WAS committed to the Jail of Shelby county, Tennessee, on the 2nd of Oct. 1843, a negro man who calls himself DAVID and says that he belongs to Leshel Acker, of Panola county, Miss. David is tolerable black, of pleasant countenance, 5 feet 6 inches high, will weigh 140 lbs., and about 28 years old. The owner of said boy will 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
Oct. 20