JAILOR'S NOTICE
WAS committed to the Jail of Shelby county, Tenn., on the 13th of July, 1843, a negro man who calls himself PAUL, and says that he belongs to John Gordon, near Lagrange, Tenn., and that he was hired for the present year by Asbury Hollum, of the same neighborhood. Paul is of a dark copper colour, 5 feet 8 inches high; will weigh 165 lbs., about 22 years old, has a scar in the forehead over the right eye, and one on the right hand, starting at the last joint of the middle finger and terminating about half way between the last joint of the little finger and wrist; he cannot straighten the little finger of either hand. The owner of said boy will come forward, prove property, pay charges and take him away, or he will be dealt with as the law directs.
JOHN C. DOTY, Jailor
Posted by naomi at July 30, 2006 10:35 AM