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Sophie Evans searching for her mother Tracy Bonay and siblings Kitty and Henry Bonay
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
July 27, 1882
DEAR EDITOR--I wish to inquire for my kin people. I was hired out from my mother, and when I came back she was sold, and I don't know where to. She left two children, Kitty and Henry Bonay. Their owner, Jacob Bonay, lived in Virginia, Moreland county. Mother was Tracy Bonay. My name is Sophie Evans, and I live in Warren county, Miss. Address me at…
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Sneed Bewley searching for relatives
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
January 3, 1884
DEAR EDITOR— I wish to find my relations. I left my father and mother in Virginia. They were sold to John Stokes. My father was Zekiel and mother Patchcy, and I remember three brothers. Our old master was Johem Need, and at his death we were sold. The names of my brothers are William, James, Lewis and Henry. My name was Henry. I was sold to Henry…
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Simon Marrs searching for his mother and brother
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
February 26, 1880
DEAR EDITOR-- Please allow me space in your columns to make inquiry for my mother and brother. We were separated about the year 1852 or '53. My mother, two brothers and myself were all sold at an administrator's sale in Fayetteville, Washington Co., Arkansas. A Mr. Marts bought brother Pete and myself, and we are together yet. John Balingly got…
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Silvy Sillas looking for her children
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
August 25, 1881
DEAR EDITOR--I wish to inquire for my children, named John, Jackson, and Davis. All belonged to Ehud Northsworthy, who went to Arkansas from Alabama. He sold me to James Low, who gave me to his daughter Mary, who married Seals Sillas, who brought me to Mississippi. I brought one child with me, but he is dead. Please address me at West Station,…
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Silvia Woods (formerly Silvia Thornton) searching for Jane Henderson (formerly Jincey)
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
April 19, 1883
DEAR EDITOR:--I wish to inquire for Jane Henderson. They used to call her Jincey. My name was then Silvia Thornton. I was sold to Sam Smith in Texas, about six miles from Clarksville. The last we heard of her she was sold to a Mr. Carson. I am now living in Shreveport, La., and go by the name of Silvia Woods. Three of the children were Elmira, Hamp…
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Setes searching for their mother Lucy Setes, and sisters Martha, Mary Jane, and Julia Setes
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
March 27, 1884
MR. EDITOR--I wish to find my people. Mother was Lucy Setes, and sisters were Martha, Mary Jane and Julia Setes. They were sold to Jack Godin at the Jack Godin sale. The man that bought me was Jas. Hickbottom. My mother lived in the back street of Lynchburg, Va., at the beginning of the war; she went to Baltimore and I have not heard of them…
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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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Sarah Slater searching for sister Lucy and brother Joe Dennis
The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
March 25, 1886
MR. EDITOR ---- I desire to inquire for my brother and sister. My sister was named Lucy; she was sold out of the Allen family to a man by the name of Battle Esters; he sold her to George. C. Kees, who sold her to Tom Bates, and he sold her to Jack Brandstutter and he sold her to the traders. Then the traders took her from Ray county, Missouri. My…
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Sarah Jane Farris searching for her family
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
May 17, 1883
MR. EDITOR:--Father was Doray Bean; mother Viney; sisters, Emeline,Mathilda, Eliza and Harriet; brother were Bray, Pendleton, Bean, Bluefoot and Doray. Next to the youngest was Ella Bean, born on James Duster's place. Emeline, Harriet and I belonged to Joseph Ables, Mother and three brothers were sold to James Duster. He broke up in Cherokee…
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Sarah Ann Lewis searching for her family
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
September 21, 1882
DEAR EDITOR: I wish to see if
my relatives can be found. I have
a father, mother, and one full sister.
Father was August Brown, sister,
Louisa Brown, three half-sisters
were Mary, Eliza, and Harriet
Brown, two brothers were Joseph
and George Brown. I was born in
Maryland, and when eleven years
old was brought to Tennessee. I…
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Sara Jane Farris searching for her father Land Callery, sister, and brother
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
April 19, 1883
MR. EDITOR:--I wish to inquire about my father, sister and brother. I have not heard from them in 25 years. Sister Eliza was sold by Aleck Brown, in Louisiana; brother Pendleton was carried to New Orleans by Jim Just. Father was Land Callery, and was carried out of the State. We were separated from father in eastern Texas. Mother was called Minnie…
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Samuel Williams searching for his father Reuben
The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
October 23, 1879
DEAR EDITOR -- My father was sold from me in the year 1850 by Dr. Martin, in Polk county, Texas. His name was Reuben. Dr. Martin also owned my mother, Betsey, and sister Fanny, and one boy, Henry. Dr. Martin removed to Corsicana, Texas, and there my mother lives. Any information of him will be gladly received. Please address me at Shreveport, La.…
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Samuel Casby (formerly Samuel Wood) seeking information about his sisters Rhody and Phillis
The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
June 3, 1886
MR. EDITOR - I want to inquire for my two sisters; the oldest was Rhody, who belonged to Thomas Wood, who lived in Spartenburg district, South Carolina; she married Ely Dunsley; her last one was named Thomas Smith. My younger sister was Phillis, who also belonged to Thomas Wood. My name was Samuel Wood when I lived there; my mothers name was…
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Saml. Dove searching for his mother Areno and siblings
The Colored Tennessean (Nashville, TN)
August 12, 1865
SAML. DOVE wishes to know of the whereabouts of his mother, Areno, his sisters Maria, Neziah, and Peggy, and his brother Edmond who were owned by Geo. Dove, of Rockingham county, Shenandoah Valley, Va. Sold in Richmond, after which Saml. and Edmond were taken to Nashville, Tenn., by Joe Mick; Areno was left at the Eagle Tavern, Richmond…
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Sam Grant searching for his siblings including brother Oscar and sister Betsy
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
August 17, 1882
DEAR EDITOR: I wish to inquire for my kin people whom I left in Franklin County, Tennessee. I was brought to Texas in the winter of 1854, and left mother, two brothers, and a sister in Tennessee. In the spring of 1857 mother died. Her name was Martha, and she belonged to Elijah B. Rakin; my oldest brother Oscar belonged to John Miller, the next,…
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Sallie Evans (formerly Sallie Scott) looking for information about her relatives including father Wm. Watson and brother Davy Crockett
The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
September 9, 1886
MR. EDITOR --- I desire to inquire through your paper for my relatives. I left them in or near Richmond, Va. My mother's name was Mattie Booker; she is dead. My father was named Wm. Watson. Mother went by her first owner's name, Booker; also, father went by his owner's name; but at my remembrance mother belonged to a Mr. John Morris, who sold her…
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S. L. Jones searching for their mother's relatives including her father Simon Clark
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
December 13, 1883
MR. EDITOR—I wish to inquire
for my mother's relatives whom she
left in Perry county, Alabama,
about [1841?]. Her father's name was
[Simon?] Clark and was owned by a
Mr. Clark. Her father was a first-
class blacksmith and a fiddler. It
was said that he could read and
write. Her mother's name was
Patient. Her sisters and brothers…
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S. C. Young searching for their mother Menty Young
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
March 23, 1882
MR. EDITOR ---- I desire to inquire for my mother Menty Young. She was sold from us in Camden to a man named Huffman. When Steele's army came through she went away with them, but was captured at Mark's Mills fight brought back and sold. She left two sons and one daughter. The sons are Albert and Isaac, the daughter Phillis. She was carried to…
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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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Robert Ray (formerly Robert Carmichael) searching for his daughters Henrietta and Lucey Jane
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
March 23, 1882
MR. EDITOR --- I wish to inquire for my daughters Henrietta and Lucey Jane. The mother Carolina McCollum, belonged to Malcom McCallum, Cumberland county, North Carolina. When last heard from she was in Fayetteville in that State. Lizzie was in South Cyrolina. Brother-in-law, Jasey McCollum was sold by John McDongall to a negro trader. My wife was…
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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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Richard Bradley searching for his mother Elizabeth Bradley, sisters, and brother
New National Era (Washington, DC)
March 14, 1872
INFORMATION WANTED.
I would like to hear from my mother, Elizabeth Bradley; my sister, Caroline Bradley; my sister, Mariah Bradley; my sister, Harriet Bradley; and my brother, Elick Bradley. The above-named persons were sold by a man by the name of Joshua Phipps to John Blevins, who took them to Aberdeen, Mississippi. It has been sixteen years…
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Reverend Lymas A. Anders (formerly Lymas Cook) searching for Gideon Cook, Betsy Cook, and their children
The Freedman (Boston, MA)
February, 1869
LETTER OF INQUIRY. JACKSONVILLE, FLA., 1868. Information is wanted, by the Rev. Lymas A. Anders of Jacksonville, in the State of Florida, concerning his kinsfolk, who first belong to the Widow Cook of Effingham County, Ga., and who fell to Lewis Cook of Alabama or Mississippi, but who staid with a resident of Bullock County, Ga., two or three…
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Reverend Braxton Bolden searching for his half brothers and uncle
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
February 10, 1887
MR. EDITOR-- I saw in the SOUTHWESTERN CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE of Dec. 23, in the Texas Conference the name of S. M. Bolden. I have half brothers and an uncle in Texas somewhere and would be very glad to find them. They were sold before the war. I came out here since the war, about 15 years ago, from Virginia. My father's name is Isham Bolden; he used…
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Rev. Samuel Scroggins seeking information of his mother Martha Ann and siblings
The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
March 4, 1886
MR. EDITOR --- Please allow me space in your columns to inquire for some lost friends of mine who have been separated from me since early life. My mothers name was Martha Ann, and belonged to John Scroggins, and lived in Rutherford county, Tenn., near Murfreesboro, on Bradley Creek. Mr. Editor, we Methodists know where the old Shiloh Church…
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