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Charles Wright is searching for Henry Hall
Charles Wright, from Point Lookout, Maryland, is searching for Henry Hall from Aberdeen, Mississippi.
John M. Anderson searching for his father and two sisters
Anderson had been enslaved in Lee County, MS, by Mason Anderson. His father, Richard Anderson, and sisters, Polly and Rachael, were sold.
William White searching for his brother, George White/Turner White
George White (known as Turner White before the Civil War) was born in Panola County, MS, and "formerly belonged to" Col. F.M. White. He was in the army. Mustered out in Mobile, AL, in 1867.
Amy Morris, nee Amy Baxter, found her mother, Feraby, after 30-year separation
Amy Morris, aka "Mrs. Frenchy," grew up enslaved in Hancock County, GA, near Sparta, GA. Beginning at age 14, she was sold several times, in Georgia, Mississippi, and Arkansas, before she escaped during the Civil War. Previously, she and her first…
James Stills searching for his brother, Washington Stills
Washington Stills was sold in South Carolina and brought to Mississippi by John Parks and Allen Vance, speculators.
Tempy Davis
Davis's friends are searching for her. She formerly "belonged to" Dr. West, of Hinds County, MS. Was last heard from in Richmond, VA. Contact Rev. P.B. Price, Richmond, VA.
Mrs. Elizabeth Johnson searching for her husband, Sypio Johnson
Searcher is in Washington, DC. She has not heard from her husband since before "the rebellion" [the Civil War], when he left her on a visit from Macon, Mississippi. Ad placed in 1866, during Reconstruction.
George E. Lemon, attorney, searching for Georgie Ann Brown
Brown is widow of Leonard Brown, Co. G. U.S.H.A. [Ad presumably relates to a Civil War widow's pension application].
John and Barbara Brooks seek brother Wesley
The surviving siblings of Wesley Brooks are searching for him. He was sold to Natchez or thereabouts in approximately 1835.
David Phelps searching for his parents, Moses Phelps and Susan Phelps
His parents were in Beatville, Mississippi [Batesville?], when last heard from.
Mr. J. Sims reunited with his two sisters
Sims, of Capitol Hill (Washington, DC), was separated from his sisters at the outbreak of the Civil War. From Mississippi. He learned of their whereabouts in 1899.
Lee Barton reunited with his wife after 38 years
Lee Barton, of Houston, Mississippi, was separated from his wife in Virginia by sale 38 years earlier [ca 1853]. He found her in 1891 and they remarried.
Alvin Steele searching for his mother, Sarah Steele, and his sister, Harriet Steele
Alvin Steele was carried from Huntsville, Alabama, to Canton, Mississippi, during the Civil War. He returned to Huntsville in 1895 in search of his mother and sister.
Milton Anderson searching for his folks
Anderson left Lee County, Mississippi, during the Civil War, to join the Federal Army.
Fanny Strong is searching for her relatives or her former owner's family
Fanny Strong was sold to a Mr. Thompson in Richmond, Virginia. Her parents were Joe and Sallie, siblings were Sucky, Dollie, Rachel, Joseph, and Green.
Mrs. Sue Jones
Jones is searching for anyone, "white person or ex-slave," who lived on the plantation of David Roach, on Wolf Lake, Yazoo County, Mississippi, during the Civil War. [Possibly to gather testimony for a Civil War widow's pension?]
Edmund Collie is searching for his brother, sister, and nephew
Edmund Collie, of Nashville, Tennessee, is searching for his brother, William Collie, his sister, Millie, his nephew, Bailey, and Prince Buckner. Edmund and William Collie lived on the Scotland plantation [in Natchez, Mississippi].
Harriet Carter is searching for Violet Shelvy
Shelvy "formerly belonged to David Bledsoe, DeSoto County, Mississippi."
Stephen McKinny and Silva McKinny are searching for their sons and daughter-in-law
They are searching for their sons, Alford and Randal, and Randal's wife, Elizabeth Underwood. They went from Franklin County, Alabama, to Green County, Alabama, in 1866.
Henny Butler searching for her daughter, Frances, before the Civil War
Frances was taken from her mother, in Cumberland, Maryland, to Natchez, Mississippi, and then New Orleans, Louisiana. Her mother, Henny Butler, received letters from her but needs her address in New Orleans to reply. An antebellum ad (from 1843).
Alexander Foley and his wife reunited and remarried after forty years
Foley, of Natchez, Mississippi, found his wife in 1891 in Carrollton, Kentucky. They had been separated by sale [in Virginia?]
Anna Barnett searching for her son, Jesse Henry Johnson
Son born in Vicksburg, Mississippi. He left her two years ago [ca 1889] in Washington County, Mississippi.
Mrs. J.W. Willis searching for her brother and sister
Mrs. J.W. Willis, Youngstown, Ohio, searching for sister Malinda Rogers and brother William. Last saw them in 1874 on Asheland plantation, Washington, Mississippi.
George Byrd searching for his brother and sister
Byrd, of Rome, Georgia, searching for Alfred Byrd and Jennie Byrd
W.H. Byrd searching for his brother, Charley Byrd
Brother "belonged to" Jack Graves. Last heard from in Greenville, Mississippi, eight years ago [ca. 1883].