Richard Diggs (formerly John Diggs) searching for his parents Kitt and Maria Diggs and siblings
DEAR EDITOR. --I desire infor-
mation [information] of my people, who were for-
merly [formerly] owned by the Diggs family.
My mother was Maria Diggs;
father, Kitt Diggs. Mother had
nine children. Sisters were Sally,
Frances, Susan and and Fillis; my
brothers--Peter, James, Robert and
Kitt; nine is Richard Diggs now,
but when I left my people they
called me John Diggs. I left
mother and sister Frances in Rich-
mond [Richmond], Virginia, in 1841, living
with William McReary, to whom
they belonged to at the time. My
father, and the other children were
living in Mathias county, Virginia,
with Mrs. Betsey Diggs. I was
sold to Ben Davis, who brought me
to New Orleans and he sold me
to Col. John H. Home, who took
me from there to Wayne county,
Mississippi, where I have been
living ever since. Please address
me at Waynesboro, Miss., in care
of Rev. N. Toole.
RICHARD DIGGS.
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