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S. B. Butler seeking information of his brother Older Butler

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

August 9, 1900

Information wanted of my broth-
er, Older Butler. When last heard
of he was in Greenville, S. C.
My sister's name was Laura Butler.
I left home in 1876. Address me,
S. B. Butler, Ocala, Fla.

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Solomon M. G. Copeland seeking information about his father Warren Copeland

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

May 22, 1890

INFORMATION WANTED of my
Father His name Warren Copeland.
He left me at Suffolk Va., Nansemond
County, about 38 years ago, and went to
Florida. My address is 617 Griffin street,
Portsmouth, Va, Solomon M. G. Cope-
land.

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Thomas Arthur Everick searching for family including Lewis Everick and his wife Eliza

New National Era (Washington, DC)

March 14, 1872

INFORMATION WANTED,
Concerning Lewis Everick, his wife Eliza, and their children, Mandy Creasey, Hannah, Julia, Rachel, five daughters; and Vincent and Hilliard, two sons; all owned and named after their last master and mistress, Wm. Young and wife Mandy. In 1864, when Emancipation was proclaimed, they then lived three quarters of a mile from…

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Unknown searching for family

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

June 8, 1882

MR. EDITOR: I want to inquire
for my people. My father's name is
Jack Silas and mother's Julian, my
oldest brother's Billie, Silas. Sisters
Francis and Cilvil Grace. I had
two uncles by the names of
Somerset and Leboy. Our owner's
name was Mack Ledell. I left
them in East Florida, Alachua
County, I was seventeen years old…

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Unnamed person searching for Albert Young, alias Albert Cotton

New York Herald (New York, NY)

May 3, 1869

PERSONAL.
INFORMATION WANTED -- OF ALBERT YOUNG, ALIAS
Albert Cotton (colored), from Florida; stoops much; 25
years; was waiter last year at Long Branch; liberal reward
paid. 52 Cortlandt, near Greenwich street.

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Unnamed searching for their brother William Brown

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

May 21, 1885

MR. EDITOR--I wish to inquire
for my brother. His name is Wil-
Liam [William] Brown; his mother's name is
Mary Brown, and father's name is
Charles Brown; brothers, George,
Louis and Shadrick Brown; sisters,
Dolly and Susan Brown. We all
belonged to Andrew Crew, of
Richmond, Va., but Andrew Crew
sold brother William to Chiny…

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W. D. McEachern seeking information about his brother John McEachern

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

September 28, 1899

Information wanted of John Mc
Eachern, aged about 35. he left
Homer, S. C., Marion county, ten
years ago and went to Florida, and
I received unreliable information
that he had been killed in Florida.
Ministers in Georgia, Florida and
Alabama please read to their con-
gregations. Any information of
him will be liberally rewarded by
his…

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Wade Hampton searching for Lewis Hampton-Massey

The Appeal (Chicago, IL)

January 10, 1891

LEWIS HAMPTON-MASSEY.––He was a slave, and at the age of five or six years was taken from the town of Chesterfield, S.C., by a man named Gideon, who took him to Florida between 1850 and 1860. Our master's name was Jas. Massey, who owned large grist mill and distillery on Lynch's Creek. Address Wade Hampton, Clear Creek, N. Y.

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Willie Schofield searching for his mother Harriet Jones, and his siblings Squire, Joe and Edwina

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

December 15, 1866

INFORMATION WANTED.
Information wanted of my mother, Harriet
Jones. When last heard of she was in Madison,
Florida, living with Oscar Jones, her master; and
also of my brothers, Squire and Joe, and my sis-
ter Edwina. I was sold by Cy. Robertson to
Lewis Schofield, of Atlanta, Ga. Any informa-
tion will be respectfully received by
…

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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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