<?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>835</NoticeID><Headline>Twenty dollars reward</Headline><NoticeDate>1795-09-07T00:00:00</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>TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD. I Will give the above reward to any person securing my Negro Fellow MYLES.  His ages is 30 years, five feet nine inches high, yellow complexion.  I gave him some time in August, a pass to procure another master, which he may use as an instrument for his escape. MUNGO PONTON. Quanky-Creek, Halifax county, Sept. 6   64</Transcript><StateCode>NC</StateCode><CountyCode>HAL</CountyCode><CountyOfPublication>Halifax</CountyOfPublication><NewspaperPageNumber>3</NewspaperPageNumber><Destinations /><DatesOfDeparture /><People><NoticePerson><Name>Mungo Ponton</Name><Role>Placing Ad</Role></NoticePerson><NoticePerson><Name>Myles</Name><Role>Slave</Role></NoticePerson><NoticePerson><Name>Mungo Ponton</Name><Role>Slaveholder</Role></NoticePerson></People><CityOfResidence>Quankey- Creek</CityOfResidence><CountyOfResidence>Halifax</CountyOfResidence><StateOfResidence>NC</StateOfResidence></notice>