NOTICE. WAS committed to the Jail of Cumberland County, North Carolina, as a runaway, on the 28th of July, 1856, a negro boy, who calls himself HENRY, and says he belongs to Joseph Rogers, of Northampton County, and was hired in February last to James H. Wortham and Dr. Isaac Jackson, of the firm of Wortham and Jackson, who are now making Turpentine on the Waccamau[sic] River in South Carolina. Said boy is about eighteen years old, five feet four inches high, and weighs about one hundred and twenty pounds. He is of dark copper color; and has a large scar on his left leg opposite his knee, and had on, when committed to Jail, a white cotton shirt and blue pantaloons, and an old wool hat. The owner of said boy is hereby notified to come forward, prove property and pay expenses and take him away, or he will be dealt with as the law directs in such cases. JOHN D. McARTHUR, Jailor of Cumberland Co., N. C. Aug. 21, 1856. tf 68
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| Name | Role in document |
|---|---|
| John D. McArthur | Placing Ad |
| Henry | Slave |
| Joseph Rogers | Slaveholder |
