500 dollars reward.
--Ran away from my plantation, near Burkeville, Va, on the 16th of the present month, my man John Henry Preston. He is some 22 years of age, black, about 5 feet 5 or 6 inches high. He had a pass to go to Charlotte C H, where he was raised, and was sold by Capt Thos J Spencer, of that county, I will pay the above reward if delivered to Mr. Robert Lumpkin of Richmond. W C Thomas. my 28--12t