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Ben Bates searching for his father Ben Boters and sister Nettie Humphries

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

July 15, 1880

MR. EDITOR— I desire to inquire for my father and sister. We were owned by the Lorbors, of East Gibson, La. Father's name was Ben Boters, sister's was Nettie Humphries. She and husband belonged to Mad. Ribbson, of East Gibson. At the death of the Horbors father and I fell to I. B. Hanes, near Jackson, La. I left home August 3, 1862. Any information…

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Jessie Mitchell searching for their father Ben Mitchell (or Ben Dotson), step-mother Patience Burton, and siblings Nancy, Tom Burton and Howard Burton

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

May 2, 1888

MR. EDITOR: I want to find my people: Father's name was Ben Mitchell or Ben Dotson, used to belong to Mr. Adam Richmond My mother died when I was so young that I don't remember her. Father then married again; his wife's name was Patience. She belonged to one Frank Burton. There were two children by my mother, myself (Jesse) and Sister Nancy and two…

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Bettie Lee seeking her siblings Harriet, Eliza, Bob, Sidney, Aaron, and Sarah Jane

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

February 7, 1889

Mr. Editor: Please allow me to inquire for my people whom I left in Tennessee when I was four years old. My mother's name was Peggie Weir; she belonged to a man by the name of Jimmy Weir. She had seven children, two boys and five girls; Bob and Aaron. My oldest sister's name was Harriet; my name is Bettie; I am next to my oldest sister. There is…

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Sarah Smith seeking her siblings Robert, Thomas, George Washington, Lucinda, Amanda, and Pollie

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

April 26, 1888

MR. EDITOR.—I wish to inquire for my people. My father's name was Simpson Caleham, mother's Hannah Caleham; the names of my brother's and sisters as far as I can remember were, Robert, Thomas, George Washington, Lucinda, Amanda and Pollie. Brother John, Lucinda and I were brought from South Carolina to Georgia, by James Caleham. His father gave…

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J. H. Holden (formerly Joseph Waddle) seeking his father Holder Waddle

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

June 23, 1881

DEAR EDITOR-- I wish to inquire for my father. I have not seen or heard from him since 1852. I left him eighteen miles from Shreveport, La. His name was Holder Waddle, and my mother Tener Waddle. I am his oldest son and my name is Joseph Waddle. By marriage I fell to Ann Scoot, who married David Hester. David Hester was killed in Shreveport ;…

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Scott Petty (formerly Scott Moore) seeking his mother Beckley Moore, father Ben Payne, and brother Moses Moore

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

February 9, 1888

MR. EDITOR—I wish to inquire for my relatives. My mother's name was Beckley Moore; my father's Ben Payne, my brother's Moses Moore. I left them in Smith Co., Tenn., in a town called Rome. After the death of my mistress I came to Texas with Billy Moore, and lived with Dr. Gordon. My name was Scott Moore, but now I am known as Scott Petty. Please…

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Lucinda Renfro seeking her aunts Mary and Martha, and uncles Green, Carrol, and Grundy Stubfield

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

May 19, 1887

I desire to find my mother's people. My mother is named Manda Stubfield; she has three brothers and two sisters; her brothers names are Green, Carrol and Grundy Stubfield; sisters are Mary and Martha. They all belonged to Mr. Woodruf Stubfield, who lived in Sumner county, Tenn. When Mr. Woodruf Stubfield died the proper to was divided; mother and…

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S. L. Griffitts searching for his oldest sister Hetty and youngest brother George Washington Griffitts

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

July 7, 1887

MR. EDITOR--I wish to inquire for my oldest sister and my youngest brother. Sister was named Hetty, father was Solomon McGhee and belonged to old John McGhee; mother was named June, though everybody called her Aunt Jenny; she and six children belonged to old John Black; after Mr. Black died my mother and her children were divided out among his…

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Kitty Hanley searching for her children Esther and Sam

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

March 25, 1880

DEAR EDITOR-- I am in search of my children. My name is Kitty Hanley. I belonged to a gentleman by the name of Patten, was separated from my children in Harrison county, Texas, several years before the late war. The oldest a girl named Esther, the other a boy named Sam. In a division of Mr. Patten's estate myself and children fell to Mr. Hanley,…

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James Wilson searching for his siblings William, Harkles, and Bermiller

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

December 4, 1879

MR. EDITOR— I want to make inquiry about my brothers and sister, who were sold in South Caroline. Brothers' names were William and Harkles. My oldest sister's name was Bermiller; she had a son named Sidney. We all belonged to an old widow woman, and when she died we were divided among her sons. Harkles, Bermiller and Sidney were sold to John…

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Mrs. Amy Frenchy (formerly Amy Morris and Amy Baxter) found her mother Feraby

The Black Hills Daily Times (Deadwood, Dakota Territory)

May 4, 1884

AFTER MANY DAYS,
A Former Slave Hears from
Her Old Home.
A Separation of Thirty Years
Having Elapsed.
A Scrap of History.
Years before the war of the rebellion,
Wm. Eli Baxter, a lawyer and planter,
lived in Hancock county, Georgia, not
far from the town of Sparta. He own-
ed [owned] 150 slaves, among the number, Fer-
aby [Feraby],…

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Stanley P. Mitchell searching for James H. Rogers (also known as James Washington)

St. Louis Palladium (St. Louis, MO)

April 13, 1907

$2000 FOR JAMES H. ROGERS

LAST HEARD OF IN ST. LOUIS.

To the Paladium.

Please give me space in your columns
to locate one, James H. Rogers.
He has relatives in this state, and
upon his presence depends the settlement
of a will involving several thousand
dollars. $2,000 will be paid to
James Rogers, the senior brother of
T. C.…

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B. T. Gunter searching for heirs of Lydia Ann Young

Peninsula Enterprise (Accomack Courthouse, VA)

May 9, 1903

$500.00--This sum awaits the relatives
of Lydia Ann Young, (colored),
who for many years prior to 1890
lived in Baltimore as a domestic. She
was reared in Accomack County and
visited there from time to time. Was
unmarried. Was below the average
in size and black. Is said to have a
sister living in Accomack. Information…

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Mary Rakes searching for her mother and her mother's grandchildren Sammy, George, and Betsy

Richmond Daily Dispatch (Richmond, VA)

July 20, 1871

RICHMOND, VA., July 19, 1871.
PERSONAL.—My name is MARY
RAKES. I am here in search of my mother,
as I have heard that she is in the city. She for-
merly [formerly] belonged to Henry Rakes; after his death
to Mr. John Howell, of Patrick county, Va. She
has three grandchildren with her. Their names are
Sammy, George, and Betsy. George is…

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R. D. Jones looking for the children and grandchildren of Henrietta Broadwater

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

February 14, 1889

Information wanted of Henrietta Broadwaters children or grandchildren. The said Henrietta was a sister to Mollie Blake, late of Worcester county, Md [undecipherable], who has left her entire estate by will to her [undecipherable] children. Henrietta lived in Philidelphia a [undecipherable] years ago. Address, R. D. Jones, Att'y at Law, Snow Hill,…

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George Henry Forbes searching for his father George Henry, mother Henrietta Forbes, and siblings James, Margaret, and Area

Atchison Weekly Champion (Atchison, KS)

September 5, 1885

GEORGE HENRY FORBES, of Wamego,
Pottawatomie county, Kansas, wants to
find his people. His father and mother,
GEORGE HENRY and HENRIETTA FORBES,
were slaves and belonged to JACK BERRY,
and by marriage they fell to JAMES
MONTGOMERY. They had four children.
The oldest a son, JAMES; the second a
daughter, MARGARET; the third a…

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