Ran away from the subscriber living in Surry county, North-Carolina, near Allen’s iron works, on the 29th July last, a negro fellow by the name of Charles; about thirty years of age, five feet eight or nine inches high, has a down look, and one of his upper foreteeth is out; I am apprehensive he is making for Downing Creek, which lays some distance south of Fayetteville. Whoever will deliver said fellow to me again shall receive the above reward, besides all reasonable expenses paid by
William T Lewis, August 28, 1790

Source: North Carolina Chronicle or Fayetteville Gazette. 4 October 1790.