"Taken up, a negro man—is very much scarred about the face and body, and has the left ear bit off."
Mr. Walter R. English, Monroe county, Ala. in the "Mobile Chronicle," Sept. 2, 1837.
"Ranaway, my slave Lewis—he has lost a piece of one ear, and a part of one of his fingers, a part of one of his toes is also lost."
Mr. James Saunders, Grany Spring, Hawkins county, Tenn. in the "Knoxville Register," June 6, 1838.
"Ranaway, a black girl named Mary—has a scar on her cheek, and the end of one of her toes cut off."
Mr. John Jenkins, St Joseph's, Florida, captain of the steamboat Ellen, "Apalachicola Gazette," June 7, 1838.
"Ranaway, the negro boy Caesar—he has but one eye."
Mr. Peter Hanson, Lafayette city, La., in the New Orleans "Bee," July 28, 1838.
"Ranaway, the negress Martha—she has lost her right eye."
Mr. Orren Ellis, Georgeville, Mi. in the "North Alabamian," Sept. 15, 1837.