22 DECEMBER 1843: The Appeal (Memphis)

Jailor’s Notice.

WAS committed to the Jail of Tipton county, Tennessee, on the 12th December, 1843, a negro man, who calls himself FARLEY, and says that he belongs to Thomas Gray, of Mississippi, near Hernando; said boy is very dark, and is 5 feet 5 inches high, and weighs about 145 or 50 lbs., age about 22 or 23 years. The owner is requested to come forward, and prove property, and pay charges, and take him away, or he will be dealt with as the law directs.

A.B. CAIN, Jailor.
December 22, 1843

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