$500 Reward
Ran
away or were stolen from the plantation of the subscriber, near this place on
the night of 26th March last, two negroes,
viz: a man named Robert and his wife Nancy.
Robert is about 25 to 30 years of age, about 5 feet 10 inches high, slender
made, very dark countenance. He has two very noted marks or scars, one on
the left under the jaw bone of a circular form caused by a thrust with the
muzzle of a gun and is half the size of the bore of a common shotgun; the other
is on his leg, which I do not recollect; but believe it to be the left; just
above the ankle, caused by a cut with an ax, which severed one of the leaders
and which whenever he moves that foot has a tremulous motion. Nancy, is of a copper color, about 20 years of age, about five
feet high, and a fine looking girl. They both move briskly and speak when
spoken to.
I
am induced to believe they were stolen and will give five hundred dollars for
the apprehension and prosecution of the thief or thieves
to conviction, and $50 a piece for the negroes if brought home or lodged in any
jail so that I can get them.
William
Barnes
Gallatin, Mississippi April 4, 1838
Published in the April 29, 1838 Southern Star in Copiah County, MS.
