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B. J. Dandridge searching for Miss Adeline Young (formerly Adeline Moore)

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

January 23, 1896

INFORMATION WANTED.--
Of Miss Adeline Young, who left
the Joe's Walk plantation in Mississippi,
and went to Georgia in
1863. She left Georgia in May
1895, and went to Virginia. She
married in Georgia, a man by the
name of Bob Young, whose home
is in Hanover County, Virginia.
She has three other sisters. The
oldest is Elizabeth, the next…

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Banjamin Bailey is searching for family members

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

January 10, 1884

Dear Editor: I wish to in-
quire for my brother, Major Car-
penter in Americus, Ga., for Tom-
my Kelim in Pmyestytown, a
member of the Methodist church,
and a sister in Franktown. I also
wish to hear from Nancy Bailey's sis-
ter,Judy Patton. There were three
daughters, Fredonia and Susan
Ann, and a niece, Mary Louise.
Husband was…

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Becky Henry (formerly Becky Huff) searching for her sister Liza Tracy

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

April 24, 1884

MR. EDITOR-- I desire to in-
quire [inquire] for my sister. She left us, in
Georgia, two miles from Alla-
toona [Allatoona]. She left this place and
went to the iron works to the man
who she belonged to, named Bird
Tracy. This was the last time I
heard from her, and was in the year
1855. At this time she went by the
name of Liza…

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Benjamin McClindon searching for his brother James McClindon

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

June 24, 1886

MR. EDITOR - I desire to inquire for my brother, James McClindon. He left this place the same year the war closed; I heard that he went to Savannah with Sherman's troops in 1865. If any of my friends, or friend to the colored people know of my brother's whereabouts they will do me a great favor by writing to me at Rome, Ga. Nicey McClindon refugeed…

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Betsey Jennings searching for Lawton family

The New South (Port Royal, SC)

May 13, 1865

INFORMATION WANTED of Susannah Lawton,
Wilden Lawton, and Isabella Lawton and
child (colored), who were last heard of at Edge-
field, Ga. Any information will be thankfully re-
ceived by BETSEY JENNINGS,
31*1 Mitchelville, S. C.

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Bettie Cole searching for her family including her parents John Clark and Pleasant Cole

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

November 22, 1883

MR. EDITOB - I wish to inquire
for some of my relatives. Father
was John Clark and mother was
Pleasant Cole; sisters Mary, Emily,
and Francis Cole, and a brother,
Milton Cole. They left Kemper
county, Miss., for Georgia with Mr.
John Cole, and I with Jesse Cole
for Arkansas. I am the oldest of
the children, Milton next, then…

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Bettie Cox (formerly Bettie Nelson) searching for brothers Joe and George Nelson

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

October 11, 1883

INFORMATION WANTED CONCERNING
my brothers, Joe and George Nelson, who
enlisted in the Union army near Athens,
Ala., in 1863 We formerly belonged to
John S. Nelson, who lived within nine
miles of Athens, Ga., on the Elk river. Our
mother's name was Nancy Nelson, who
died when I was two years old. My maiden
name was Bettie Nelson. My name at…

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Betty Davis searching for her mother and brother

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

June 28, 1883

DEAR EDITOR: ---- I am inquiring for my people. My mother was Priscilla; she belonged to Watson, and he sold her to Bill Calburt, near Hopewell, Georgia. We lived near Knoxville. My name was Betty Watson. I left her when I was three years old; I am now 55 years old. I learned how to read when I was 50. I take and read the SOUTHWESTERN, it…

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Betty Davis searching for her mother Prescella and brother Henry

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

April 2, 1885

MR. EDITOR -- I am inquiring for
my mother, her name is Prescella;
my brother is named Henry; used
to belong to Michael Watson, between
Macon and Knoxville, on the
public road, In Georgia. I left
them there when I was quite small,
long before the war. He sold them
to a man by the name of Salbut,
and a horse at the same time. My
mother…

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Betty Reynolds searching for her brother Saunk Joyce

The Colored American (Washington, DC)

September 6, 1902

Please Help Me Find My Brother
Saunk Joyce was sold in Mecklenburg, Virginia several years before the civil war to Cunnigan a Negro trader. His mother. Willie, was a slave on the Joyce plantation. He had One sister Betty, who is very anxious to find hlm. Any information will be gladly received.
MRS. BETTY REYNOLDS.
44 Parker street, Atlanta,…

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Beverly Tibbs searching for their brother Lias Tibbs

The Chicago Defender (Chicago, IL)

May 26, 1917

INFORMATION WANTED

Information is wanted about Lias
Tibbs, who was sold before the war at
Fauquier county, Virginia. It is thought
that he is in Greenville, Ga., or Columbia,
Ga., or thereabouts. In the country out
from Greenville, Ga., are some Tibbs,
John and William, whom I think are
my brother's…

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Brothers Nathan Branch and Lee Branch reunited after 66 years

The Chicago Weekly Tribune (Chicago, IL)

July 14, 1899

FORMER SLAVE BROTHERS MEET

Nathan Branch of Evanston Finds by
Chance Lee, from Whom He Was
Parted 66 Years Ago.

After a separation of sixty-six years Nathan
Branch, the oldest colored man in
Evanston, will meet his brother Lee of
Macon, Ga. The last sight they had of each
other was in an auctioneer’s room on a
plantation in…

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Bunk Hilliard searching for his wife Annie Sterling

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

October 30, 1884

Mr. Editor - I wish to inquire
for my wife. Her name was Annie;
mine is Buck Sterling. She belonged
to a man in Georgia by the
name of Whit Sterling. She had
a daughter Francis. She left her
in LaGrange, Georgia. Wife was
sold to Mr. Barley, who lived in
Lafourche in war times. The last
I heard of her she was married
again to…

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C. B. Baldwin has information about Laura Young

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

June 29, 1893

I will give as best I can the in-
formation wanted of the where-
abouts of Laura Young. Her
father's and mother's names are
Moses and Matilda Young. She
went North from Emanuel Co., Ga.,
with Mrs. Dr. C. Wadley, in 1870,
as servant. She left Mrs. Wadley's
services at Portsmouth, N H., in
1880. She has one sister, Amanda
Young. Address…

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Campbell Siler searching for their family

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

October 11, 1883

DEAR EDITOR--I desire to hear
from my relatives. My mother,
Mary, belonged to Jess Siler, in
North Carolina. Her children were
Campbell, Oliver, Lucretia, and
Lucinda. We were sold by Siler
to Capt. Jarrett, in Georgia, in 1831.
We were sold to Thompson, who
swapped my mother and three children
to Judge Morton. That left
me in…

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Caroline Bonner (formerly Caroline Coventon) searching for her two sons Jim Johnson and Henry Holada

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

June 19, 1884

MR. EDITOR--Please allow me
to inquire for my two sons. The
last time I saw them was in Gaines
ville [Gainesville], Hall county, Ga.; their names
are Jim Johnson and Henry Holada;
they were small when I left them.
Their mother's name at that time
was Caroline Coventon, but is now
Caroline Bonner; their sister, Ma-
lissa [Malissa]…

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Cary and Julia Melton searching for Raz B. Melton

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

October 9, 1884

INFORMATION WANTED OF THE son of Cary and Julia Melton. His name is Raz B. Melton. He left us May, 1883, at Cuthbert, Randolph county, Ga. Last we heard of him he was at Birmingham, Ala., preparing to take leave for Louisville, Ky. We now reside at Eufaula, Ala. Any information thankfully received. Address, Cary Melton, Eufalia, Barbour county,…

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Charles Ross searching for soldiers he knew at Andersonville Prison during the Civil War

National Tribune (Washington, DC)

December 8, 1892

Charles Ross, Co. H, 35th U. S. C. T., Bren-
ham, Texas, wants the name of the Surgeon or
Steward who assisted Dr. Warren to amputate
the arm of a rebel soldier of Co. G. 4th Ga. Re-
serve Guards, at Andersonville, Ga., in the
latter part of the Summer of 1864. Also the
addresses of the two paroled Union prison-
ers who attended in the…

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Charles Washington Norman Fairleigh

The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN)

December 10, 1892

Alexander Ferguson, who was sold from
Richmond, Va. to Columbus, Ga., just before
the war. Any information respecting the
above will be gladly received by his brother,
Charles Washington Norman Fairleigh, Gloster
Road, Bristol, United Kingdom.

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Charley Howard seeking information on his brother Levi Howard.

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

January 20, 1898

Information wanted of Levi
Howard, my brother ; he went to
Texas with a Mr. Cox several
years ago, and the last time I heard
from him he was in Galveston,
Texas. Information will be gladly
received by his brother, Charley
Howard, Griffin, Ga., care Rev. J.
A. Lindsay.

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Charlotte Butler searching for her husband Butler Flournoy and three children, William and Ann Flournoy and Jack Bradford

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

September 11, 1884

MR. EDITOR—I wish to inquire
for my husband and three children.
My husband was Butler Flournoy,
my children William and Ann
Flournoy and Jack Bradford. John
Flournoy sold William and Ann in
Macon, Ga. My husband was sold
in Memphis, Tenn. I left Jack
Bradford in South Carolina, in
Sumpterville county. I was sold
at a sheriff sale to…

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Charlotte Clarke searching for her mother Phoebe Clarke; her aunts Rose, Mary, and Diana; and her siblings Jane, Susie and Andrew

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

June 14, 1883

INFORMATION WANTED OF MY
mother, Phoebe Clarke. She used to be-
long to Mrs. Virginia Clarke. She lived in
Effingham County, Springfield, Ga. My
name is Charlotte Clarke. I was brought
away from my mother when 9 years of age
by a Methodist preacher by name of Josiah
Clarke. My aunt's name was Rose Clarke.
She was sold to a minister by the…

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Chloe Clark searching for her son Freeman Clark

People's Advocate (Washington, DC)

November 29, 1879

Information Wanted.
My son Freeman Clark, was sold by Caleb Clark to Till and Glasgow Cherry, about the year 1857 from 'Leadville N.C. and sent to Georgia. Any information about him will be thankfully and liberally rewarded. CHLOE CLARK, Care Old Dominion Steam-Ship, Co., tf. Norfolk, Va.

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Clarrisie searching for her parents Shadrick and Dillie and siblings Tilman, Jackson, Ellis, Patsy, and Sindie

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

March 21, 1889

INFORMATION WANTED OF MY PEOPLE.
My father's name was Shadrick: my
mother's name was Dille; my brother's
names were Tilman, Jackson and Ellis; my
sisters' names were Patsie and Sindie; mine
is Clarrisie. We were owned by John
Clayton in Picken county, S. C. They all
were sold to a man named Mealie B ggs.
Any information…

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D. L. Hill seeking information about his brother Wesley and sisters Caroline and 'Mandy

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

February 10, 1898

Information wanted of my broth-
er and two sisters, Wesley, Caroline
and 'Mandy. Father's name was
Judge Hill. We belonged to a man
whose name was Judge Hill. We
were seperated in 1867, the last I
heard of Wesley he was in Tennes-
see. We left Caroline and 'Mandy
in Georgia. Any information con-
cerning them will be gladly re-
ceived…

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