Sheriff’s Sale of Runaway Slave,
On the 15th of March, 1838, a negro man about twenty years of age, 5 feet 8 or 10 inches high, of dark brown complexion, weighing about 150 pounds, who says his name is John and belongs to a Mr. Kilpatrick of the city of New Orleans, was committed to the jail at Shelby county as a runaway slave; - Now, therefore, by virtue of an act of the General Assembly in such case made and provided, I will sell the said negro John, for his jail fees, &c., to the highest bidder for cash, at the court house door in Raleigh, on the 1st day of May next. (The boy is very likely.)
J.W. FOWLER, Sh’ff Shelby Co.
Memphis, Mar. 29, 1839