Mrs. Margaret Rollins searching for her uncle, James Mitchell

The Nashville Globe (Nashville, TN)

March 23, 1917

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WHERE IS JAMES MITCHELL?
Shreveport, La., Feb. 24, 1917.
To The Fraternal Monitor,
Cincinnati, Ohio.
Dear Mr. Editor:
I would like to ask if you or any
of your readers can tell me the pres-
ent whereabouts of James Mitchell, a
son of Mrs. Millie Benden and a half-
brother of Allen Lee. In slavery time
the family was owned by Windon
Roberson of Abiton, Va., and after the
war the family moved to Louisiana.
Any information concerning the
said James Mitchell if communilated
to his niece, Mrs. Margaret Rollins,
Box 16, Houma, La., will be highly
appreciated.

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Rollins searching for her uncle, "owned by" Windon Roberson of Abiton, VA. Family moved to Louisiana after the Civil War.

It seems that this ad first appeared in The Fraternal Monitor (Cincinnati, OH). For more on The Fraternal Monitor, see Mae Najiyyah Duncan, A Survey of Cincinnati's Black Press & its Editors, 1844-2010 (2011), 83-4.

Date
March 23, 1917
Searcher Location

Houma, LA

Searchee Location

Abingdon, VA

Louisiana

Contributor

Jesse Nasta

Citation
"Mrs. Margaret Rollins searching for her uncle, James Mitchell," The Nashville Globe (Nashville, TN), March 23, 1917, Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery, accessed April 27, 2024, https://informationwanted.org/items/show/2856

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