<?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>798</NoticeID><Headline>Fifteen dollars reward</Headline><NoticeDate>1795-05-18T00:00:00</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>FIFTEEN DOLLARS REWARD. RAN-AWAY from the subcriber on the 11th inst. a likely negro fellow by the name of JIM about 17 years of age has had one of this hands badly burnt, one of his little fingers is crooked and has lost several of his toes by the frost.  Also, a likely Negro Wench, by the name of VILOT she is about 20 years old with a child 13 months old.  Whoever will apprehend said negroes and give infomration that the subscriber may obtain them shall be entiteld to the above reward and all reasonable charges paid. Pitt county, May 12   48 48 ALLEN TISON.</Transcript><StateCode>NC</StateCode><CountyCode>HAL</CountyCode><CountyOfPublication>Halifax</CountyOfPublication><NewspaperPageNumber>3</NewspaperPageNumber><Destinations /><DatesOfDeparture><string>5/11/1795</string></DatesOfDeparture><People><NoticePerson><Name>Allen Tison</Name><Role>Placing Ad</Role></NoticePerson><NoticePerson><Name>Jim</Name><Role>Slave</Role></NoticePerson><NoticePerson><Name>Vilot</Name><Role>Slave</Role></NoticePerson><NoticePerson><Name>Allen Tison</Name><Role>Slaveholder</Role></NoticePerson></People><CityOfResidence /><CountyOfResidence>Pitt</CountyOfResidence><StateOfResidence>NC</StateOfResidence></notice>