Runaway Negroes in Prison at Donaldsonville,
Parish of Ascension,
A NEGRO man about forty years of age calls his name Pierre,
branded on the right breast, thus Bulloquet, also a negro of the
Congo nation, about twenty years of age, marked on the belly
with the marks of his nation, pitted with the small pox, also
another negro about 20 years of age, well made, good countenance,
of a common size no notable marks, also a mulatto boy
about twenty-one or two years of age, calls his name Crissin,
says he belongs to a Mr. Cobbs, who lives on the Bayou Tunico
in the Spanish Territory, also a negro man about forty years of
age, tall and very slender made, calls his name Pierre & says
he belongs to Mr. St. Martin on the Dutch coast, the owners of
the above mentioned negroes are requested to come forward,
prove property, pay charges and take them away.
W. S. Watkins.
July 21.