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Rachel Bannister (formerly Rachel) searching for his sisters Easter and Lucinda

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

March 23, 1882

MR. EDITOR—About the beginning of the war Claiborne Brastdie owned three colored girls, named Easter, Lucinda and Rachel, He lived in Harrisburg, Kentucky. These girls went by his name, and were all sold at one sale. Easter was sold to Prize Bunton, and he sold her to traders. When last heard of she was in Huntsville, Alabama. Lucinda was sold to…

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Mrs. Fanny Barber searching for her son John C. Evans (formerly John Barber)

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

March 23, 1882

MR. EDITOR—I read in your paper of Dec. 23, 1881, about my son. His name is John Barber, but changed to John C. Evans. He was sold to a trader in 1851, at the age of fourteen. I have written two letters but have received no answer. I am very anxious to hear of him, as I am alone in this world. Mrs. Fanny Barber, No. 257 Conti street, corner…

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Lewis Thomas searching for his brothers Greenberry and Nickles Thomas

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

November 1, 1888

MR. EDITOR--I wish to inquire for my people; two brothers named Greenberry Thomas and Nickles Thomas, half brothers. I used to belong to a man named Major Thomas Marshall, who lived then in Lewis County, Kentucky. I was sold to a Negro trader and brought down to Natchez, Miss., in 1833. Mother was Violet Shackleford. Address me at Bunkie, La.,…

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Miles Nixon seeking his father Nelson Carter, mother Ann Carter, and siblings

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

November 24, 1881

MR. EDITOR: I wish to inquire for my relatives. My father's and mother's names were Nelson Carter and Ann Carter. Brother and sister, Nelson and Rachel. We all belonged to a man by the name of Spain. I and another girl by the name of Maria were stolen during the war, and I was sold in a place called Homer, La., to a negro trader. Please address…

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John Walker searching for his mother Matilda Walker and his siblings

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

September 6, 1888

DEAR EDITOR—I wish to know the whereabouts of my mother, brothers and sisters. My mother was Matilda Walker. Her first owner's was a man named Walker, in Newton County, Ga. My brothers were Frank, Joseph and Charley. Sisters were Harrie, Dilsie and Lethie. The last man who owned us in Georgia was Capt. McCirty, who lived between Dalton and Tunnel…

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Nancy Eanes looking for her sister Virginia Collins

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

November 10, 1881

DEAR EDITOR—I wish to inquire for my sister Virgin Collins. My mother's name is Sarah, father's Dick. I have three brothers named Dick, Nelon and Wilson. My sister was taken to Richmond, Virginia, by Madison Eanes and sold to negro traders. Please address me at La Grange, Fayette county, Texas, care of Rev. G. W. Smith. NANCY EANES.

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Eadie Tolson (formerly Eadie Dickens) seeking her sons John Chesterfield and William Henry

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

November 10, 1881

DEAR EDITOR— I wish to inquire for my two sons, John Chesterfield and William Henry. I was sold from them by Tom Dickens to a negro trader named Daniel Berry. I left my two sons in Tennessee, near Memphis. My name is Eadie Dickens, but I go by the name of Eadie Tolson. Address me at Spring Hill, Texas.

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Liddy Hill (formerly Liddy Powell) searching for her parents Vinnie Birkhater and Green Sunkins

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

November 11, 1880

MR. EDITOR--I wish to inquire for my people. Mother's name is Vinnie Birkhater. Green Sunkins was my father. Oldest sister was Harriet Birkhater. Brother Harttord is dead. My aunt was Mary Hill and Her husband Simon Hill. Dennis Hill was my owner and he sold me to a speculator named Wm. Henderson, who sold me in Mobile to another speculator. I came…

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Josephine Gooden (formerly Josephine Porter) searching for her father Daniel Glover, mother Sarah, and siblings

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

October 24, 1889

Mr. Editor: I wish to find [undecipherable] people. My father's name [undecipherable] Daniel Glover, and my mot[undecipherable] was named Sarah. She belong[undecipherable] to Wm. Porter, a saddle maker, Petersburg, Va. My oldest s[undecipherable]ter's name was Pattie. She m[undecipherable]ried Daniel Davis. The othe[undecipherable] were sisters…

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Caroline Hogan (formerly Caroline Brown) seeking her father Isaac Jamison, mother Peggy Brown, and siblings

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

December 8, 1881

DEAR EDITOR—I was raised in Albermarle county, Virginia, and I belonged to Clifton Brown, a Methodist preacher. He had three sons Taze, Thomas and William. William was the youngest. He had two daughters, Virginia and Susan Brown. Virginia married George Terril. My old boss gave me to his daughter Virginia when she married, and her husband sold me…

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John C. Evans (formerly John Barber) looking for his mother Fannie Barber and brothers Stephen and Levi Barber

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

December 22, 1881

DEAR EDITOR: I wish to inquire for my mother and two brothers. My mother's name was Fannie Barber, my brothers were named Stephen and Levi Barber; they belonged to Charles Lamate, and I was sold to a negro trader; this was in 1851, I being fourteen years old. My mother's master lived in New Orleans at that time; my mother had three children when…

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Esther Baker (formerly Esther Randolph) searching for her brother William Fith

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

October 3, 1889

Mr. Editor: Please allow me space in your valuable paper to inquire for my brother, Willis Fith; his mother was Matilda Randolph. My name was Esther Randolph. Mother was sold from us to a speculator. The last time I saw my brother, I left Tuskaloosa county, Ala, with my brother Jim. I will be glad to know of his whereabouts. My name is Esther…

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Eliza Johnson (formerly Ann Eliza Wood) wants to find her mother Susan Wood, father William Wood, and siblings

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

November 3, 1881

MR. EDITOR.-- I wish to inquire for my people. My mother was Susan Wood belonging to Miss Judie Rixis living in Salem, Va. My father was named William Wood belonging to Aleck Chatman living near the White Plains, Va. I had two brothers one was named William and Harrison Douglas, and sisters named Jennie and Charlotte. I belonged to Mrs. Daniel C.…

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Katie Bailey searching for her mother

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

October 27, 1881

MR. EDITOR— I wish to inquire for my mother. I was taken from her when I was about nineteen years of age. I left her in Richmond, Virginia, she belonged to John Adams. Her husband's name was Brown. She went by his name the last I knew her. I was taken and hired out to a man by the name of Wallace. After this I was sold to a trader I did not know…

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Noah Foltz (formerly Noah Connor) seeking his mother Peggy Connor and siblings

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

October 6, 1881

DEAR EDITOR—I am anxious to hear of my kinfolks. I left them in North Carolina in 1859. My mother was Peggy Connor. Father was sold from mother in 1858. We lived in Madison county. I had three brothers, Alex, Chemond and Rue, and two sisters, Sarah and Caroline. Brother Alex was sold to a man in Charlotte, S.C. I have a sister Betsey, who was…

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T. Blake looking for their parents and siblings

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

September 22, 1881

DEAR EDITOR—I left a mother. brother, sister and father in North Carolina, in Lexington, Davison county. My mother I left in Davis county. She belonged to Benjamin Marrial. My brother, Henderson Gaust, I left at J. P. Mabra's, in Lexington. He was a servant in J. P. Mabra's hotel at that time, and his wife was Harriet. I also left my sister in…

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Ellen Douglass searching for her brother George Irvin

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

February 14, 1889

MR. EDITOR: I wish to find the whereabouts of my brother. He formerly belonged to one Bob Irvin in Dresden, Tenn., near Hickman. Was sold to a speculator by the name of Vanhook Our mother and myself belonged. to one Rufus H. Scott. Her husband's name was Ben. Lee. Rufus Scott sold out and moved to Gainesville, Tex. This was about four or five…

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Avant Silvy searching for Julien Herynes

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

February 14, 1889

MR. EDITOR: I wish to inquire for my friend Julien Herynes, she is living near by me now; her father's name is Stephen Day he belonged to Ambrose Day, her mother's name is Emmely, she belonged to Bedford Rolling. All of them were living in Kentucky, in Bedford county, in 1843. Her two oldest sisters was sold to a speculator. She was sold after…

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Sarah Hunt looking for her siblings Clarissa Deviger, Lavinia Wellington, Mariah Wellington, and Minky Eugelby

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

September 8, 1881

MR. EDITOR:—I wish to inquire for my relations. I left them in Charleston, South Carolina, about five years before the war, and was brought to Texas by a speculator James McClevy. My brother was Clarissa Deviger, sisters Lavinia and Mariah Wellington, brother Miinky Eugelby. Brother was carried to New Orleans and sold. Address me at Pittsville,…

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Sarah Armston (formerly Sarah Coleman) searching for her family, including her father Edmond and mother Hannah Coleman

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

September 8, 1881

DEAR EDITOR:—I wish to inquire for my father and my mother, one brother, and three sisters. My father was Edmond, mother Hannah Coleman; my brother Reuben; sisters, Ann, Clara, and Catherine. My brother, Gordon Coleman, is in Mobile, Ala. I left my father and mother in Virginia. I do not know what part, as I was very young when I was sold. My…

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J. A. Dunigan seeking their mother Margaret and brother Bennie

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

August 2, 1888

DEAR EDITOR: --I wish to inquire for my people whom I left in Charleston, S. C. Left a mother and one brother, which was the baby, by the name of Bennie. My mother is named Margaret, and belonged to a man by the name of W. M. McCree, which was her name when we were taken away from her. She had six children: three boys and three girls; Charlotte,…

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Reverend R. A. Fletcher seeking the mother of Mrs. Adeline Allison (formerly Adeline Sheels)

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

July 19, 1888

MR. EDITOR-- I desire to inquire for the mother of Mrs. Adeline Allison. Her name was Adeline Sheels. Her mother's name was Hannah Sheely. She was taken from Nashville, Tenn., two years before the war by traders to Louisiana, and she wrote to Nashville, Tenn., ten years ago, but the letter was not received. Any information will be gladly received. …

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Hester Spraglin seeking her mother Emily Thompson and father Joseph Thompson

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

July 19, 1888

MR. EDITOR-- I wish to inquire for my people, whom I have not seen since before the late war. Mother was named Emily Thompson. She had one eye put out one night by patrol. Father was Joseph Thompson. Sisters, Amanda and Hannah. Hannah died in infancy. Brother's name was Joseph. These were all when I left. Grandma was Fannie Persley. Mother lived…

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David Rideout searching for his father's relatives, including his grandparents Dick and Peggy Rideout

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

November 25, 1880

MR. EDITOR—I wish to inquire for my father's people. My grandfather is Dick Rideout, grandmother Peggy Rideout. They belonged to Sam Shags, of Maryland, 13 miles from Washington City. They had 16 children--Betty, James, Barbary, Tettee, Rachel, Mary, David Henderson, Sophia. Amelia, Christian, Ann. My father is Henderson Ripeout. He was sold, ran…

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Laura White (formerly Laura Taylor) searching for her sister Annie Barnett

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

January 3, 1889

MR. EDITOR: I desire to find my sister Annie Barnett. She used to belong to Mrs. Sallie Harrison of Shelbyville, Ky. Her father was Gabe Barnett. Mother Eliza Caldwell. They used to belong to Reuben and Tommie Caldwell. of Shelbyville, Ky. Sallie Harrison sold sister to a Negro trader named Wilson, who took her to Lexington, Ky., and later on took…

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