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Title
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Jo-NC-SHOE13
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Identifier
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NC-SHOE13
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Subject
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African Americans--History African Americans--History--To 1863
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Source
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Weekly Standard
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Date
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August 26, 1863
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Trade
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shoemaker
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gender
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male
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Enslaver
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John Smith
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homeLocation
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Raleigh, N.C.
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events
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1.Formerly Enslaved by ENSLAVER Merry Jones in LOCATION Jones County. 2. Self- emancipated from ENSLAVER John Smith.
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Transcription
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TAKEN UP AND COMMITTED TO THE public jail of Wilkes County, on the 15th inst., three negro men, who say they belong to John Smith, a refugee, stopping at present at High Point, N. C., viz: JO, about 30 years of age, weighs 160 lbs , 5 feet 8 1/2 inches high, teeth good, black as soot, says he was raised in Jones County by Merry Jones ; had a free wife named Anna Done ; is a shoe maker. CHARLES, raised in Craven County, owned by Mrs. Lavinia Smith, of Edgecombe County, knows B. M. Selby and other citizens of Tarborough ; is 40 years of age, weighs 160 lbs., height 5 feet 8 inches, black round face, and professes to be a sort of carpenter. HENRY, 35 years of age, weighs 150 lbs., 5 feet 8 inches high, yellow black in color, was raised in Virginia by Dr. Harris, sold to Jas. [James] Harrison, who sold to John Smith, the present owner, and says he is [a] plasterer. The owner or owners will please come forward, prove property, pay charges and take said negroes away, or they will be dealt with as the law further directs. ROBT. [Robert] M. SMITH, Sheriff. August 24, 1863. 35
