"Ranaway, Bob, a slave—has a scar across his breast, another on the right side of his head—his back is much scarred with the whip."
Mr. R.A. Greene, Milledgeville, Georgia, in the "Macon Messenger" July 27, 1837.
"Two hundred and fifty dollars reward, for my negro man Jim—he is much marked with shot in his right thigh,—the shot entered on the outside, half way between the hip and knee joints."
Benjamin Russel, deputy sheriff, Bibb county, Ga. in the "Macon Telegraph", December 25, 1837.
"Brought to jail, John—left ear cropt."
Hon. H Hitchcock, Mobile, judge of the Supreme Court, in the "Commercial Register", Oct. 27, 1837.
"Ranaway, the slave Ellis—he has lost one of his ears."
Mrs. Elizabeth L. Carter, near Groveton, Prince William county, Virginia, in the "National Intelligencer", Washington, D.C. June 10, 1837.
"Ranaway, a negro man, Moses—he has lost a part of one of his ears."
Mr. William D. Buckels, Natchez, Mi. in the "Natchez Courier," July 28, 1838.