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Ellen Nettleton searching for her husband George Nettleton

Provincial Freeman and Weekly Advertiser (Windsor/Toronto/Chatham, Canada West)

November 10, 1855

INFORMATION WANTED.
ELLEN NETTLETON wants to find her
husband, GEORGE NETTLETON. She
got parted from him at one of the Stations west
of Hamilton, and don't know the place he his gone
to. He had two young children with him. She
is in Chatham, a stranger and without money.
Exchanges will serve the cause of humanity by
making the above…

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Emeline Jones looking for her son John Jones

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

September 16, 1875

INFORMATION WANTED.

Of my Son, John Jones, he was owned by Robt.
Pollard at King and Queen Court House Va. The
morning I came away his mistress locked him up
from me, and he got out of the window, [italics] and went
away with a Major of the Union Army, in
June 1864.
Any information of him will be thankfully re-
ceived by his…

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Fanny Ward searching for her parents Melvina and Isaac Trumbull and siblings

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

September 13, 1883

MR. EDITOR - I wish to inquire for my people whom I left in Virginia about 24 years ago. Mother was Melvina and father Isaac Trunbull. Mother had ten children. We were sold to Thomas Coats; to a man named Slater; also, in Richmond, to a Mr. Hunley. Oldest brother was Jacob; one brother was Charley. My name is Fanny. I had a child when I was sold…

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Frances Parker seeking information about brothers Thomas and Amiger Moton

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

July 2, 1870

INFORMATION WANTED,

Of my brothers Thomas and Amiger Mo-
ton, sons of Polly Parker, of Washington
city. When last heard from they were in
Canada. They lived at Fredericksburgh,
and belonged to Lewis Halton, but escaped
by Underground Railroad. Any informa-
tion will be gladly received by their sister,
FRANCES…

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G. W. Drake searching for their uncle Louis Drake

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

July 1, 1880

DEAR EDITOR - I wish to find my
uncle, Louis Drake, who left Egypt
Station, Miss., about the year 1863,
and went to Memphis, Tenn. The
last time I heard from him he was
in Arkansas. His mother's name
is Betty Drake; father's Bouney
Drake; two sisters', Mary and
Sarah Drake. We all belonged to
Jabut Drake. His three brothers'…

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G. W. Hayman searching for his uncle Philip Morton

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

August 7, 1884

MR. EDITOR––I wish to inquire
for my uncle through your paper.
His name is Philip Morton. He
was born in Georgia, on Beaver
Dam Creek, in Green county. He
belonged to Robert Rea. He lived
there until he was five years old,
after which he came to Alabama.
When eighteen years old, he was
brought to Arkansas by Thomas
Oliver. The…

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George Johnson looking for brother-in-law Houston McLemore

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

April 17, 1879

Dear Editor - I would like to see
if my wife's brother can be found,
through your paper. His name is
Houston McLemore, and he went
from Meridian, Miss., during the
war with Sherman's raid; left a
father Jim McLemore, mother
Adline McLemore and three sisters
Grace, Caroline and Ellen McLemore.
Will all preachers please
read this…

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George Thompson finds his first wife after 46 years

Boston Post (Boston, MA)

February 22, 1876

---George Thompson is a negro of Newport, 81 years of age, who escaped from slavery at Freder-ick, Md., forty-six years ago, leaving a wife and family, and who has just heard from his wife, whom he had given up for dead, having been unable to hear from her in years past. Since his flight to the North he has married, but his second wife and four…

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H. L. Kennedy seeking information about their brother Sam Kennedy

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

May 17, 1877

I desire information of my brother,
Sam Kennedy. We belonged with
our mother, who was named Eliza,
to Wm. Kennedy, in Jasper Co.,
Miss. My brother left us one Sunday
night in Feb. 1863. Address
H.L. Kennedy, Paulding Miss.

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Hannah Murray looking for her children Robert, George, Anthony, Winnie, and Lucy Murray

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

September 11, 1869

Information Wanted of Robert, George,
Anthony, Winnie and Lucy Murray, who
were owned by Dr. Smith, in Upperville,
Va. Robert went away before the war and
George was sold. Any information of their
whereabouts will be thankfully received by
their mother, Hannah Murray. Address,
Wm. E. Stiles,
…

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Harriet Relf searching for her husband Quindy Relf

The Liberator (Boston, MA)

June 8, 1849

INFORMATION WANTED.
Quindy Relf, husband of Harriet Relf, is informed
that his family, consisting of wife and five children,
formerly belonging to Henry Fry, of Moorefield,
Henry Co., Va., are living near Martinsburg, Knox
Co., Ohio.
The family were liberated by their claimant, the
husband liberated himself by running away. He has…

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Henry Clay searching for his mother Malinda Gill

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

August 2, 1883

MR. EDITOR—I desire to inquire for my mother, if possible to find out her whereabouts. Her name is Malinda Gill. We were separated in 1843, in Wake county, North Carolina, when I was about 2 or 3 years old. We belonged to Col. Oaddis (who was my father), he sold us to Israel Gill; my mother being high-tempered, Gill sold her and kept me. Rev.…

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Henry Humphrey searching for John Humprey, his mother Milly Humprey, and sisters Sarah Ann and Helen

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

May 19, 1866

INFORMATION WANTED
Of John Humphrey ; also, of my mother, Milly
Humphrey and my sisters Sarah Ann Hum-
phrey and Helen Humphrey. I left them at
Fairfax County Court House, Va., in 1851.--
They were owned by Cook Fitzhugh. Any in-
formation concerning them please send to
HENRY HUMPHREY,
…

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Henry L. Davis searching for his sisters Lucy and Hannah

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

May 3, 1877

I wish to find my sisters, Lucy
and Hannah. When I was parted
from them they belonged to Roll
Harris, in North Carolina. My
name is Henry, I was the youngest
of the family. I had a brother
named Jacob. Our mother was
named Elizabeth Steede; our father
was named Hubert Davis. He ran
away from slavery in 1852 to some
land of…

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Henry Tolliver finds his father Alfred Tolliver

Iowa State Bystander (Des Moines, IA)

August 7, 1903

EDITORIALS.
REMARKABLE COINCIDENCE
Henry Tolliver, a leading citi-
zen [citizen], living at 1413 Fremont street
is about to start on a trip to
Leavenworth, Kans., to visit his
aged father, whom he has not
seen since he was sold on the
slave block over a half century
ago, at the age of 9 years. The
father is a man of remarkable age…

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Henry Wilson reunited with his sister after 39 years

The Jacksonville Daily Journal (Jacksonville, IL)

November 4, 1903

FINDS SISTER AFTER YEARS.

To meet a sister after a separation of thirty-nine years is the recent experience of Henry Wilson, the colored butler who has been at the executive mansion through the administrations of Governors Ogles-by, Altgeld, Tanner and Yates. Wilson was born a slave in Missouri in 1855 and was held with his mother for more than…

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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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Isaac Hughes Jr. searching for his father Isaac Hughes

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

June 21, 1888

DEAR EDITOR— I wish to inquire for my father. His name is Isaac Hughes. He left Starkville, Miss., in May, 1863; he left with the Federal army and I have not seen him since. The last time I heard from him he was in Memphis, Tenn. I have one brother named Peter Hughes, and my mother is named Jennie Hughes. Any information as to his whereabouts will…

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Isaac Moore searching for his father Abraham and mother Tomer

The Elevator (San Francisco, CA)

December 29,1871

INFORMATION WANTED.

By Isaac Moore of his parents and relatives.
He was born in Clay County, Missouri, about
12 miles north-east of a small town called
Liberty. His father's name was Abraham,
he belonged to a man named Joel Moore. His
mother's name was Tomer, she first belonged
to a man named Mike Wellton,
who sold her to Dave…

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Issac Bray seeking his father Carter Bray

The Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

January 13, 1900

Do You Know Him ?

I desire to know the whereabouts of
my father, Carter Bray. He was with
McClellan's army in 1862. He had two
sisters and two brothers, but all are
dead.
I am the only one living of three
sons. He was born 25 miles west of
Ashland, Hanover County, Va., and was
owned by a woman, named Betsy Kimbrough.

His…

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J. M. Ross seeking information about his brothers Thomas and Major Ross

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

June 23, 1887

INFORMATION WANTED OF MY BROTH-
ers, Thomas and Major Ross, sons of Rich-
ard and Ann Ross. They were born slaves
in Calvert Co. Md. and ran off from their
mistress, Mrs Eliza Robbins, of Baltimore
City Md , just before the war. Any in-
formation as to their whereabouts will be
thankfully received by their brother, J. M.
Ross, Cadiz, Ohio.

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J. T. Henry seeking information about his uncle Andy Halebrooks

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

October 28, 1886

MR. EDITOR--I wish to inquire
the whereabouts of my uncle, Andy Halebrooks. He used to belong to
a man by the name of Mayberry;
he had a brother named Anderson
who was my father; also two other
brothers, George and William, and
two sisters, Mary and Martha, be-
longing [belonging] to James Wardlaw, all
living in Walker county, Ga.,…

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J. W. Winbush searching for their father's relatives, including their grandmother Edith Williams and brother Daniel Williams

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

November 21, 1889

Dear editor: I wish to inquire for my father’s people. Father’s name was Washington William Winbush. He lived in Gr[undecipherable] county, Alabama. His gra[undecipherable] mother's [grandmother's?] name was Millie Har[undecipherable] She belonged to Mr. Page Har[undecipherable] His mother, who is dead, [undecipherable] named Hannah Williams.…

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Jacob French-Stewart seeking information about his mother Matilda French and several siblings

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

July 1, 1886

INFORMATION WANTED OF ANY OR
all of the following persons by their
brother, Jacob French-Stewart, namely :
Moses French, Fanny French, Nancy French
and Sally French. Those are my whole
sisters and brother. My mother, viz., Ma-
tilda French, had her second husband be-
fore I came away, which was about the
year 1839. Her name was then…

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James Calloway searching for his son Jemmy Calloway

Alexandria Gazette (Alexandria, VA)

August 29, 1866

INFORMATION WANTED OF JEMMY
CALLOWAY, (colored) who left the farm
of Mr. John T. Davis, in Appomattox county,
Va., after the fall of Richmond. When last
heard from he was in Harrisonburg, Pa., boarding
with a Mrs. E. Roberts. Any information
concerning him will be thankfully received by
his father, James Calloway, at Alexandria, Va.…

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