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Susan Fearce looking for her parents Ben and Lucinda and her siblings

Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

September 21, 1901

Do You Know Them.I desire to know the whereabouts of my relation. I was born in Virginia. My father was named Ben and my moth-er's [mother's] name was Lucinda, (I suppose) Smith. I was sold to the traders. Dick Donald, my master then. He was not my mother and father's owner, but was related to them in some way. I was given to him as part or the…

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W. J. Deboe searching for his father Lewis Pearce and relatives

Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

September 14, 1901

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…

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Mary Lennecks searching for her daughter Anna Reed and grandson Benjamin Corbin

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

July 15, 1880

DEAR EDITOR—I wish to inquire for my people. I have one daugh-ter [daughter], Anna Reed, and one grand-son [grandson], Benjamin Corbin. I had six children, but they are all dead but Anna. I was sold from my people when I was 24 years old. I have been away from Virginia 35 years. I left my people at Count Reek Bridge, two miles from Fairfield and…

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Sarah Ann Huff (formerly Sarah Ann Jackson Peter) searching for her father Jerry Jackson

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

June 10, 1880

MR. EDITOR—I am more than anxious to hear or gain some information of, or from, my father, whom I left in Louisa Court-house, a post-village, capital of Louisa Co., Virginia, on the Central railroad, sixty miles northwest of Richmond. His name was Jerry Jackson. He belonged to Mr. John Barn. My mother, his wife, belonged to Joe Goodwin, also his…

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John Colbert Skinner (formerly John Gray) searching for his brother Edward Allington

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

DEAR EDITOR—I wish to inquire for my brother one more time. My brother's name is Edward Allington; mother's, Emeline Gray; stepfather's, Jordan Gray. I have one sister living, Harriet Gadberry. Sister Mary Ann Gray is dead. She died in the year '68. We all belonged to Mrs. Angelo Chew, and lived in Georgetown, D. C. We were brought South in '60…

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Mrs. Sallie Crump searching for her children

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

July 1, 1880

Mrs. Sallie Crump, of Marshall, Texas, desires information of her children. Amelia Baker, Harriet and Eliza Hall, Thirza Matilda Rogers, owned and raised by John Baker, of Abingdon, Washington Co, Virginia. Sallie Crump was taken to Mississippi fifteen or twenty years before the surrender, by David Vance, and from there was brought to Texas, and…

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Richard Woods searching for his mother Lucy Hankins

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

June 19, 1879

DEAR EDITOR—I wish to make inquiry for my mother. She was sold in Lunenburg Co., Virginia, by Joe Hankins to Silas Woods. I was sold at the same time, but when Woods came after us Hankins bought me back from him, but let him take my mother. They sold her to some trader, and as I was only seven years old I cannot recollect much about it. Three…

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London Morris searching for his mother Ann, father Fanshon Cox, and siblings

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

June 12, 1879

DEAR EDITOR—I want some information about my people. Mother's name was Ann, fathers Fanshon Cox, and they belonged to Dr. Morris, Caroline Co., Virginia. My sister Caroline was one year and a half younger than I am; another, Lucy Grimes, married a free man. I had a brother, Randall Morris; Jeff belonged to Hector Davis and came to Louisiana in…

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Charley Strong (formerly Charley Johnson) searching for his mother Eliza Johnson, brother Andrew Johnson, and sister Mary Johnson

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

July 8, 1880

DEAR EDITOR—I wish to inquire for my mother, brother and sister. Mother lived in Baltimore, Maryland, on South two doors from Sawsberry street. When I left, she was living with James Jone, a merchant tailor. I belonged to Jacob Graving Stein at that time. Her name name is Eliza Johnson. My brother and sister were brought to Louisiana by a negro…

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Margaret Battle searching for her father Joe Bround

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA

July 8, 1880

DEAR EDITOR—I wish to inquire for my father, Joe Bround, whom I left in Virginia, but cannot remember in what part of the State. My mother's name was Susan or Lucy; Lucy being her right name and Susan her nick name. Father belonged to Mrs. Bround, and mother to the widow Sally Benge. When I left them she had four children Richard, Frances and…

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Henrietta Berry searching for her husband's family

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

July 8, 1880

DEAR EDITOR—I wish to inquire for my husband's family. I was sold from him by Joe Stevens, of Bedford county, middle Tennessee, to a speculator. I had four children, Ethlinda, Charley, Willie and Berry. When we got to Texas we were all bought by Thomas Clay. I heard that my husband was put on the block and sold to the highest bidder in Memphis,…

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Nelson Grey searching for his brother Henry Garner

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

November 1, 1888

MR. EDITOR— I wish to find my brother; his name was then Henry Garner. My name is Nelson Gray. I then lived in Clark County, Winchester, Kentucky. I then belonged to a man by the name of James Kushingberry. I was sold to a Negro trader named Return Bradley, and brought to New Orleans. Brother's wife's name was Maria Ragley. Address me Bunkie, La.,…

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Rev. J. I. Turner searching for his mother Maria and his siblings

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

February 22, 1883

MR. EDITOR—I desire information of the following named relatives: My mother's named Maria, belonged to Perry Starks in Louisville, Ky.; my brother's named Zazhariah Taylor; my sister named Dollie Ann—all belonged to Perry Starks. My sister Mary we left in Virginia. I think she belonged to a Mr. Carter at the time. We parted at Charlottesville. We…

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D. J. Price seeking his uncles John and Jesse Price

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

January 4, 1883

MR. EDITOR:—I wish to know the whereabouts of my Uncles, my Father's brothers, three in number. Names—John Price, Jesse Price, and the other he did not know the name. My Father's name is Wm. Price; he left his parents' home when 12 years of age, by the traders to New Orleans, and stayed there six months, when a farmer by the name of A. G. Jordan…

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Emily Wilson (formerly Emily Priest) searching for her daughter Mary Ann

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

June 15, 1882

DEAR EDITOR: I wish to inquire for my daughter Mary Ann. I was sold from her in 1846. At that time we both belonged to Daniel Priest, who lived in ———, Montgomery county, Ky. I was sold to Daniel Balus, who lived in Bourbon Co., Ky. Afterward I was sold to a trader named Pierce Griffia. He carried me to Louisiana, on Bayou Plaquemines, twenty-five…

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Caroline Rhodes (formerly Annie Ferrill) searching for her father Joseph, mother Milly, and siblings

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

September 16, 1880

DEAR EDITOR— I wish to inquire about my relatives. I was born in Virginia, but am unable to name the county; but I remember that it was 12 miles from Daville. My master was James Ferrill and mistress Martha Ferrill. I was sold to Ferrill's brother, William Ferrill, a speculator, and was brought to Mobile at the age of 10 years. To my recollection…

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Letitia E. Rodgers searching for her brother Arthur Zacheriah Tolaver

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

September 16, 1880

MR. EDITOR— I desire to inquire for my brother. He belonged to one Shars (I do not know his first name), of Wytheville, Va. Brother's name is Arthur Zacheriah Tolaver. Mother's name was Millie. She belonged to John Woort at the time brother was sold to Bob Sanders, a negro trader, who took him to New Orleans. Brother worked and bought himself. He…

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Sophier Poole (formerly Sophier Staples) searching for her mother Martha Staples

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

October 14, 1880

DEAR EDITOR—I wish to inquire for my mother. Her name was Martha Staples, but sometimes went by the name of Martha Hastin. She belonged to James Staples, who lived in Henry county, Va. She was then sold to some one unknown to me. The last time I heard from her she was in Montgomery, Ala. My name was Sophier Staples. I have married since—my name…

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Mrs. Alice Rebecca Lewis searching for her mother Martha Jackson and sisters

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

September 16, 1880

DEAR EDITOR—I wish to inquire for mother and sisters. Mother's name is Martha Jackson. She was taken away from me by Judge Lomock, our owner, in Virginia, carried to Fredericksburgh, Va, and sold in 1855. The last time she was heard from she was in Columbus, Miss., keeping a millinery store with three daughters, Serena, Henrietta and Louisa…

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Ella Smith (formerly Eliza Tolds) searching for her mother, siblings, and son Peter

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

December 1, 1881

DEAR EDITOR—I wish to find my friends, whom I left in Virginia. To my best knowledge it was in 1859 or 1860. I belonged to Thomas B. Stewart. My name is Eliza Tolds, my mother [indecipherable] Dogans. I had five sisters, Susan, Lizzie, Elie, Hannah and Milly; three brothers, Shelton, Blackwell and William Brown. I left my baby, Peter, 13 months…

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John Hall Holman searching for his father John

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

December 1, 1881

MR. EDITOR—I wish to inquire for father. He use to belong to a man by the name of A. Holman. He was sold when I was quite young from Overton county, Tennessee. I am 33 years old, that would make me born in 1848. My mother, his wife, at that time was named Annnie Holman. She had 10 children, I was the tenth. My father was 3 or 4 years before the…

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Caroline Hogan (formerly Caroline Brown) seeking her father Isaac Jamison, mother Peggy Brown, and siblings

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

December 8, 1881

DEAR EDITOR—I was raised in Albermarle county, Virginia, and I belonged to Clifton Brown, a Methodist preacher. He had three sons Taze, Thomas and William. William was the youngest. He had two daughters, Virginia and Susan Brown. Virginia married George Terril. My old boss gave me to his daughter Virginia when she married, and her husband sold me…

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Seal Mack Dougall seeking his mother Caroline and brother Dick

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

December 15, 1881

Seal Mack Dougall, of Westfield. Harris county, Texas, from Cumberland county N.C., whose mother's name is Caroline, and whose brother's name is Dick, and whose relatives live in Cumberland and Bladen counties, N.C., wishes to hear from his folks. Also, his wife, whose maiden name was Clark, and whose mother's name was Lucinda, and who was, with…

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John Fields searching for his mother Nancy Fields and his siblings

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

December 22, 1881

DEAR EDITOR: I desire to inquire about my kin folks, whom I left in Petersburgh, Va. I was sold by John Britton to Henry Davis; and Mark Davis brought me to New Orleans. My mother was named Nancy Fields and my brother William Field, sisters were Jane and Polly Fields. I was very young when I was sold and therefore, cannot rightly state about what…

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Eliza Johnson (formerly Ann Eliza Wood) wants to find her mother Susan Wood, father William Wood, and siblings

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

November 3, 1881

MR. EDITOR.-- I wish to inquire for my people. My mother was Susan Wood belonging to Miss Judie Rixis living in Salem, Va. My father was named William Wood belonging to Aleck Chatman living near the White Plains, Va. I had two brothers one was named William and Harrison Douglas, and sisters named Jennie and Charlotte. I belonged to Mrs. Daniel C.…

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