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Joshua Oglesby searching for his son James Oglesby

Louisville Daily Journal (Louisville, KY)

October 7, 1862

INFORMATION WANTED.
JAMES OGLESBY, A FREE COLORED BOY,
about 13 years of age, left his father's residence, on
the corner of Thirteenth and Magazine, in this city,
on Thursday, 2d inst. He is supposed to have followed
one of the divisions of the army. Any information
concerning him will be liberally rewarded if commu-
nicated…

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Ann Peary looking for her son Alex Long

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

April 6, 1872

Information Wanted.

INFORMATION wanted of my son Alex.
Long. At his birth I lived in Lexington.
Holmes Co. Miss., and did at that time belong
to Mr. Peary who lived in said City and
Co. I belonging to him went by the name
Ann Peary. The boy left here with Major
Lyons for Indianapolis, Ind., in the year
1865.

His age is about sixteen…

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Benjamin McClindon searching for his brother James McClindon

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

June 24, 1886

MR. EDITOR - I desire to inquire for my brother, James McClindon. He left this place the same year the war closed; I heard that he went to Savannah with Sherman's troops in 1865. If any of my friends, or friend to the colored people know of my brother's whereabouts they will do me a great favor by writing to me at Rome, Ga. Nicey McClindon refugeed…

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Caroline McAdoy seeking information about her son Munroe McAdoy

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

December 30, 1886

I wish to inquire for my son,
Munroe McAdoy. He was 15 years
old when I saw him last, in 1865,
at Rock Point; he went off with the
soldiers that year. He is some
where in this country, I have no
idea where. My name is Caroline
McAdoy, and I am now living at
Rock Point, Attala county, Miss.
Please address Caroline McAdoy,
West…

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Caroline McAdory searching for her son Monroe Harvey

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

May 31, 1883

DEAR EDITOR:--I wish to in-
quire [inquire] of my son, who left me when
he was 15 years old in 1865, with
the cavalry, from Kosciusko, Miss.
His name was Monroe Harvey.
His father's was Wells McAdory,
and my name is Caroline McAdory.
He went to Vicksburg, and I have
been unable to hear from him.
Address me at West Station, Holmes…

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Mrs. Eliza Brunson seeking information about her brother Henry Taylor

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

April 25, 1895

Information wanted of my broth
er, Henry Taylor, whose owner
was John B. Hunter, of Charleston,
Tallicache County, Miss. Was seen
for the last time the 2nd year of
the war, when he went away with
the first regiment that passed
through the place. His mother's
name was Mariah Smith. He had
three sisters, Georgia, Margaret,
Mary,…

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Mrs. Jane Horton looking for information about her mother Louisa Banks and brother Benjamin

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

March 23, 1893

INFORMATION WANTED.--Of my
mother and brothers. Mother's name was
Louisa Banks ; she was sold to a specu-
lator by the name of Nelson, at Winston,
Hertford Co , N. C., in 1842, with two
children : Freddo and Ellen Gatling. Moth-
er was known as the wife of Stephen
Manly who was drowned in Maharring
River between Murfreesbororo and…

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H. P. Riley searching for their brothers Charles, Bob, and Irvin

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

December 2, 1865

INFORMATION WANTED
Of my brother Charles ; last heard from ten years
ago, and was then at New Orleans very sick. --
Also, my brother Bob, who went to the army four
years ago ; since heard from at Winchester, Va.
Also, my brother-in-law, Peter Pryor, who was
sold five years ago to Florida. Also, my brother
Irvin ; was sold twenty years since…

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Susan Howard searching for her son Billy Howard

Louisville Daily Journal (Louisville, KY)

October 10, 1865

Information Wanted

Of Billy Howard, A COLORED BOY, ABOUT
19 years old, who left Kingston, Ga., in the spring
of 1864. Address his mother, at Chattnooga, Tenn.,

010d3* SUSAN HOWARD.

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Adam Wright searching for Daniel Wright

The Charleston Daily News (Charleston, SC)

January 7, 1868

ANY INFORMATION OF DANIEL
WRIGHT, colored, who was employed in the 45th
Pennsylvania Regiment, and who left Charleston in
1862, will be thankfully received. Address
ADAM WRIGHT,
Box 293, Charleston P. O.
January 6, 3*

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George W. Dennis and relatives searching for brothers Andrew and Richard Dennis

The Elevator (San Francisco, CA)

May 30, 1865

Information Wanted,
OF ANDREW DENNIS and RICHARD DENNIS,
generally called Dick. When last heard
from, some six years ago, they resided in Coweeche
County, Georgia.

It is supposed they joined the Union army.

Their mother, brother, George W. Dennis, and
sister, Cecelia, are residing in San Francisco, and
wish information respecting…

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Nathan Malony searching for his wife Eve

The Elevator (San Francisco, CA)

October 6, 1866

Information Wanted,

OF EVE, wife of NATHAN MALONY, who resided
at Lexington, S.C., with Samuel Lurk.
She left, with many others, when Sherman was
marching through South Carolina, in February,
1865. Information of her present residence will
be thankfully received by her husband in San
Francisco.

Direct care of P.A. Bell, Editor of The…

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Howard McDermott searching for his sisters Ellen Cooke and Eliza Cooke

Daily Chronicle (Knoxville, TN)

April 4, 1884

Information is wanted of the whereabouts
of Ellen and Eliza Cooke, who left Athens,
Tenn., with Sherman's army in 1863. If
living, they may be going by the name of
McDermott. They will hear of something
to their advantage by writing to their broth-
er, Howard McDermott, Jalapa, Monroe
county, Tenn.

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Bill Dudley searching for his father Austin Dudley

Daily Selma Messenger (Selma, AL)

April 14, 1867

Information Wanted!
About the 2nd of April 1865, (the time of the
occupation of Selma by the Federal raiders under
command of Gen. Wilson,) my father, a
colored man, named AUSTIN DUDLEY, upon the
evacuation of the city by the raiders, left with
them. Since that time nothing has been heard
from him by his friends and relatives here.…

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Henry Green, Sr. searching for his son William Green

New National Era (Washington, DC)

September 29, 1870

Henry Green, Sr., of Charleston, S. C., re-
quests information concerning his son, William
Green. who left Beaufort, S. C. for New York,
in 1865. with a United States army officer.
When last heard from, in 1868, was in New
York city with Capt. Young, then chief of De-
tective Police. Any information may be for-
warded to the Cashier of…

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Catherine Bruester searching for her brother Green Baker (or Bruester)

National Tribune (Washington, DC)

June 20, 1907

WANTED--Information. In 1862 Green
Baker, or Bruester, living near
Moscow, Fayette Co., Tenn. joined one
of the Tennessee colored regiments and
has never been heard from by his family.
Any of his comrades knowing his where-
abouts, either living or dead, or to the
organization he belonged, address his
sister, Catherine Bruester,…

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Lucindy Millsap searching for her two brothers London and Anderson Bass

The State Capital (Springfield, IL)

July 18, 1891

Lucindy Millsap, a colored wo-
man near Conyers, Ga. wishes in-
formation of her two brothers,
London and Anderson Bass, who
ran away with Gen. Sherman's
army in 1864. London Bass was
totally blind and was led off to At-
lanta, Ga., during the seige of that
place, by his brother Anderson,
making the remarkable trip
through the…

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Frank J. Loper searching for his father Daniel Hurd and brother Isaac Loper

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

November 4, 1886

MR. EDITOR--I wish to inquire
for my father, whom I have not
heard from since 1863. He and
several others were carried to Lou-
isiana [Louisiana] to the salt works by his
owners. He went by the name of
Daniel Hurd. My mother heard
once that he was at Monroe, La.,
When he left mother we were at
Decatur, Newton county, Miss. …

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Aley Pruett (formerly Aley Carr) searching for her son William Frago

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

March 8, 1883

MR. EDITOR: William Frago left this place in time of war. His mother belonged to Sewell Carr, and was then Aley Carr, but is now Aley Pruett. The boy left with Gen. Paine. His mother and sister, still living, would like to know where he is. WM. BRYANT, Gallatin, Tenn.

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Dock Thatcher searching for his mother Mary Thatcher and siblings

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

January 4, 1883

MR. EDITOR - I desire to hear
from my people whom I left in war
time. Mother was Mary Thatcher.
She had four boys and four girls;
John was the eldest boy, then
Mark, Richmond and myself, Dock
Thatcher. The girls were Martha,
Eliza, Matilda and Peggy. I left
them in Limestone county,
Alabama. Address, care of Rev. E.
D. Spencer,…

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Caroline Jones searching for her brother Oscar Jones

Southwestern Christian Recorder (New Orleans, LA)

June 8, 1882

DEAR EDITOR: I desire to find
my brother. His name was Oscar
Jones. His father was Oscar, and
two sisters Caroline and Emily,
used to belong Capt. W. M. Kelley
who lived in East Baton Rouge
Parish. Oscar went off during the
war, and I have heard from him
but once since; he wrote to sister
Emily about five years ago. She
then…

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S. C. Young searching for their mother Menty Young

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

March 23, 1882

MR. EDITOR ---- I desire to inquire for my mother Menty Young. She was sold from us in Camden to a man named Huffman. When Steele's army came through she went away with them, but was captured at Mark's Mills fight brought back and sold. She left two sons and one daughter. The sons are Albert and Isaac, the daughter Phillis. She was carried to…

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Richard Gray seeking information about Moses Lumly and Polly Noel

The Colored Tennessean (Nashville, TN)

July 18, 1866

Information Wanted.
Of Moses Lumly, who was raised
near Oxford, N.C., by Dr. John
Hicks, and sold to Wm. Lumly of
Rome, Ga., at which place he was liv-
ing when Sherman's army reached
there in the Spring of 1864. Also, of
Polly Noel, who lived in Vicksburg,
Miss., up to the time the law was
passed in that State prohibiting…

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Jas. E. Bryant seeking information about his siblings Elizabeth Jones, Harriet Bryant, George, Joe, and Tom Bryant

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

January 28, 1897

INFORMATION WANTED--
The undersigned would thank any
person for information concerning
his sisters and brothers; viz: Eliza-
beth Jones, Harriet Bryant, George,
Joe and Tom Bryant; our parents
were Edmund and Nellie Bryant. I
left Washington D. C., in January
1862 with General Garfield.
Address: Jas. E. Bryant,
…

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Rev. H. J. Young seeking information about Henry Stevenson on behalf of Stevenson's unnamed mother

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

March 6, 1869

INFORMATION WANTED.
Information wanted of my son, Henry
Stevenson, who was taken away from Gun-
dy Moore, Hardin County, Tenn., in Gen.
Dodge's Brigade, Col. Corwin's Division.
He once belonged to Buford Bohannan,
Wood Co., Ky. His father's name was Ed-
ward Stevenson. Any information in regard
to him will be thankfully received by…

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