Five Hundred Dollars Reward, Runaway on the 26th of June, the day of the raid, one Negro boy called Jerry, black, age 35, about 5 feet, 10 inches high, weighs 165 pounds, teeth out in front and high forehead. Also a Negro boy Tom, in the evening of August 15th, Tom had on when he left a soldier's roundabout, purple colored pants, soft wool hat, color black, about 22 years old, weighs 140 pounds, 5 feet 8 inches high, very quick spoken, stammers at times, very full eyes. A reward of $500 will be given for both Negroes or $250 for either if lodged in any jail so that I can get them. Wm B Smith

Source: The Daily Southern Chronicle, Saturday, August 21, 1863

Transcribed by Robert McGinnis and used with his permission.