28 DECEMBER 1839 : Somerville Reporter

Jailors Notice.

WAS committed to jail in Somerville, Fayette county, Ten., on the 21st inst. A negro man, who says his name is GILBERT, and belongs to Richard B. Patterson of Franklin county, Ala. He is about 5 feet 9 inches high, and about 24 years old. The owner is requested to come forward, prove property, pay charges and take him away, or he will be dealt with as the law directs.

S.H. WALKER, Jailor.

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