Rev. Bedford Carr searching for his aunt Cosy Sereen

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

December 4, 1884

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MR. EDITOR-I have not found
my aunt, Cosy Sereen yet. The last
heard from her she was staying at
the Stirfield plantation, near Don-
aldsonville, the mother of eight
children. We don't know her hus-
band's name. She left us in Plaque-
mine, La. I went to New Orleans
in 1866, and in 1881 we received an
inquiring letter from her. Address
me at Rosedale, La.

REV. BEDFORD CARR.

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Rev. Bedford Carr is searching for his aunt Cosy Sereen staying at the Stirfield plantation near Donaldsonville. She was the mother of eight children. Her husband's name is unknown. She left Bedford in Plaquemine, LA. He left and went to New Orleans in 1866 and received a letter from her in 1881.

A similar ad was posted by Rev. Bedford Carr looking for an unnamed aunt in August of the same year. In that ad, it was the aunt who went to New Orleans in 1866, she was heard from in 1879 not 1881, and the plantation she wrote from was Starfield, not Stirfield. There is also no mention of children.
That ad can be found here: https://informationwanted.org/items/show/2663
Rev. Carr posts another ad in January 1866, which can be found here: https://informationwanted.org/items/show/1669

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Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

Date

December 4, 1884

Searcher Location

Rosedale, LA

Searchee Location

Plaquemine, LA

Contributor

Daniel Runyon

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"Rev. Bedford Carr searching for his aunt Cosy Sereen," Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA), December 4, 1884, Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery, accessed April 20, 2024, https://informationwanted.org/items/show/2664