Amanda Jane (Wilson) Bass searching for family
Title
Amanda Jane (Wilson) Bass searching for family
Subject
Information Wanted Ad
Description
Amanda Jane (Wilson) Bass searching for her mother Emily Wilson, and her sisters Harriet and Eveline Wilson.
Source
The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)
Date
August 5, 1865
Coverage
Hamilton, Canada West
MS (Mississippi)
Marshal Co., VA
TX (Texas)
Contributor
Margaret Strolle
Transcription
INFORMATION WANTED
Can any one inform me of the whereabouts of
Emily Wilson, the mother of Amanda Jane Wil-
son? She belonged to John K. Wilson, who
lived in Montgomery County, Tennessee, four
miles from Clarksville. She was sold and taken
to Mississippi, in 1856 ; or of Eveline Wilson,
who belonged to the same John K. Wilson, who,
after selling my mother, removed from Mont-
gomery County, Tennessee, to Marshal County, [Marshall]
Kentucky, eighteen miles from Paducah. Har-
riet Wilson, another sister, was sold to Joseph
Dear, and taken to Texas. My name was Aman-
da Jane Wilson. I left Kentucky in 1861 or
1862. My name now is Amanda Jane Bass.
Any information of the above named persons
will be thankfully received.
AMANDA JANE BASS,
Hamilton, C. W.
Can any one inform me of the whereabouts of
Emily Wilson, the mother of Amanda Jane Wil-
son? She belonged to John K. Wilson, who
lived in Montgomery County, Tennessee, four
miles from Clarksville. She was sold and taken
to Mississippi, in 1856 ; or of Eveline Wilson,
who belonged to the same John K. Wilson, who,
after selling my mother, removed from Mont-
gomery County, Tennessee, to Marshal County, [Marshall]
Kentucky, eighteen miles from Paducah. Har-
riet Wilson, another sister, was sold to Joseph
Dear, and taken to Texas. My name was Aman-
da Jane Wilson. I left Kentucky in 1861 or
1862. My name now is Amanda Jane Bass.
Any information of the above named persons
will be thankfully received.
AMANDA JANE BASS,
Hamilton, C. W.
State
Canada
Mississippi
Virginia
Texas
Collection
Citation
“Amanda Jane (Wilson) Bass searching for family,” Information Wanted Ad, The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA), August 5, 1865, Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery, accessed January 18, 2021, http://informationwanted.org/items/show/69.
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