4 FEBRUARY 1859 : Memphis Daily Appeal

$25 Reward.

RANAWAY from the subscriber, on the first MONDAY in November last, my negro JACK. He is 45 years of age, a little gray, some of his upper front teeth out; is 5 feet 8 or 10 inches high, and is a blacksmith by trade; has a scar on one of his arms, produced by a cut from a knife; he was hurt when a child, which makes his toes white. I will give the above reward for him if taken in the county, and fifty dollars reward if caught out of the county. I purchased him in Richmond, Virginia, about two months since. He was raised in Ashe county, North Carolina, and he may be trying to get back. If he is delivered to Delap & Co., Memphis, Tennessee, I will give the above reward. My post office is Tulip, Dallas county, Arkansas.

W.B. WESSON

Posted by naomi at July 20, 2005 07:02 PM