500 Dollars Reward.
RANAWAY from my farm on Horshoe Bend [Horseshoe Bend], Miss., on the 16th of May last, my negro man PIERCE, about 27 years old, 6 feet high, weighs about 170 lbs, slender built and black, has a scar on his left wrist caused by a cut, smiles when spoken to, and quick step.
I will give Two Hundred Dollars for the apprehension and delivery of said negro to me at my farm, or if lodged in any jail so that I get him again.
I think it more than probable said negro has been stolen or decoyed off by some white man of my vicinity. If stolen, I will give Three Hundred Dollars for the apprehension of the thief and prosecution to conviction.
WM. J. OLDHAM
Oct. 2, 1839
The Little Rock Gazette, Louisville Journal, Cincinnati Gazette, and Natchez Free Trader, will give the above two weeks insertion each and forward their accounts to this office.