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Richard Washington searching for his brothers and sisters

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

November 2, 1882

MR. EDITOR - I want to find my two brothers and two sisters, Albert and Peter Washington, Delia and Ann Washington. They were sold away from the city by Andrew Jones. Mother was Phoebe and father Charles Washington. I now live at No. 384 Melpomene street, corner of Freret street, New Orleans, La. RICHARD WASHINGTON.

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Issac Williams searching for his brother Frank and three sisters

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

November 2, 1882

MR. EDITOR - I desire to inquire for my brother Frank, and sisters Jenny, Harriet and Sarah. They all belonged to Gus Perry in North Carolina, and he moved to Texas. They were all in Texas when last heard from. I was sold from them and bought by James Yarborough. Mother was Milly and father Simon. I was the younger brother. Address me at…

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Rebecca Harden searching for her mother and brothers

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

November 23, 1882

MR. EDITOR: I was sold from
Adamstown, Frederick county,
Maryland, twenty-eight years ago,
and I have never heard from any
of my people since. Mother was
Betsey Hutchens; oldest brother
Philip Hutchens, and all of the
fingers of the right hand save the
thumb were burnt off. I had a
brother Nelson Hutchens. Their
owner was David…

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Susan Briggs searching for her siblings

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

December 14, 1882

DEAR SIR: Please insert in your paper inquiry for the following persons: Diana, Robert, William and Johnny Carthorn, colored. Direct them to correspond with Susan Briggs, Ripley, Miss., in care of Phil. Gray. Susan was brought from Richmond, Va., in 1850, by speculators. She was brought from Mr. Carthorn, and they were her brothers and sisters.…

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Mrs. Logan searching for her sister Rebecca Miner

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

May 20, 1886

Mrs. Logan, of 42 Fleet street, Brooklyn, New York, wishes information of her sister, Mrs. Rebecca Miner, daughter of Jerry Logan. She was carried to Knoxville, Tenn., by Stephen Blackwell, a saddler; while a child she lived in Paris, Virginia. Mrs. Shepherd Blackwell was a Miss Maria Edmonds. Rebecca Miner was bought from Josiah Murray, of Paris,…

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Joshua Hudson

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

May 27, 1886

MR. EDITOR - I wish to inquire
for my mother. We came from
Alabama to Texas 31 years ago
with Doc Hudson, who sold mother
to Ezekel Leanzy. My mother
was named Dorcas, and I don't
know whether she kept the name
of Hudson or went by the name of
Leanzy. We were separated in
Cook county, Texas. I go by the
old name. Address me,…

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Rev. J. N. Oden

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

July 1, 1886

MR. EDITOR - I wish to inquire
for my relatives, who I have not
heard from since 1886. My brothers,
Wm. and London Oden, were
in the city of Baltimore, Md., Chas
Allen was in Ohio, sister Catherine
married a man named Hawkins
who lived in Washington City, D.C.
My mother's name was Eliza,
and father's Wm. Oden. Mother
belonged to…

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Sellenar Allen searching for their sister Caroline Henry

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

July 1, 1886

MR. EDITOR - I wish to inquire for my sister, Caroline Henry; she belonged to a man named Henry, who lived in Van Buren, Crawford county, Ark. I left her in 1862; I went from her to Fort Smith, where I lived at that time. I belonged to lawyer Pulmon; he brought me to Texas in 1862, and I am now living in Georgetown, Williamson county, Texas. Our…

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Abram White searching for his sister Mary Jackson

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

September 9, 1885

MR. EDITOR - I wish to inquire
for my sister, whom I left in Fay-
ette Co. Alabama. Her name was
then Mary Jackson; her mother's
name was Lucinda. My mother
and three brothers of us were sold
to ship and brought to this country.
Also our step father, name Jack
Smith. The oldest brothers' name
was Western, next Clark and
Abram.…

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Alfred Dowd searching for his brothers, John and Peyton, and his mother Sallie Tucker

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

May 15, 1884

MR. EDITOR-I wish to inquire
for my brothers, John and Peyton,
and mother, Sallie, all by the sur-
name Tucker. We belonged to
Wm. Tucker, in Amherst county,
Virginia. I have not seen them in
36 or 37 years. My father was
named Peyto, and belonged to a
Mr. Elliott, in Lynchburg, Va., who
owned a tobacco factory. Uncles
were Jack…

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Alfred Tucker searching for his brothers, John and Peyton, and his mother Sallie Tucker

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

April 24, 1884

MR. EDITOR-I wish to inquire
for my people. I have a mother,
and two brothers. We belonged to
Mr. Williams, in Ambush county,
six miles from Lynchburg, Va. The
last I heard of my mother she was
on the steamboat going to Rich-
mond, Va, to get in the speculator's
roll. My mother was named Sallie
Tucker. My brother John and I
were…

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Alwilder Marr searching for his brother Charley and his mother Susan

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

December 31, 1885

MR. EDITOR - My bother's name
was Charley; he lived with a man
named Joe McCrandle; my mother
was named Susan, and also lived
with Joe McCrandle; she left Mr.
McCandle when my brother Charles
was twelve months old. Mr. Louis
Davis bought her from Mr. Mc-
Crandle and brought her to Mis-
souri. I have not seen or heard
from her…

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Amanda Adams searching for her father, John Williams, and sister Jane

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

November 25, 1885

MR. EDITOR: I wish to inquire
for my father and sister. I left
them 30 odd years ago in Pike
county, Miss. My father was named
John Williams; sister Jane when I
left her; I have learned since that
she was sold to one Wells. The last
time I heard from them they
were in Pike county, Miss., this
was in 1881. I hope all the…

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Anthony Grifnin searching for his father Anthody Dardy, mother Amy Davenport, sisters Ann and Louisa Dardy, and brothers Sandy, Bob, and Isam Davenport

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

April 24, 1884

MR. EDITOR-I wish to inquire
for my relatives. We were eight in
family, in the State of Georgia.
Father was named Anthody Dardy,
in Troupe co. Mother was named
Amy Davenport, in Clark county.
Sisters Ann Dardy, Louisia Dardy;
brothers, Sandy Davenport, Bob.
Davenport, Isam Davenport. I
have not seen any of these since 49
years…

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Arthur Holder searching for his father Sam Lawyer, three brothers, and two sisters

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

October, 22, 1885

MR. EDITOR : I wish to inquire
for my people. I left them near
Lynchburg, Sumpter district, South
Carolina. My mother is dead but
she belonged to John Colde, she
was Bettie Cold; father was Sam
Lawyer or Lawra,and belonged to
James Lawra, a cripple. My broth
ers [brothers], Erus, Sam, Tim Cold; Sisters
Abigail and Vinnie Cold, the…

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Arthur S. Glover searching for the brothers and sisters of his father Augustus

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

December 11, 1884

MR. EDITOR-I desire to make
inquiry about my father's relatives.
Mother was named Sarah and be-
longed [belonged] to Joe Brown, and he sold
her, but I don't know to whom, in
Newburn, Alabama. My father's
name was Augustus, belonged to
Joe Brown, the same man my grand
mother first belonged to. Her other
sons were Nelson and Andrew,…

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C. V. McCoy searching for his father's people

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

August 27, 1885

MR. EDITOR--I wish to inquire
for the whereabouts of my father's
people. He was born in the town
of Salisborough, Roan county,
North Carolina, in 1824. He was
a blacksmith by trade. He came
down to Louisiana with his owner,
and was sold. I don't know any
of his people by name. He was
raised by his grandmother. His
name is…

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Delia Owen searching for her son Alfred Davis

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

June 18, 1885

Will pastors inquire among their
congregations for a young man
named Alfred Davis, who belonged
to a Mr. Boyd Smith. He was
taken from home by a gambler, and
was put in the sale yard. Mr. Jas.
Wilson bought him, and took him
to Louisiana. His mother was
named Delia Owen, and had a sis-
ter named Ann Owen. His mother
married a man…

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Kissie Edge searching for her mother Mary Ann Edge

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

January 25, 1883

MR. EDITOR: I wish to know of my mother. Her name was Mary Ann Edge. Father's name was Simon Hubbard, my name is Kissie Edge. My mother was sold to a Tom Pugh, who lived in Louisville, Ky. Brother was Chile Pugh, seven years old. Address me at Fairfield church, Shreveport, La. KISSIE EDGE.

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Eliza Jane Elam searching for Eliza Jane Owens

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

January 25, 1883

MR. EDITOR: Information is
desired of Eliza Jane Owens.
Mother's name was Rachel Gooden,
wife of Harris Hogans. Father's
was Israel Patterson. I was sold
by Wm. Owen to John Mearsal,
and was eighteen years old when I
left my mother at Nelson Hotel,
Columbia, Tennessee. She was
his cook. Address me care of
William Elam,…

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Rosa Wills searching for her family including mother Sarah Ives and father Benjamin Whitis

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

February 1, 1883

DEAR EDITOR: I desire information of my people. I was taken from them when very small. Mother was Sarah Ives; father, Benjamin Whitis; sisters, Julia, Eliza, and Bettie; brothers, Boston, and Abram. I belonged to Wm. Tunnel, and was born in Craven co., North Carolina. I was sold during the war. We were brought together to Richmond, Virginia, and…

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Jeanette Charlton searching for her brothers and sisters

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

February 8, 1883

MR. EDITOR:- I desire to inquire for my sisters and brothers, named Annette, Rosette, Henriette, James, Florient, Melindy and Davie. They were sold by Tom Charleton, from Eaton, and carried to Savannah, Georgia. Address me at No. 186 St. Philip, between Marais and Treme streets, New Orleans. JEANETTE CHARLTON.

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Henry Scott

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

July 8, 1886

Mr. Editor - I wish to inquire
for Mary Gibson, the sister of
Henry Scott. She was sold in
Harrisburgh, Rockingham county,
Virginia. The last I heard of her
she was in Louisiana. She belonged
to a Mrs. Baxter, and was the
mother of four children: James,
Belle, Millie and John. Amanda
belonged to Samuel Barr, Mt.
Crawford, was…

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Thomas Mullen searching for his father Hunphrey Hannford, mother Maria Mocksey and siblings

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

July 8, 1886

MR. EDITOR―I desire to inquire through your paper for my people. I left them, in 1839, on the eastern shores of Virginia. I belonged to a man by the name of Jas Mocksey, was bought from Mocksey by a man named Harvey and sold by a man named Dozier. I was six years of age when sold, myself and another brother. My father's name was Hunphrey Hannford.…

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Martha Easte searching for her family including mother Martha and uncle Andy Johnson

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

July 22, 1886

MR. EDITOR―I desire to find my people. I left my parents in Mosel, Texas, when quite young, mother's name is Martha, her brother's name was Andy Johnson, my father's name was Chas. Johnson, his wife is named Miranda. My mother once belonged to Judge Adkins. The man that bought me was named Benj. Robinson. They took me to Union county, Arkansas. I…

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