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Runaways (November 13th, 1861)
>From The Herald of Freedom & Torch Light; Hagerstown, MD
Summary: [Notice] "Was committed to the Jail of Washington County, as Runaway Slaves, Two Negro Men…" Shadrich Montgomery described as 5 feet 6 inches, "vary dark copper colored," his clothing includes a drab coat and vest, checked cassimere pants, "and a full suit of black clothes..." belongs to Robert Briley, 6 miles from Martinsburg, VA; Wesley Miles, "5 feet high, dark mulatto, scar on left eye." Clothing is "drab coat and pants, and some other common clothing." Belongs to William Hamilton Hanshaw, 6 miles from Martinsburg, VA. Owners to "come forward and identify their property..." Ed. M. Mobley, Sheriff, November 13, 1861, copied in Balt. Clipper, Easton Gazette and Nat. Intelligencer
Full DetailsPostponed Sheriff's Sale of a Free Negro (November 14th, 1861)
>From The Carroll County Democrat; Westminster, MD
Summary: The sale of John Paraway, a free African American convicted of robbery and sentenced to serve as a slave out of the state for a ten year term, has been postponed to December 25
Full DetailsPostponed Sheriff's Sale of a Free Negro (November 14th, 1861)
>From The Carroll County Democrat; Westminster, MD
Summary: The sale of Charles Elder, a free African American convicted of robbery and sentenced to serve as a slave out of the state for a ten year term, has been postponed to December 25
Full DetailsCircuit Court (November 15th, 1861)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: Current cases in Frederick Co.: Joshua Johnson, free Negro, for theft from Charles Hendry; Abraham Snyder for burning Joshua Dill's wheat rick; Pvt. Samuel Webster, 1st NH Regt., for killing Calvin Lamar near Adamstown.
Full DetailsOne Cent Reward (November 27th, 1861)
>From The Herald of Freedom & Torch Light; Hagerstown, MD
Summary: Reward offered (but no thanks) for the return of a runaway "dark mulatto bound boy" named Otho Howard who ran away on November 3, 1861. The subscriber is John G. Miller who lives near B. Rowland's Mill. The boy is 16-17 years old and deformed.
Full DetailsNegroes Sold (November 28th, 1861)
>From The Carroll County Democrat; Westminster, MD
Summary: Two African Americans were sold as slaves for ten years due to convictions of robbery: Charles Elder was sold for $11 to Isaac E. Pearson and John Paraway was purchased by Thomas Gist for $12
Full Details$50 Reward (December 4th, 1861)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: Notice: Grafton Claggett, near Frederick, offers a reward for return of runaway black boy named Dick, who is "passionately fond of music."
Full Details$100 Reward (December 4th, 1861)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: Notice: J. Lloyd Belt, near Mouth of Monocacy, offers a reward for return of runaway Negro John Williams.
Full Details$100 Reward (December 4th, 1861)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: Notice: Thomas S. Lee offers a reward for his Negro man Andrew Rankins who ran away from his farm near Petersville.
Full DetailsAccident By Fire (December 26th, 1861)
>From The Carroll County Democrat; Westminster, MD
Summary: James, an old African American man, suffered life threatening burns on his back and left arm after his bed caught fire; James is owned by the widow of Jacob Mathias
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