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Ran away --From the Medical College, the slave James Thornton, a Negro man about 35 years of age, 5 feet 8 or 9 inches high, commonly and strongly built, weighing 160 to 175 pounds. He has a wife at Mr. Edmund Winston's, near Taylorsville, Hanover county, and may have gone in that direction. He is a shrewd, smart fellow, and will try to give a good account of himself. All persons are hereby warned against harboring him, and a suitable reward will be paid for his delivery to [jy 9--ts] F. M. Parrish
Runaway in jail. --Was committed to the Jail of the county of Hanover, on the 18th day of April last, a negro man, calling himself John Ford, as a ranaway, but who claims to be a free man.--The said negro is a bright mulatto, and is about five feet eight or nine inches high, and is about twenty-three years old; has long black curly hair, and no scars of note. The said negro had on when committed a grey woolen suit, coat lined with striped linsey. The owner of said negro is requested to man.--The said negro is a bright mulatto, and is about five feet eight or nine inches high, and is about twenty-three years old; has long black curly hair, and no scars of note. The said negro had on when committed a grey woolen suit, coat lined with striped linsey. The owner of said negro is requested to come forward, prove property, pay charges and take him away, else he will be dealt with as the law directs. C. S. Chisholme, acting Jailor my 27--27--2aw8w Of Hanover County, Va.