Guilford County, NC - Tilghman Hunt Murder, 1851

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                      400 Dollars Reward
                        A Proclamation

By his Excellency, David S. Reid, Governor of North Carolina

Whereas it has been represented to me that one Thomas Pitt late of
Edgecombe County, did lately in the county of Cumberland, in this
State, murder one Tilghman Hunt, late of Guilford county; and that
the said Thomas Pitt has fled from justice and escaped beyond the
limits of this State.

Now, to the end that the said Thomas Pitt may be arrested and brought
to trial for said offence, I do hereby issue this my Proclamation,
offering a reward of four hundred dollars for his apprehension and
delivery to the sheriff of the said county of Cumberland.

Description - The said Thomas Pitt is described as being 23 or 24
years of age, five feet ten inches high, light hair approaching red,
has a down cast look, would weigh 160 or 165 pounds, teeth not very
sound and the upper ones project, cheek bones prominent, and has
freckles on his face and hands. He was last heard of in Petersburg, 
where he passed under an assumed name.

Given under my hand and the Great Seal of the State of North Carolina,
at the city of Raleigh, this the 19th day of March, A.D. 1851.

                                         David S. Reid
By order of the Governor:
Thomas Settle, Jr., P. Secretery
March 25 - 4t


Source:
Gov. Papers - Gov. David A. Reid Corresp.
G.P.127 & G.P.128
Folder: October 3, 1851-October 31, 1851, Box 128
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