Valentine Taliver searching for his brothers Emmanuel, Stephen and Frank Taliver and sisters Mary and Phoebe Taliver. The last time he saw them, they were enslaved by Louis Taliver and were living in Mississippi. Valentine was taken to Alabama by Nick Taliver and sold to Morgan Smith. Shortly after this, Louis Taliver took Valentine's brothers and sisters to Bossier Parish, LA. In 1860, Morgan Smith died and his son Frank took Valentine to Louisiana within 13 miles of where his family had been living but he discovered they had moved to Texas. He left another sister Pennie Green and her husband Robin Green in Alabama where they belonged to Joe Green. She lived 6 or 7 miles east of Montgomery, AL. Valentine's wife's name is Ellen and her mother and father were Peter and Sophie Johnson. She had four aunts named Minnie, Mary, Betty, and Phillis and four uncles named Earnst, Jim, Robert, and Jack Gilmer.

This ad is similar to one taken out by a Valentine Toliver of Shreveport, LA with the same relations. In that ad, he references a letter from his brother Stephen in Texas, so clearly Stephen was found. This ad can be found here: https://informationwanted.org/items/show/2715

Valentine Toliver's son or daughter also posted an ad searching for their mother, uncles, and aunts. It can be found here: https://informationwanted.org/items/show/2721

Valentine also published an ad in December of 1886 stating that he found his brothers Stephen and Emanuel with the help of the Southwestern Christian Advocate but is still searching for his other relations. This ad can be found here: https://informationwanted.org/items/show/2140

Information Wanted Ad

Shreveport, LA

Mississippi

Bossier Parish, LA

Texas

Montgomery, AL

Daniel Runyon