Citation - Virginia Gazette-Williamsburg (Pu): 1779.10.30

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Index Entry Banister, John, owner of runaway Negro named Tom, whistler 
Location Dinwiddie 
Citation
VGW(PU.779.007
30 Oct 1779:43 (237)
Run away from my plantation in Dinwiddie county, about the
20th of June last, a likely Negro man named Tom, about 23
years of age, 5 feet 8 inches high, of a light complexion,
thick lips, a little bow-legged, and has a large scar on the
right side of his head, with one of his lower fore teeth
out.  He is by trade a blacksmith, is very sensible, and
fond of whistling, which he performs in a peculiar manner
with his tongue.  Whoever will deliver the said slave to me
at Battersea near Petersburg, shall receive a reward of one
hundred dollars, or more in proportion to their trouble.
[signed] John Banister.


Generic Title Virginia Gazette-Williamsburg (Pu) 
Date 1779.10.30 
Publisher Clarkson, John, & Augustine Davis 
City, State Williamsburg, VA 
Year 1779 
Bibliography B0049256
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