| From the Richmond Daily Dispatch |
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| September 18, 1862 |
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| Runaways |
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following named slaves who, with the names of their owners, their ages
and descriptive marks, are enumerated below have runaway since the
18th day of April, 1862, from the employment of the Richmond, Fredericksburg
and Potomac Railroad Company. All
persons who shall apprehend any of them, and deliver them to their
owners, or to the Jailors of their respective counties, will be
entitled to the rewards and mileage provided in the 105th chapter of
the Code of Virginia. In addition to which this Company will pay for
each one so apprehended and delivered to any of its agents authorized
to receive them, a further reward of five dollars. |
| By authority of the Company. |
| Wm. N. Bragg, Sup't Road |
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| Edmond, owned by Mrs. R. P. Saunders, aged 22 years, 6
feet high, black, slender |
| Arthur, owned by Mr. R. Saunders, aged 20 years, 5 feet
4 inches high, black |
| William, owned by Mr. B. Bullock, aged 25 years, 6 feet
high, ginger-bread color |
| James, owned by Mr. B. Bullock, aged 23 years, 5 feet 6
inches high |
| Andrew, owned by Mr. Bullock, aged 24 years, 5 feet 6
inches high, black, scar under left eye |
| Henry, owned by Mr. G. Bullock, aged 18 years, 6 feet
high, light complexion |
| Kiah, owned by Mr. Wash. Buckner, aged 25 years, 5 feet
10 inches high, mulatto, stout built |
| Pat, owned by Mr. B. F. Bullock, aged 30 years, 5 feet
10 inches high, ginger-bread color |
| Morton, owned by Mr. B. F. Bullock, aged 20 years, 5
feet 6 inches high, black |
| Lewis, owned by Mrs. Susan Bullock, aged 18 years, 5
feet 6 inches high, ginger-bread color |
| Alexander, owned by Miss Susan Bullock, aged 23 years,
6 feet 10 inches high, mujlatto |
| Edmond, owned by Mr. Jas. M. Bullock, aged 33 years, 6
feet high, black |
| Ton, owned by Mr. John F. Alsop, aged 45 years, 5 feet
10 inches high, black |
| Joe, owned by Mr. Jos. James, aged 27 years, 5 feet 10
inches high, ginger-bread color |
| Daniel, owned by Mr. Wm. Young, aged 30 years, 5 feet
10 inches high, ginger-bread color |
| Byrd, owned by Mrs. F. Downing, aged 45 years, 5 feet 7
inches high, black, thick lips |
| Dick, owned by Mr. P. Woolfolk, aged 28 years, 5 feet 6
inches high, black, slow spoken |
| Gabriel, owned by Mr. P. Woolfolk, aged 28 years, 5
feet 6 inches high, black, slow spoken |
| James, owned by Mr. W. Roy, 5 feet 6 inches, black,
slow spoken |
| William, owned by Mr. W. Roy, 6 feet high, dark
mulatto, bad teeth |
| Tom, owned by Mr. W. Roy, aged 20 years, 5 feet 10
inches high, ginger-bread color, slow spoken |
| Willis, owned by Mr. W. Roy, aged 27 years, 6 feet
high, ginger-bread color |
| Thornton, owned by Mrs. Ann Wright, aged 20 years, 5
feet 6 inches high, ginger-bread color |
| Morton, owned by Mrs. Ann Wright, aged 30 years, 5 feet
8 inches high, b lack, thin visage |
| John Henry, owned by Mrs. B. B. Wright, aged 26 years,
5 feet 10 inches high, black, slow spoken |
| Reuben, owned by Mrs. B. B. Wright, aged 19 years, 5
feet 8 inches high, black, slow spoken |
| Robert, owned by Mr. S. B. Broaddus, aged 21 years, 6
feet high, black, quick spoken |
| Lewis, owned by Mr. Ed Motley, aged 50 years, 5 feet 6
inches high, black, bow-legged |
| George, owned by Mr. G. W. Trice, aged 32 years, 5 feet
10 inches high, black, stammers slightly |
| Dick, owned by Mr. Walker Roy, aged 45 years, 5 feet 6
inches high, ginger-bread color |
| Albert, owned by Mr. David Fahring, aged 20 years, 5
feet 8 inches high, black, stout |
| Coleman, owned by Mr. Harris, aged 40 years, 5 feet 6
inches high, black, stout |
| Joe, owned by Mr. Harris, aged 35 years, 6 feet high,
ginger-bread color, stout |
| Edmond, owned by Mr. R. H. Woolfolk, aged 25 years, 6
feet high, ginger-bread color, slim |
| Claiborne, owned by Mr. W. R. B. Wyatt, aged 22 years,
6 feet 3 inches high, black, stout |
| {name not printed} owned
by Mr. Jesse, aged 25 years, 5 feet 6 inches high, ginger-bread color,
stout |
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