500 dollars reward.
--Ran away from my plantation, near Burkeville, Va, on the 16th of the present month my man John Henry Preston. He is some 22 years of age, black, about 5 feet 5 or 6 inches high. He had a pars to go to Charlotte C H, where he was raised, and was sold by Capt Thos J Spencer, of that county. I will pay the above reward if delivered to Mr Robert Pumpkin of Richmond.
W C Thomas. my 28--12t