1596[Untitled advertisement]1795-03-09T00:00:00Halifax, N.C. : North Carolina JournalNorth Carolina Journal [Halifax], 1792-1810HalifaxHalifaxNCRUN away from the subscriber on the 2d of March, 1795, a negro fellow named NELSON, he is about thirty years of age, his bodily weight is about 125lb, he has on one side of his jaw a scar occasioned by a rising from the tooth. And he carried away with him a negro cotton great coat dyed of a purple colour, and sundry other clothes. Whoever will deliver the said negro to me in Halifax county, or confine him so that I get him, shall receive any reasonable charge they may think proper to ask. GIDEON ALSTON. Halifax, March 6, 1795 38NCHALHalifax33/2/1795Gideon AlstonPlacing AdNelsonSlaveGideon AlstonSlaveholderHalifaxNC