"Ranaway, negro boy Ellie, has a scar on one of his arms from the bite of a dog."
Mr. W. Riley, Orangeburg District, South Carolina, in the "Columbia [S.C.] Telescope," Nov. 11, 1837.
"Ranaway a negro man, has a scar on the ankle produced by a burn, and a mark on his arm resembling the letter S."
Mr. Samuel Mason, Warren Co, Mi. in the "Vicksburg Register," July 18, 1838."
"Ranaway, a negro man named Allen, he has a scar on his breast, also a scar under the left eye, and has two buck shot in his right arm."
Mr. F.L.C. Edwards, in the "Southern Telegraph", Sept. 25, 1837
"Ranaway from the plantation of James Surgette, the following negroes, Randal, has one ear cropped; Bob, has lost one eye, Kentucky Tom, has one jaw broken."
Mr. Stephen M. Jackson, in the "Vicksburg Register", March 10, 1837.
"Ranaway, Anthony, one of his ears cut off, and his left hand cut with an axe."
Philip Honerton, deputy sheriff of Halifax Co. Virginia, Jan. 1837.