MR. EDITOR— I desire to inquire for my brother. He belonged to one Shars (I do not know his first name), of Wytheville, Va. Brother's name is Arthur Zacheriah Tolaver. Mother's name was Millie. She belonged to John Woort at the time brother was sold to Bob Sanders, a negro trader, who took him to New Orleans. Brother worked and bought himself. He was living in New Orleans the last I heard from him—he sent me a small tin box with $100 in it. He was the oldest child and I am the youngest. I was taken away from all my people. Mother is dead. Brother was a member of the M. E. Church. Please address me at Lavernia, Texas. LETITIA E. RODGERS.
DEAR EDITOR—I wish to inquire for my uncle, Bill Orterson. Dicy McReynolds was my mother's name. My father was Jack McReynolds. Bill Orterson is my mother's brother. I never saw him, though I heard that he purchased his liberty before the war. A son of uncle Bill's was in Jefferson, Texas, since the war, in search of his father's brother, Dicy McReynolds. Tom Bell, a son of James McReynolds, told me that he had been on uncle Bill's farm in Louisiana. Address me at Austin, Texas. JACK MCREYNOLDS.