John Henry Campbell looking for his mother Elizabeth Campbell

Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

October 31, 1891

Do You Know Her?I am desirous of finding my mother. Her name is Elizabeth Campbell. My father's name was John Campbell. My mother had two brothers, Lewis and Wilson Day. Her color is light-brown-skin, height about five feet five inches. She lived at one time near Washington, D.C.Any information will be thankfully received byJOHN HENRY…

Robert Atkinson searching for Robert Atkinson

Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

April 5, 1891

RUN-AWAY.My son Robert Atkinson, age 15 years, brown-skinned, about 3 feet in height, with a scar on his right cheek, ran away from me about 7 weeks ago. All persons are warned not to harbor him in any shape or form. Anyone knowing of his where-about [whereabouts] will please inform me. Any one bringing him home will be liberally rewarded for…

Mrs. George Carr searching for Jenkins Murphy

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

October 10, 1889

Mr. Editor: I would like much to inquire for my son.left me two years ago last Au I have only heard from him since he left. He is my only about nineteen or twenty year tall and yellow, with straight hair. His name is Jenkins phy. I am weak and want to eyes on him once more bef die. I belong to the M. E. Ch Elder Pearsall is my pastor. him to…

D. J. Price searching for his nephew

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

June 24, 1880

Celestin Willis searching for her brother

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

May 29, 1879

DEAR EDITOR: My brother left St. Charles parish in 1865 with my sister. I found her, but she died with yellow fever. She said when brother was last heard from he was in Dallas, Texas, in 1873. He is 5 feet 2 inches high, has a dark skin, and is now about 41 years old. CELESTIN WILLIS, Care Frank Nelson, Market and Annunciation streets, New…

Former enslaver W. C. Templeton searching for James and Rebecca Harris

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

May 23, 1889

Mr. W. C. Templeton, of 75 Danforth avenue, Jersey City, N. J., is anxious to learn the whereabouts of James and Rachel Harris, who for many years before the war belonged to himself and wife. He heard several years ago that they were living in St. Louis, but he was not then able to look them up. If living, he says, his old slaves are quite…

Matthew Thompson seeking his mother Jane Thompson and aunts

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

December 22, 1887

MR. EDITOR—I wish to inquire for my people. My mother's name is Jane Thompson; her two sisters were Jane and Sallie; she was sold at Natchez, Miss., and the others were carried to the country and sold to a farmer; all three sisters were mulatto girls. When we came to this county my mother was sold to Weathersford in Copiah county. Address Mat…

John Hawkins Gibson looking for his brother Israel Carr

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

November 17, 1881

DEAR EDITOR—My brother Israel Carr, deaf and dumb, went off from this place with a man by the name of Northcraft, a jail contractor, at the time of the exodus to Kansas. Northcraft claimed to live in San Marcos and wanted Israel to stay at his house, do the marketing, etc. I have since written to Northcraft without any reply. Israel had lost the…

George Alexand Washington searching for his mother Mary Thompson

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

December 29, 1881

Information wanted of my mother. Her name was Mary Thompson. I was sold when I was ten years old. I was taken from Brookville, Noxubee county. I was sold down in Mobile, Alabama, to a man by the name of Mayor Barry. My name is George Alexand Washington, and one brother was named Scott, one named Governor. My sister was named Puss. She had a burn on…

John Horn searching for Hager Moseby

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans)

November 18, 1880

DEAR EDITOR--I left Choctaw, Alabama in 1862. I want to hear from Hager Moseby, a yellow woman, who had a boy named John. They left Alabama to go to Claiborne parrish, Louisiana, with one of Miss Moseby's sons, Mr. Grigsby. Hager's father, George, is dead. Isaac Moseby is still at Butler, Ala. Address me at Meridian, Miss. JOHN HORN.

B. T. Brown seeking their aunt Diana Haynes

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA

July 28, 1887

MR. EDITOR-- I wish to inquire through the SOUTHWESTERN for an aunt of mine; named Diana Haynes. She belonged to Wm. Haynes before the rebellion of 1860. Just before the expiration of the war he was forced to Selma, Ala , where she remained until I lost trail of her. Her complexion is of a light brown skin, a medium sized woman. Her husbands name…

James Fenner seeking his son Johnson Fenner

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

July 21, 1887

MR. EDITOR-- I desire to find son, who left home in March, 1886. He goes by the name of Johnson, but his right name is Johnson Fenner. He is very near of a white complexion and of short, thick build. We, his parents, with his brothers and sisters live on our farm, about four miles from Meridian, Miss. Address James Fenner, in care of Dock…

James Fenner seeking his son Walker Fenner

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

July 14, 1887

MR. EDITOR-- I desire to make inquiry for my son Walker Fenner. He ran away from home the 6th of March, 1886. He is a mulatto, about 15 years of age, is short and very heavy set. I would thank any one to inform me of his whereabouts. My name is James Fenner, Meridian, Miss. Send letter in care of Doc. Kirkling.

Terry Brown (formerly Terry Harrison) seeking her parents, siblings, and two children

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

February 10, 1887

MR. EDITOR-- I wish to find my kin people and children through your paper. My father and mother belonged to Fred Deliner, also their four children. I also wish to know what became of a brother by the name of Geo. Harrison, who belonged to Sam Midlecoah. George had his hand cut off at the threshing machine. After I left home my mother and four…

Amy French seeking her son John H. Hunt

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

January 13, 1887

MR. EDITOR— I wish to find my son John H. Hunt who was born in Winchester, Ky. Joined the army and served under Captain Narhall. He returned to Cincinnati, O., after the war, but left for Pittsburg in 1866, as he said, to join the regular army. Some said he became a jockey and others that he went to Chicago. He is a bright mulatto, low of…

Daniel Harris searching for his brother Peter Harris

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

January 6, 1887

MR. EDITOR-- I am hunting for my brother; his name is Peter Harris. He went from Shawne town, Ills., to Helena, Ark., on a steamboat called Delaware. The last I heard of him he was living with a man named F. B. Rodgers, in Philos county, Ark. He belonged to a man in Henry country, by the name of Atkins. His father was a free man by the name of…

Charles M. Dutcher looking for witness Logan Welch

Iowa State Bystander (Des Moines, IA)

February 13, 1914

NOTICE. Information Wanted--Information is desired as to the whereabouts of Logan Welch, colored, height about 5 feet, 6 inches; weight, 160 pounds; not exceptionally dark; about 40 years of age; by profession a cook. Mr. Welch was a passenger on an interurban car at Iowa City on July 11, 1912, and witnessed a collision between said car and an…

W. H. Pitzer searching for his sister Miss Maud Pitzer

Iowa State Bystander (Des Moines, IA)

May 1, 1896

AN IOWA GIRL IS LOST.
Pretty Maud Pitzer, of Silver City,
Disappears in Omaha.
OMAHA, Neb., April 29. — W. H. Pitzer,
of Silver City, Ia., has been in the city
for several days in search of his sister,
Miss Maud Pitzer, aged 21. Pitzer
says his sister was a teacher in the
schools at Hillsdale, Ia., until Monday,
April 20, when she…

Henry Hall searching for his brother Nathaniel Hall

The Elevator (San Francisco, CA)

November 8, 1873

INFORMATION WANTED.

Of Nathaniel Hall, born in Crawfordsville,
Montgomery county, Indiana. He
is about 6 feet, 2 inches tall, his brother Henry
Hall would like very much to hear from him, or any
one knowing where is will oblige by sending such
information to Henry Hall, Niles, Michigan. (Western
papers please copy.)

Sarah Johnson searching for her son Wm. Henry Wilson

The Elevator (San Francisco, CA)

May 4, 1869

INFORMATION WANTED.
Of a boy named Wm. Henry Wilson,
of dark complexion, and very near
sighted. he is from Niagara Falls, N.
Y. [N. Y.], and came to California with a gen-
tlemen [gentlemen]named Fawcett to reside in San
Francisco. Any information regarding
him will be thankfully received by his
mother Sarah Johnson. Direct to P. A.…

John Snyder searching for his son William Snyder

Harrisburg Telegraph (Harrisburg, PA)

September 9, 1868

INFORMATION is wanted relative to the
whereabouts of William Snyder, a colored
boy, aged twelve years, who left his home in
State street, this city, on Sunday, August
30th, for the purpose of going to Sunday
school, and has not been heard of since. He
had a black roundabout, light pants and light
hat, and has a small sore under one of…

Unnamed person searching for Etheother Butler

The Sun (Baltimore, MD)

July 17, 1869

PERSONAL.
INFORMATION WANTED OF ETHEOTHER
BUTLER, or his whereabouts; will be liberally re-
warded [rewarded] at No. 312 RABORG STREET, near Repub-
lican [Republican] street. He is four feet high, fifteen years of age,
and of light ginger-cake color; he had on when he
left home a brown slouch hat, a brown and white
striped shirt, blue…

Charles Owens searching for his brother Harry Bowen

Ottumwa Courier (Ottumwa, IA)

January 14, 1869

Information Wanted.
A colored man commonly called
Harry Bowen, escaped from his mas-
ter [master], Jerry Wayland, near St. Fran-
cisville [St. Francisville] Mo., about New Years night
1859.
It is supposed that he went to
Chicago, and from there to Canada,
but has not been heard from since
his escape, notwithstanding the
three…

Parents searching for their missing son Washington

The Daily Dispatch (Richmond, VA)

February 14, 1866

LOST, STRAYED AND FOUND.
LOST.--Strayed from home, on the 12th
instant, a dark mulatto BOY, about seven
years of age, and about four feet in height; had on
red socks, or stockings, blue pants, blue jacket
with brass buttons, and also a blue cap with a red
heart upon its crown.
Any information concerning the above-men-
tioned…

Ezekiel Coldwell searching for his son Hezekiah Coldwell

The Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD)

February 8, 1871

HEZEKIAH COLDWELL left the Boarding House
of John Francis, No. 186 Eastern avenue, for his
vessel, lying near J. C. Mahoney's Oyster Factory,
on Thursday night, about ten o'clock, on the 18th of
January, and has not been heard of since. Any information
given of him to JOHN FRANCIS, or at
Dr. ERICH'S OFFICE, corner of Broadway and…