Mr. Editor: I desire to inquire for my relatives. The last I heard of my mother, she was living in Gurdon, Ark. She went by the name of Digging, or at least, that was her master's. I also went by the name of Ed. Digging, when I left my mother. I got one letter from her in the year 1871. My name was changed to Ed. Mitchell. I also had some…
MR. EDITOR—I am seeking the whereabouts of Mother, two brothers and one sister. Mother's name is Julia Echoles; sister's Ellen; brothers' Lowen and Tom Echoles. I received a letter from her in the year 1870. She was then living in Desoto Co., near Cold Water Springs, Miss. I have not heard from her since we used to belong to Larkin Echoles. I was…
DEAR EDITOR:—I wish to inquire for my people, whom I have
not seen since the war. My father's name was George McDuffy; mother's name was Diana. They had fourteen children: eight girls and six boys, of whom Flora was the oldest. I have never seen her. Their names were Flora, Ann, Silvia, Jane, Harriet, Sarah, Dianna and Mary. My brothers'…
DEAR EDITOR—I wish to inquire for my people. My mother's name was Easter Hall. Father's was Henry Hall. I had three brothers William, Emanuel and Oliver Hall Bro. William and Sister Charlotte were sold before I-was, but don't know to whom. Mother was set free at the death of her old mistress. She had one daughter after she was free. I left her in…
DEAR EDITOR—I write to find the whereabouts of my brothers, Anthony and Ned Carpenter. My mother's name is Rebecca and father's Sam Carpenter. I'm servant of Isaac Carpenter. Coleman Carpenter took one of my brothers to Georgia from Anderson county, North Carolina: Coleman Carpenter died and his wife sold him to Bill Bell. They say that he is now…
MR. EDITOR.—I wish to inquire for my sister, Harriet Barquet, whom I have not heard from in 14 years; when I last heard from her she was living in New Orleans. She has a sister by the name of Mattie Carter, who was living in Natchez, but is now living in Shreveport, La., with me. When I last heard from her she had a daughter by the name of Delia…
DEAR EDITOR— I wish to inquire for my sister Lucy. She was raised in Virginia many years ago and
sold to a Negro trader when I was quite young. The man that raised us was Daniel Terry; our mother was named Sallie; she belonged to the same man. Our mother died when we were quite young, and our farther was named Moses. He belonged to Jessie…
MR. EDITOR—I wish to inquire for my three brothers, Stephen, Joe and Peter Blackville. When last heard from they were on a boat at Alton, Illinois, at the beginning of the war. Our father's name was Thomas Blackville. Stephen left Nashville, Tenn., in 1870. Address me at Martin'sville, Yazoo River, Miss. MOSES BLACKVILLE.
DEAR EDITOR—I wish to inquire about some of my lost relatives. I have two brothers and two sisters. My brothers are named Madison Lord and James Alvest Lord. When last heard from they were living in Bayou Sara, La. My oldest sister. Eliza Elizabeth Lord, when last heard from was somewhere in Alabama. My other sister, Ellen Mahoney Lord, when last…
DEAR EDITOR—I desire information of my long lost relatives, sisters and brother. My sisters' names were Ann and Caroline Werren, and my brother's Ben Warren. Our mothers' name was Nancy and father's Ben Warren. Our sister Ann was sold to a man on Red River by the name of Arthur. Sister Caroline was carried to North Carolina by a Methodist…
DEAR EDITOR—I wish information about my mother and sisters. I have two sisters, Mary and Eliza. Mother's name is Mary Burans. My brothers' names are Patrick and Pary Augustus. I left them in Russville, Kentucky, thirty years ago and have never heard from them. They all belonged to Mr. Burans. Any information will be thankfully received. Address…
Dear Editor—I want to find my kin people. I left them in Matthews country, Virginia. My mother’s name is Polly. She belonged to Bod Sibley. My father belonged to Billy Brumby; his name was Dick Cash. My older sister’s name is Rosetta, the next Judy. When I left them I went by the name of Sarah Sibeley, but now I am Sarah Baker. My next sister’s…
DEAR EDITOR—I desire information concerning my wife's brother, John Young. My wife is named Margaret. John Young used to live in Kansas. The last we heard of him he belonged to J. W. Lock, in Sumter Co., Alabama. Henderson Pierson, my nephew, I left in Meridian, Miss. We used to belong to Silas Ruff, in South Carolina. Millie Donald lived in…
INFORMATION WANTED. INFORMATION WANTED OF Alexander Detour, formerly of Baltimore, Maryland, who is supposed to be in the Northern part of this State. Any information of his whereabouts will be thankfully received by his sisters, Clementina Jane Detour Porter, and Georgiana Detour-McCullough, San Francisco, or at the PACIFIC APPEAL office, 511…
MR. EDITOR—I wish to find my brothers, James Bethel and Stephen Fight, and Mary Bates and Malinda Stokes. I left them in DeCalb county, Tenn. My father's name was Woolsey Givens and my sister Sallie Givens. They belonged to Mr George Givens. My name is George Bates My wife is Lou Bates; her brother Gidd Buttoner. I wish to find also Mr. Tom…
MR EDITOR—Mrs. Sinthy Spencer, of No. 1511, corner Brozart and Cherry street, Austin, Texas, wishes to inquire for her brother. His name is Hyram John Calvin. His mother and father and father were Sarah and Gabriel Calvin. His sisters were Mary, Harriette, Ena and Margarette. He was sent to New Orleans just before the war
DEAR EDITOR—I wish to inquire about my father, brother and sister. Fathers name was George McField; brothers George M. Balaguer, sisters Margret. She married Wm. Dobby. I left father near Atlanta Ga, August, 1860, and brother about the same time near Decatur Ga. I left sister and husband in Chattanooga, Tenn, in the year 1865. I belonged to Tom…
MR. EDITOR: I want to see if I can find my husband's sister. Her name is Bettie Epps. She was carried from Brazoria Co., Texas, to Austin, Travis Co., Texas, by a white man named Judge Robert Thomas. Her mother's name was Nancy Epps. She has two brothers, Freeland and Moses Epps. Freeland Epps is my husband. She has four sisters, Emma, Nellie,…
I wish to inquire for my relations that I left in Georgetown, Scott Co., Ky., forty years ago. My father's name was Paul Jones and my mother's name was Caroline Jones and belonged to a Mr. Moses Thomas. I had two sisters, Emily and Amanda. We were four brothers: Doctor, Duncan, Jack and Nathan, (the baby boy.) My master had two brothers to my…
A Correction.
DEAR EDITOR—I saw the advertisement for my brother Calvin, for which I am thankful, but please correct one mistake. The place is Shreveport, Texas. D. D. ALSTON.
DEAR EDITOR—I want some information about my people. Mother's name was Ann, fathers Fanshon Cox, and they belonged to Dr. Morris, Caroline Co., Virginia. My sister Caroline was one year and a half younger than I am; another, Lucy Grimes, married a free man. I had a brother, Randall Morris; Jeff belonged to Hector Davis and came to Louisiana in…
MR. EDITOR—I wish to enquire for my two brothers. They were sold from mother at Yam Ma ddin about 25 years ago. Their names are Jeff and Henry Hick on. My mother's name is Lotty, my name is Martin Rodgers. Sister Ann is with mother in Yazoo City. Jenny is here. Sister Martha Ellen died before the war. Any information will be gladly received.…
DEAR EDITOR—I wish to inquire through your valuable paper for my dear brother. His name is David Smith and he lived in Louisiana. I heard from him last about two years ago. I heard that he was dead, and again that he was living. If found please write me. I live at Union Church, Jefferson Co., Miss. JAMES KINEA COMFORT.
MR. EDITOR—I desire to know the whereabouts of my brother, Willis Carnes. The last I heard from him he was living somewhere near the city of Memphis. My mother and I used to belong to a man by the name of Thompson Allen. My father's name is Calvin Carnes. Any information concerning my brother will be thankfully received. Address me at Lockhart,…
DEAR EDITOR—I wish to make enquiry for my brother, Samuel H. Richardson, who when last heard from was in Portland, Ky. Any information as to his whereabouts will be thankfully received. Address me at Chattanooga, Tenn. W. A. RICHARDSON
