Moses Blackville searching for his three brothers Stephen, Joe, and Peter Blackville
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Moses Blackville searching for his three brothers, Stephan, Joe, and Peter Blackville. They were last heard from at the beginning of the war. At that time they were working on a boat in Alton, Illinois.
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September 18, 1879
Kristin Bridges
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Melindy Stewart searching for her mother Eliza, father Jack, and siblings
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Melindy Stewart searching for her relatives: her mother Eliza, father Jack, and siblings Alfred, Anthony, Wilson, Frances, and Elvira. They were formerly enslaved by John Seal. John Seal took Melindy Stewart and Elizabeth to Texas. The last contact Melindy had with her family was directly after Emancipation.
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August 19, 1880
Kristin Bridges
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James H. Berry seeking officers or seamen from the iron-clad Essex
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James H. Berry seeking officers or seamen from the iron-clad "Essex" to aid in his pension application. He was an executive officer and was injured before Port Hudson in 1863. Their ship was involved in the Civil War battles along the Mississippi River.
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April 7, 1887
Carly Beehler
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Ezekiel Coldwell searching for his son Hezekiah Coldwell
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Hezekiah was last seen heading from his boarding house to his vessel, in Baltimore, MD, in January 1871. Ad placed that year, during Reconstruction.
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February 8, 1871
Jesse Nasta
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Mrs Byard seeking information about Robert Byard, believed to be her husband (two ads)
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Mrs. Byard seeking information on her husband, Robert Byard, who enlisted in Company C, 4th Massachusetts U.S. Colored Troops, 1865. She needs the information to obtain a Civil War widow's pension. The reply to her ad is also attached.
The St. Albans Daily Messenger, December 10, 1898: Calvin H. Clark, Overseer of the Poor in Medford, Massachusetts, replied to the ad, stating that a man named Robert Byard died in that town on October 28, 1898.
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November 26, 1898
Jesse Nasta
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Harriet Carrington searching for her son Patrick Finch
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Harriet Carrington searching for her son Patrick Finch. Finch, about 20 years old, was last seen leaving Richmond, VA, on an oyster schooner in 1870.
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April 19, 1871
Jesse Nasta
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Lettice Lamb searching for information about her sons Jordon Lamb, Antony Lamb, Thomas H. Lamb
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Lettice Lamb and her daughter, Mrs. Peggy Williams, of Norwich, Connecticut searching for Lettice's sons. The men were Jordon Lamb, Antony Lamb, Thomas H. Lamb. They were last heard from in 1821, in or near Portland, Maine. An antebellum ad.
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July 23, 1836
Jesse Nasta
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William Rawlin searching for William Turner
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William Rawlin searching for William Turner. Turner went to Buffalo, New York from Toronto four months earlier and had not been heard from since. Turner is thought to be working on a boat traveling between Buffalo and other cities on the Great Lakes.
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July 15, 1862
Jesse Nasta
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William E. Grayson seeking his brother Geo. Thomas Grayson and extended family
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William E. Grayson seeking his brother, Geo. Thomas Grayson, his uncle, Samuel Grayson, and cousin, W. James. William's parents were Sarah and William Grayson. He was a sailor and had been at sea for sixteen years.
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September 30, 1893
Bonnie Loden
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Jesse Robertson searching for his parents George and Amanda Cash and any of his siblings
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Jesse Robertson searching for his parents George Cash and Amanda Cash or any of their children.
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May 1, 1869
Jesse Nasta
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Peter Jordan looking for several members of his wife's, Cornelia Boykin, family and his own
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Peter Jordan searching for Delilah, Charlotte, and Plutarch Boykin (his wife's siblings), as well as his brother, Miles Jordan, who was formerly enslaved by Peter Bain.
<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>
May 3, 1882
Margaret Strolle
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Meriah Johnson seeks information about her son John Barclay
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Meriah Johnson searching for her son, John Barclay, who was taken to Canada by Professor Andrew Miller.
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July 16, 1870
Margaret Strolle
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Richard Green looking for his father and mother Richard and Malinda Green
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Richard Green searching for his parents Richard and Malinda Green. His father was last known to be working near Washington DC and Virginia.
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April 17, 1868
Margaret Strolle
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Jane N. Watson seeking information about her son James Watson
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Jane N. Watson searching for her son, James Watson, who left Philadelphia aboard the Lydia Scofield in 1861.
<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>
April 13, 1867
Margaret Strolle
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