Notice
Summary
Notice: Sheriff Zimmerman requests the owner to claim runaway slave John R. Johnson,. now in the Frederick County jail. Johnson was employed by an officer of the 11th MI Regt, killed at Bull Run.
Transcript
WAS Committed to the Jail of Frederick County, Maryland, on the 15th day of March 1862, as a fugitive, a negro man who calls himself JOHN R. JOHNSON. He is __ of age, _ feet _ inches high, had on when committed a black ___, brown ___, ___ and black striped pantaloons, all ___, and ____ hat. _______________ of Lieutenant ____, of the 11th[?] Missisippi Regiment, at the time of his death on the battlefield of Bull Run. The owner, if any, is hereby requested to appear and have him released; he will otherwise be discharged according to the law. MICHAEL ZIMMERMAN, Sherriff of Frederick County. March 1_.
Article Source
Newspaper: The Frederick Examiner
Publication Date: April 2nd, 1862
Page/Column: 3G
Town: Frederick, MD
County: Frederick
Subjects
- Slavery / Emancipation
- Battles / Military
- African Americans
