Mr. Editor :- I desire to hear from my people. My mother left in Elton two boys and four girls. Sophia was the baby. Dr. Thomas Harris owned us. The boys were Harris and Jim; the girls - Rail, Maria, Sophia and Martha. Address Martha Johnson, Hempstead, Texas.
DEAR EDITOR - I cesire [desire] to know if there are persons in New Orleans named Dave Smith, Maria Smith, Emeline Smith. They belonged to Julius Amos. My father, Billy Bridger, died before we left New Orleans during the war. Mother was Sukey Bridges. I desire to find my relatives. Address, care of J. Ephraim, Hempstead, Texas. POLLY BRIDGES.