"$1000 Reward," Telegraph and Texas Register, March 20, 1839
Summary: An ad asking for information about five runaways and offering a very large reward. Two of them were a married couple, the others were Africans, and the ad gave the names and descriptions of each. Said they were sold in Louisiana and probably were now somewhere near Houston.
$1000 REWARD, will be given for any information concerning the following negroes, viz--Violet, about 25 years of age, crosseyed, quick spoken; Peter the husband of Violet, about 38 years of age, one tooth out before; Syrus about 25 years of age, an African; Jacob, about 21 years of age, African, his teeth have been much injured by salivation; and June, about forty years of age. The above named negroes were taken from Mobile to New Orleans by A.L Shackleford, Presley C. Richardson and Alfred Gibson, and a part of them there sold, and the others on the Coast. Said negroes have been run to Texas since they were sold and from the best information that I have, Peter and Violet are in the neighborhood of the City of Houston, Texas.
Any certain information concerning any one of them would doubtless enable me to secure them all. H. VAUGHAN.
Feb 16, 3-198[sic] (Red Lander)
Source Copy Consulted: "$1000 Reward," Telegraph and Texas Register, March 20, 1839, p. 3