Mr. Samuel Mason, Warren Co, Mi. in the “Vicksburg Register,” July 18, 1838.”

“Ranaway, a negro man named Allen, he has a scar on his breast, also a scar under the left eye, and has two buck shot in his right arm.”

Mr. F.L.C.  Edwards, in the “Southern Telegraph”, Sept. 25, 1837

“Ranaway from the plantation of James Surgette, the following negroes, Randal, has one ear cropped; Bob, has lost one eye, Kentucky Tom, has one jaw broken.”

Mr. Stephen M. Jackson, in the “Vicksburg Register”, March 10, 1837.

“Ranaway, Anthony, one of his ears cut off, and his left hand cut with an axe.”

Philip Honerton, deputy sheriff of Halifax Co.  Virginia, Jan. 1837.

“Was committed, a negro man, has a scar on his right side by a burn, one on his knee, and one on the calf of his leg by the bite of a dog.”

Stearns & Co.  No. 28, New Levee, New Orleans, in the “Bee”, March 22, 1837.

“Absconded, the mulatto boy Tom, his fingers scarred on his right hand, and has a scar on his right cheek”

Mr. John W. Walton, Greensboro, Ala. in the “Alabama Beacon”, Dec. 13, 1838.

“Ranaway my black boy Frazier, with a scar below and one above his right ear.”

Mr. R. Furman, Charleston, S.C. in the “Charleston Mercury” Jan. 12, 1839.

“Ranaway, Dick, about 19, has lost the small toe of one foot.”

Mr. John Tart, Sen. in the “Fayetteville [N.C.] Observer”, Dec. 26, 1838

“Stolen a mulatto boy, ten years old, he has a scar over his eye which was made by an axe.”

Mr. Richard Overstreet, Brook Neal, Campbell Co.  Virginia, in the “Danville [Va.] Reporter”, Dec. 21, 1838.

“Absconded my negro man Coleman, has a very large scar on one of his legs, also one on each arm, by a burn, and his heels have been frosted.”

The editor of the New Orleans “Bee” in that paper, August 27, 1837.

“Fifty dollars reward, for the negro Jim Blake—­has a piece cut out of each ear, and the middle finger of the left hand cut off to the second joint.”

Mr. Bryant Jonson, Port Valley, Houston county, Georgia, in the Milledgeville “Union”, Oct. 2, 1838.

“Ranaway, a negro woman named Maria—­has a scar on one side of her cheek, by a cut—­some scars on her back.”

Mr. Leonard Miles, Steen’s Creek, Rankin county, Mi. in the “Southern Sun”, Sept. 22, 1838

“Ranaway, Gabriel—­has two or three scars across his neck made with a knife.”

Mr. Bezou, New Orleans, in the “Bee” May 23, 1838.

“Ranaway, the mulatto wench Mary—­has a cut on the left arm, a scar on the shoulder, and two upper teeth missing.”