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Fanny Jackson searching for her mother Charlotte Blackville
The New York Globe (New York, NY)
May 3, 1884
Information Wanted.
Information wanted as to the whereabouts of my
mother. Any person or persons having or can ascertain
any information of Charlotte Blackville. who was sold
about one year and six months before the war at Stafford
County, Virginia, by James B. Mason, will please
forward the same to her daughter, Fanny…
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Worden Scott searching for his father
Memphis Daily Appeal (Memphis, TN)
July 11, 1878
Worden Scott, colored, of Mount Pleasant,
Iowa, desires to learn the whereabouts of his
father, John Scott, who is somewhere in Ar-
kansas, possibly not far from Memphis, Ten-
nessee. He was sold seventeen years ago by
Major Benjamin W. Shacklet, of Etna, Scot-
land county, Missouri, to one Biggs, of Mem-
phis, Tennessee. He is of a…
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Henry White searching for the Samson Wilkerson family
Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)
April 20, 1907
Do You Know Them?
Carbondale, Ill., Feb. 12, `07.
My Dear Brother:
Being unacquainted with any one
in your city, I am writing you,
through your Postmaster, this letter
of inquiry in regard to some of my
relatives who may live in that coun-
try. I refer to the Samson Wilker-
son family (colored).
I am the son of Sofa Wilkerson…
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Mollie Curren (nee Agnes Thorp) searching for her aunts and uncle
Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)
October 5, 1907
Wants to Find Them.
I would like to know the where-
abouts of some of my people. Lew-
is Smith, my uncle is of dark brown
complexion. When last heard of he
was in Arkansas. My aunt, Sallie
Anne Thorp married a Spaniard some
years ago. I had another aunt
named Patsy Thorp. She was sold
during slavery and when last heard
of was…
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Virginia Rice searching for her mother's relatives
Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)
April 12, 1919
DO YOU KNOW THEM?
Was born in Richmond Virginia
Wanted to find a remanant of
fifty years ago, who knows anything
about the relation of Lucy Fisher,
whose mothers name, was Harriet
Fisher, her father's name was Bob
Fisher, grandmother's name was Kate
Winfrey, (white owners were Win-
freys.)
Bob Fisher had two children, Lucy
and William…
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Charlie Oliver (formerly Dandridge Vius) searching for his grandfather Free John
Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)
January 18, 1902
Do You Know Them?
Is there any reader of the PLANET
who can inform me of any of the per-
sons [persons] whose names I have mentioned? If
so please inform me through the PLAN-
ET [PLANET] or by letter.
Address same to
CHARLIE OLIVER,
Greenbrier, Ark.
I am inquiring for my grandfather
who is likely to be in this city now. He
is sometimes…
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Jane Coles (formerly Jane Harvey) searching for her relatives
Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)
July 19, 1902
Do You Know Them?
Dawson, Ga., June 27th, 1902.
I desire to know the whereabouts of
the relatives, of Jane Harvey. She was
a slave owned by Beverly Caesar. At
the time I was sold I was 19 years of
age. My mother was Rhody Harvey,
and was owned by Erasmus Gary. My
uncle's name was Allen Harvey. I
nursed two boys for Mr. and…
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Susan Brooks (formerly Susan Miller) searching for her father Jeffrey Miller and mother Delsie Miller
Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)
July 19, 1902
Do You Know Them?
Dawson, Ga., July 12th, 1902.
I desire to know the whereabouts of
my relatives I was sold from Virginia
when a small child being in a drove led
by Mr. Trice or Price. I belonged to
Philip Miller's estate. One of the boys
was named James Miller. My father's
name was Jeffrey Miller. My mother's
name was Delsie Miller. I was…
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Mrs. Anne Matthews searching for her husband, Benjamin Curry
Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)
March 29, 1902
Do You Know Him?
I would like to know the where-
abouts of Benjamin Curry to whom I
was married long before John Brown's
Insurrection. We had two children.
He being a slave was sold away from
me to Richmond, Va., and I have not
heard from him since. His master's
name was Isaac Foulk of Harpers' Fer-
ry, Va.
Any information will be…
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Nellie B. Butler (formerly Nellie B. Davenport) searching for her sister Diana Davenport
The Weekly Clarion (Jackson, MS)
May 26, 1875
INFORMATION WANTED!
THIS is to certify that I, NELLIE B. DAVEN-
PORT [DAVENPORT] left Vicksburg about 18 years ago,
and left my sister Diana Davenport, then about
fifty-five years, at Vicksburg. She belonged
to Richard Davenport, as also myself. She
had two girls, one named Mary, and the other
Flora. I left Mary at a farm in Clinton
county,…
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Mrs. Maria Calmikle finds her family after 31 years
Daily Republican (Wilmington, DE)
December 6, 1889
A Memory of Slavery Days.
CAPE MAY, Dec. 5. - Colonel H. W.
Sawyer has in his employ as a cook a col-
ored woman, Mrs. Marcia Calmikle, who
was born of slave parents and was sepa-
rated from her mother by the latter's be-
ing sold when she was but 1 month old.
She is now 31 years of age and has just
heard of the whereabouts of her…
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Richard Zeigler finds his wife after 32 years
The National Tribune (Washington, DC)
February 22, 1883
Thirty-two Years in Search of a Wife.
[From the N. Y. Sun]
Richard Zeigler, colored, residing in the State
of North Carolina, recently received tidings of
his wife, from whom he has been separated for
thirty-two years. He has been looking for her
ever since the war. She was sold by slave
traders and he gradually lost all trace of her…
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William H. Todd finds his mother, age 100, after 40-year separation
Pittsburgh Dispatch (Pittsburgh, PA)
March 12, 1891
FOUND AT LAST.
A former Slave, Now in Ohio, Hears From
His Long-Lost Mother.
SPRINGFIELD, O., March 11, - After 40 years'
separation William H. Todd, an ex-slave at
Washington Court House, Fayette county, has
discovered the whereabouts of his mother, now
100 years old, living at Macon, GA., through a
letter received last night. …
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Mrs. Woodsen finds sister Mrs. Culton after 42-year separation
Pittsburgh Dispatch (Pittsburgh, PA)
July 12, 1891
WERE SOLD IN SLAVERY.
Story of Two Sisters Who Were Reunited
After Forty-Two Years.
BONNE TERRE, Mo., July 11.--An event
rather out of the usual line occurred here
this week in the meeting of two sisters,col-
ored women, who under the operation of the
old slavery regime were separated 42 years
ago, when both were children, and had…
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Alexander Ward searching for his mother Mrs. Emeline Ward, father John Ward, and his siblings
Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)
May 15, 1909
Do You Know Them?
I am desirous of locating some of
my people if possible. My mother, Mrs
Emeline Ward had five sons, Reece,
Blair, Alexander, William and Joseph
Ward. Mary Ward is dead. My fath-
er [father], John Ward belonged to Dr. Per-
ry [Perry]. I left him in Virginia. We were
sold by Mr. Sam Graham in '59 at
Huntsville, Alabama.…
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Mr. Goosland [Rev. Matthew Goosland], sold in 1847, finds his sister
New National Era (Washington, DC)
April 11, 1872
Story of a Slave Family.
The following is the story of a Mr. Goos-
land [Goosland], now a resident of Oberlin:
In 1847 he was sold from his wife and chil-
dren [children] in Wytheville, Virginia, and taken to
Mobile Alabama, where, after seven years
of great economy, he purchased his freedom
for the sum of $750. Soon after gaining his…
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Rev. J. Preston Watson reunited with friend Thomas Gannon
Charlevoix County Herald (East Jordan, MI)
December 27, 1918
NEGRO FINDS MAN HE
SERVED IN WAR
Search of Nearly Fifty Years Ends
Successfully for Old Negro.
Pueblo, Col.––A revival of old mem-
ories [memories], harking back to the ante-bellum
days, when he as a boy was sold many
times on the auction block as a chat-
tel [chattel], and finally at the age of 17, learn-
ed [learned] of the war to…
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Solomon Terry never reunited with family
Minneapolis Journal (Minneapolis, MN)
February 11, 1903
EX-SLAVE ALMOST ONE HUNDRED
Never Reunited to Wife and Child Sold on
the Block.
POWERS, MICH.-Solomon Terry, an
ex-slave and well-known character, who
was almost 100 yeas old, was found near
the Cedar River Land company's camp,
No. 8. sitting near a logging road. He
was taken to the camp and died on Mon-
day from a stroke of…
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Brothers George Drane, Phil Dougherty, and Charley Dougherty reunited after 60 years
The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
December 26, 1919
3 BROTHERS, PARTED BY
SLAVE BLOCK, REUNITED
Meet for the First Time in Louisville
in More than Half a
Century.
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Dec. 26.--The
slave block, once the center of com-
merce in New Orleans, has rotted,
and even its former site has been oblitera-
ted by the hand of progress. But
memories of Christmas, seventy years
ago…
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Levi Richardson reunited with his sister
Washington Times (Washington, DC)
June 19, 1904
AUCTION SLAVES REUNITED.
CHAMBERSBURG, Pa., June 18-
Having been torn from each other on
the auction block, Levi Richardson, who
is at the point of death at his home at
Mainsville. this county. saw his sister.
Mrs. Clara Watters, of Pittsburg, yes-
terday for the first time since they
were slaves in Virginia before the war.
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Ann Washington (formerly Ann Stubb) searching for her family members
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
January 10, 1884
To the churches in Louisiana: A
letter to be read in the churches
inquiring for a woman name Susan
Sprigs, mother named Fanny Willis
from Richard, in Gloucester county
Va., Richard Cook in Gloucester
county. My father was Susan
Spriggs, uncle John Stubbs, Ann
Stubbs father, to inquire for my
cousins, Edward and Mary Smith.
Aunt…
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Alex Myers seeking information about his grandmother and her children
Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)
May 30, 1914
Do You Know Them?
Mound Bayou, Miss., May 5, '14.
Any information leading to my
people will be thankfully received.
Now this is the condition of the case
and it might seem very late for I
have been promising to try…
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Unnamed father searching for his daughter Rachael
The Montgomery Advertiser (Montgomery, AL)
August 25, 1865
INFORMATION WANTED,
OF RACHAEL, a young Mulatto Woman, who was
sold in this city in the Spring of 1864, to Mr. ---Moore
by Mrs. Mary Ann Baldwin, of Mississippi. Informa-
tion [Information] of her whereabouts, left with us will be thankful-
ly [thankfully] received by her father.
TAYLOR, GREENE & ALLEN,
aug25 18 Perry Street.
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Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie Dillard searching for their nine children
The Atlanta Constitution (Atlanta, GA)
August 19, 1917
MR. AND MRS. JOHNNIE DILLARD, of Lynchburg, Va., wish to find their nine children, Mollie, Daniel, John, Millie, Tom-my, Malinda, Jimmie, Mauncy and Margaret Jane (all colored), who when last heard of were sold by negro traders. Write information to Mamie Stuart, rear of 355 Walnut street, Atlanta, Ga. Will pay all expenses.
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John Vincent Thomas searching Charles Stewart, John Stewart, Henrietta Sidmon, or any of their children
Afro-American Ledger (Baltimore, MD)
September 21, 1901
INFORMATION WANTED.
Any information of Charles Stewart, John Stewart, Henrietta Sidmon, or any of their children will be thankfully received. They were sold South before the war by a family named McTavish. Address, John Vincent Thomas. 22 East Lexington Street, Baltimore. Md.
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