"A Negro Taken Up," Telegraph and Texas Register, October 11, 1837

Summary: The editor printed an ad describing a runaway captured the week before. Gave the slave's name, age, height, complexion, hair color, location where he was found, and a scar over his right eye. However, the editor did not give any info about where the owner could pick up the runaway.

ON the night of the 5th inst. at the house of John Millican, an[sic] the east side of the Brazos, 10 miles above Washington. Says his name is Luke, and his master, Eli Bordlow lives in Louisiana, on the east side of Red river, 7 miles above Campty: he is about 40 years old, 5 feet 10 inches high, nose short and thick, brow high, hair mixed with grey, complexion common; he has a scar over the right eye about 3 inches long, caused by a blow with a stick from a mulatto; a little impediment in his speech: states that he has now none of the clothes he wore when starting, which may have been in the latter part of May. Washington county, Sept. 10, 1837 90-3t[sic]

Source Copy Consulted: "A Negro Taken Up," Telegraph and Texas Register, October 11, 1837, p. 4