St.Elizabeth’s, May 19, 1801.
RAN AWAY, about a year ago, a stout young Creole Negro
Man, above five feet high, named OXFORD, calls himself,
and among the negroes DENNISS, and sometimes QUACO;
is left-handed and bow-legged; has a large scar, from a cutlass,
on his right blade-bone, near the tip of his shoulder, which he
received about two years ago; some of his front teeth towards
his right cheek are out; he was on the property of a Mr. John
Francis Burton, of Mulatto Pen, in this parish, and has a brother
near or at a place called Plowden, in Vere. Six Pistoles
reward will be given for delivering him at home, or securing
in any place, so that he is delivered to the subscriber. Also,
some months ago, a yellow Negro Wench, of the Eboe country,
named HANNAH; has been several years in this island, about
five feet five or six inches high, mrked ASJ [or l] she has some
small cuts on her temples, or rather, as called, cambas; she is
said to frequent Gilknock-Hall; she has some correspondence
or traffic on the Sugar estates in this vicinity, with some of the
slaves. Two Pounds Fifteen Shillings will be given on delivering
her at home, or any place, […] delivered to
RICHARD BROOKS, for
Mrs. ANN SHERMER.