Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Hardy county” in article 2 of The Daily Dispatch: November 27, 1861., [Electronic resource]:
...away, October 18, Joe, a dark mulatto; 23 years old; six feet high, weighs 180 pounds; well built, and very likely; bushy head of hair and heavy beard; can read and write, but writes badly; came from Hardy county , may have free papers.
I will give the above reward for his confinement in jail so I get him.
James J. Cotheau,
no 23--1m* Roxhero, N. C.
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