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Reverend B. M. Taylor searching for his sister Maria Walker (formerly Darkens Taylor)

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

March 25, 1880

DEAR EDITOR—I wish to find my sister through your paper, by which many thousands have been able to see each other again. Her old name was Darkens Taylor, but she afterward went by the name of Maria Walker. She had, including myself, four brothers—Sam, Peter and Jeff; and a sister—Amy. A sister and mother are dead. We all belonged to to Louis…

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Mrs. Evileana Epps searching for her husband's sister Bettie Epps

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

June 5, 1879

MR. EDITOR: I want to see if I can find my husband's sister. Her name is Bettie Epps. She was carried from Brazoria Co., Texas, to Austin, Travis Co., Texas, by a white man named Judge Robert Thomas. Her mother's name was Nancy Epps. She has two brothers, Freeland and Moses Epps. Freeland Epps is my husband. She has four sisters, Emma, Nellie,…

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Annie Washington Gaines seeking her brothers and sisters, including Henry Washington Gaines

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

July 12, 1888

MR. EDITOR— I am an orphan and haven either mother nor father. I wish to inquire through your valuable paper for my dear brothers and sisters. I do not know whether father is dead or not. My father's name is George Washington Gaines, and my mother's was Polly. She died in Austin, Texas, about thirteen or fourteen years ago. My mother, on her death…

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David Reed (formerly David Kimble) seeking his brother Stephen Browner

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

May 3, 1888

MR. EDITOR—My brother's name was Stephen Browner. We were raised at Austin, Texas, by Albert Kimble, who sold him to Dun Browner, of Austin, Texas. My father was named Charles and mother's Millie, sister's Fanny; brothers Jim and Greer. About 1856 Mr. Kimble sold the balance of the family and we moved from Austin Texas, leaving Stephen there. Any…

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Henry Cowthorn searching for his brother John Cowthorn

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

July 1, 1880

DEAR EDITOR—I wish to inquire for my brother John. I heard from him six or seven years ago, at which time he was near Austin, Texas. He was carried to Texas by Hubbard Carington. His name was John Cawthorn. Please address me at Enterprise, Miss. HENRY COWTHORN.

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Simon Moore searching for his mother Mittie Moore and sister Annie Nesby

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

April 29, 1880

DEAR EDITOR-- I wish to inquire for my mother, Mittie Moore, and my sister, Annie Nesby. I left my mother in Henry county, Tenn., before the war. She belonged to a speculator, Chas. Richards. I heard of her in Austin, Texas, about one year and a half ago. I left my sister in Marshall, Texas, about 1862. Any information of them will be thankfully…

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W. H. Cooper searching for his brother Isaiah Cooper

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

November 30, 1879

MR. EDITOR— I wish to inquire for my brother. His name is Isaiah Cooper. He used to belong to one Mark A. Cooper, who now lives in East county, Ga., which is now called Barto county. When last heard of, he was going to Nashville, Tenn. At the present we are all living. His father is living in Austin, and all of the children are in Texas but him.…

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Rev. Mack Henson finds his father

The Austin Weekly Statesman (Austin, TX)

March 26, 1891

A SAD DEATH.

After Many Years an Aged Father Meets His
Son and Soon After Dies.

A pathetic death occurred in thi
city day before yesterday that i
worthy of more than a passing notice.

Since the war Rev. Mack Henson, a
colored preacher of this city, who because
of his earnestness as a minister
and his courteous and gentlemanly…

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J. W. Robinson searching for family

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

April 15, 1886

MR. EDITOR-- We wish to
inquire for one Sarah Cooper through
the columns of the SOUTHWESTERN,
who was separated from us
by Negro traders between the years
1849 and 1852. We all belonged
to one Mark A. Cooper, who run a
large rolling mill and iron works on
the Etlawa river near the town of
Cartersville in Cass county, Ga.
At the time of…

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Rosa Luckett searching for her daughter Laura Luckett

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

May 24, 1877

I will be most thankful for information
concerning my daughter,
Laura Luckett. We belonged to
Nolen M. Luckett, who brought us
from Mississippi to Texas in 1839.
In 1843 she was sold to Gen'l. Mayfield
and was afterward sold to
Trobridge Ward, of Matagorda Co.,
since which time I have heard
nothing of her. When brought to…

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