<?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>627</NoticeID><Headline>Twenty dollars reward</Headline><NoticeDate>1802-04-27T00:00:00</NoticeDate><PublisherInfo><PublisherName>Raleigh, N.C. : Raleigh Register and North Carolina Weekly Advertiser</PublisherName><NewspaperName>Raleigh Register and North Carolina Weekly Advertiser, 1799-1840</NewspaperName><PublisherCity>Raleigh</PublisherCity><PublisherCounty>Wake</PublisherCounty><PublisherState>NC</PublisherState></PublisherInfo><Transcript>TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD, RAN away from the Subscriber on the 12th inst. a Negro Man named Anthony, formerly the Property of John Giles Thomas, of Wake County, an able-bodied Fellow, about six Feet high, rather of a yellowish Complexion than otherwise, with two of his fore Teeth out.  Any Person who will apprehend the said Fellow, bring him to me, or confine him, so that I may get him again, shall receive the above Reward from AGERTON WILLIS. Lumberton, April 13, 1802.</Transcript><StateCode>NC</StateCode><CountyCode>WAK</CountyCode><CountyOfPublication>Wake</CountyOfPublication><NewspaperPageNumber>2</NewspaperPageNumber><Destinations /><DatesOfDeparture><string>4/12/1802</string></DatesOfDeparture><People><NoticePerson><Name>John Giles Thomas</Name><Role>Former slaveholder</Role></NoticePerson><NoticePerson><Name>Agerton Willis</Name><Role>Placing Ad</Role></NoticePerson><NoticePerson><Name>Anthony</Name><Role>Slave</Role></NoticePerson><NoticePerson><Name>Agerton Willis</Name><Role>Slaveholder</Role></NoticePerson></People><CityOfResidence>Lumberton</CityOfResidence><CountyOfResidence>Robeson</CountyOfResidence><StateOfResidence>NC</StateOfResidence></notice>