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M. A. Heinz looking for information about Martha A. H. Stewart
The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)
May 27, 1871
INFORMATION WANTED.
Information wanted of Martha A. H.
Stewart, of Louisville. Was sold by
Allen Willits, who lived on Harriet's
Creek in 1856 or '7, to Fred. Heinz, of
Napoleon, Ark Willits afterwards re-
moved to Louisville. He had children
named Richard, James and John Wil-
lits, also a daughter named Cornelia.
The mother of…
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James Turner searching for Franklin and Sarah Farra
The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)
May 27, 1871
NOTICE.
About twenty years ago Franklin
Farra and Sarah Farra, children of
Henry Farra, who lived in Fayette
county, Kentucky, were taken to Mis-
souri, by a family named McDaniel or
McDowell, and have not been heard
from since. Their father is dead, leav-
ing them or their children some pro-
perty ; and I desire, as Executor of…
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W. A. Mays searching for Sarah A. ---low (likely Goodlow) on behalf of her daughter Jane
The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)
September 23, 1871
Information Wanted.
Of Sarah A. [unclear]low, she used
to belong to old [unclear] Goodlow, who
gave her to his son Thomas, and he
sold her to some unknown person.
Billy Goodlow and his son Thomas
lived in Madison County, Ky., two
miles from Richmond. Any informa-
tion will be thankfully received by
her daughter Jane.
Please address Mr.…
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Ella F. Wolfolk looking for information about her brother George W. Wolfolk
The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)
December 21, 1872
Information Wanted.
INFORMATION WANTED of my brother
GEORGE W. WOLFOLK, he was sold by old
BILLY WOODFOLK, at Frankfort, Ky., be-
fore the war of the rebellion.
He belonged to DR. LANE of Paducah
Ky.,
Our mother's name is MALINDA WOOD-
FOLK. Mother and I are living in Mem-
phis, Tenn., Any information addressed
to me to care of Avery…
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Nellie Harbold looking for her children Lydia, Miley A., and Samuel Tirley
The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)
June 26, 1873
INFORMATION WANTED of my daughter
Lydia Tirley who was taken from Lex-
ington, Ky., and nineteen years ago and
placed in the yard of Forrest the Trader,
who sold her to a man be the name of
Dick Fily, somewhere in Tennessee. Also,
my daughter Miley A. Tirley, sold from
the same yard, known as Forrest's Traders
Yard, in Memphis, Tenn.,…
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Henry Brown seeking information about his mother Rebecca and father, a free man, Samuel Brown
The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)
November 6, 1873
INFORMATION WANTED.
I, Henry Brown was born in Versailles,
Woodford Co., Kentucky, (a slave) be-
longed to the Subletts family. My moth-
er's name was Rebecca, and my father's
Samuel Brown. (He was always free.) I
am the eldest of four children. Samuel
and David are the names of my two broth-
ers ; Anna is the name of my sister.…
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Nathaniel G. Jones seeking information on his brothers, Gadson and Henry
The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)
February 24, 1898
Information wanted of my broth
ers, Gadson Jones and Henry Jones,
who were sons of Nelson and Re-
becca Jones Gadson Jones, when
last heard of was in Cincinnati, O.,
and Henry Jones when last heard
of was in Winchester, Ky. Any
information will be gladly received
by their brother.
NATHANIEL G. JONES,
…
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Adeline Sanders seeking information on her siblings Ambrose Dudley Carrol, Phelix Gurry Carroll and Polina Carroll
The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)
January 28, 1897
Of two brothers and one sister,
whose names are Ambrose Dudley
Carrol, Phelix Gurry Carroll and
Polina Carrol, respectively. Our
former owner was Foster Mundy,
who sold them to a Negro trader.
Any information concerning them
will be thankfully received by Mrs.
Adeline Sanders, Owenton, Ky.
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Jas. E. Bryant seeking information about his siblings Elizabeth Jones, Harriet Bryant, George, Joe, and Tom Bryant
The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)
January 28, 1897
INFORMATION WANTED--
The undersigned would thank any
person for information concerning
his sisters and brothers; viz: Eliza-
beth Jones, Harriet Bryant, George,
Joe and Tom Bryant; our parents
were Edmund and Nellie Bryant. I
left Washington D. C., in January
1862 with General Garfield.
Address: Jas. E. Bryant,
…
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Noah H. Jackson seeking information of his brother Jonas A. Jackson
The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)
October 13, 1898
INFORMATION WANTED.
Information wanted of Jonas A.
Jackson. His father's name is Jo-
nas A. Jackson, and his mother's
name is Winnie Jackson. All for-
merly belonged to James A. Gains,
of Scott co, Ky. Any information
of his whereabouts will be gladly
received by his brother, Noah H.
Jackson, 68 Correl st., Lexington,
Ky.
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George Slaughter searching for his mother Dina McKinney
The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)
December 5, 1878
INFORMATION WANTED OF HIS MOTH
er Dina McKinney by her son, George
Walker Brock, who belonged to Richard of
Hustonsville, Lincoln county, Ky. When
he last saw her she was owned by Burton
McKinney of Hustonville, Lincoln county
Ky. She was sold to a trader, since
which he has not heard from her. A letter
directed to George Slaughter,…
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Eliza McElroy searching for her mother Margaret Weir and her sisters Estaline and Josephine Weir
The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)
January 1, 1880
INFORMATION WANTED OF MOTHER
and two sisters. My mother's name was
Margaret Weir; my sisters' names were Es-
taline and Josephine Weir. They were
sold out of Thomas Sidleton's family, Pet-
tis County, Md. I hope that this will in-
form mother that her daughter, Elliza Weir,
is living in Springfield, Ky. Address,
…
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Mrs. Celia Poole (formerly Celia Jones) searching for her parents Cyrus Hill and Judie Jones, and her brothers Henry and Isum
The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)
March 11, 1880
INFORMATION WANTED OF MY REL
atives I was born and raised about
thirty miles from Petersburgh, Virginia, in
what was then called the Owens and Free-
man settlement. When quite young, I was
was sold with my mother and brother Aaron to
traders. Mother was sold again soon after
leaving home. Since then I have never
heard of her. My father,…
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Thomas Cooper looking for information about his father Henry Cooper and mother Mary Ann Cooper
The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)
April 1, 1880
INFORMATION WANTED OF MY FA-
ther, Henry Cooper, and mother, Mary
Ann Cooper, and my brothers Edmund and
Isaac Cooper, and Louisa Watson and Wil-
emah Cooper my sisters, and my daughter,
Emma Jane Cooper. I left her in Kentucky.
All the others was sold in Virginia by Wil-
liam Goult. I never knew where they
were taken. I came away in the…
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Ann Sloan searching for her daughter Broery
The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)
February 3, 1881
INFORMATION WANTED OF MY
daughter, Broery. She is about thirty-
four years old. I left her in Kentucky. I
have heard she is in Louisville, Ky, Any
information of her whereabouts will be
thankfully received.
ANN SLOAN.
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Margaret Rector (formerly Martha Ann Stewart) looking for her mother Kitty Stewart and siblings
The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)
February 10, 1881
INFORMATION WANTED OF MY
mother, Kitty Stewart. My sisters'
names are Eliza and Matilda Stewart. My
brother's name is John Stewart. We all
belonged to a man in Louisville, Ky., by the
name of Allen Willite There was a large
family of the Willite--James, Richard,
John and Alexander Willite. I was sold
from them when a little girl, about 26…
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Ann Sloan (formerly Ann Colter) searching for her daughter Barbary Ann
The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)
March 10, 1881
INFORMATION WANTED OF MY
daughter, Barbary Ann. I heard of
her last in Louisville, Ky. Her father's
name was Tom Colter, her mother's name
was Ann Colter, but now Ann Sloan. Ad-
dress, ANN SLOAN,
Reed's Landing, Ark.
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Levi Nanney searching for his father Adam Nanney
The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)
April 20, 1893
INFORMATION WANTED.--Of my
father Adam Nanney. When last heard
of he was living in Ohio. Before going
to Ohio he lived in Alled County, Ken-
tucky. Any information of him will b
very thankfully received by his son
LEVI NANNEY
Address W. R. Alexander, Box 1134,
Maline, Ill.
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John Whitsett seeking information about his sister Mae Etta and three half-brothers James, William, and Frank Garvin
The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)
August 21, 1890
INFORMATION WANTED.--Of my sis-
ter Mae Etta, daughter of Caleb Wat
kins and Luvenia Whitsett. My father
was owned by a Mr. Watkins and my
mother by a Dr. Wm. Whitsett. We
children went by our mother's name. The
last I saw my sister she was in Glasgow,
Barren county, Ky., and had become the
property of a Dr. Mills My brother
George and…
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Clara Carriger looking for her daughter Minerva Cavanaugh
The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)
May 8, 1890
INFORMATION WANTED--Of my
daughter Minerva Cavanaugh. Her fa
ther's name was Thomas Cavanaugh, her
mother's name was Clara Cavanaugh. We
were all the property of Old Doctor Cava-
naugh, at Carrollton, Mo. He sold Miner-
va to a Mr. Cassner, who owned a wood
yard up the Missouri river above Carroll-
ton. Several years before the war,…
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Kigy Ann Brown searching for her father William Brown and brothers Geerge and Henry Clay Brown
The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)
August 25, 1881
INFORMATION WANTED OF MY
father, William Brown, and my two
brothers, Geerge and Henry Clay Brown,
who I left in Louisville, Ky., some thirty
odd years ago. My father was a free man
and kept barber shop down at the ferry
landing. My brother Henry then belonged
to John D. Baker. I was sold from them
when a girl about thirteen years old…
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Lucinda Tillman (formerly Lucinda Roberts) seeking her parents Dido and Charley Harris and several siblings
The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)
November 3, 1881
INFORMATION WANTED OF MY REL-
atives. I was born in Shepherdsville,
Bultil Co., Ky., and raised in Louisville
I belonged to Louis Roberts. My mother's
name was Dido, father's name was Charley
Harris. My maiden name was Lucinda
Roberts. My brother's name was Bill Rees;
my sisters names were Sallie, Annie, Nellie
and Mary Roberts. The man who…
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Enoch Johnson searching for his brothers Spencer Gie, Allen Gie, and Matthew James
The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)
February 9, 1882
INFORMATION WANTED OF MY
brothers, Spencer Gie, Allen Gie and
Matthew James. My mother's name was
Betsy Gie, but she went by the name of
Eliza Gie. My brothers belonged to Robert
Alexander, in Woodfort county, Ky. Ad-
dress Enoch Johnson, care C. G. Canon,
Georgetown, Scott, Co., Ky.
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Darius Logan looking for his brothers Fielding, Jackson, Fleming, David, Willis, and Ben Logan
The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)
March 13, 1890
Information wanted of my brothers. I
left them in the State of Kentucky in
1847 Our father and mother were named
Willis and Rachel Logan. My brother
were named Fielding, Jackson, Fleming,
David, Willis and Ben Logan. We had
six sisters and nine brothers. I would be
glad to hear from one of them. My name
is Darius Logan, a minster of the…
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James L. Ferguson searching for information about his parents Winston and Charity Ferguson and several siblings
The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)
March 23, 1882
INFORMATION WANTED OF MY BROTH-
ers, Washington and Dick Ferguson.
They were in the Government service at
Paducah, Ky., in the year 1863, and were
from Ballard county, Ky. They did belong
to a man by the name of John D. Ferguson,
a preacher, and left paducah and joined the
army of the United States somewhere not
known to us. They went with…
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