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Joshua Ball searching for his parents Joseph and Kitty Ball

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

March 20, 1884

MR. EDITOR— I wish to inquire for my father and mother and sister and brother. My father’s name was Joseph Ball and mother Kitty Ball, and had a son named Joshua and one named Canales; my sister was named Silvia Bryan; our owner before the war was Mr. A. Williams, who lived on Bellair plantation, 4 miles above Baton Rouge, La., and went to Texas…

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Maggie Patterson seeking her brothers

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

April 19, 1888

MR. EDITOR—I want to find my two brothers, Bill Scott and Martin Scott; also a fellow servant named Hettie Scott. Last we heard of her she had moved from Franklin, La., to New Orleans. My mother Henrietta, brother Ed and myself were separated from them about 1861. We separated at Franklin, La. At that time we all lived with Mrs. Scott and son,…

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