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Yanka looking for brother Joe and mother Caroline

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

October 19, 1899

Information wanted of my broth-
er and mother, whose names were
Joe and Caroline. We belonged to
Tom Harvey, about fifteen miles
Charlotte Court House, Va. My
father's name was Cupid, he died
before I left there. I was given to
my young mistress, Polly, who
married a Thoruton, but I was af-
terwards seized and sold for debt.
My name is…

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Wm. P. Powell searching for Frederick Williams

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

July 28, 1866

INFORMATION WANTED
Frederick Williams, late landsman on board
United States steamer "Sarah Bruin." will hear
of something to his advantage, by sending the
name of the street and number of his residence
in Charleston, South Carolina, to
Wm. P. Powell,
No 2 Dover Street, New York…

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Willis Wright searching for his mother Mrs. Lucy Kennedy (formerly Lucy Wright)

New National Era (Washington, DC)

June 13, 1872

INFORMATION WANTED
Concerning my mother, Mrs. Lucy Wright, formerly of Charleston, South Carolina; subsequently she went to Mobile, Alabama, and married there. She now goes by the name of Lucy Kennedy. She is the mother of seven children, viz: William, Samuel, James Wesley, Adam, Willis, Sarah, and Mary. Any information concerning my said…

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Williams Thompson

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

January 10, 1884

MR. EDITOR: I wish to inquire
for my relatives. My father was
Andrew Thompson, and his wife
Frankie. She had a son Randall
when father married her. After
father married her she had fifteen
children, named as follows: Manuel,
Lucy, Lettie, Betsey, William,
Squire, Berry, Martha and Senel,
who had twelve fingers, the other
five children…

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William Miller searching for his five brothers and sister

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

September 4, 1884

MR. EDITOR--I wish to inquire
for my relatives, father and mother,
five brothers and two sisters.
Father's name was Armsted Hop-
kins; mother Faanie Vinson; broth-
ers, oldest Abraham, Jim, Arm-
stead, Sam and Daniel Vinson; sis-
ters, Mary and Ann Vinson. Mother
and all the children belonged to
Andrew Vinson, and were sold in…

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William McNeely searching for his father and sisters Emily Mack, Mary Ann, and Eve

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

December 14, 1882

MR. EDITOR - I wish to inquire for my sister and father, whom I left in South Carolina in 1864. They belonged to Thomas Bolding. Sister was Emily Mack. One sister was Mary Ann; another was Eve. Address me at Richmond, Texas. WILLIAM MCNEELY.

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William Lewis searching for his parents Bill and Nancy (or Jennie)

The Abbeville Press and Banner (Abbeville, SC)

February 27, 1901

Information Wanted.
William Lewis, a colored man, has written to the Sheriff from Nashville Tennessee for information about his people. He was born in Abbeville District and his parents belonged to David Glymph. His father was named Bill, and his mother was named Nancy or Jennie. His master had a son named Benson. His father was a tall yellow…

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William Hill looking for his former wife Pyrena and their children Eliza, Celia, Jordan, Laug, and Hamp

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

October 25, 1883

INFORMATION WANTED OF THE FOL-
lowing named persons, who formerly
belonged to Waddie Thompson, of Edge-
field District, South Carolina, but moved
off 30 years ago: Pyrena, now about 65
years old, and her children, named Eliza
about 45; Celia, about 43; Jordan, about
41; Laug 39 and Hamp, 38. The above
named Pyrena was the wife of…

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William Henry Washington seeking information about his parents Bentey and Chloe Washington and his brother Bentey Washington, Jr.

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

May 3, 1882

INFORMATION WANTED OF MY PA-
rents, Bentey and Chloe Washington,
and my brother Bentey Washington, Jr., a
shoe-maker by trade. We belonged to one
John Lambeth, of Beaufort, S. C., and
moved during the war to Blackwell, and
subsequently to Charleston, from which
place, in 1865, I embarked for Liberia in
the emigrantship "Golconda." I…

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William Green searching for his mother Clara Green

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

October 13, 1881

DEAR EDITOR -- I wish to inquire for my mother. I was separated from her about four years before the war. She was then owned by Charles Gray, of Charleston, S. C. Her name was Clara Green, and my name was then William Green. His (Mr. Gray's) residence was at the time of our separation on Society street, between King and Meeting streets. My father's…

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William Ford searching for his son Joseph Ford

South Carolina Leader (Charleston)

December 08, 1866

INFORMATION WANTED.
Of Joseph Ford, was sold from Charleston
S.C. from the Family of Moses A Saw-
yer, in 1847, sold to Columbia and after-
ward sold South, any information of his
whereabouts will be greatfully recieved by
his Father Wm. Ford Charleston S.C. to
the care of Rev P ["undecipherable"]

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Walter Higgins searching for his father's family

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

August 3, 1882

DEAR EDITOR -- I wish to inquire for my father's people. His father was Draper, mother Eliza; their five children were Rafe, John, Louis, Martha and Rhonda. They belonged to Jim Spermon, Newberry district, South Carolina. The inquires are Walter and Ransom Higgins, children of Harry Spermon. Address me at Masbulaville, Miss. WALTER HIGGINS

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Wade Hampton searching for Lewis Hampton-Massey

The Appeal (Chicago, IL)

January 10, 1891

LEWIS HAMPTON-MASSEY.––He was a slave, and at the age of five or six years was taken from the town of Chesterfield, S.C., by a man named Gideon, who took him to Florida between 1850 and 1860. Our master's name was Jas. Massey, who owned large grist mill and distillery on Lynch's Creek. Address Wade Hampton, Clear Creek, N. Y.

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W. D. McEachern seeking information about his brother John McEachern

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

September 28, 1899

Information wanted of John Mc
Eachern, aged about 35. he left
Homer, S. C., Marion county, ten
years ago and went to Florida, and
I received unreliable information
that he had been killed in Florida.
Ministers in Georgia, Florida and
Alabama please read to their con-
gregations. Any information of
him will be liberally rewarded by
his…

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W. A. Haywood searching for Mrs. Hager Newman

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

April 10, 1884

INFORMATION WANTED OF THE
whereabouts of Mrs. Hager Newman
who lived in Darlington county, near Lidia
P. O , in '71 or '72 She married a man by
the name of Robert Newman. They moved
from Darlington county to Chesterfield coun-
ty, S. C. Any information of the above
named parties will be thankfully received.
Ministers will please read this…

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Virginia Robinson seeking information about her brother William Robinson (2)

South Carolina Leader (Charleston, SC)

May 12, 1866

INFORMATION WANTED,--Of William
Robinson, son of Brutus Robinson ; when last
heard from he was in Massachusetts, but had deter-mined to go South. Any information of him will be
gladly received by his only sister, Virginia Robinson,
Charleston.

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Unnamed woman looking for her sister Martha Barnes

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

January 17, 1895

INFORMATION WANTED --of
Martha Barnes (slavery name) or
her her descendants. She went
from about Edgefield or Newberry,
S. C. in slavery time, and is sup-
posed to be now somewhere in the
State of Alabama. Any informa-
tion will be happily received by her
sister and family. Address Joseph
L. Williams, box 208 Abbeville, S.
C.

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Unnamed searching for his sister, Lula Suber

The Topeka Plaindealer (Topeka, KS)

November 6, 1914

NOTICE.

Looking for Lost Relatives.

Information of the whereabouts of
Lula Suber will be appreciated by
her brother, who now lives in Kansas.
He would like to hear from her.
When last heard of she was living in
Columbia, S. C., in 1878 on Wheelers
Hill. Mail any information concerning
her to the Plaindealer Office, Topeka,…

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Unnamed person searching for their siblings Adam, Evearn, Dinah, Lucy, Torney, May, and Lenie Wingard

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

September 20, 1883

MR. EDITOR-- I wish to inquire
for my brothers and sisters. We
belonged to Wingard. The oldest,
Adam; Evearn, Dinah, Lucy, Torney,
May and Lenie Wingard. I
left them near the town of Lexington,
in Lexington county, South
Carolina. When I left them brothers
Adam and May was with Daniel
Dranes. I left them in the year
1 66, and…

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Tyler Moore searching for Edward Moore

The National Tribune (Washington, DC)

April 29, 1909

WANTED--Comrades of Wheeler's Colored
Cavalry who knew Edward Moore, Co. B, 3d
Wis. Vols., First Division, -Second Brigade,
Twentieth Army Corps. He enlisted first
in Wheeler's Cavalry, in Georgia or the
Carolinas, in 1863 or 1864; then, January,
1865, he enlisted in the above regiment, to
write Tyler Moore, Box 138, Tallula, Miss.

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Tony Manegan seeking information of John and Mercy Powell

South Carolina Leader (Charleston, SC)

May 12, 1866

INFORMATION WANTED.--Of John and
Mercy Powell. At last accounts. they were em-
ployed by the Rev Mr. Harrison, at Savannah, Ga. Any
information respecting them will be kindly received by
Tony Manegan, Wentworth St, opposite Grace Church,
Charleston.

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Thomas S. P. Miller seeking information about his mother Nancy Young

South Carolina Leader (Charleston, SC)

May 12, 1866

Information Wanted
OF NANCY YOUNG, who was living in Summer-
ville in 1861, and belonged to Mrs. Edward Lowndes,
but was afterwards sold to Mr. Colder, and carried up
the country, perhaps to Spartensburg (sp) or Columbia.
Any information respecting her whereabouts will be
thankfully received by her son, Thomas S. P. Miller,
at Charleston, S.…

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Thomas Butler searching for his brother John Butler

The Appeal (Chicago, IL)

June 4, 1892

JOHN BUTLER.—I wish to find my brother John
Buttler I heard from him last in 1879. He was
then at Leanville, S C. Any information will be
gladly received by Thomas Butler, 2849 La Salle
street, Chicago, Ill. 5-21-92

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Thomas Arthur Everick searching for family including Lewis Everick and his wife Eliza

New National Era (Washington, DC)

March 14, 1872

INFORMATION WANTED,
Concerning Lewis Everick, his wife Eliza, and their children, Mandy Creasey, Hannah, Julia, Rachel, five daughters; and Vincent and Hilliard, two sons; all owned and named after their last master and mistress, Wm. Young and wife Mandy. In 1864, when Emancipation was proclaimed, they then lived three quarters of a mile from…

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Tenner Barley (formerly Tenner Hoog) searching for her husband, father, sisters, and brothers

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

June 26, 1884

MR. EDITOR--I desire to inquire
for my people. I have not seen
them since 1850. At that time I
was living in South Carolina, Sump-
ter [Sumpter] district. I belonged to Mr.
Gable Plouden. My husband
was Ely Hoog. My father was
Carliner Plouden. My mother had
five girls and two boys. My eldest
sister, Mary Plouden, married…

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