Description
“$20 Reward.” - - RUNAWAY from the subscriber living about 5 miles southwest of Bloomington, on Sugar Creek, in Buchanan County, on Christmas day, a negro boy named Thornton, aged about 19 years, black, about 5 feet 8 inches high, well-proportioned in his built, had on when he left a black cloth cap, blue cloth frock coat, mixed janes vest, dark mixed cassinet pantaloons and coarse boots: any person who will detect said boy, and return him to me shall have the following reward: if found within the county $10 dollars, if out of the county $20 dollars. JAMES STULTZ (Dec. 31, 1851 - 3ws)
(Researcher's note: James Stultz was listed in the 1860 Platte County Census as living in Weston Township and also listed in the 1860 Platte County Slave Schedules as enslaving a 25 year old mulatto male on June 10, 1860.)Date(s) of Creation
1/28/1852
