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                   THE CAROLINA CENTINEL

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New Bern, NC
               
Carolina Centinel    2-16-1822
 
                     LOST
   On Monday the 11th instant, in Pollok-street, Newbern, a red Morocco 
POCKET BOOK-- containing three judgments against William Croom, two for 
one hundred dollars each, the other for thirty-four dollars and some 
cents; one note of Richard Sutton, in favor of the subscriber, for 
twenty--five dollars; one note of William Isler, in favor of Philip 
Miller, the exact amount not recollected ; a note of Sharp Speight, in 
favor of the subscriber ; three receipts of William Huggins, constable, 
for paper put in his hands-- besides a number of other papers.
  A reasonable reward will be paid to any person who will leave said 
Pocket Book and contents at the store of Messrs, J.Gooding, & Co.
                                     Benjamin IV. Hargett.
                                     Jones County, Feb. 12, 1822.
 
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             Carolina Centinel    8/26/1820
                    
                     20  Dollars
                      REWARD
 
RAN AWAY, from the subscriber, at Smith's Creek, on the 23d of July 
last, his Negro Man SAM, He is about twenty years of age, black 
complexion, likely appearance, and has a pleasant look,---Has a scar, 
occasioned by a cut, on or near one of his knees.  SAM was at the late 
Camp Meeting, at Adams' Creek, whence he ran away, after having been 
flogged for stealing several different articles.  It is supposed he is 
lurking about the plantation of Mr. John C. Stanly and between there 
and Kinston, near which place he has a sister.----
  The above reward will be paid on his being delivered at, the Jail in 
Newbern, or at any Jail, so that I get him.
                                        GIDEON CARRAWAY.
                                      August 26th, 1820--- 127 tf.
 
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                        Carolina Centinel    11/18/1820
 
 
                        State of North Carolina
                             LENOIR COUNTY
 
James Ingram,  }           Original Attachment
       vs,     }             Levied on Land.
Edward Ingram, }            
  It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, that Edward Ingram, 
the Defendant in this case, is not an inhabitant of this State, the 
Court do therefore order, that publication be made for three months in 
the Carolina Centinel, printed in Newbern, that unless he appear before 
the Justices of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, to be held for 
the County of Lenoir, at the Court House in Kinston, on the first 
Monday in January next, and then and there answer or demur, Judgment 
will be entered against him, in the amount of the Plaintiff's debt and 
cost.
                                   By order,
                                   C. WESTBROOK, C.C.
                                   136----11w.
 
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                 Carolina Centinel    11/25/1820
 
 
                                DIED,
  At Kinston, Lenoir County, on Wednesday the 15th inst. Mrs.
Elizabeth Cobb, in the 68th year of her age.
 
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   20 DOLLARS REWARD
 
RANAWAY from the Subscriber's plantation, in Jones county on the 21st 
October last, his Negro Man Joe : he is about 5 feet 8 inches high, 
black complected, in his common walk goes bent forward in his knees, 
his toes rather inward, has a large scar on one of his hands, 
occasioned by a burn, and a small piece of one of his ears has been bit 
off in fighting--he had on when he went away, a pair of blue twilled 
cloth trowsers, a tow and cotton shirt and strawhat, and carried a 
fiddle with him. He has relations in or near Wilmington, at the 
plantation of Col. Cowens, where most probably he will aim to get.
  All persons are forwarned from employing, harbouring, or conveying 
said fellow away, under the penalty of the law.
  The above reward, will be given to any person who will apprehend said 
fellow, and deliver him to me in Jones county, or confine him in jail, 
so that I get him again.
                                       NEEDMAN SIMMONS.
                                       February 5th, 1819,----47tf
 
 
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 Carolina Centenial      3-31-1821
 
                               NOTICE
                                --------
  At the present Term of Craven County Court the Subscriber qualified 
as Executrix to the last will and testament of CHARLES ROACH, senior, 
deceased,--
  All persons indebted to the estate, are required to make immediate 
payment and those to whom the estate is indebted, are requested to 
present their claims, duly authenticated, within the time prescribed by 
law, or this notice will be plead in bar of their recovery.
                               POLLY ROACH, Executrix.
                               March 12th, 1821---156 5w
     Notice is also given, That on Friday, the 20th of April next, will 
be sold at the late dwelling House of CHARLES ROACH, sen'r dec. all 
that part of the perishable estate of said deceased, not disposed of by 
Will, consisting of CORN, FODDER, PEAS, &c. Also one NEGRO MAN, a 
black-smith, devised in a certain clause of the Will of said deceased 
to be sold. Six months credit will be given, and notes with approved 
security will be required by Law.
                                       POLLY ROACH. Ex'x.
                                       March 12th, 1821---156 5w
 
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     100 DOLLARS REWARD
  RAN AWAY  from the subscriber, in March, 1818, a negro man named 
DICK, about 25 years of age, five feet ten inches high, of a black 
complexion, very well made, and plays on the violin. He left me in 
Greene county, passed through Pitt, and was traced to Bertie county 
from whence he was originally bought. I have understood he was raised 
by MOSES SUMNER, of Hertford county, and said Sumner sold him to JOHN 
WILLIFORD of Bertie, by whom he was sold to GILES DRIVER of said 
county, from which last owner he was bought by the subscriber, of 
Greene county.
  Any person who will apprehend said negro and confine him in any jail 
so that I get him again, shall be entitled to the above reward, 
exclusive of all reasonable expences.-- 
  I forewarn masters of vessels and all other persons from employing or 
harboring said negro under the penalty of the law.
                                           W.M.  GRIFFIN.
                                        March 15, 1821 --- 156 8w.

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                  Carolina Centenial  12-15-1821
 
      250  dollars
         REWARD.
RAN -AWAY from the subscriber's plantation, on the night of the 
28thinstant, my Dark man JACK, who took with him his wife ANICA, 
LONDON, and his wife KESIAH, boy FLORESCO, and man ELIAS-- six in 
number--
  JACK is a stout, well made fellow about 5 feet 11 inches high, and 
very black -- his shoulders a little round, walks with his knees rather 
close, and has a scar on the top of  his feet. ANICA, his wife, is a 
small black woman, neat in appearance, and has a mild voice. LONDON has 
a yellow complexion, is about 5 feet 8 or 10 inches high, and halts a 
little in his walk-- His wife KESIAH, is a stout, fine looking woman, 
very black--has a Wen on the back, and a small scar under one of her 
eyes. FLORESCO, is the son of KESIAH, and is a fine looking boy, about 
18 years of age, tall and slim, a long foot, and very black. Man ELIAS, 
is about 5 feet 8 inches high, black complexion ; he sometimes speaks 
rather thick ; is stout made and has a wen under one of his ears, the 
size of a walnut.
  Their Winter Clothes which they took with them, are of White Plains.
  I will give a Reward of One Hundred Dollars for JACK--Fifty Dollars 
for ANICA, and Twenty-five Dollars each for LONDON, KESIAH, FLORESCO 
and ELIAS.
  These Negroes, no doubt, will visit Newbern, and it is likely will 
range about Trent, White, Oak, New River, and up Neuse, as far as 
General SIMPSON'S, as they have connexions at each of these places.
  ANICA and ELIAS have fathers in Newbern, and the father of JACK and 
KESIAH, are at Col. EDMUND HATCH'S, in Jones county.
  They have been leaders on my plantation, and I think it probable they 
will resolute in their endeavors to avoid being taken.--
  If, therefore, either of said slaves should be killed in an attempt 
to confine them, I will not hold the person using such violence, liable 
for any penalty. And, if said negroes are not taken, or do not return 
home, they will, in a few days, be legally outlawed.
  Masters of vessels and others, are forbid harbouring or carrying away 
said slaves, under penalty of the law.
                                       JOSIAH HOWARD.
                              Jones county, Nov. 30, 1821-- 193
 
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                     Carolina Centenial  10-19-1822 
 
                            DIED,
  In this town, on Monday evening last, in the 27th year of his age, 
Mr. JOHN SPENCE WEST, of the house of JARVIS WEST,& Co.
  Obituary notices have so frequently been used to gratify the 
partialities of friends, or mitigate the agonies of grief, that they 
are generally viewed as mere panegyric.
  From this imputation, the present essay briefly to sketch the 
character of the deceased, may justly claim an exemption.--
  The truth simply told, will prove his noblest eulogy.
  Though cut off, before Providence had granted him the power of 
gratifying extensively the generous impulses of his heart, yet all 
within his sphere felt the genial effects of his benevolence. As a 
merchant, all who dealt with him admired his attention to business, and 
were pleased with his courtesy and disposition to accommodate. As a 
man;  the _ermine purity of his integrity was never polluted even by 
suspicion's touch. The flame of purest gratitude, which will ever be 
fostered by his surviving relatives, emblazons his worth as a kinsman.  
  Oh! ask not his merits as a son, lest the agonized bosom of a 
bereaved mother burst with their utterance. Who did not delight to hail 
him as a friend? What heart could close its avenues to his bland and 
cheerful smile? Though pent up in his dark and narrow house, hid from 
our view by the cold clod of the volley; yet long, very long, will he 
live in pleasing but mournful remembrance.
  To his family, the savour of his good name will be a soothing balm; 
let them reflect, that it is far more important to live well, than to 
live long, and however prone human nature may be to arraign this 
mysterious dispensation, yet the Lord hath only taken what he gave, and 
who shall say that his mercy hath not snatched him from evil to come.--
--------Communicated.
  On the same day JOSEPH, infant son of Mr. CHARLES STEWART.
  This morning, JULIA, infant daughter of Mr. THOMAS M'LIN.
  On the straits in Carteret County, on the 8th instant, Mr. SAMUEL 
LEFFERS, Sr. in the 86th year of his age. He was a citizen of that 
county for 56 years, and led a life devoted to his God and his country. 
He died with perfect resignation, and even prayed for a release from 
the toils of this weary pilgrimage.              AMICUS.
  In Jones County, on Friday morning last, Mrs. MARY SPIGHT, an aged 
and respectable widow. She was an affectionate companion, a tender 
Mother, a kind and obliging neighbour, and a bright ornament of the 
Baptist Church.
 
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6-1-1822

IN EQUITY.---------- Craven County.
     JOHN COBB, JESSE COBB, JOHN WASHINGTON and ELIZABETH his wife, 
JESSE ISLER, NATHAN G. BLOUNT and ELIZABETH his wife, BLOUNT COLEMAN 
and ANN his wife, OLIVER, SUSAN, and ALEXANDER J. KILPATRICK, by their 
Guardian JESSE ISLER, JOHN FRAZLER and FRANCIS his wife, CONSTANTINE 
WHITFIELD & ELIZABETH his wife, and CALVIN JONES by NATHAN G.BLOUNT, 
his Guardian---Heirs at Law of ELIZABETH COBB, deceased.
    By virtue of a decretal order made between the above named parties, 
will be sold at public auction on Friday the 14th day of June next, at 
the Court House in Newbern, that Very valuable
               LOT OF GROUND
Situated in the town of Newbern, on the south side of Broad-street near 
the Court House, known and distinguished in the plan of said town as 
Lot No. 84.---- The terms of sale will be twelve months credit, and 
without interest, the purchase money to be secured to the satisfaction 
of the Subscriber.
                                        EDWARD GRAHAM,
                                        U.M.F.,
May 1 st, 1822------'r5  tds 61.

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                 7-13-1822

  TWENTY FIVE DOLLAR REWARD.

  RAN AWAY, from the subscriber, on the night of the eleventh instant, 
a black Negro Man, named COT; twenty five years of age, five feet, six 
or seven inches high. I expect he will be lurking about Snow Hill, in 
Greene county, as his father has his time, and lives in that vicinity; 
and it is probable that he will also be part of his time in the 
neighbourhood of the plantation of Mr. JOHN C. STANLY, near Newbern, as 
his Mother lives with Mr. B.D. GRAY, within a few miles of said 
plantation.
  The above reward, and all reasonable expences, will be paid to any 
person who will apprehend and confine said runaway in Jail, so that I 
get him again. 
  Masters of vessels, and others, are hereby cautioned from harbouring, 
employing or carrying him away, under the penalty of the law.
                                     FREDERICK FOY,
                                Jones county, July 11, 1822—'25 S 

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     7-29-1820

    10 Dollars REWARD.

  RUN AWAY, from the Subscriber, in Jones County, a Negro Boy about 
thirteen Years old, Yellow complexion, stout made and round face.
  It is supposed, from an attempt before made, that he has gone to 
Newbern or Wilmington, in order to get in some vessel, that he may 
obtain freedom.
  Whoever will apprehend and confine him in some Jail, so that I get 
him, or deliver him to me, shall receive the above reward, if taken up 
out of this County, or Five Dollars, should he be apprehended within 
the County.
  All persons are forewarned from harbouring or carrying away said 
slave, under the penalty of the law.
                                     JAMES ROBERTS.
                                White Oak, Jones County,       
                                  July 15th 1820--122tf.

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                 8-9-1818

   25 DOLLARS REWARD
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  RANAWAY from the subscriber some time in August last, a negro girl 
named MIMA, 15 years of age, stout made & dark complected, supposed to 
be lurking about Stoney Town Creek.
  I will give the above reward, and pay all reasonable expences, to any 
person who will deliver said girl to me, or secure her in jial (sic) so 
that I get her.
  All persons are forewarned from harbouring, employing, or carrying 
her away, under penalty of the law.
                                   JOSEPH HOOTEN
                          Lenoir County,July 25th 1818 19,4w       
                                                                     

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Carolina Centinel  (Greene Co.)
 
       3-20-1819
       Notice is hereby given,
 THAT the subscribers, at the February Term of Greene County Court, 
1819, qualified as Executors of the last will and testament of the late 
THOMAS HOLLIDAY. All persons indebted to the estate of said dec'd, are 
requested to come forward and settle their accounts; and those to whom 
the estate is indebted, to present their claims, within the time 
limited by law, or they will be barred recovery.
                     WM. HOLLIDAY,       }
                     SILVESTER BROWN,} Exr's.
                     March 6, 1819.----3w50
                        The editor of the Raleigh Star is requested to 
give the above three insertions, and forward his account to this Office 
for settlement.
 

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       3/10/1821
         Married
    In Greene county, on the 1st instant, by HENRY MILLER, Esq. 
FREDERICK  FOY, Esq. of Onslow, to Miss. CHRISTIAN DIXON.
 
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        7-21-1821
          NOTICE.
 At the May Term, 1821, of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions held 
for the County of Greene, the Subscriber qualified as Administrator on 
the Estate of ALEXANDER KILPATRICK, deceased of said County.  All 
persons having demands against the estate of said deceased, are 
requested to bring or ward properly authentjeated (sic) and receive 
payment, within the time prescribed by law, otherwise this notice will 
be plead in bar of recovery.
                 S. BRUTON, Ad_'t.
                 May 26th, 1821----173 4w.
 

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  Carolina Centenial 8-11-1821

    Twenty Dollars Reward.
           RAN AWAY
From the Subscribers's plantation in Jones County, on the 8th inst. a 
negro man named TONEY. He has a cut on his foot, which occasions him to 
walk lame---is of a black complexion, and has a wife in Newbern known 
by the name of RHODA DOVE. It is probable he is lurking about Newbern. 
The above reward will be given and all expences paid, for his 
apprehension and confinement in Jail. All persons are hereby forwarned 
from harbouring, and masters of vessels from carrying said fellow away 
under penalty of the law.
                            LEWIS SANDERSON
               Jones County, April 8, 1821 - 165_

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          Carolina Centenial 2-22-1822   

              FOR SALE.
Will be Sold at Public Auction ON TUESDAY, The 12th day of February 
next, At the Court House in Greene County, A TRACT OF LAND
Containing about 640 acres, lying on Wheat Swamp, known by the name of 
Westbrook and Stanly Land. At The Same Time Another Tract of LAND, 
containing about 200 acres, Lying directly on Cotentnea creek, about 
one mile above Haw Landing. There are on both places good DWELLING AND 
OUT HOUSES. The Lands are said to be good quality.  Any person wishing 
to purchase, will do well to go look for themselves. WM. HOLLIDAY, who 
lives in the neighborhood, will give any information. Terms of sale 
will be, 6, 12, 18, and 24 months credit--interest after six 
moths(sic); and notes negotiable at Newbern branch of the State Bank of 
North Carolina, will be required.
                     SILVESTER BROWN.

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     Carolina Centenial 4-27-1822
     25 Dollars Reward,
 Will be given for the apprehension of four Negroes who made their 
escape from Carteret County Jail, on the night of the 21st instant; 
Viz. Negro man named ARTHUR his wife SIPLEY, and her two children, 
CINDA and NEEDHAM.--I will give the above Reward for the Negroes if 
delivered to me in Carteret, Craven, Jones, Onslow or any of the 
adjoining counties. One of ARTHUR'S eyes appears to be always shut ; 
the two children are nearly white, with straight hair ; the woman 
rather dark.
---They are the property of JOHN ROBERTS, taken by Decree of Court, and 
are now liable to a judgment in favour of the Administrator of GEORGE 
READ, deceased. All persons are forwarned from buying or trading for 
the above named Negroes or carrying them out of this State.
                      THO'S. MARSHALL, Sheriff.
                      March 22nd, 1822----10Sw.

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    Carolina Centenial 12-9-1820

        VALUABLE PROPERTY
            FOR SALE
           
By virtue of a Deed of Trust to the Subscribes, and at the instance of 
the President and Directors of the Bank of Cape Fear and of JOHN F. 
BURGWIN, Esquire, WILL BE SOLD, At the Court House in Newbern, On 
Monday the 11th day of December next, ON LIBERAL CREDIT, That Valuable 
PLANTATION on Trent River, in Jones County, about eight miles from 
Newbern, called LYON'S PASTURE, Or ALVESTON HALL, Adjoining the lands 
of FREDERICK FOY, Esq. At present in the occupation of JOHN F. BURGWIN, 
Esquire. This tract lies upon the River, contains about NINE HUNDRED 
AND EIGHTY ACRES, of which Four Hundred Acres are cleared and well 
enclosed, with Dwelling House, Barn and other Building. This tract 
ranks among the first of the good Lands of Trent, for the value of its 
wood and timber, the fertility of soil, its peculiar fitness for Corn 
and Cotton, and the advantage of situation -- having good navigation to 
the landing at all seasons, for any vessel that can come to Newbern.

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     Carolina Centenial 12-9-1820

SAML & JOSEPH OLIVER Have just received from N York, a neat assortment 
of GOODS, which, with their former Stock, comprises a handsome 
assortment of DRY GOODS, And An Extensive One Of HARDWARE & CUTLERY, 
Which they offer on very favorable terms, wholesale and retail.
      
 ALSO FOR SALE, 200 pieces heavy Cotton Bagging 40 inches wide, 15 
casks Weeding Hoes, Heavy and light Canvas, White Lead, Linseed Oil, 
Kegs Goshen BUTTER, CHEESE, 3 tons Castings, Madeira Wine, by the 
gallon, or dozen bottles, Sewing and Seine Twine, Tea, Loaf SUGAR, 2000 
wt. manufactured Tobacco, 100 Massachusetts PLOUGHS, 10 Crates New York 
packed CROCKERY, 24 GUNS, double and single barrel, of neat finish, And 
one very elegant SINGLE BARRELL GUN,  with case and apparatus complete. 
Price $100.

Newbern, November 4th, 1820,---6i137 



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