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Title
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Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)
Description
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1890, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1919, 1921, 1922
Text
Newspaper advertisements
State
Arkansas
Missouri
Mississippi
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Title
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Richard Dillard searching for his brother Joe Nitlett and sisters Charlotte Nitlett and Katie Dillard
Subject
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Information Wanted Ad
Description
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Richard Dillard, Pettus, AR, searching for his brother, Joe Nitlett, and sister, Katie Dillard.
Richard Dillard and Solomon Wright, both of Pettus, AR, both placed ads in The Richmond Planet. The ads were printed next to each other on September 22, 1900.
Source
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Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)
Date
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September 22, 1900
Contributor
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Jesse Nasta
Publisher
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Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Library of Congress
Relation
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Pettus, Lonoke County, AR
Coverage
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Fredericktown, MO
Potosi, MO
Pontotoc, MS
Scripto
Transcription
A written representation of a document.
DO YOU KNOW THEM.
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PETTUS, LONOKE CO., ARK., Sept. 9th, 1900.
I desire to know the whereabouts of my brother, whose name was Joe Nitlett. My sister's name was Charlotte Nitlett and my sister, Katie was a Dillard. My name is Richard Dillard. I was sold from them 8 years before the war. My sister Katie and I were carried to Mississippi. My mother's name was Susiana. My two sisters father's name was Louis St. James. My father's name was Dick St. James, There were 5 of us. Leonard St. James. His name : is Leonard or Loonan, Sister Charlotte and Brother Joe and mother were sold to Taylor and carried from Fredericktown, Mo., Pertosie, Mo.
Katie and I were sold together and carried to Pontock, Miss. I went to war and left my sister Katie in Mississippi with my mistress, Laura Dillard.
I have not seen her since. Any information will be thankfully received by
Yours truly,
RICHARD DILLARD.
Status
Not to transcribe
Weight
dd
Civil War
family history
forced migration
parent(s)
sibling(s)
slave trade
soldier