“Committed to jail, a negro man; has a very sore leg.”

Mr. Thomas Crutchfield, Atkins, Ten. in the “Tennessee Journal,” Oct. 17, 1838.

“Ranaway, my mulatto boy Cy, has but one hand, all the fingers of his right hand were burnt off when young.”

J.A.  Brown, jailer, Orangeburg, South Carolina, in the “Charleston Mercury,” July 18, 1838.

“Was committed to jail, a negro named Bob, appears to be crippled in the right leg.”

S.B.  Turton, jailer, Adams Co.  Miss. in the “Natchez Courier,” Sept. 29, 1838.

“Was committed to jail, a negro man, has his left thigh broke.”

Mr. John H. King, High street, Georgetown, in the “National Intelligencer,” August 1, 1837.

“Ranaway, my negro man, he has the end of one of his fingers broken.”

Mr. John B. Fox, Vicksburg, Miss. in the “Register,” March 29, 1837.

“Ranaway, a yellowish negro boy named Tom, has a notch in the back of one of his ears.”

Messrs. Fernandez and Whiting, auctioneers, New Orleans, in the “Bee,” April 8, 1837.

“Will be sold Martha, aged nineteen, has one eye out.”

Mr. Marshall Jett, Farrowsville, Fauquier Co.  Virginia, in the “National Intelligencer,” May 30, 1837.

“Ranaway, negro man Ephraim, has a mark over one of his eyes, occasioned by a blow.”

S.B.  Turton, jailer Adams Co.  Miss. in the “Natches Courier,” Oct. 12, 1838.

“Was committed a negro, calls himself Jacob, has been crippled in his right leg.”

John Ford, sheriff of Mobile County, in the “Mississippian,” Jackson Mi.  Dec. 28, 1838.

“Committed to jail, a negro man Cary, a large scar on his forehead.”

E.W.  Morris, sheriff of Warren County, in the “Vicksburg [Mi.] Register,” March 28, 1838.

“Committed as a runaway, a negro man Jack, he has several scars on his face.”

Mr. John P. Holcombe, In the “Charleston Mercury,” April 17, 1828.

“Absented himself, his negro man Ben, has scars on his throat, occasioned by the cut of a knife.”

Mr. Geo. Kinlock, in the “Charleston, S.C.  Courier,” May 1, 1839.

“Ranaway, negro boy Kitt, 15 or 16 years old, has a piece taken out of one of his ears.”

Wm. Magee, sheriff, Mobile Co. in the “Mobile Register,” Dec. 27, 1837.

“Committed to jail, a runaway slave, Alexander, a scar on his left check.”

Mr. Henry M. McGregor, Prince George County, Maryland, in the “Alexandria [D.C.] Gazette,” Feb. 6, 1838.

“Ranaway, negro Phil, scar through the right eye brow part of the middle toe right foot cut off.”

Green B Jourdan, Baldwin County Ga. in the “Georgia Journal,” April 18, 1837.

“Ranaway, John, has a scar on one of his hands extending from the wrist joint to the little finger, also a scar on one of his legs.”