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Alice Brown searching for her lost relatives
The Baptist Vanguard (Little Rock, AR)
November 5, 1896
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Fanny Brown searching for soldiers who served with Jackson Brown
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
January 2, 1890
Mr. Editor: I want to find some of the soldiers that were at Fort Pillow, with Jackson Brown. His home was in Mississippi, Yallaboosha county, before he went to the army. Any information will be appreciated. Address, FANNY BROWN. 313 Union street, Memphis, Tenn.
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Elizabeth James (formerly Elizabeth Torry) searching for her sister Esther Allen
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
August 19, 1880
DEAR EDITOR—I wish to inquire for my sister, Esther Allen. When I left home she had two sons, Nelson and Ned Allen, and a daughter, Mary Ann Allen. My owner was E. C. F. Jeffers, of Claiborne Co., Miss. I had one brother, Ned Adams, who left home during the battle of Port Gibson. Father's name is Moses Hawthorn. My name was Elizabeth Torry, but…
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James H. Berry seeking officers or seamen from the iron-clad Essex
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
April 7, 1887
Jas. H. Berry, who served as an ensign and executive officer on the famous iron-clad, "Essex," during the late war, has made application for a pension. He has furnished the Commissioner in Washington with satisfactory evidence, that he was a well man when he entered the service and an injured one when honorably discharged, but the evidence is…
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Emanuel Pope searching for his siblings Polly Pope, Milly Kane, Adeline Jane Pope, Joe Pope, and Larkin Pope
The Washington Bee (Washington, DC)
January 4, 1890
LOST.
Emanuel Pope, formerly of Azoo
county, Miss., wants to know the
whereabouts of his sisters, Polly
Pope, two married sisters, Milly
Kane, Adeline Jane Pope, broth-
ers [brothers] Joe and Larkin Pope. He left
them July 4th, '63, after the fall
of Vicksburg Miss. They belong
ed [belonged] to Nanie Denmond. If known
please…
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Hiram Jefferson reunited with son Thomas after 30 years
Daily State Gazette (Green Bay, WI)
November 15, 1893
After thirty years' separation Hiram
Jefferson and his son Thomas are reunited
in Janesville. The father became separ-
ated [separated] from his family just after the capture
of Fort Donelson, he being a slave on a
plantation near the fort.
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Austin Marshall searching for his wife Mrs. Elizabeth Marshall and her two children Granson and Jeannette
Leavenworth Daily Conservative (Leavenworth, KS)
March 5, 1863
INFORMATION WANTED.
OF MRS. ELIZABETH MARSHALL (mulatto) from the
Creek Nation. She is about eighteen years old;
has two children--the oldest, a boy named Granson, wil
be three years old next June; the youngest a girl nurs-
ing [nursing] babe, named Jeannette. They made their escape
from Maysville, it is understood, about ten days after…
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S. C. Young searching for their mother Menty Young
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
March 23, 1882
MR. EDITOR ---- I desire to inquire for my mother Menty Young. She was sold from us in Camden to a man named Huffman. When Steele's army came through she went away with them, but was captured at Mark's Mills fight brought back and sold. She left two sons and one daughter. The sons are Albert and Isaac, the daughter Phillis. She was carried to…
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Willy Woods seeking information about his sister Lizzie Vanhuss and several members of his family
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
July 22, 1880
DEAR EDITOR - I wish to inquire
for my sister, cousin, aunt and uncle.
Sister's name was Lizzie Vanhuss,
and was carried off during
the war by Mick Vanhuss and his
wife. Aunt's name was Clara
Eastland; uncle's Henry Eastland
and cousin's, Balam Buckner. The
last I heard of cousin Balam he was
at Milican's Bend. Mother's name
is…
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Mary Jane Irwin seeking information about her parents William Alexander Irwin and Sarah Irwin
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
April 28, 1881
DEAR EDITOR ----- I desire to find
my parents ---- Wm. Alexander
Irwin and Sarah Irwin. They
originally from Duck River, Tenn.,
and removed to Salt Works, Ga. I
came to Texas after the fall of
Vicksburg. Please address me at
Austin, Travis Co., Texas.
MARY JANE IRWIN.
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Jackson Cumberland searching for his wife Jenny and children Albert and Martha
Harrisburg Telegraph (Harrisburg, PA)
May 23, 1867
INFORMATION WANTED. - Jackson Cumberland
(colored), desires information of the
whereabouts of his family, a wife, named
Jenny and two children, one a boy, named
Albert, age about 11 years, the other a girl,
named Martha, age about 6 years. The
father was in the Union army as hostler at
the time of Milroy's retreat, at which time…
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James Calloway searching for his son Jemmy Calloway
Alexandria Gazette (Alexandria, VA)
August 29, 1866
INFORMATION WANTED OF JEMMY
CALLOWAY, (colored) who left the farm
of Mr. John T. Davis, in Appomattox county,
Va., after the fall of Richmond. When last
heard from he was in Harrisonburg, Pa., boarding
with a Mrs. E. Roberts. Any information
concerning him will be thankfully received by
his father, James Calloway, at Alexandria, Va.…
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Albert Butts looking for information about his brother William Henry Butts (also known as William Henry Jackson)
The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)
March 17th, 1881
INFORMATION WANTED OF MY BRO-
ther. He goes by the name of William
Henry Butts, or William Henry Jackson.
We parted at the battle of Antietam. Also
of my uncle by the name of Dick Jackson.
Address, Albert Butts, 202 Nassau St.,
Brooklyn, New York.
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Geo. Hamilton Jones looking for his children Charles, Maria, Lucinda, John, Archie, and George Jones
The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)
July 7, 1866
INFORMATION WANTED
Information wanted of my children, Charles
Maria, Lucinda, John, Archie, and George
Jones, who formerly belonged to the widow, Jen-
nie Bell, of Charleston, Jefferson, Co., Va. I
have not seen any of them since Jackson cap-
tured Harper's Ferry. It is likely my children,
and my brother, Henry Jones, were sent, at…
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Unnamed parent seeking their children Mary, Daniel, William, Turner, and Annie Cooper
The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)
April 14, 1866
INFORMATION WANTED.
Of my five children, Mary, Daniel, William,
Turner and Annie Cooper. They belonged to
Andrew J. Clark and John W. Baker, who, be-
fore the first battle of Bull Run, moved them
from Fauquier Co., Va., to Mississippi, the morn-
ing after I left them. Any person knowing of
their whereabouts, will be paid for the…
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