflicted by a knife._”

Mr. P. Bayhi, captain of the police, Suburb Was.h.i.+ngton, third munic.i.p.ality, New Orleans, in the ”Bee,” Oct. 13, 1837.

”Detained at the jail, the negro boy Hermon--has a scar below his left ear, from the _wound of a knife_.”