Halifax-Cumberland County NcArchives News.....Runaway: Henry Mitchells' Jacob September 1, 1855
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Sept. 1, 1855     N. C. Argus September 1, 1855
           NOTICE
-- Was committed to the jail in Cumberland County, N. C., on the 16th inst., 
as a Runaway, a Negro man who says his name is JACOB and that he belongs to 
HENRY MITCHELL of Halifax, N. C. Said Negro is of dark complexion, weighs 
about one hundred and sixty pounds and is five feet eight inches high. Had on, 
when committed to jail, a cotton velvet cap, a grey sack coat, and blue 
pantaloons. The owner of said slave is hereby notified to come forward and 
prove property, pay all legal charges and take him away, or he will be dealt 
with as the law directs in such cases.
                                   JOHN D. McARTHUR
                                   Jailer 

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