Jailor’s Notice
COMMITTED to the jail of Tipton county, Tenn., on the 19th day of April, 1839, a negro man, who says his name is MANUEL, and belongs to Lewis Wood of Logan county, Ky. Manuel is a black negro about 35 years old, 5 foot 8 1/2 inches high; had with him when apprehended, a paper purporting to be a pass, to pass and repass in any slave State in all creation, unmolested, until the first day of October next, unless he should not be found on his way home, &c. - Signed Lewis Wood, Logan county, Ky, Feb. 1, 1839. The owners is requested to come, bring proof, prove property, pay charges, and take him away, or he will be dealt with as the law directs.
Since Manuel was committed he says that he belongs to Thomas Bradley, living sixteen miles below Holly Springs.
R.J. MITCHELL, Jailor
June 21