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Charley Howard searching for his sister Leah Howard
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
June 1, 1882
MR. EDITOR -- I wish to inquire for my sister, Leah Howard. My mother and father was named Suck and Green Howard. She had two brothers, oldest named Jim, younger Charley. Sisters -- oldest Arro younger Jane. Sister Leah was taken to Texas by a man named Abanatha. She belonged to Miss Mary Ann Abanatha, Address me, Charley Howard, Muldon, Miss.
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Charlotte Roberts (formerly Charlotte McGown) seeking her brother Daniel
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
October 27, 1881
DEAR EDITOR— I wish to inquire for a brother that was taken from me shortly after the war. He was taken from Smith county, Miss., and carried to Texas. We all belonged to Richard McGown. Our mother was dead, died before the war, our father was called Daniel Duke, and my brother was called Sandy, but his name was Daniel. He was carried to Texas by…
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Darthulia Minor searching for her daughter Edna Jerrett
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
July 8, 1879
DEAR EDITOR—I have a lost daughter named Edna Jerrett. She went away with Dr. J. Robinson the last year of the war. When last heard from she was in Browns- ville [Brownsville], Jackson county, Ala. Her father's name is Jerry Chalmers. When she went off I belonged to the same family of Jerretts. I went off with Dr. Jerome Summerfield Jerrett. He…
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David Cook searching for his brother
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
September 27, 1883
DEAR EDITOR-- I wish to inquire
for my brother. He belonged to
Ed. Cook, in Boydsville, Tennessee,
and was taken by him to Texas,
and sold. His name was Roland.
I belonged to Dr. McConnell,
who married Cook's sister Louisa.
Our father was George, and belonged
to Elijah Bennett. Mother
was Sarah, and belonged to Widow
Cook, near…
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David Fleming searching for his father Weldon Flemings
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
June 3, 1880
DEAR EDITOR— I wish to inquire for my father, who went from Sumpter county, Alabama, to Texas. His name is Weldon Flemings. He belonged to one Robert Flemings. He left two sons, David and Richard Moore. Mother's name was Isabella Moore. She belonged to one Robert Moore. Any information of my father will be thankfully received. Address me at Moss…
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Diana Lange searching for her siblings Betsey, Juno, William, Thomas, and John Lange
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
December 11, 1879
DEAR EDITOR--I desire to in-quire [inquire] for my two sisters and three brothers. My sisters' names were Betsy and Juno Lange. My broth-ers [brothers] were William, Thomas and John Lange. The last time I saw them they were in South Carolina, in 1856, when I was taken to Louis-iana [Louisiana] by Edward Boykin. The lasttime I heard from them they…
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Disley Cannon seeking her sister Phillis Pickett
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
May 6, 1880
DEAR EDITOR - I wish to inquire
for my sister, Phillis Pickett. She
belonged to Joe Pickett and he sold
her to a man named Keaves, and it
was said he was going to Texas,
but I do not know what part of
Texas. Mother had 12 children,
her name was Dinah Pickett. At
the time Phillis left us we were
living in Clarke county,…
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Edmond Thomas searching for his mother Aceneth and siblings
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
September 13, 1883
DEAR EDITOR- I wish to inquire for my relatives. Mother was Aceneth. One brother was Sam. Two sisters, the oldest Nancy, and Mary. We belonged to a Mr. Southerling, in Arkansas, who lived near Memphis, Tenn. He sold us to John Range, who brought us to Texas. Mother got two of her middle fingers cut off with a shuck cutter while cutting shucks to…
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Elder T. Cooper searching for his brother
Brenham Weekly Banner (Brenham, TX)
February 9, 1882
----Information of the where-
abouts of Job Jameson, colored,
who came to Texas soon after
the war, is wanted by his broth-
er, Elder T. Cooper, Brenham,
Texas.
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Eliza Handy (formerly Eliza Dancey) searching for her children Mollida Barnett, Mary Slaughter, and Ellen
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
July 22, 1880
DEAR EDITOR- I wish to inquire for my three children. Mollida Barnett, the first one, left me about 40 years ago, was bought by speculators in Charlotte, N.C., and carried to Columbus, Ala. Mary Slaughter was carried from Canton to New Orleans. She belonged to Lewis Slaughter, who sold her in New Orleans, where he kept a tavern. Daughter Ellen…
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Eliza Montgomery searching for her brother Dick Bush
Baptist Times (Garnett, KS)
March 1892 [published in a monthly newspaper]
Lost.
I wish to find my brother, Dick
Bush. who was born in Tennessee,
and wae the slave of Edward Bush, a
negro trader, who was our father.
My mother, Fannie Bush, was sold to
Thompson, a negro trader, who sold
her and left us two very small children
alone. I was then sold, in or near
Nashville, Tenn. to a Mr. Holiway
who…
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Elmira Brack searching for family members including mother Silvy and uncle Tom
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
May 4, 1882
MR. EDITOR--I desire to inquire for my people. They left me in Tennessee in 1861. Their names are Silvy, Tom, Ellen, Caroline, Queen and Henderson Buchanan. Silvey is my mother, Tom my uncle, Ellen and Queen my sisters, Henderson my brother and Caroline my aunt. They were sold to Billy Armstrong, and carried to Arkansas, leaving me in Bedford…
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Elmyra Knight searching for her parents, Jack Keith and Charity, and her siblings
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
September 20, 1888
DEAR EDITOR:—I wish to enquire for my people. I left my father in Newton county, forty years ago. Father's name was Jack Keith. Mother's name was Charity. She was bought from the widow Harris, by Bird Saffold together with her two children Elmyra and Tanzadia. Mother and I were brought to Harrison county by Robt. Saffold. Sister was carried to…
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Elvira Claton searching for her parents Peter and Jane Saphran and several siblings
The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)
June 15, 1893
INFORMATION WANTED.--
Of my people. My father's name,
Peter Saphran; my mother's name,
Jane Saphran; my sisters' names,
Maria, Harriet and Sallie Saphran;
brothers' names, Albert and Paris
Saphran. They were all sold at
Memphis, Tenn., and I was taken
to St Louis and sold to a trader
who lived in Texas I also had
a baby whose name was…
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Emeline Shelby searching for her sister Frances Yokum
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
September 29, 1882
MR. EDITOR: I desire to inquire for my sister, Frances Yokum, who belonged to Tom Yokum. Have not heard of my mother since the surrender, but heard from sister Frances once, and she was then in Texas. Address me at Columbus, Sabine parish, La., EMELINE SHELBY.
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Fannie Wells seeking her mother Fannie Haman and sister Katie Haman
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
April 12, 1888
MR. EDITOR-- I desire to inquire for my relatives. My mother's name was Fannie Haman; sister Katie Haman; we moved from Mississippi to Louisiana. I was brought back from Mississippi by my owner Henry Barlow, and left her in Claiborne parish, La., near the Arkansas line. She was taken from Louisiana to Texas, by Dock Haman, and there sold, but I do…
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Frank Dusin searching for his mother Millie Bradley
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
September 13, 1883
DEAR EDITOR-I desire to inquire for a lady, Millie Bradley, who was sent to Texas in 1863 or 1864, and who formerly belonged to Dr. Bradley. After his death the property was divided and she and her daughter Mollie was sold to Texas. They once belonged to Judge Purvis, who was burned to death at Monroe, La. I am the son who went to Bastrop with…
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Frank Hamilton searching for his brother Henry Hamilton
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
February 14, 1884
DEAR EDITOR--I wish to inquire
for my brother, Henry Hamilton,
who belonged to Charley Hamilton,
and went to New Orleans with him
horse racing, and then came back
to Texas about 12 years ago. He
went back to New Orleans, and I
have never heard from him since.
His mother is living in Waco,
Texas. Address me at Mooresville,
Falls county,…
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Frink Johnson searching for his brother Albert Cooper
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
August 12, 1880
DEAR EDITOR-- I wish to inquire for my brother, Albert Cooper, who left here two years before the war and went to Texas with a Mr. Cooper. We belonged to Wann Johnson. We had one sister, Eliza Johnson. Mother's name was Mary Cooper. Address me at Hickory Station, Newton Co., Miss. FRINK JOHNSON.
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G. B. Wilson looking for Lyons May
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
July 14, 1881
DEAR EDITOR-- I wish to know the whereabouts of a pastor named Lyons May. Five or seven years ago he was preaching on a circuit in Texas. I left there and have not heard from him since. I wish to know whether he is alive or not, and if he is still in the ministry. G. B. WILSON. Monroe, Louisiana.
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George Galveston searching for his wife's family
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
June 22, 1882
MR. EDITOR: I wish to inquire for my wife's kin people who went to Mississippi in 1873, named Martha, Judy, Gerald, Sealy, Nancy, Jane and her three children, Lee, Bill, and John. They all went from Texas. She has two brothers and four sisters in Mississippi, named John and Lee Robinson, Emma Mary and Margaret. Wife's name is Sabbra. She was…
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George Villars seeking information about his sister Mary Carethers
The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
August 19, 1886
Mr. Editor - My sister, Mary Carethers, I have not seen since the war. She formerly belonged to Samuel Carethers, at his death she became the property of their children, Mary and Smith Carethers. In the time of the war they all went to Texas, where they stopped with their uncle, Lev-Cooper; I do not know the town or county. My father's name is…
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George W. Lenox (formerly George Smith) looking for his mother Christenia, sisters, and brothers
The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
September 29, 1881
Dear Editor -- I wish to inquire for my kinfolks, mother, sister and brother. The last time I saw them was 1861. They belonged to Mrs. Harris the widow of Mr. John Harris in Lebanon, Mo. Mothers name is Christenia. She was married but I did not know her husband's name, as oldest brother Frank and I belonged to Mr. John T. Smith. I heard that Frank…
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George W. Thomas searching for his brother Allen Thomas
The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
July 1, 1886
MR. EDITOR - I wish to inquire for my brother, Allen Thomas. He joined the standing in 1865 or 1866, at Lexington, Ky. We belonged to Wash Thomas, at Mt. Sterling, Ky; his daughter, Oret, married James Headley and moved to Lexington, Ky. My mother's name is Margaret Thomas; sister, Eliza; brothers, John and Willie. The last we heard of him he was…
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Grace Nashville seeking her brother Bill's children and her cousin William
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
November 3, 1887
DEAR EDITOR — I wish to inquire for my brother's children, who belonged to Mrs. Sally Walther in Holly Springs, Miss., about 18 years ago. My brother was named Bill. He got killed by the cars when I was small. His wife's name was Patsey. I also left a cousin William, whose mother died when I was young. His mother was named Grace. We were brought…
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