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Perry Wilmer searching for brothers Joe and Sam and sister Maria

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

May 24, 1877

I wish to enquire concerning my
brothers, Joe and Sam and my sister
Maria. Joe belonged to a Mr. Peacock.
The others of us belonged to
John B. Bostic, who brought us from
Baltimore to Houston, Texas, where
I was sold first to John Shackleford
and then to Mr. Craft. Our father
was Perry Wilmer, a free man, and
our mother was…

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Gustus Ann Hamilton searching for her mother Nelly Beacheum, uncles Louis Beachem and Pompey Beachem, and sister Jane Beaches (2nd of 2 ads)

Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

July 25, 1896

Do You Know Them?

I desire to know the whereabouts of
my relatives. I was sold from them
during the war.
I belonged to Sam Beachem, who lived
at than time Richmond, Va. I was
sold to Jimerson, at an age between 11
and 12 years Then I was to Robert
Golikly and Bird Leatherwood, two
Negro traders. They carried me to
Mississippi.…

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Parker Moore and Sarah Moore searching for Aaron Moore

Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD)

February 29, 1864

INFORMATION WANTED OF AARON
MOORE, colored, of Belair. Harford county,
Md., who was drafted at the last draft, and came to
Baltimore for exemption, he being disabled in the
right leg, since which time nothing has been heard
from him. Any information of his whereabouts
will be thankfully received by PARKER MOORE,
at Calverton,…

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Jemima Howard looking for her brother Jacob and sister Drusilla

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

April 1, 1880

DEAR EDITOR ---- Please allow me
space in your valuable paper to inquire
for my brothers and sisters.
We belonged to Mr. John R. Goff.
of Tucker county, West Virginia.
I was sold to Wm. Elliott, of same
State. My sister Louisia was sold
to Bob Kid, and was sent here to
Louisiana. My brothers' names
are Jerome, Thomas, Jacob,…

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Ann Barnet searching for her son Theodore Barnet

Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD)

August 22, 1864

PERSONAL. - Information wanted of THEODORE
BARNET, a colored boy, aged eleven
years and eight months, who left his home at the
Mansion House, on Thursday morning, 13th inst,
at o'clk Had on when he left dark woolen pants,
a white linen jacket and straw hat bound with black
ribbon. He is about four feet in height, of delicate…

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Caroline Waters searching for her mother Rosetta Waters and grandparents Leah and Isaac Waters

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

March 16, 1882

DEAR EDITOR ---- I wish to inquire
for my family, I left my mother in
Baltimore. Her name was Rosetta
Waters. She used to belong to
William Hall. I left my grandmother
and grandfather in Eastern
Shore, Maryland. My grandmother
was Leah Waters. My grandfather
Isaac Waters. I left one sister on
Eastren [Eastern] Shore,…

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Mrs. Martha Ashston searching for Mrs. Mary Ware and her husband Thurban Ware

Washington Bee (Washington, DC)

March 14, 1891

Mrs. Martha Ashton would like to know the whereabouts of Mrs Mary Ware and her husband Thurban Ware, formerly of Baltimore, Md. When last heard of they were in Chicago. Address L st, near 19th, n. w., Washing- D.C.

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Louisa Burton searching for her extended family

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

July 20, 1882

MR. EDITOR--I wish to inquire for my mother's people. Her name was Emsie Smith. she was sold from Lexington, Kentucky, when very small girl, aged 10 or 12 years I heard that uncle John Smith lived in St. Louis, Missouri; and uncle Fred Smith was in Baltimore with a doctor, and mother was in Louisiana. I also desire to hear from father's people. He…

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France Jones searching for her sister Marietta Sliny

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

April 22, 1886

MR. EDITOR - Please permit me to inquire for my daughter; her name was Marietta Sliny. She was owned by Mrs. Jane Hendre, and was sold from South in July or August, 1856, from Baltimore. Her father's name is Frank Sliny; her mother's name was Lester Sliny. She has two sisters and one brother named Henry Sliny, and another named France Jones, her…

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Rev. J. N. Oden

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

July 1, 1886

MR. EDITOR - I wish to inquire
for my relatives, who I have not
heard from since 1886. My brothers,
Wm. and London Oden, were
in the city of Baltimore, Md., Chas
Allen was in Ohio, sister Catherine
married a man named Hawkins
who lived in Washington City, D.C.
My mother's name was Eliza,
and father's Wm. Oden. Mother
belonged to…

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Rev. J. N. Oden searching for relatives

Southwestern Christian Advocate

October, 7, 1886

MR. EDITOR ---- I wish to inquire for my relatives, whom I have not heard from since 1857. My mother's name was Eliza Oden, who belonged to a man named George Higgins, who lived in Anne Arundel county, Md. My father's name was William Oden, who belonged to a man named Hall; he also lived in Anne Arundel county, near Millersville postoffice. …

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Louisa Ewing looking for her mother Louise

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

October 7, 1886

MR. EDITOR ---- Kind sir I desire to inquire through your paper for my mother. Her name is Louise, but she was called Lucy. She used to belong to Judge James, of Galveston, Texas. Her mother was named Rebecca Thomas; she belonged to Shaws, and her brother's are John, Dan and Denis; her sisters are Mary and Eliza; they all came from Baltimore to…

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Louisa Ewing looking for her mother (2nd of 2 ads)

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

December 30, 1886

I desire to inquire for my mother. Her name is Louisa, but she was called Lucy; she belonged to Judge James of Galveston, Texas. Her mother name was Rebecca Thomas, she belonged to Seaward Galveston. Her brothers were John, Dennis and Dan, and her sisters Mary and Eliza. They all came from Baltimore to Galveston. She was sold, or taken for debt,…

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Harriet Jones searching for Walter Harris, also known as Walter Jones

Baltimore Daily Commercial (Baltimore, MD)

February 14, 1866

PERSONAL.
INFORMATION IS WANTED RESPECT-
ING WALTER HARRIS or WALTER JONES,
a Colored Man who enlisted in the First Colored
Regiment of U.S. Troops. He had friends in Balti-
more. Information may be sent to Mrs. HARRIET
JONES, 67 Pierrepont st., Brooklyn, N.Y. f13-3t*

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Thomas Kellum searching for his cousin Emma Ashby

The Appeal (Chicago, IL)

April 25, 1891

EMMA ASHBY--I wish to find the whereabouts of my cousin Emma Ashby a mulatto. I last met her in Baltimore City in the spring of 1879. Any information of her present whereabouts will be thankfully received. Address, Thomas Kellum 110 Wood street. Helena, Mont.

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Mrs. Ann Maria Wiliams (formerly Ann Maria Bowsier) searching for her mother Henrietta, father Isaac, and four brothers, Phillip, Robert, James and William Boswier

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

August 13, 1885

MR. EDITOR-I wish to inquire
for my family. When I left the
eas ern shore of Maryland my
name was Ann Maria Bowsier and
my mother's name was Henrietta
Bowsier. My father's name is
Isaac Bowsier, and belonged to Ben
Killer, father of John Williams,
back of Baltimore. I have four
brothers named Philip, Robert,
James and William…

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Sophia Harris (formerly Sophia Badges) searching for her mother Nelly Brinkley and brother William

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

October 9, 1884

MR. EDITOR--I wish to inquire
for my mother and brother. I was
brought here two years before the
war by a Mr. Campbell. My own-
er's [owner's] name was Sam Boggs and
mother's master was named Thomas
Brinkley. When I left mother
was 100 miles from Baltimore, near
Saulsbury. She had nine children,
three girls and six boys. I am…

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Wm. H. Graves searching for his son William C. Graves

Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD)

August 1, 1864

LEFT HIS HOME--On Tuesday, July 26th, a chestnut colored Boy, about 13 years of age, by the name of WILLIAM C. GRAVES; had on blue checked shirt, black pants, blue cap, and no shoes. Any information of him will be thankfully received by his parents, No. 4 LITTLE KING ST.
1t * WM. H. GRAVES.

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A. Lemons (formerly Eliza Gardner) searching for her brothers Richard and Samuel Gardner

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

January 29, 1885

MR. EDITOR---I wish your aid in
finding my brothers, Richard and
Samuel Gardner. My name was
Eliza Gardner; we lived in Balti-
more [Baltimore], Maryland, and at that time
my brother Samuel followed steam-
boating [steamboating]. There was another brother
of us but I cannot remember his
name. I was a nurse at a hotel
with a Mrs.…

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Mrs. Alice Granville searching for her sister Miss Mary E. Tomlinson and aunt Ellen Smith

Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

March 15, 1902

Do You Know Her?
Mrs. Alice Granville, residence,
No. 100 Sawyer street, Boston,
would like to know the whereabouts of
her sister, who was a Miss Mary E.
Tomlinson, adopted some years ago by a
Mrs. Priscilla Davis at Portsmouth, Va.,
and also same of an Aunt, whom was a
stewardess on a boat, plying between
Norfolk via Baltimore. Maiden…

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Susan Howard searching for her son, Wm. Howard

New National Era (Washington, DC)

September 29, 1870

To learn of Wm. Howard, formerly of King-
ston, Ga., but left that place six years ago.
When last heard of was in Baltimore, Md.,
May, 1870. Any information concerning him
will be gladly and thankfully received by his
mother, Susan Howard, Chattanooga, Tenn.,
Box 128.

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Setes searching for their mother Lucy Setes, and sisters Martha, Mary Jane, and Julia Setes

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

March 27, 1884

MR. EDITOR--I wish to find my people. Mother was Lucy Setes, and sisters were Martha, Mary Jane and Julia Setes. They were sold to Jack Godin at the Jack Godin sale. The man that bought me was Jas. Hickbottom. My mother lived in the back street of Lynchburg, Va., at the beginning of the war; she went to Baltimore and I have not heard of them…

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William H. West searching for his sister Mary Martha Outlaw (formerly Mary Martha West)

The Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

April 8, 1916

DO YOU KNOW THEM? I would like to find out, if possible, the whereabouts of my sister. Mary Martha Outlaw, before her marriage, Mary Martha West. She married a mAn in 1884, by the name of Julius Outlaw. She then left Baltimore, Md. and went to Richmond, Va to live. She has two more brothers, Fitzhugh West and Lee G H West. Father died in…

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John P. Jackson searching for Lydia Jackson and brother Plato Jackson

The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN)

May 23, 1891

I am the son of Thomas Jackson, who immigrated
to Liberia from Baltimore about 1830.
My father is said to have had a sister by the
name of Lydia Jackson, who remained in
Baltimore. He also had a son, Plato Jackson by
name, who went to Ohio, or some other place in
the West. I shall be glad to hear of the where-
abouts of any of these people…

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Sarah Hooper (or Hooker)

The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN)

December 10, 1892

Mrs. Sarah Hooper, of Hamburg street,
Baltimore, Md., would like to hear from her mother
and sisters. Her mother's name was Mrs.
Hester Kennard; she had three daughters and one
son. Her son's name is John Brown, and his
sisters names are Mary and Charlotte Brown
Mrs. Hester Kennard lived in Chattanooga,
Tenn. She has not heard…

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