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Susan Fearce looking for her parents Ben and Lucinda and her siblings
Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)
September 21, 1901
Do You Know Them.I desire to know the whereabouts of my relation. I was born in Virginia. My father was named Ben and my moth-er's [mother's] name was Lucinda, (I suppose) Smith. I was sold to the traders. Dick Donald, my master then. He was not my mother and father's owner, but was related to them in some way. I was given to him as part or the…
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Rev. J. I. Turner searching for his mother Maria and his siblings
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
February 22, 1883
MR. EDITOR—I desire information of the following named relatives: My mother's named Maria, belonged to Perry Starks in Louisville, Ky.; my brother's named Zazhariah Taylor; my sister named Dollie Ann—all belonged to Perry Starks. My sister Mary we left in Virginia. I think she belonged to a Mr. Carter at the time. We parted at Charlottesville. We…
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Caroline Hogan (formerly Caroline Brown) seeking her father Isaac Jamison, mother Peggy Brown, and siblings
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
December 8, 1881
DEAR EDITOR—I was raised in Albermarle county, Virginia, and I belonged to Clifton Brown, a Methodist preacher. He had three sons Taze, Thomas and William. William was the youngest. He had two daughters, Virginia and Susan Brown. Virginia married George Terril. My old boss gave me to his daughter Virginia when she married, and her husband sold me…
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Caroline Hogan (formerly Caroline Brown) looking for her father Isaac Jimerson, her mother Peggy Brown, and her siblings
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
July 14, 1881
DEAR EDITOR: I wish to inquire for my people. I was raised in Albermarle county, Virginia. I belonged to Clifton Brown, a Methodist preacher. After one of the daughters married a Mr. Teril my old boss gave me to them. So Teril, by way of debt, sold me to a speculator in Charlottesville, Va. I was sold again and brought to Mississippi, where I…
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Anderson Banks found his brother Madison Banks
The Cleveland Gazette (Cleveland, OH)
November 30, 1889
AFTER THIRTY-TWO YEARS.
JACKSONVILLE, Ill. Anderson Banks
has returned from Lincoln, Neb., where
he was just finished an eight weeks’
visit with his newly found brother In
1857, four years before the opening of
the civil war, the father and mother of
Mr. Banks, with their twelve children,
were the property of Mr. Charles Yancy,
a…
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Mrs. Louisa Fry reunited with her mother, "Aunty" Strong, for first time since the Civil War
Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA)
March 22, 1908
FOUND HER AGED MOTHER
Reunion After Separation During
Slavery Days
Special to The Inquirer.
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., March 21.—
Mrs. Louisa Fry, an aged colored woman
of Pleasantville, has just found her moth-
er [mother], whom she has not seen since the slaves
on a plantation near Charlottesburg, Va.,
were liberated at the close of the…
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Rev. J. J. Turner searching for his mother Maria and siblings
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
February 8, 1883
Mr. Editor:- I desire information of the following named relatives: My mother's named Maria, belonged to Perry Starks in Louisville, Ky.; my brother's named Zachariah Taylor; my sister named Dollie Ann - all belonged to Perry Starks. My sister Mary we left her in Virginia. I think she belonged to a Mr. Carter at the time. We parted in…
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George Lewis Browne looking for his siblings Frank and Susan Brown
The Washington Bee (Washington, DC)
March 26, 1887
Information wanted of Frank
and Susan Brown the son and
daughter of William and Betty
Brown of Albemarle and
Charlottesville, Va. Were sold during
the war from Charlottesville, Va.,
while very young. Any information
of either will be gratefully
received by their brother, George
Lewis Browne, No. 7 Arthur St.,
Pittsburg, Pa.
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Joseph Woodson seeking information about his father Tucker Woodson and mother Elsie
Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)
February 12, 1898
Do You Know Them?
I wish to know the whereabouts of
my father, Tucker Woodson, who was
sold just before the war.
Their master's name was Louis Peter
of Albemarie County, Va. about
16 miles from Charlottesville, Va., on
the sand road.
My mother's name is Elsie. She
belonged to Tucker Coles of the same
place My father lived two…
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Mrs. Polly Elliott (also known as Polly Lann) seeking information about her father James Williams, mother Mary Williams, and sisters Jane and Susan
The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)
April 16, 1896
Information Wanted of my father,
James Williams; of my mother,
Mary Williams, and my sisters,
Jane and Susan. We went by the
name of Lann, after our owners. I
left them when about 12 years old;
they were then in Charlottsville,
Va., and was brought to Texas in
1863 by Mr. Lann, who settled in
"Red Top," Grimes county. Any…
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Unnamed person seeking information about Robert Anthony, John, and Margaret Green
The Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)
May 21. 1892
Information Wanted
of Robert Anthony, John and Margaret
Green, children of Mr. Jacob and
Mrs. Mary Ann Green, sold by B. C
Flannagan, at Charlottesville, Va., in
1861.
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Thomas Lewis searching for his parents Horace and Sarah Jones and several siblings and half-siblings
The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)
November 9, 1867
INFORMATION WANTED.
Information wanted of my father, mother,
brothers and sisters. My father's name is
Horace and my mother's Sarah Jones, for-
merly of Charlottesville, Va., and belonged to
Charles Huxstep, about 16 years ago. My
brothers were named David and Samuel,
and my two sisters, Lucy and Harriet Jones.
Also my half brothers,…
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