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Mary Paine looking for Nelly Paine
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
August 11, 1881
MR. EDITOR: I wish to inquire for my daughter. Her name was Nelly Paine. She was sold by John Paine, and married to Jonas Clark. The last I heard, she was at Brenham, Texas. Her oldest child was Tommy. My name is MARY PAINE. Taylorville, Texas.
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Lucy Hunt searching for her relatives, including John Hunt Sr. and John Hunt Jr.
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
July 22, 1880
DEAR EDITOR—I wish to inquire for my relatives, Martha Hunt, John Hunt, Sr.; John Hunt, Jr., and Sarah Hunt. We all lived in Lexington, Ky. I was brought to Texas during the war by Robert Metcalf, and lived in Brenham, Texas. Any information of them will be gladly received by addressing me at Richmond, Texas, in care of Rev. A. C. Culbreath. LUCY…
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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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Mrs. Sislie Hackett searching for her daughter Nancy Templeton
The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
June 26, 1884
MR. EDITOR―I desire to seek my daughter who was separated from me in slave times. Her name was Nancy Temelton. John Tempelton sold her to a Negro trader. Her name was Randale Cannon. her mother, when she was sold, was Sislie Alexander. My husband, when Nancy was sold, was Thornton Alexander, now Thornton Hackett. I had five children: Nancy, the…
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Mrs. Ann Lee searching for her two brothers Horace and Robin Haril and sister Rosetta Haril
The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
May 1, 1884
MR. EDITOR-- I wish to find the whereabouts of my kin people, two brothers and one sister. Brothers are named Horace and Robin Haril, and sister was Rosetta Haril. Brother Horace married Sarah Ann Garrett. Robin's wife was named Virta Cartwright; sister's husband was named Alex Haril. I left them all in 1867, 2 1/2 miles from San Augustine,…
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Anthony Flewellen searching for his daughter Mary Elizabeth Catherine
The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
May 21, 1885
MR. EDITOR––I wish to inquire
for my daughter; her name is Mary
Elizabeth Catherine. I left her in
Upson county, Georgia, 7 miles
east of Thomaston, and two miles
from the Upson camp grounds,
Her mother’s name was Ellen Hol-
away [Holaway]; she had a baby, when I left,
about three weeks old, but Mary
Elizabeth Catharine was one…
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Nathan Thomas searching for his family
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
October 18, 1883
MR. EDITOR -- I wish to inquire
for my people. Mother was Violet
Stallion; she belonged to old man
Stallion, near Raleigh, North Carolina.
I belonged to his son John.
The last I heard of mother she was
living with Wm. Stallion. John
Stallion owned four of us, myself,
brother Jack, uncle Isam and aunt
Wise. I was sold to John…
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