Dock Watson found Alex Wesley
<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Found+Ad">Found Ad</a>
Dock Watson stating that he found Alex Wesley. He was living with his mother.
Margaret Strolle
<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=48&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Southwestern+Christian+Advocate+%28New+Orleans%2C+LA%29">Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)</a>
May 24, 1883
<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=46&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Weimar%2C+TX">Weimar, TX</a>
S. M. Hightower searching for their uncle Howard Hightower and several relatives
<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Information+Wanted+Ads">Information Wanted Ads</a>
S. M. Hightower searching for members of the Hightower family, including: Howard, Martha, Andy, Aminia, Louisiana, Daniel, Caroline, Harriet, and John. The family was formerly enslaved by William Hightower.
<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=48&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=The+Christian+Recorder+%28Philadelphia%2C+PA%29">The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)</a>
September 2, 1880
Margaret Strolle
<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=46&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Rockmart%2C+GA">Rockmart, GA</a>
<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=38&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Greensboro%2C+GA">Greensboro, GA</a>
<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=38&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=AL">AL</a>
<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=38&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Polk+County%2C+GA">Polk County, GA</a>
<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=38&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Greene+County%2C+GA">Greene County, GA</a>
Bettie Johnson seeking information about her father Edwin Childs (1st of 2 ads placed)
<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Do+You+Know+Them%3F+Ad">Do You Know Them? Ad</a>
Bettie Johnson seeking information about her father, Edwin Childs, who was formerly enslaved by Dr. Worthum.
Second Ad: Bettie Johnson found her father, Edwin Childs, and her aunt, Muzinda through her advertisement in The Richmond Planet.
<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=48&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=The+Richmond+Planet+%28Richmond%2C+VA%29">The Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)</a>
First Ad: October 19, 1895
Second Ad: November 9, 1895
Chris Byrd
<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=46&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Louisville%2C+KY">Louisville, KY</a>
<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=38&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Philadelphia%2C+PA">Philadelphia, PA</a>
<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=38&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Richmond%2C+VA">Richmond, VA</a>
Naro Gillespie found his relatives (3rd of 3 ads)
<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Lost+Friends+Ad">Lost Friends Ad</a>
Naro Gillespie thanking the newspaper for its help in finding his family. See original ad dated April 1880: https://informationwanted.org/items/show/1367
<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=48&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Southwestern+Christian+Recorder+%28New+Orleans%2C+LA%29">Southwestern Christian Recorder (New Orleans, LA)</a>
December 1, 1881
Chris Byrd
<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=46&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Egypt%2C+MS">Egypt, MS</a>
<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=38&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Sweet+Home%2C+AR">Sweet Home, AR</a>
L. H. Horn announcing that the people Henry Smith inquires for are in Grimes County, TX
<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Lost+Friends+Ad">Lost Friends Ad</a>
Responding to a previous ad placed by Henry Smith, L. H. Horn announcing that the people Brother Smith inquires for are in Grimes County, TX.
<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=48&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Southwestern+Christian+Advocate+%28New+Orleans%2C+LA%29">Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)</a>
December 16, 1880
Chris Byrd
<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=46&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Cold+Springs%2C+TX">Cold Springs, TX</a>
<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=38&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Grimes+County%2C+TX">Grimes County, TX</a>
S. G. Wilson replying to previous ad placed that he has found his father
<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Information+Wanted+Ad">Information Wanted Ad</a>
S. G. Wilson replying to previous ad placed that he has found his father.
<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=48&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Appeal%3A+A+National+Afro-American+Newspaper+%28St.+Paul+and+Minneapolis%2C+MN%29">Appeal: A National Afro-American Newspaper (St. Paul and Minneapolis, MN)</a>
<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=45&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Chronicling+America%3A+Historic+American+Newspapers.+Library+of+Congress">Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Library of Congress</a>
October 24, 1891
Jesse Nasta
<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=38&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Salt+Lake+City%2C+UT">Salt Lake City, UT</a>
May Frances Thomas and Walter Thomas searching for father Lewis Thomas now Rev. Lewis Hudson
<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Information+Wanted+Ad">Information Wanted Ad</a>
First Ad: May Frances and Walter Thomas looking for father Lewis Thomas
Second Ad: May France and Walter Thomas found their father
NY Freeman, March 19, 1887, page 1: May Frances Thomas and Walter Thomas found their father through this ad
<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=48&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=The+New+York+Freeman+%28New+York%2C+NY%29">The New York Freeman (New York, NY)</a>
<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=45&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Readex%2C+African+American+Newspapers%2C+1827-1998">Readex, African American Newspapers, 1827-1998</a>
February 26, 1887
Jesse Nasta
<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=46&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Boston%2C+MA">Boston, MA</a>
<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=38&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Mississippi">Mississippi</a>
William Johnson responding to his father's advertisement
<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Lost+Friends+Ad">Lost Friends Ad</a>
William Johnson responding to his father's advertisement. Sim Johnson published an ad in the newspaper looking for his sons, William, James, George and Hiram. In his ad, however, Sim Johnson did not put his post office. William is seeking further information in order to respond to his father.
<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=48&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Southwestern+Christian+Advocate+%28New+Orleans%2C+LA%29">Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)</a>
April 29, 1886
Chris Byrd
<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=46&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Marlin%2C+Falls+Co.%2C+TX">Marlin, Falls Co., TX</a>
<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=38&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Mississippi">Mississippi</a>
E. E Cooper responding to two ads involving Charles Wardles and J. W. Scott
<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Lost+Friends+Ad">Lost Friends Ad</a>
E. E. Cooper providing information of Charles Wardles.
<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=48&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=The+Southwestern+Christian+Advocate+%28New+Orleans%2C+LA%29">The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)</a>
July 8, 1886
Chris Byrd
<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=46&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Columbus%2C+Texas">Columbus, Texas</a>
<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=38&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Wharton%2C+TX">Wharton, TX</a>
<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=38&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Murfreesboro%2C+TN">Murfreesboro, TN</a>
Alcy Boon(e)
<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Lost+Friends+Ad">Lost Friends Ad</a>
First Ad: Alcy Boon seeking information of her mother, Manervia Watson.
Second Ad: Alcy Boone's announcement that she has found her mother.
<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=48&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=The+Southwestern+Christian+Advocate+%28New+Orleans%2C+LA%29">The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)</a>
First Ad: July 29, 1886
Second Ad: August 26, 1886
Chris Byrd
<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=38&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Caney%2C+TX">Caney, TX</a>
<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=38&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=West+Columbia%2C+TX">West Columbia, TX</a>
<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=38&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Houston%2C+TX">Houston, TX</a>
Elizabeth Jones searching for her people
<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Information+Wanted+Ad">Information Wanted Ad</a>
Elizabeth Jones, Danville, VA, searching for family she left in Virginia
The searcher mentions an ad that her son, Mark Messer, recently placed in The Richmond Planet. Mentions that her son found his father's family that way.
That ad can be found here: https://informationwanted.org/items/show/1274
<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=48&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Richmond+Planet+%28Richmond%2C+VA%29">Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)</a>
<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=45&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Chronicling+America%3A+Historic+American+Newspapers.+Library+of+Congress">Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Library of Congress</a>
March 20, 1897
Jesse Nasta
<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=46&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Danville%2C+VA">Danville, VA</a>
<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=38&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Petersburg%2C+VA">Petersburg, VA</a>
<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=38&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=+Stafford+County%2C+VA"> Stafford County, VA</a>
<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=38&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Alabama">Alabama</a>
David Young searching for his stepfather's family
<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Information+Wanted+Ad">Information Wanted Ad</a>
David Young searching for his stepfather's parents and siblings Partheney, Emily, Joanna, Charles Henry, and possibly a brother John, although that could also be the stepfather's name.
The people David Young mentions he found with the paper's aid are mentioned in an ad he took out just a month prior. It can be found here:
https://informationwanted.org/items/show/id/2070
<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=48&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Southwestern+Christian+Advocate+%28New+Orleans%2C+LA%29+">Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) </a>
July 19, 1883
Margaret Strolle
<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=46&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Cedar+Creek%2C+TX">Cedar Creek, TX</a>
<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=38&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Alabama">Alabama</a>
Valentine Toliver searching for their sister Pinnie and brother-in-law Robert
<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Lost+Friends+Ad">Lost Friends Ad</a>
Valentine Toliver seeking information of their sister and brother-in-law.
A Valentine Taliver of Shreveport, LA took out an ad in may of 1885 searching for their brothers Emmanuel and Stephen, as well as another brother Frank Taliver and sisters Mary and Phoebe Taliver. This ad can be found here: https://informationwanted.org/items/show/2714
This ad is similar to one taken out by a Valentine Toliver of Shreveport, LA with the same relations. In that ad, they reference a letter from his brother Stephen in Texas, so Stephen was found when this ad was taken out in September of 1885. This ad can be found here: https://informationwanted.org/items/show/2715
Valentine Toliver's son or daughter also posted an ad searching for their mother, uncles, and aunts. It can be found here: https://informationwanted.org/items/show/2721
<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=48&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Southwestern+Christian+Advocate+%28New+Orleans%2C+LA%29">Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)</a>
December 16, 1886
Chris Byrd
<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=46&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Shreveport%2C+LA">Shreveport, LA</a>
<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=38&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Montgomery%2C+AL">Montgomery, AL</a>
<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=38&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=New+Orleans%2C+LA">New Orleans, LA</a>
<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=38&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Georgia">Georgia</a>
<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=38&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Mississippi">Mississippi</a>
Unidentified person searching for Rev. P.J. Jackson (two items: ad and reply to ad)
<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Information+Wanted+Ad">Information Wanted Ad</a>
Unidentified person searching for Rev. P.J. Jackson who was last known to have preached in St. Louis, MO, eight months ago.
<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=48&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=St.+Louis+Palladium+%28St.+Louis%2C+MO%29">St. Louis Palladium (St. Louis, MO)</a>
<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=45&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Readex%2C+African+American+Newspapers%2C+1827-1998">Readex, African American Newspapers, 1827-1998</a>
August 22, 1903
August 29, 1903
Jesse Nasta
<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=46&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=St.+Louis%2C+MO">St. Louis, MO</a>
<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=38&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Memphis%2C+TN">Memphis, TN</a>
<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=38&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=St.+Louis%2C+MO">St. Louis, MO</a>
Response given to Betsy Chatman searching for brother George Chatman or George Chapman
<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Information+Wanted+Ad">Information Wanted Ad</a>
The Clinch Valley News is informing Betsy Chatman of Smithfield, VA, that her brother, George Chatman/George Chapman, who she'd searched for through the Charlotte Gazette, is dead. The paper also informs her that her brother's son Allen Chapman is living in Bluefield WV.
<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=48&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Clinch+Valley+News+%28Tazewell+Courthouse%2C+VA%29">Clinch Valley News (Tazewell Courthouse, VA)</a>
<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=45&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Chronicling+America%3A+Historic+American+Newspapers%2C+Library+of+Congress">Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers, Library of Congress</a>
August 26, 1892
Jesse Nasta
<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=46&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Smithfield%2C+VA">Smithfield, VA</a>
<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=38&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Tazewell%2C+VA">Tazewell, VA</a>
<a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=38&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Bluefield%2C+WV">Bluefield, WV</a>
William Davis and his sister Mary reunited after forty years separation
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William Davis and his sister Mary were reunited after forty years separation. Both siblings were slaves of the family of James Matlock, a rich planter in Georgia.
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August 14, 1897
Daniel Runyon
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Margaret Young reunited with her son Dowen Young
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Margret Young, sold and separated from her family in 1861, was reunited with her son Dowen Young. Margret and her three children lived, enslaved by John Arthur, in Clay County, MO when the civil war broke out. Fearing the loss of their slaves to the Union armies, Margret was sold to a trader, Jim Adams, who sold her in New Orleans to Dr. Walter Matthews. She remained in New Orleans for two years before being taken to Mobile, AL, where she has remained ever since. Dowen Young and his siblings were freed by one of Colonel Jennson's raids into Clay County and attached themselves to the 130th Illinois Volunteers. The Sargent Major of that regiment, J.E. Strawn, would spend over a year tracing Dowen's mother down through ads in various newspapers. One of these papers was read in Mobile, Alabama by the people who employed Margret, who could not read. They shared the ad with Margret and Sargent Major Strawn then arranged for her to come to Chicago and meet her son for Christmas. The two were reunited on Christmas day and plans have been made to reunite her with her daughter Susan, who lives in Kansas City. Her other son Walter moved to Oquawaka, IL with Captain John Wilson and has not been heard from since.
Related source #1: A more legible version of this article appears in The Chicago Inter Ocean, December 26, 1897, page 1, newspapers.com
Related source #2: The Appeal, January 8, 1898, page 1, newspapers.com: "Information wanted of Walter Young one of the boys spoken of in the article headed 'Finds Long Lost Son." Anyone knowing his whereabouts will please communicate with THE APPEAL."
Related source #3: Article about Dowen Young's search for his sister, Susan. The article was re-printed in numerous newspapers. See, for example, "Wants His Ex-Slave Sister," The Columbus, Kansas Daily Advocate, November 9, 1897, page 1, newspapers.com
Related source #4: Article about Dowen Young learning his sister Susan's whereabouts. See "A Story of War Days. A Family of Slaves Just Getting Together After a Kansas Emancipation," The Kansas City, Kansas Gazette, November 10, 1897, page 1, newspapers.com
Related source #5: Article about Dowen Young seeing his sister, Susan, for the first time since the Civil War. See, "Parted as Slaves, Dowen Young Finds His Sister at Kansas City," The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, November 14, 1897, page 26, newspapers.com
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January 1, 1898
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A. Johnson found his sister
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A. Johnson found his sister and was happy to hear from her. This may have occurred as a result of an ad he placed in the Southwestern Christian Advocate on June 5, 1884 searching for her]
The ad A Johnson took out searching for his sister can be found here:
https://informationwanted.org/items/show/id/2385
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November 13, 1884
Daniel Runyon
B.L. Nevils informing Mr. Anthony Grifnin that his brother Isam Davenport died
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B.L. Nevils is writing to inform Mr. Anthony Grifnin that his brother, Isam Davenport, who he requested information about, has died in Okolona, Choctaw County, MS. He does not know exactly when.
Link to Anthony Grifnin Information Wanted ad: https://informationwanted.org/items/show/2407
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May 15, 1884
Daniel Runyon
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E. Ingraham found his lost relatives
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E. Ingraham found his relatives lost for 30 years through an ad in the Southwestern Christian Advocate.
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August 6, 1885
Daniel Runyon
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She found her lost brother
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A lady in Shelbyville, KY found her brother in the "Lost Friends" section of the Southwestern Christian Advocate. The writer of the article, who is unnamed, praises the Southwestern Christian Advocate for its families broken by slavery together.
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September 10, 1885
Daniel Runyon
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John H. Coppage found his long lost brother
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John H. Coppage found his long-lost brother as a result of an ad in the Southwestern Christian Advocate. His brother has written to him and is in Texas.
An ad by John Coppage is also posted but is dated after this found ad is published : https://informationwanted.org/items/show/1781
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May 15, 1884
Daniel Runyon
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An unknown person found several relations through the Southwestern Christian Advocate including their Aunt Mary Jackson
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A person from Louisville, KY thanking the Southwestern Christian Advocate and its editor for assisting them in finding their relations. They found their Aunt Mary Jackson whom they had not seen in 30 years. They found all of their relations except a brother, Peter Page. His father, also named Peter Page, died in 1861. The last time they saw Peter, he was with the army with John Throckmorton in Vicksburg. The author of the ad was formerly enslaved by Major Throckmorton at the Galt House in Louisville, KY and moved to Louisiana in 1885. The author claims that 5 members of his family subscribe to the paper and 20 in his town of Rosedale, LA.
Two ads reunited the author of this article, William Page, and his aunt Mary Jackson. One was taken out by Mrs. Maria McSpadden and can be found here:
https://informationwanted.org/items/show/2630.
The other was taken out by William Page searching for his aunt Mary Jackson, which can be found here:
https://informationwanted.org/items/show/2645.
Mrs McSpadden also took out an ad thanking the Southwestern Christian Advocate for its efforts, which can be found here: https://informationwanted.org/items/show/2631
Another ad was posted announcing that the brother and sister of Peter Page, William and Mary, had been found, suggesting that William may have reconnected with his brother Peter, though Peter's location is not given and the wording is somewhat unclear. It also says that all other brothers and sisters are dead. This ad may be found here: https://informationwanted.org/items/show/2659
It may be that Peter Page also took out an ad in the Southwestern, though that ad has not been found.
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October 15, 1885
Daniel Runyon
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Mr. Wm. Page Found by his relative Mrs. Maria McSpadden
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Mrs. Maria McSpadden thanking the Southwestern Christian Advocate and its editor Rev. M. W. Taylor for its assistance in finding her relative Wm. Page. She recommended the paper to everyone and was doing all she could to boost its circulation in her part of the Dominion of Canada.
Two ads were responsible for reuniting the author of this article, William Page, and his aunt Mary Jackson. One was taken out by Mrs. Maria McSpadden and can be found here:
https://informationwanted.org/items/show/2630.
The other was taken out by William Page looking for Mary Jackson, which can be found here:
https://informationwanted.org/items/show/2645
William Page also took out an ad thanking the Southwestern Christian Advocate for its efforts, which can be found here: https://informationwanted.org/items/show/2570.
Another ad was posted announcing that the relations of Peter Page, William and Mary had been found, suggesting that William may have reconnected with his brother Peter, though Peter's location is not given and the wording is somewhat unclear. It also says that all other brothers and sisters are dead. This ad may be found here: https://informationwanted.org/items/show/2659
It may be that Peter Page also took out an ad in the Southwestern, though that ad has not been found.
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April 9, 1885
Daniel Runyon
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Relations of Peter Page Found
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Peter Page, son of Peter Page, was born and raised in Louisville, KY, and enslaved by Major Throckmorton. He was searching for a brother and sister, William and Mary, who live in Rosedale, Iberville Parish, LA.
At least two ads were taken out, one by William Page and another by Mrs. McSpadden on behalf of his aunt Mary Jackson which reunited the two. The one taken out by Mrs. Maria McSpadden can be found here:
https://informationwanted.org/items/show/2630.
The other was taken out by William Page searching for his aunt Mary Jackson, which can be found here:
https://informationwanted.org/items/show/2645.
William Page took out an ad thanking the Southwestern Christian Advocate for locating his aunt Mary Jackson, but makes no mention of Peter. It can be found here: https://informationwanted.org/items/show/2570
Mrs McSpadden also took out an ad thanking the Southwestern Christian Advocate for its efforts, which can be found here: https://informationwanted.org/items/show/2631
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April 9, 1885
Daniel Runyon
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