Yancy-NC-BRIL6

Item

Title
Yancy-NC-BRIL6
Identifier
NC-BRIL6
Source
Milton Chronicle
Date
March 10, 1859
Trade
gender
Male
Enslaver
The estate of William Baird (dec'd).
homeLocation
Roxboro, N.C.
events
1. Passed for a free man.2. Self Emancipated from ENSLAVER William Baird Estate.
Type
Advertisement
Transcription
$100 REWARD! WE will give the above reward for the apprehension and delivery (or confinement in jail until we can get him,) of a negro man named YANCY, a Bricklayer by trade, belonging to the estate of Wm. [William] Baird, dec'd. [deceased]. The said negro had a pass to be absent three months; left the 1st of January 1858, and has not been home since. He is about 30 or 35 years old; from five to five feet six inches high; stout, athletic form;quite black; short hair;--and fine voice, with the 1st finger on his right hand stiff. JOHN & N. H. BAIRD, Ex'rs. [Executors] Roxboro', N. C. March 1st 1859
Item sets
Bricklayers