I am very desirous of finding the whereabouts
of Luvenia and Francis Harrard, owned by
Dr. Joe Trint before the war. Their father's
name was Joe Harrard; mother's name, Maria
Harrard. Their brothers' names were Braxton,
Isom, Robert and Washington Harrard. I,
Washington Harrard, am very anxious to find
my lost sisters. They were sold…
MR. EDITOR: I desire to inquire through your paper for my long lost mother. We were sold in New Orleans on the same day. I was sold to a man by the name of Dr. Mitchell, who lived in Mississippi. I can not remember the man's name that mother was sold to. However, I was taken by my new master up the river, and mother was taken down the river by…
LEWIS HAMPTON-MASSEY.––He was a slave, and at the age of five or six years was taken from the town of Chesterfield, S.C., by a man named Gideon, who took him to Florida between 1850 and 1860. Our master's name was Jas. Massey, who owned large grist mill and distillery on Lynch's Creek. Address Wade Hampton, Clear Creek, N. Y.
DEAR EDITOR : I wish to get
some information of my aunt. Her
name is Juliet. She belonged to
Lewis May, in Louisiana, and he
sold her to a man by the name of
Phillip. I can only think of some
of her children's names: Sigh, May,
Green, Myand, Charley. Elias
is here with me. My father's name
was Bill May and my name was
May, but I…
DEAR EDITOR:--I wish to inqure for my brother. His name was George; he belonged to Elizabeth Madison, the wife of Balos Madison. They sold him to John Benson, who carried him to Arkansas, and have never heard of him since. My mother was Rachel Masters; she belonged to Jesse Masters. When he was carried away I was quite small and lived in Oktibbeha…
INFORMATION WANTED OF MY UNCLE
Platt Jordan. He belonged to Rev J. P.
Jordan in North Carolina, New Hanover
County. He was sold to a speculator from
a plantation by the name of Stag Park and
carried to Purgan Depot, on the Wilming-
ton and Weldon Railroad. He was heard
from in 1880. We received a letter of in-
quiry at Wilmington, N. C.,…
Do You Know Them?I desire to know the whereabouts of my father and relatives. His name was Lewis Pearce. He was sold to a Negro trader down South, but refused to go and ran away to Canada.I was only two weeks old and one week later, my mother, Patsy Crider died and my grand mother, Katy Crid-er [Crider] raised me to 9 years of age and she…
DEAR EDITOR—I am seeking the whereabouts of my Uncle Jonah Hartly. Mr. Edwin A. Glover bought him from his first owner, Capt. Hartly, and brought him to Texas. Uncle being very sickly, and unable to work, he sent him back to Alabama, Marengo Co., about one year before emancipation. He left his wife here. Her name is Mary Ann. My mother, Jonah's…
MR. EDITOR -- I wish to inquire for my friends, named Adline Baily and Tommy Kingsbury. The first belonged to the old widow White that lived at Buck Snort, Miss., and they went from Mississippi, up on the Pigeon Roost plank road, and stayed there three years, and Tommy went from there to Hernando, Miss., and Ned White sold Tommy to Kingsbury, and…
INFORMATION WANTED OF THE
whereabouts of Anthony Conway, Hum-
phrey and Polly Johnson, who were car-
ried from Orange Court House, Va., just be-
fore the war to be sold, and have not been
heard of since. They belonged to one
Joseph H. Howsworth. Their brother,
Monroe Johnson, is now living at number
330 E street S.W., Washington, D.C.…
DEAR EDITOR— I wish to inquire through the columns of your paper for my relatives. My grandmother's name was Nancy Pratt; she lived in Chester Co., S. C., about the year 1854. Grandfather's name was Thomas Saunders. My uncles names were John and George Pratt. Uncle John and my mother (Delilah Pratt) were sold to William Darby, who carried them…
Of Sarah A. [unclear]low, she used
to belong to old [unclear] Goodlow, who
gave her to his son Thomas, and he
sold her to some unknown person.
Billy Goodlow and his son Thomas
lived in Madison County, Ky., two
miles from Richmond. Any informa-
tion will be thankfully received by
her daughter Jane.
Please address Mr.…
Information Wanted
Of oldest daughter Jane's children. One son by
the name of Andrew, another by the name of
Ransom, and another by the name of George,
who were taken from me and sold when they
were very small.
Also two others, (twins) one was called Martha Ann
and the other had no name. The name of the
father of these children is…
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…
MR. EDITOR— I wish to inquire for two of my children, Sarah Matilda Jane and Thomas Henderson, who were sold by Henry George to John M. Roe, who took them to Mississippi and sold them. Their sister's names were Maria, Harriet, Lena and Elvira. My name was Viney Fuller, but is now Viney Richardson. Address me at Cedar Grove P. O., Carroll Co.,…
INFORMATION WANTED OF MY MOTH-
er and sister. My mother's name was
Nancy Dosier and sister's name was Alice.
They were sold at Jackson, Miss., by a
man named Mizel(?). My mother was sold
from Jackson in 1851 or '52 to Poindexter,
of Louisiana, who took her to Shreeves-
port, La. She left three children in Jack-
son, two boys and a girl ;…
Information Wanted
of Robert Anthony, John and Margaret
Green, children of Mr. Jacob and
Mrs. Mary Ann Green, sold by B. C
Flannagan, at Charlottesville, Va., in
1861.
My two sisters, named, one of
them Sarah Catharine and the other
Frances, and myself belonged to
Selia Hunt, in Lexington, Ky., and
we had the name of Hunt. Our
mistress married Jim Crane, and he
sold both my sisters. It is one of
them, Sarah Catharine, that I desire
to find. Please address Rev. W. W.
Brown, Marshall, Texas.
INFORMATION WANTED
Eliza Larkman, formerly owned
by Richard Griffin, was sold to Miss
Mary Emack, who came to Baltimore
in 1860; mother's name was
Deborah; brother is Arthur Lockerman,
who lives at Unity, Montgomery
Co., Md. 4t-11-3
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.
INFORMATION WANTED CONCERNING
MARY AND ELIZA BAILEY
The name Bailey was that of their
master, who lived in Saline county,
Mo., in 1860 or 1861. The father's name
was Nathan Howard Bailey, the mother's
name, Americus…
A TOUCHING SCENE.-The Newtown (Md.)
Gazette says: The steamer Tangier last Satur-
day [Saturday] landed at our wharf a negro woman who
had been sold "way down South" some twenty
years ago. She belonged to the Rush estate,
and her father and mother, whose heads are sil-
vered [silvered] with the frosts of many winters, have re-
mained…
A very pretty story is told of the restoration
to his children of an old colored
man who was a slave before the late war.
He belonged to one master, while his
wife and two children, one of whom is
now a minister and the other a Columbus
coachman, were owned by another
man, who…
INFORMATION WANTED.--My daugh-
ter [daugter], HANNAH BUTLER, formerly owned by Dr.
William White, of Deep Creek, Norfolk county, was
sold from the auction house of N. B. Hill, of the city
of Richmond, one year ago, since which time I have
not heard from her.
Any information in regard to my child will be thank-
fully [thankfully] received…
DEAR EDITOR-- I wish to inquire for two lost brothers. Their names are Davie and Charles Davis, and belonged to William Tapscut, of Buckingham Co., Va. The last known of Davie he was sold to a speculator named Wilkins, who took him to Lynchburgh, Va. The last known of Charles he was sold by Ben Tapscut, in Richmond, Va. There is another brother,…
