"Fifty Dollars," Telegraph and Texas Register, June 8, 1837
Summary: John Jones placed an ad requesting the capture of a runaway and several horses. Gave the slave's age, height, complexion, the clothes he wore, and stressed that he used to be William Travis's slave and was the only survivor of the Alamo. Also described the horses and a Mexican man who ran away with him. Offered 40 dollars for the slave and 10 dollars for the Mexican and horses.
WILL be given for delivering to me on Briney's Prairie, seven miles from Columbia, a negro man-named Joe, belonging to the succession of the late Wm. Barret Travis, who took off with him a Mexican and two horses, saddles and bridles. This negro was in the Alamo with his master when it was taken; and was the only man from the colonies who was not put to death: he is about twenty-five years of age, five feet ten or eleven inches high, very black and good countenance: had on when he left, on the night of the 21st April ult. A dark mixed sattinet round jacket and new white cotton pantaloons. One of the horses taken is a bay, about 14 1/2 hands high very heavy built, with a blaze in his face, a bushy mane and tail and a sore back; also the property of said succession, the other horse is a chesnut sorrel, above 16 hands high. The saddles are of the Spanish form, but of American manufacture, and one of them covered with blue cloth. Forty dollars will be given for Joe and the small bay horse, (Shannon,) and ten dollars for the Mexican other horse and saddles and bridles.
If the runaways are taken more than one hundred miles from my residence, I will pay all reasonable travelling expenses, in addition to the above reward.
JOHN R. JONES, Ex'r of W.B. Travis.
Bailey's Prairie, May 21st, 1837. 70-3m tf[sic]
Source Copy Consulted: "Fifty Dollars," Telegraph and Texas Register, June 8, 1837, p. 4