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Moses Blackville searching for his three brothers Stephen, Joe, and Peter Blackville
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
September 18, 1879
MR. EDITOR—I wish to inquire for my three brothers, Stephen, Joe and Peter Blackville. When last heard from they were on a boat at Alton, Illinois, at the beginning of the war. Our father's name was Thomas Blackville. Stephen left Nashville, Tenn., in 1870. Address me at Martin'sville, Yazoo River, Miss. MOSES BLACKVILLE.
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Melindy Stewart searching for her mother Eliza, father Jack, and siblings
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
August 19, 1880
MR. EDITOR—I desire to inquire for my mother, Eliza; father, Jack, brothers, Alfred, Anthony and Wilson, and sisters Frances and Elvira, who belonged to John Seal, of Colfax, Grant parish, La. Sister Elizabeth and myself came to Texas about twenty-five years ago, with John Seal. The last I heard of my folks mother wrote me directly after…
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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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Ezekiel Coldwell searching for his son Hezekiah Coldwell
The Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD)
February 8, 1871
HEZEKIAH COLDWELL left the Boarding House
of John Francis, No. 186 Eastern avenue, for his
vessel, lying near J. C. Mahoney's Oyster Factory,
on Thursday night, about ten o'clock, on the 18th of
January, and has not been heard of since. Any information
given of him to JOHN FRANCIS, or at
Dr. ERICH'S OFFICE, corner of Broadway and…
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Mrs Byard seeking information about Robert Byard, believed to be her husband (two ads)
St. Albans Daily Messenger (St. Albans, VT)
November 26, 1898
Information Wanted.
Information is wanted of Robert Byard,
a colored man who enlisted in Company
C, Fourth Massachusetts colored
troops, March 25th, 1865, and was mustered
out August 20, 1865.
At the time of his enlistment Byard
gave his residence as St. Albans, Vt.
An aged colored woman residing at
New Rochelle N. Y.,…
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Harriet Carrington searching for her son Patrick Finch
The Daily Dispatch (Richmond, VA)
April 19, 1871
PERSONAL.
PERSONAL.—Left Richmond about the
last of October, on an oyster schooner, PAT-
RICK [PATRICK] FINCH, a colored man, about 20 years old.
Any information of him would be thankfully re-
ceived [received] by his mother.
HARRIET CARRINGTON,
ap 19_4t* No. 1225 17th street.
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Lettice Lamb searching for information about her sons Jordon Lamb, Antony Lamb, Thomas H. Lamb
Liberator (Boston, MA)
July 23, 1836
INFORMATION WANTED.
INFORMATION is wanted by Lettice Lamb,
and Peggy Williams, her daughter, now resid-
ing [residing] in Norwich City, of Jordon Lamb, aged about
46, if now living,—of Antony Lamb, aged about
39, and of Thomas H. Lamb, aged about 37—
sons of Lettice Lamb—all colored people.
When last heard from, in 1821, they were in…
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William Rawlin searching for William Turner
Buffalo Commercial Advertiser (Buffalo, NY)
July 15, 1862
INFORMATION WANTED
OF WILLIAM TURNER, (colored.) He came from
Toronto, C. W., to this city, about four months ago,
since which time his family have not heard from him. He
is supposed to be on some boat plying between this city
and one of the upper lake ports Any information ad-
dressed [addressed] to "WILLIAM RAWLIN, Toronto, C. W.,…
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William E. Grayson seeking his brother Geo. Thomas Grayson and extended family
The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN)
September 30, 1893
Lost Relative.
I would like to find my brother Geo.
Thomas Grayson, my uncle Samuel
Grayson, my first cousin W. James,
he was the son of my step brother.
My mother's name was Sarah Grayson
my father's Willian Grayson. I was
born in Baltimore in 1852. I have been
to sea for twenty years and it has been
sixteen years since last I heard…
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Jesse Robertson searching for his parents George and Amanda Cash and any of his siblings
The New York Herald (New York, NY)
May 1, 1869
INFORMATION WANTED--OF GEORGE AND AMANDA
Cash (colored), or of any of their children; when last
heard from lived near Yorktown, Va., with Roger Gregory,
in 1862. Any tidings will be thankfully received by their son,
Jesse Robertson, on board the U.S. receiving ship Vermont,
Brooklyn, N.Y. Richmond (Va.) papers please copy.
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Peter Jordan looking for several members of his wife's, Cornelia Boykin, family and his own
The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)
May 3, 1882
INFORMATION WANTED OF DELI-
lah Boykin, Charlotte Boykin and
Plutarch Boykin, the children of Eady
and Watson Boykin, sisters and brother of
Cornelia, Dolly and Dianaro Boykin. Cor-
nelia Boykin married Peter Jordan. Also
of Miles Jordan, the brother of Peter Jor-
dan, belonging to Peter Bain. Any infor-
mation leading to their…
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Meriah Johnson seeks information about her son John Barclay
The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)
July 16, 1870
NOTICE.
Information wanted of John Barclay,
who went from Charleston, S.C. to Canada
with Prof. Andrew Miller to be educated in
the 12th year of his age, about the year
1854 or '5, is now if living about 28 years
old. When last heard from, about eleven
years ago, he was in England on board of
an American vessel, Capt. Richards, …
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Richard Green looking for his father and mother Richard and Malinda Green
The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)
April 17, 1868
INFORMATION WANTED
Of my father, Richard Green, and also of
my mother, Malinda Green. When I last
heard from my father, he was in Washing-
ton, and had charge of a vessel plying be-
tween Washington and Richmond. He for-
merly lived near Maryland Point, Md. Any
information of the whereabouts of my pa-
rents will be thankfully received…
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Jane N. Watson seeking information about her son James Watson
The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)
April 13, 1867
Information wanted of my son, James
Watson, who left Philadelphia in 1861 and
shipped in Boston in the ship Lydia Scofield.
The last I heard of him was in 1862. He
was then in Callao, Peru, and expected to
sail to the Chinese Island. He was five
feet eleven inches high, light complexion,
sandy hair, dark hazel eyes. Any informa-
tion of…
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