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Celia Johnson searching for her son Thomas Roberts

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

February 26, 1885

MR EDITOR--Please inquire for
my son. His name is Thomas Rob-
erts. We used to belong to Mr.
Jeremiah Johnson, who lived five
miles from Selma, Ala. I have
been away from there 13 years. It
is about that long, and it was at
that place I last saw my son. If
any one knows where he is they
will favor a mother by writing to
me…

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Celia Johnson searching for her son Toney Roberts (formerly Toney Johnson)

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

April 15, 1886

MR. EDITOR - I wish to inquire for my son, who left me in Sslma, Ala., in 1873. His name is Toney Roberts. He at one time went by the name of Toney Johnson, but when he came to live with me after the emancipation, I informed him that his father was named Toney Roberts. I suppose he goes by the name of Roberts now. After he came to me from Louisiana…

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