RAN AWAY from the subscriber in Goochland, on the 27th day of February, 1793, two Negro fellows, one of them the property of the subscriber, named JAMES, a short well made black fellow, very handsome, apt to smile when spoken to, if in good humor; he has a thick bushy head of hair and small eyes, he carried with him a Dutch blanket, a short blue coat no other cloathing that I recollect, except what plantation negroes are usually clad in. PETER, the property of Mr. William Meriwether, a short well made fellow; near the size of James, a bright Mulatto, about 20 years of age, he has large bulging eyes, and a little inclined to be bow-legged; I do not know what cloathing he carried with him. These fellows carried with them two of my nags, both about twelve years old, one of them a bay mare, 4 feet 9 or 10 inches high, one hind foot white, she has a gold head and neck, and shews the whites of her eyes very plain; the other a small sorrel Horse about 4 feet 5 or 6 inches high, very stout made, no white about him, and his tail lately been bob'd very short; I have not heard any thing of the above mentioned slaves and horses, since their elopement, I am apt to think they have gone low down the country where they were both raised. Whoever will apprehend the said Negroes, and secure them so that I get them again, shall receive a generous reward, besides what the law allows. SMITH PAYNE. March 13, 1793.
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