"Escaped, my negro man Eaton—his little finger of the right hand has been broke."
Mr. G.C. Richardson, Owen Station, Mo., in the St. Louis "Republican," May 5, 1838.
"Ranaway, my negro man named Top—has had one of his legs broken."
Mr. E. Han, La Grange, Fayette county, Tenn. in the Gallatin "Union," June 23, 1837.
"Ranaway, negro boy Jack—has a small crop out of his left ear."
D. Herring, warden of Baltimore city jail, in the "Marylander," Oct 6, 1837.
"Was committed to jail, a negro man—has two scars on his forehead, and the top of his left ear cut off."
Mr. James Marks, near Natchitoches, La. in the "Natchitoches Herald," July 21, 1838.
"Stolen, a negro man named Winter—has a notch cut out of the left ear, and the mark of four or five buck shot on his legs."
Mr. James Barr, Amelia Court House, Virginia, in the "Norfolk Herald," Sept. 12, 1838.