1795--Reward Ad for Will

Title: 1795--Reward Ad for Will
Date: 11 Apr 1795
Formatted date: 1795-04-11
Event type: Escape
Description: A $5 reward is offered for the capture of “Black Will" who is described as “Twenty years of age, five feet six inches high, heavy make” – advertisement placed by Robert Benham at the Mouth of Licking, Newport, Campbell County, State of Kentucky
Participant: African American(s): Black Will; Other participant(s): Robert Benham
Location: Newport (Ky.)
Related resource: Benham family
Bibliographic citation: "Five Dollars Reward for Black Will," Kentucky Gazette, Lexington, KY, May 9, 1795.
Source: Five Dollars Reward for Black Will