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Mrs. Diana Johnson (nee Diana Hellard) is searching for information about her parents and siblings
Johnson wrote this information wanted letter to the county clerk in Buffalo, NY. Johnson, daughter of Jack and Hannah Hellard, was born in Rowan County, NC. She was sold away from her mother in 1840 and brought to Alabama, and from there to Texas, in…
Woman reunited with her first husband after more than 50-year separation
She was enslaved on a plantation near Asheville, North Carolina. Her husband was sold away from her more than 50 years earlier [ca. 1840]. In 1890 she found him living in Newport, Kentucky. (Their names are not given in the article. Additional…
Martha Hicks searching for her husband Braham Hicks
He left Wake County, NC, in August 1866. He was in Harnett County, NC, when last heard from. Ad placed in 1867, during Reconstruction.
Daniel Rouse searching for his son General Rouse (two ads)
General, age about 10, was stolen from the market wharf in New Bern, NC, the previous Friday. In 1869, during Reconstruction.
John J. Dwyer, an attorney, searching for Robert Bowen or his heirs
Bowen, born in North Carolina, went to Hartford, Connecticut, and enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1863, during the Civil War. Bowen, or his heirs, are entitled to a "small estate."
A. Brinkley searching for Harry T. Alston
Alston was last heard from in July 1890 in Paterson, New Jersey.
Levi Morrison is searching for his brother, Archie B. Morrison
He was born in Moore County, North Carolina. Was last heard from in St. Augustine, Florida, in 1885.
Joanna Hamilton searching for her sons
Joanna Hamilton searching for her sons, aged 12 and 8 years, who were supposed to be in Catawba County, NC.
David Eason searching for his brother, Dorsey Eason
Eason wrote a letter to the mayor of Richmond, Virginia, in search of his brother, who was sold in Richmond several years before the Civil War.
Miss Mattie Gooseby/Goosby searching for her mother, Mollie Gravely
She last saw her mother in Greensboro, North Carolina, five years ago [ca. 1896].
Benj. Motte searching for unnamed child on behalf of the child's mother
Motte, and the child's mother, searching for a four year old "colored boy" who "strayed" away. Ad placed in Wilmington, North Carolina, two weeks before the Civil War ended.
Geo. L. Mabson searching for George Smith
Ad placed in Wilmington, North Carolina. Smith was a "colored" discharged soldier. [A Civil War veteran?]
Toby Olds searching for his son, Pinkney Olds
Pinkney was mustered out of the U.S. service at Fort Macon, North Carolina, in May 1868, when he was last heard from.
Mary Williams searching for her daughter Harriet Hayes, and two grandchildren
Mary Williams searching for her daughter, Harriet Hayes, and two grandchildren, Mansa and Helen, who were taken from the Raleigh, North Carolina, area to Richmond, Virginia, and sold there in 1863, during the Civil War.
Nazery Hinton searching for his wife, Tecy Rand
Tecy "formerly belonged to" Dr. Banks, Wake County, North Carolina. He sold her to Fabius Rand in Clifton, Wilcox County, Alabama, about 11 or 12 years earlier [ca 1855].
Britton Richardson seeking information about his son Isham Richardson
Isham Richardson, described as being an albino, was taken from his father when "the Federal army came through" during the Civil War. He is believed to be somewhere in the North.
James Henry Johnson searching for his mother and sisters
Johnson, of Martin County, North Carolina, searching for his mother, Betsy, and his sisters, Mary, Ellen, Harriet, and Rose
Geo Baum searching for his children, Matilda Meekins and Willis Meekins
They belonged to the estate of Esther Meekins and were carried from Roanoke Island, North Carolina, into the Confederate lines in 1861, during the Civil War.
Alfred Harrison searching for his mother, Mrs. Cloe Jarvis
She was formerly the slave of the Rev. Bannister Jarvis, of Powell's Point, Currituck County, North Carolina
Reverand M. D. Matthewson Searching for His Nephew Julius Harrison
Rev. M. D. Matthewson looking for his nephew Julius Harrison who went missing after leaving to become a baker.
Martha Jennings-Lucas searching for her mother, sister, brother, daughter, and husband
While enslaved, Martha Jennings was taken from Shelby, North Carolina, to Attala County, Mississippi and is looking for members of her family.
Reprinted from Star of Zion (Charlotte, NC)
Reprinted from Star of Zion (Charlotte, NC)
Robert Warren and Charity Atwater reunited after 53 years and remarry
They married "according to slave laws" in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 60 years earlier [ca 1837]. They were separated by sale seven years later. Reunited and remarried in Oskaloosa, Iowa, in 1897.
Henry Marlow searching for the Rev. J. W. Green
Marlow searching for Rev. Green, a preacher and doctor who was married near Excelsior, North Carolina
John Williams reunited with his mother, Harriet Blackwell, after 32 years
Williams was sold to a Mississippi planter when a boy. Reunited with his mother, in Asheville, North Carolina, on Christmas Day 1892.