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Virginia Gazette
(Purdie & Dixon), Williamsburg ,
April 2, 1767.
CHESTERFIELD, March 23, 1767. RUN away from the subscriber, the 22d of September last, a well set Negro fellow named GEORGE, about five feet six or seven inches high, and about forty years of age; in his walk he inclined to the right side, and is outlawed. Whoever secures or brings him to me, shall have FIVE POUNDS reward. Also, run away from the subscriber, the 17th instant, a thin Mulatto fellow named FRANK, about five feet eight inches high, and about one and twenty years of age; had on when he went away two Negro cotton jackets, the outside one had a blue cape to it. He belongs to the estate of Col. Richard Kennon, deceased, and is supposed to be lurking in Charles City. Whoever secures or brings him to me, shall have TWENTY SHILLINGS reward.
MARK EDWARDS.
Reprint: Windley, vol. 1, p. 51.
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