Jailor’s Notice.
WAS committed to the Jail of Shelby county Tennessee on the 19th of Sept. 1843, a negro man who calls himself PETER, and says that he belongs to Major Story of Carroll county, Miss. Peter is a light complexted negro, about 22 years old, 5 feet 7 inches high, will weigh 140 lbs, and has a small scar in the forehead. 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.
JNO. C. DOTY, Jailor
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