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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…
Tom Carnahan, the only black police officer in Lincoln, NE, finds his brother after two decades
Carnahan meets his brother, Silas, for the first time since the Civil War. They were "slave children in Arkansas and were separated by the war."
Mrs. Annie Bell
She is looking for her son.
J. C. Boone looking for fellow servicemembers
J.C. Boone is searching for his old comrades
M.L. Brown
M.L. Brown is searching for their sister, Mary C. Brown.
Sperrial Peyton Brooks searching for his mother and fifteen brothers and sisters
Sperrial Peyton Brooks, Omaha, NE, searching for his mother and fifteen siblings. His mother "gave him away to a neighbor to raise." Unclear if his mother was enslaved or free at the time.
William C. Lee searching for Will or William Lee
William C. Lee, Richmond, VA, searching for Will or William Lee, formerly of Richmond, VA, and his wife, Nellie
Charles Brown searching for his brother, Willis Brown
Charles Brown, Plattsmouth, Cass County, NE, searching for brother, last heard of near Nashville, TN, ca 1859 or 1860
Louisa Hargraves (nee Louisa Scott) searching for family
Mrs. Louis Hargraves (nee Scott), Omaha, NE, searching for mother and siblings. Enslaved on Eastern Shore of Maryland.
Dr. P.C. Kebble, Pittsburg, TX, searching for Kate White
Dr. P.C. Kebble, Pittsburg, TX, searching for Kate White. She left Omaha, NE. Parents live in Atchison, KS.
Henry Brown seeking information about his mother Rebecca and father, a free man, Samuel Brown
Henry Brown searching for his parents Rebecca and Samuel Brown, and his siblings Samuel, David and Anna.