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A man named John Lewis was logged into the Gallatin County Jail on 18 Aug 1831, under suspicion of being a runaway. He produced free papers but was not believed. The man managed to break free from jail but left behind his horse and tack.
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Four unnamed men near Warsaw escaped enslavement in Sep 1859. Slaveholders by the name of “Robinson” and “Hughes” each claimed ownership of one man, the slaveholder(s) of the other two men were not named.
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On April 19, 1846 "Ned," an enslaved man from Louisville belonging to John Delph was caught in Grant County and held in jail.
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A $20 reward was offered for woman named Nelly, ran from Downingsville, J.H. Downing hired her from B.F. Fugate, admr. Of H. Maddoe, deceased.
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Four unnamed male freedom seekers ran away from Warsaw, “a short time since.”
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Five enslaved people escaped from Grant county, a $1000 reward was offered.
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A combined reward of $20 is offered by slaveholders Thomas Ayers and James Blanton of Gallatin County, for the return of Harry and Mingo. Harry, 18 yrs old, was wearing a blue or black coat, and Mingo, 24 yrs old, was described as blind in one eye.
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December 22, 1861, five men and one woman were caught in Dillsboro, Indiana. They were identified as runaways from Warsaw.
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On Feb 27, 1861, P. C. Lillard is "hunting [a] man who ran from him" near Napolean (by the Boone/Gallatin border.) The freedom-seeker left on the 25th of February.
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Slaveholder Benjamin Waller offered a $200 reward for the return of an enslaved man named Peter Shelley, age 44 yrs. Shelley escaped by using a pass that was 10 years out of date. From a runaway notice from Gallatin County, Kentucky in the Lawrenceburg, Indiana Oracle as cited in the Encyclopedia of Northern Kentucky.