TEN POUNDS REWARD, FOR apprehending two runaways:--BOB, about 5 feet, 3 or 4 inches high, upwards of 30 years of age, large limbs, well made, strong and active negro man slave, run away the 26th of May, 1792: He is a wheelwright and house carpenter, compleat; a tolerable good joiner and cooper.--This man was advertised in Mr. Green's papers last summer--DUKE, sometimes calls himself DOCTOR, about 5 feet 10 inches high, stout, strong, and very able-bodied, big eyes, speaks loud, about the same age of Bob, and run away the 16th of July, 1792: He is a good sawyer, and pretends to the carpenter and cooper's business--Duke went to Lancaster county where I first got him from, and from thence into the county of Fauquier, where Bob went to when he left me in May. In December last, they were both seen together in the neighbourhood of Ashby's gap, where Bob has a wife, having been hired some time to Capt. John Edmunds of that county. They call themselves brothers, tho' they are not, and will endeavour to pass as free people, and may get a forged pass; are fond of fine dress, and have a variety of clothes that I cannot describe. Bob is the same man that runaway about the year 1789, advertised by Mrs. Burnwell, was taken up about the North Mountain, and delivered to Capt. John Edmonds, who hired him until the close of the year 1791--I expect they will visit Alexandria. I will give the above reward for them both, if secured so that I get them again, or if delivered to me at this place, and six shillings per day travelling, if taken up over one hundred miles from me, or in proportion for either. All persons are forewarned from harbouring or employing said negro slaves, or carrying them out of the state, as they will be dealt with to the utmost rigour of the law. GRIFFIN GARLAND. State of Virginia, Richmond county, Totuskey, March 11th, 1793.
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