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Virginia Gazette
(Purdie & Dixon), Williamsburg ,
July 9, 1767.
Run away from Cape Fear, in NORTH CAROLINA, THREE NEGRO FELLOWS, viz. CUDGOE, about 25 years old. This E Fellow has no mark by which he can be described, other than that he looks older than he really is. JEMMY, now 24 years old. One of his arms was burnt when a child, by which the main sinew is visibly contracted, but not so as to prejudice his working. These two have been gone about twelve months. BRISTOL, a yellow young fellow. He was kicked by a horse when a little boy, which has left a large scar, beginning under his eye, and extending along his cheek down to his jaw bone. This fellow has been gone about 20 months, and is supposed to have made his way for Richmond county, in VIRGINIA, where he has three brothers, whom the subscriber sold to Col. Tayloe, one of his Majesty's Council. Whoever brings the said Negroes, or any of them, to Mr. WILLIE JONES, on Roanoke river, or to the subscriber at Cape Fear, shall have FIVE POUNDS Virginia money for each Negro he brings.
GEORGE MOORE.
Reprint: Windley, vol. 1, p. 54.
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