Valentine - CAR94

Item

Title
Valentine - CAR94
Identifier
CAR94
Source
South Carolina and American General Gazette
Date
February 13, 1777
Trade
Gender
Male
Enslaver
John Chesnut
Home Location
Item Type
Advertisement
Transcription
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS reward.
Run away from the subscriber in March 1776, a Negro Man named Valentine, born in Virginia, is about 34 years of age, speaks good English, and is very sensible and artful; he can read a little, and pretends to be very religious, is of a yellow complexion, about 5 feet 9 inches high, pretty strong made, has lost some of his upper jaw teeth, and has very thick lips, is a very good boatman and a tolerable good carpenter, very handy, and has been seen several times since he run away on Savannah-river, near Silver-Bluff. Any person that will deliver said negro to Aaron Leecock, Esq; in Charlestown, to Mr. Samuel Boykin at Granby, or to the subscriber at Camden, shall receive the above reward.
JOHN CHESNUT.