Ran away, an outlandish negro fellow, named Jem, about 26 or 27 years of age – has been in this country about two years – five feet 9 or 10 inches high, speaks broken English – says he belonged to one Sanders, of South-Carolina, between Charleston and Savannah river. Hired out to pay prison fees. –  Henry DEBERRY, Sheriff. Montgomery county, April 26, 1790.

Source: North Carolina Chronicle or Fayetteville Gazette. 10 May 1790.