Committed to the Work-House,
AS RUNAWAYS,
THREE Africans, viz. JIM—he cannot tell his owner’s name,
is 5 feet 5 inches and ¾ high, about 25 years old, has his
country marks on his forehead, cheeks and breast, front teeth
filed and his ears bored, is clothed in a blue cloth jacket, red
short and ragged trowsers, has on a blue and white negro cloth
cap, bound round the bottom with dark coloured cloth.
HARRY, is 5 feet 7 ½ inches high, is about 27 years old, has
lost one of his upper front teeth, his country marks on his temples
and cheeks, has on a ragged jacket and trowsers of white
plains, with a blue and white negro cloth cap, bound round the
bottom with dark cloth.
BESS, says she belongs to a Mr. Parker ; she is 5 feet 1 ½ inch
high, 18 or 20 years old, her ears bored, has her country marks
on her breast, one of her lower front teeth out ; has on an osnaburgs
shirt, blue negro cloth wrapper and petticoat of white
plains. Also,
WALL, (alias JOHN) a country born fellow, says he belongs
to the estate of Morris Wears, late of St. George’s parish ; he
is 5 feet 1 inch and ½ high, about 40 years of age, has lost his
upper front teeth and is very bow-legged ; has on part of an old
homespun jacket and an old pair of trowsers of white plains.
Daniel Ward, M. W. H.
June 3.