23 AUGUST 1843: The Appeal (Memphis)

Jailor’s Notice.

WAS committed to the Jail of Shelby county, Tennessee, on the 7th day of August, 1843, a negro man who calls himself GRUNDY, and says that he belongs to Eli Anderson, of Madison County Tennessee. Grundy is light complected 5 feet 9 inches high, 23 years old, will weigh 150 lbs, has a scar in the right eye brow. The owner of said negro 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.
August 18, 1843

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