Notice is hereby given that about the 8th of this instant, there came to this neighbourhood a negro man, who appears upon examination to be the property of Mr Robert Lowran, twelve miles from Petersburg, in Virginia. The fellow calls himself Charles; he is about five feet five or six inches high, appears to be of the age of 20 years, well made, of a yellow complexion, speaks good English, and saith his former master was one Bradley on black-river, South Carolina.If the fellow be the property of Mr Lowran, this friendly notice is given by the subscriber living in Iredell County, Catawba river, near the Island Ford. – Tho M’Kay, J P, Dec 28, 1790

Source: North Carolina Chronicle or Fayetteville Gazette. 21 February 1792.