14 DECEMBER 1859: Memphis Daily Appeal

Stop Runaway -- $50 Reward.

RANAWAY from the subscriber, on the 13th inst., a negro boy named GEORGE– black, five feet eight or ten inches high, scarred on his back, about twenty or twenty-one years old, weighs about one hundred and fifty or sixty pounds, shows fore teeth, has no beard, and wore a gray suit of clothes. He was brought from Louisville, Ky., whither probably he is making his way. Upon his delivery to me, or confinement in jail so I can get him, the above reward will be given.

Address
R. HORTON
Grenada, Miss.

Posted by naomi at July 30, 2006 11:40 AM