NP, RD 10/2/1862

From the Richmond Daily Dispatch
 
October 2, 1862
  
Runaway negroes
 
Henry -- inches high, mulatto color, eyes black, scar on right jaw, aged 37. Bought of James Southampton county, Va.
Teter -- 5 feet 6 inches high, aged 45 black, scar on left side of the nose and on left arm, near the wrist, eyes black. Bought of C. Bess
Peter Hicks -- 5 feet 8 1/2 inches, aged 23, yellow eyes black, scar across nose and on left side. Bought of Levi tar, Goldsborough, N. C.
Frank -- 5 feet 5 1/2 inches high, brown colored eyes black, aged 23, scar on back of neck and whip marks on body. Bought of Wm. Ward, Cumberland county, N. C.
Peter -- 5 feet 2 1/2 inches high, dark brown color, eyes black, aged 18 scar across the right arm, below the elbow. Bought of William Ailen, Surrey county, Va.
   The above mentioned negroes ranaway from the service of the Piedmont Railroad company, at Danville, between the 4th and 24th of September A reward of $25 each will be paid for their delivery at Danville, Va., it taken within the State, and $50 each if taken in another State, or a liberal reward if placed in any jail where they can be secured.
E. D. Wilburn
Sup't 1st Division, Piedmont Railroad

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