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Jane Chaster (formerly Jane Tomlen) seeking information about her brothers Emmett and Willis Tomlen and sisters Rebecca, Polly, and Sallie Tomlen

The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN)

October 31, 1891

LOST RELATIVES.
I desire to find relatives whom I have not
seen since before the war. My name is Jane
Chaster now, but at the time was Jane Tomlen.
I have brothers by the name of Emmett and Wil-
lis [Willis] Tomlen, and sisters named Rebecca, Polly
and Sallie Tomlen. My grandmother was
named Allie Fair. We belonged to a man
named Gus…

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Henrietta Jenkins searching for her parents Charles and Elizabeth Hicks

The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN)

March 15, 1890

INFORMATION WANTED.
Information wanted of my parents,
Charles and Elizabeth Hicks. During
slavery they belonged to Cook Fur-
chew [Furchew], of Alexandria county, Virginia.
Address, HENRIETTA JENKINS.
tl Pensacola, Fla.

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Mrs. Christine Whetstone Holt searching for her siblings Missouri, Margaret, Lettie, and Jack Whetstone

The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN)

April 22, 1893

I would like to know the whereabouts of my
brothers and sisters. They are Missouri Whet-
stone [Whetstone], Margaret Whetstone, Lettie Whetstone,
Jack Whetstone, Harriet Whetstone, Athe
Whetstone, and George had a cousin by the
name of Anna Means. We were all born in
Spartanburgh, South Carolina, and all belonged
to Dave Whetstone. …

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John Quincy Adams Bradley

The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN)

March 24, 1894

Lost Relative.

Information wanted of my mother, father,
and two sisters, names: Caroline, Vincent,
Harriet and Caroline. I saw them last about
thirty years ago in Lexington, Ky., near College
hill. I was called by them "Quincy." My
name is John Quincy Adams Bradley; I lived
with Henry Clark in Lexington, Ky., at that
time. …

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Ann Wells searching for her daughter Maria Adeline

The Florida Peninsular (Tampa, FL)

February 8, 1868

Information Wanted,
Of Maria Adeline, (colored) formerly a slave
of Dr. Lively and was taken from Tampa
during the war by some colored people and
carried to Key West. When last heard from
she was in Apalachicola, Fla. Any information
regarding her will be gladly received by
her mother,

ANN WELLS.
Tampa, Nov.

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Mrs. Sarah Daniels searching for her siblings Hezekiah, William Capers, Robert, and Laura

Huntsville Journal (Huntsville, AL)

January 26, 1905

WANTS TO FIND HER RELA
TIVES [RELATIVES].
Mrs Sarah Daniels of DeFuniak
Springs, Fla., writes: "At the time
of the war I had three brothers and
a sister who were carried from South
Carolina to Alabama by a white
Methodist preacher by the name of
Ledbetter. They were named re-
spectively [respectively], Hezekiah, William Ca-
pers…

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I.Z. Moore searching for Mrs. Della Moore

Huntsville Journal (Huntsville, AL)

December 3, 1908

INFORMATION WANTED.

Any information leading to the
whereabouts of Mrs. Della Moore, her
husband was named Jack Moore, when
last heard from she was at Pensacola,
Florida.

I. Z. MOORE,

Jeff Ala.

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An unnamed person searching for Mr. Robert Mansfield

The Colored American (Washington, DC)

March 26, 1904

DO YOU KNOW HIS ADDRESS?
A subscriber wants to know the
present whereabouts or address of
Mr. Robert Mansfield, who at one time
lived on 15th St., in this city, and was
head waiter at Palm Beach, Fla. This
information will be cheerfully received
at this office.

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Levi Morrison searching for his brother Archie B. Morrison

The Pinehurst Outlook (Pinehurst, NC)

October 29, 1897

Information is wanted concerning
Archie B. Morrison (colored). He was
born in Moore county, N. C., and was
last heard from at Magnolia Hotel, St.
Augustine, Florida in 1885. Any infor-
mation [information] will be gratefully received by his
brother, Levi Morrison, Pinehurst, N. C.

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Wm. Patton searching for his mother Nellie Holmes and brothers Tom and Littleton

The Weekly Floridian (Tallahassee, FL)

June 5, 1883

Information Wanted.

Wm. Patton, a respectable colored man sixty-seven
years old, was brought to this county
about forty years ago as the slave of Alex. Patton.
He was born on the estate of John Holmes,
twelve miles from Memphis, whence he was
taken to Jackson, Tennessee, at the age of seven
years, by a Mr. Lundy, who sold him to Mr.…

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