NC.MEC.21.18380824.3.191

$20 reward

$20 REWARD. RANAWAY from John McCord, on the 28th of June last, a negro girl named LUCY, about 25 years of age, very black, and about five feet high and slender. She is supposed to be in the neighborhood of Gen. McLeary's, on Paw Creek, as he owns her husband, she has some relations belonging to Mrs. Maxwell, 7 mi. east of Charlotte, also, some relations at the Alexander Mine, and also some relations at Bissell's mills, 2 miles from Charlotte. Having purchased said girl from said M'Cord, I will give the above reward to any person that will deliver said girl to me in Charlotte. B.P. BOYD. Charlotte, Aug. 23, 1838. t415

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Date(s) of departure
6/28/1837
Residence
Charlotte, NC
County(s) of residence
Mecklenburg County
Presumed destination(s)
Paw Creek (N.C.)
Alexander Mine (N.C.)
Bissells Mills (N.C.)

Publication information

4 people are documented within NC.MEC.21.18380824.3.191
Name Role in document
M'Cord Former slaveholder
B.P. Boyd Placing Ad
Lucy Slave
John McCord Slaveholder