<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?><notice xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"><NoticeID>1187</NoticeID><Headline>Five dollars reward</Headline><NoticeDate>1807-06-01T00:00:00</NoticeDate><PublisherInfo><PublisherName>Halifax, N.C. : North Carolina Journal</PublisherName><NewspaperName>North Carolina Journal [Halifax], 1792-1810</NewspaperName><PublisherCity>Halifax</PublisherCity><PublisherCounty>Halifax</PublisherCounty><PublisherState>NC</PublisherState></PublisherInfo><Transcript>FIVE DOLLARS REWARD RUNAWAY from the subscriber on the 22d instant, a Negro Man named JIM--about six feet high, and 40 years of age, round shouldered and bow-legged.  He carried off [illegible] of clothing, and will probably change his dress.  Whoever will devlier said Negro to me, or secure him in any jail so that I get him again, shall receive the above reward. RHODHAM BARNES. Elk Marsh, Halifax county. May 29, 1807</Transcript><StateCode>NC</StateCode><CountyCode>HAL</CountyCode><CountyOfPublication>Halifax</CountyOfPublication><NewspaperPageNumber>3</NewspaperPageNumber><Destinations /><DatesOfDeparture><string>5/22/1807</string></DatesOfDeparture><People><NoticePerson><Name>Rhodham Barnes</Name><Role>Placing Ad</Role></NoticePerson><NoticePerson><Name>Jim</Name><Role>Slave</Role></NoticePerson><NoticePerson><Name>Rhodham Barnes</Name><Role>Slaveholder</Role></NoticePerson></People><CityOfResidence /><CountyOfResidence>Halifax</CountyOfResidence><StateOfResidence>NC</StateOfResidence></notice>