DEAR EDITOR—I wish to inquire for my mother, sisters, and brothers. We all belonged first to Isaac Curbington, but after the property was divided I fell to his son Benjamin, one sister, Henrietta, was sold
to Curbington's brother, York Lett. Sister Susan belonged to Ham Hayes. Sister Maria, John Gaturd and Benjamin Huse staid with Isaac…
INFORMATION WANTED OF MARY SELF who once lived in Virginia, 3 miles from Carterville. Property belonging to a blacksmith named Joseph Self, any information of her whereabouts will be thankfully received by her daughter who is now living in Sacramento City. Address JULIA, care of the Pacific Appeal Office, San Francisco. [undecipherable]
INFORMATION WANTED OF MARY PaTUN who once lived in Virginia, 3 miles from Carterville Property belonging to a blacksmith named Joseph Self, any information of her whereabouts will be thankfully received by her daughter who is now living in Sacramento City. Address JULIA, care of the Pacific Appeal Office, San Francisco. [undecipherable]
Information Wanted
SYRACUSE, N. Y., Apr. 12th. Mr. Editor: SIR--There is an aged lady in this city by the name of Diana Livingston, who is anxious to learn of the whereabouts of her only son, by the name of Henry Livingston. She heard that he was keeping a saloon in California, and she wanted to know the best method to pursue, and I advised her…
INFORMATION WANTED. Information wanted of DANAH McDONALD, who left San Francisco five years ago, to go East during bad weather. Any information of her whereabouts will be thankfully received by Mr. Wm. Alexander, 1407 Depost street, San Francisco, Cal.
Mrs. Sallie Crump, of Marshall, Texas, desires information of her children. Amelia Baker, Harriet and Eliza Hall, Thirza Matilda Rogers, owned and raised by John Baker, of Abingdon, Washington Co, Virginia. Sallie Crump was taken to Mississippi fifteen or twenty years before the surrender, by David Vance, and from there was brought to Texas, and…
DEAR EDITOR-I wish to inquire for my sister Elizabeth. We belonged to James Manning. My mother's name was Fannie Manning. She had three children, Elizabeth, Lilian and myself, Robert. Mother is dead, and Lilian died when she was a baby. We lived in Marengo county, Alabama, near Demopolis. Mr. Manning's daughter married W. W. Harter, and gave me…
DEAR EDITOR - I wish to inquire for my children whom I left in Madison county, Alabama. It has been 20 years since I came away from there with Felix Smith, when the estate was divided. My wife, Letty, and myself fell to Felix Smith. We brought our youngest child, July Florence, with us and left behind four boys and four girls. The boys' names…
DEAR EDITOR—I ask a space in your paper to inquire about my brother who left Choctaw agency, Jan., 9th, 1879. His aim was to go to Arkansas. He wrote to us on the 29th of January from Granada and said he would write [undecipherable] when he got to a town called [undecipherable] such a man is [undecipherable], dear reader, please address me at…
DEAR EDITOR--My father and mother, Lucy and Bamesel Napier, lived in Balmor, Miss. In 1869 I received a letter from them. Since I have heard they were dead, and my sister Emily was living in Corinth, Miss; her husband was killed during the war; brother Bill was dead and left three children, Minerva, Lucy and Joe; brother Andem was cooking on a…
DEAR EDITOR -- Being one of your subscribers, I desire to make the following inquiry through the ADVOCATE for my relatives: I desire to inquire for my mother, whose name was Yerico Tool; also three sisters by the names of Bettie, Ellen and Lucy Tool, whom I was taken from by one Houston, a negro trader, who lived at Hamburg, S. C. I was taken…
DEAR EDITOR—I wish to inquire for my mother and three brothers. Mother's name was Molly; she belonged to Solomon Crabtree. Sister's name was Lucy; she was sold when four days old. My name is Edith. I left Virginia with Nancy Smith—brother Peter and I both came to Warren county, Tenn., with her. I now go by the name of Edith Rodgers. I had two…
DEAR EDITOR—I wish to make inquiry for my father, mother, sister and brothers, whom I left in Washington, Md., before the emancipation. My father's name was Sam Graham, mother's Susan Graham, brothers' Jimmy and Moses Graham, and sister's Letbia Ann. She was sold after the death of Col. Platers to Perry Lyles. Her mother's name was Mintie Beans,…
DEAR EDITOR—I am seeking the whereabouts of my Uncle Jonah Hartly. Mr. Edwin A. Glover bought him from his first owner, Capt. Hartly, and brought him to Texas. Uncle being very sickly, and unable to work, he sent him back to Alabama, Marengo Co., about one year before emancipation. He left his wife here. Her name is Mary Ann. My mother, Jonah's…
DEAR EDITOR—I hope that you can be of assistance to me in looking up my relations whom I left in South Carolina in the year 1856. I came from York City, S. C. My master's name was Bob McCloy. He died and I was sold at public sale with my entire family, consisting of father, mother, brothers and sisters. Mrs. Wm. Robinson bought father and mother.…
A FAMILY REUNION.
HOW AN ESCAPED SLAVE BECAME WEALTHY AND DISCOVERED HIS RELATIVES.
A Chicago paper tells the story of the return to the South of an escaped slave, who had amassed wealth in the North, and recently started on a journey to discover his relatives, whom he found in Louisiana. The story is as follows: "A few years ago, a runaway…
ELLEN CRAFT AND HER MOTHER
NEW YORK, July 31, 1865. To the Editor of the Standard:
THE following autograph letter from Maj.-Gen. Wilson was elicited by an enquiry in behalf of Ellen Craft, now resident in England, for her mother, one of the redeemed from out of the house of bondage. The good will and courtesy of the General need no commendation…
MRS. WM. G. KING, formerly Miss Lilly Ann Carter, would be glad to hear from any of her friends who may have escaped from slavery. *Her address is Care Rev. W L. Judd, Port au Prince, Hayti.
Information Wanted. NEW WESTMINISTER, British Columbia, May 13th, 1865
INFORMATION WANTED OF JOHN FRANCES, of Boston, Mass., who came to California in 1854. Any information concerning the above-named person will be thankfully received. Please direct to GEO. P. RILEY, my20-1m New Westminister, B. C.
DEAR EDITOR—Please be kind enough to allow me a short space in your paper, that I may learn the whereabouts of my father, mother and daughter. My name is Harriet Elizabeth King. I was born in Retherford county, North Carolina. My mother's name was Nancy King, and we belonged to Noah King, of the county and State aforesaid. I was sold by King to…
DEAR EDITOR—I wish to inquire about my mother, whom I left in Walker county, Alabama. Her name was Eliza Malone. She was sold by Thomas Hill Malone to Dr Kyzar. There were three brothers of us, and four sisters living at that time, Joshua, John, Ambray, and Litt. My sister's names were Rosetta, Mary Ann, Lucrecia, and Fannie Malone. I left them…
DEAR EDITOR—I wish to enquire about my brother, Thomas Turner. He was born in Baltimore, Md., was brought to New Orleans by Wm. Lusby and sold to Judge Cage who gave him (Turner) to his son in law, Harry Hays. Our mother's name is Hannah Turner; father's name Orange Turner. We were three brothers, Albert, Chas. Henry and Louis Turner. We had two…
DEAR EDITOR—I desire information of my father, seven uncles and one aunt named Winnie. My father's name was James McMichael My uncles' names: Henry, Charles, Joshua, Frank, Bob, and Caleb. They all belonged to young George McMichael, in St. Helena parish, La. My mother, Bettie Hughes, belonged to Charles Hughes. They were taken away from St.…
DEAR EDITOR—I wish to inquire through you for brothers, sisters and relatives. My mother's name was Matilda Earhart and father's Dan Earhart. I had a sister, Vickey, and a brother, Jim, that I remember. I left my mother and sister in the State of Georgia with old man Earhart. My father, my brother and a woman by the name of Sara was brought to…
DEAR EDITOR: I wish to [undecipherable] through your paper for [undecipherable] Peter Whitfield, who left [undecipherable] 1882 and went to Jackson, [undecipherable] My name is Fannie Whitne [undecipherable] my husband is Joe Wh [undecipherable] Any information from him a [undecipherable] care Rev. S. D. Hudson, Abe [undecipherable] Miss.
