"Was committed, a negro man, has a scar on his right side by a burn, one on his knee, and one on the calf of his leg by the bite of a dog."
Stearns & Co. No. 28, New Levee, New Orleans, in the "Bee", March 22, 1837.
"Absconded, the mulatto boy Tom, his fingers scarred on his right hand, and has a scar on his right cheek"
Mr. John W. Walton, Greensboro, Ala. in the "Alabama Beacon", Dec. 13, 1838.
"Ranaway my black boy Frazier, with a scar below and one above his right ear."
Mr. R. Furman, Charleston, S.C. in the "Charleston Mercury" Jan. 12, 1839.
"Ranaway, Dick, about 19, has lost the small toe of one foot."
Mr. John Tart, Sen. in the "Fayetteville [N.C.] Observer", Dec. 26, 1838
"Stolen a mulatto boy, ten years old, he has a scar over his eye which was made by an axe."
Mr. Richard Overstreet, Brook Neal, Campbell Co. Virginia, in the "Danville [Va.] Reporter", Dec. 21, 1838.