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Delphy Wilson searching for her father Thomas Jones and siblings

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

December 18, 1884

MR. EDITOR--Please help me to
find my father and kin people. My
father's name is Thomas Jones; my
sisters were named Lucy, Susan
Ann and Sally Jones; Mother's
name is Hannah Jones. They used
to belong to Col. Charles Todd, in
Shelby county, Kentucky; my name
was then Delphy Wilson, my young
mistress' name was Letitia Todd,
married…

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Dianah Johnson searching for her mother Hannah Hilliard, sisters, and brothers

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

September 3, 1885

MR. EDITOR—I desire to find
the whereabouts of my mother
sisters and brothers, whom I left
in Roan county, North Carolina.
My mother's name was Hannah
Hilliard; sisters, Jinsy, Flora and
Lucy; brothers, John, Benjamin
and Milas Calvin. My father,
Jack Hilliard, died when I was
quite an infant. I was sold from
the Hilliard estate to a…

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Diannah White looking for her sons

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

March 17th, 1887

INFORMATION WANTED OF MY SONS, George Washington House, Wm. White and Henry McGhee. William and Henry left me at Marianna; George at Memphis, Tenn. I was sold in South Carolina to K I Ferguson, who brought me to Mississippi and afterward sold me to a man by the name of Hugh McGhee. For the last twenty years I have been living at Marianna, Lee…

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E. T. Hill looking for her mother Fannie Scott, sister Queen Victory Scott, and brother Patience Scott (2nd of 2 ads placed)

The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN)

May 23, 1891

I desire to find my lost relatives. My mother's
name was Fannie Scott, my sister's name
was Queen Victory Scott, brother's name was
Patience Scott; my name is Eloise Scott. We
were all owned by a man by the name of Samuel
Scott; he lived near Lynchburg, Va., near a
little place called Mays' Grocery. I was bought
by a Negro-trader by the…

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Easter Carding searching for her family including her father Shearfe

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

January 25, 1883

MR. EDITOR: - I wish to inquire for my father, grandmother and two aunts. Father was Shearfe, grandmother Gracey. Aunt Cheney; grandmother and father left East Tennessee with the Indians, near forty years ago, sold to Jesse Mayfield. Aunt Easter was sold to Austin Ryder, near the same time. They went to Cherokee county, Arkansas, and formerly…

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Edmond Thomas searching for his mother Aceneth and siblings

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

September 13, 1883

DEAR EDITOR- I wish to inquire for my relatives. Mother was Aceneth. One brother was Sam. Two sisters, the oldest Nancy, and Mary. We belonged to a Mr. Southerling, in Arkansas, who lived near Memphis, Tenn. He sold us to John Range, who brought us to Texas. Mother got two of her middle fingers cut off with a shuck cutter while cutting shucks to…

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Elie Hues (formerly Elie Harrison) looking for friends Emanuel Prial, Emily Prial and Gracy Green

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

September 9, 1880

MR. EDITOR ---- I wish to inquire for old friends, Emanuel Prial, his wife Emily Prial, and Gracy Green. They left here for Kansas last January. The last time I heard of them they were near Vicksburg, Mississippi. Also for my two sons, who belonged to Scott Jno. Wilson of South Carolina, near Anderson court house. Their names were Emerson and…

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Eliza Baldridge searching for her mother Lucinda and sisters Rachel and Delly

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

April 5, 1883

MR. EDITOR:--I desire to inquire for my mother. I was sent from Camden, Ark., in 1854 or '55, by John Medlock, to a trade yard in New Orleans. Mother's name was Lucinda; sister's, Rachel and Delly. Mother had a boy after I left; I think his name was Nathan We belonged to John Ingram, near Camden. Address me at Matagorda, Texas. ELIZA BALDRIDGE.

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Eliza Husher (formerly Eliza Clark) searching for her mother Sallie Clark and siblings

The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN)

May 16, 1891

Wanted to know the whereabouts of Sallie
Clark, if living, also her children, my brothers
and sister, Nancy, Caroline, Robert, Tip, Tobe,
Frank, Samuel and Aaron Clark, all of whom
were taken South by Negro-traders from this
county in 1862 and 63. Address Mrs. Eliza
Husher, (formerly Eliza Clark,)

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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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Eliza Pemberton searching for her mother and siblings

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

October 18, 1883

MR. EDITOR – I wish to inquire
for my relatives – my mother, two
sisters and three brothers. My
father’s name was Henry, who died
in Maryland. My mother’s name
was Mollie, my sisters’ names were
Ellen and Winney. Ellen is the
oldest; my brothers’ names were
Warner, Lloyd and Burrell. We
all belonged to Mary Stewart, who
married…

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Elizabeth Henderson searching for her mother Jane Burntint and six siblings

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

October 26, 1882

MR. EDITOR: I wish to inquire for my mother and six children. Oldest brother was Amos Lacey. I left him and sister Mary in Houston county, Texas. Mother had four children with her. George, Ellen, Robert and James. Mother was Jane Burtint. Brother Amos' wife had two sons by a previous marriage Harvey and Edmond. Brother Amos had three girls - Ann,…

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Ellen Gibson (formerly Ellen Woods) searching for her mother Jane Banks

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

March 1, 1883

MR. EDITOR:--I desire to inquire for my mother. Her name was Jane Banks. I was sold from my mother in Tennessee in 1861, the year the war started. My name was Ellen Woods then. My name is now Ellen Gibson, the man that sold me was named Archie Cocks, and I also had a brother by the name of William Banks. Address me at Shreveport, La., in care of…

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Ellen Tate (formerly Ellen Tranton) seeking information about her mother Sueky Tranton and siblings

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

June 17, 1886

MR. EDITOR - I am anxious to learn the whereabouts of my mother; her name was Sueky Tranton, and used to belong to the widow tranton in South Alabama. She lived at the Cross Roads, near Bridgeville, Alabama. She fell to Mrs. Mary Umphrey. My mother's husband was named Bob Tranton. Mother had six children. One, Francis Tranton, went to Jim Tranton;…

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Ellen Warmack searching for her sister Jennie Norman.

The Appeal (Chicago, IL)

April 25, 1891

JENNIE NORMAN - I wish to find my sister Jennie Norman. Her father's name was Wallace. Her mother's name was Lucinda. Jennie was at Ples. Norman's sale to Billy Magee, who sold her to a Frenchman. Jennie was light brown in complexion. Address Ellen Warmack, Box 104 Hickman, Ky.

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Elmira Brack searching for family members including mother Silvy and uncle Tom

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

May 4, 1882

MR. EDITOR--I desire to inquire for my people. They left me in Tennessee in 1861. Their names are Silvy, Tom, Ellen, Caroline, Queen and Henderson Buchanan. Silvey is my mother, Tom my uncle, Ellen and Queen my sisters, Henderson my brother and Caroline my aunt. They were sold to Billy Armstrong, and carried to Arkansas, leaving me in Bedford…

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Elvira Bright or Elmira Bright searching for her mother Martha Miner and sister Cinthia Ann

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

June 28, 1883

DEAR EDITOR:--I desire to in-
quire [inquire] for my mother, Martha Miner.
She belonged to Baylor Winn, who,
at that time lived in Adams county,
Miss., 8 miles below Natchez. My
sister was Cinthia Ann, who was sold
with mother. Address me, in care
of Samuel Bright, Roseville, Atas-
cosa [Atascosa] county, Texas.
ELVIRA BRIGHT.

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Emanuel Grandison looking for his brother Marshall Carter (formerly Marshall Grandison)

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

August 26, 1886

Mr. Editor - I have a brother who was sold in the South before the war. I learned a week or ten days ago that he had been seen in New Orleans. His name is Marshall Grandison, but I suppose he goes by the name of his old master. We were servants of one William S. Carter, of Louisa county, Virginia. Brother was a cart boy on the York River railroad…

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Emily Joseph (formerly Amy Stanly and Emily Stanly) searching for her mother Ann Stanly

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

February 15, 1883

MR. EDITOR: I wish to make inquiry for my mother. We were separated in Cambridge, Maryland, the year I do not remember. At that time we belonged to Dr. Everson, and I was sold to a trader named Wilson, and was brought to New Orleans, and from there to San Antonio. My name at that time was Amy Stanly, but when sold was changed to Emily Stanly.…

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Emma Moore (formerly Emma Washington) searching for her family

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

May 10, 1883

DEAR DEAR:--I want information
as to my people whom I left in Vir-
ginia [Virginia] some years ago. My owner
was Robert G. Hudgans; I left him
at Greensboro, White Sulphur
Springs. My mother was Lucinda
Johnson, and lived at the same
place. My father was named John
Washington and lived in Essex
county, Va. Sisters were Louisa
and…

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Fanny Ford searching for her four children and her sister Cleavy.

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

September 14, 1882

MR. EDITOR: Fanny Ford, who belonged to Mrs. Nancy Brown, sister of Jack Baker, of Faquier county, Va., near Warrenton Court House, was married to a freeman named Elija Ford, by whom she had four children, Beverly, John, Robert and Benedict. She was sold and sent to New Orleans about thirty seven years ago, since which time she never heard of her…

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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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Fanny Ward searching for her parents Melvina and Isaac Trumbull and siblings

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

September 13, 1883

MR. EDITOR - I wish to inquire for my people whom I left in Virginia about 24 years ago. Mother was Melvina and father Isaac Trunbull. Mother had ten children. We were sold to Thomas Coats; to a man named Slater; also, in Richmond, to a Mr. Hunley. Oldest brother was Jacob; one brother was Charley. My name is Fanny. I had a child when I was sold…

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France Jones searching for her sister Marietta Sliny

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

April 22, 1886

MR. EDITOR - Please permit me to inquire for my daughter; her name was Marietta Sliny. She was owned by Mrs. Jane Hendre, and was sold from South in July or August, 1856, from Baltimore. Her father's name is Frank Sliny; her mother's name was Lester Sliny. She has two sisters and one brother named Henry Sliny, and another named France Jones, her…

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Francis Elevina Winn searching for her mother Harriet Winn

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

December 11, 1884

MR. EDITOR––I wish to inquire
about my old mother. I have not
heard from her in 36 years; her
name was Harriet Winn; her moth-
er's [mother’s] name was Lucy Winn. The
last I knew of her I belonged to
Minor Winn, and she was sold, I
do not know to whom. Any in-
formation [information] will be thankfully re-
ueived [reueived]. …

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