Committed to the Work-House,
AS RUNAWAYS
THE following negroes : Jeffrey, about 35 years of age, 5 feet 4
¾ inches high, the fore finger of his right hand partly perished,
occasioned by a wound ; has on white negro cloth jacket and
trowsers faced with blue, a swansdown waistcoat, cotton shirt
and blue pair of stockings. Also, his wife Maria : she is five
feet 4 ¾ inches high, about 25 years old, of a slender make
and yellow complexion ; has on a white negro cloth gown with
blue cuffs. They both say their master is a Mr Jesse Howell,
living near Columbia, in this State.
Jim ; says he belongs to Mr. George Enoe merchant taylor of
Savannah ; he is a stout likely fellow, about 26 years old, 5 feet
9 ½ inches high ; has on a Russian jacket, yellow Marseilles
waistcoat and jean pantaloons, a scar under his left ear and one
on the back of his right hand near the thumb.
Katy ; says she belongs to a Mr. James Rutherford of Lauren’s
County, in this state ; she was born in Virginia, is about 30
years old, 5 feet 4 inches high, has lost the little finger of her
right hand and the first joint of the third finger.
D. Ward, M. W. H.
January 9.