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Sandy and Susan Anderson searching for relatives

Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

July 14, 1894

Do You Know Them.I would like to find my relative. I was born near Louisa Court House, Virginia and was sold in Richmond, Va., to a ne-gro [negro] trader by the name of Smith. Ithas been thirty-six years ago I think. I belonged to the Burruss family in Virginia. My old mistress was Mrs. Lucy Bur-russ [Burruss], who had a son by the name of Dr.…

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Jennie Crawford (formerly Jane Jones) seeking her relatives, including her parents Joe and Phoebe Jones

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

June 21, 1888

MR. EDITOR--I desire to inquire for my relatives. I was born in Virginia, Hanover county, and belonged to Mary Randall Thornton. Her brother, Luschea Price, raised me. When I was thirteen years old I was sold by Ben Pollard to Mr. Lampkin in Richmond, Va. Lampkin was a Negro trader and he sold me to Mr. Hill, who brought me to Charleston, S.C.…

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Mary Ann Brown searching for her husband Israel Brown

Richmond Times-Dispatch (Richmond, VA)

June 19, 1910

INFORMATION WANTED—IF ISRAEL
Brown, who was a slave belonging
to William Fulcher, of Hanover
county, Va., and was sold in Rich-
mond [Richmond] during slavery, is still living,
please write to his wife, MARY ANN
BROWN, care of Mr. Roy McChes-
ney [McChesney], Montpelier, Hanover county, Va.
June 17, 1910.

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C. Foster searching for his relatives and his wife's relatives

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

October 26, 1882

MR. EDITOR: I wish to inquire
for my mother and father. I left
them when I was a boy about ten
or twelve years old. Mother was
Nancy, father Joe Foster, sister
Franky Foster. She was sent back
home and I was sold. I had a
brother who was sold before I was
named Ingeire Foster, and cousins
Frank and George Foster. I was
born in…

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Spencer Coleman searching for his mother Mary and brother Ed

Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

May 7, 1898

DO YOU KNOW THEM?
HEMSTEAD, TEXAS, April 27, '98
I desire to know the whereabouts of
my relatives. I was born 18 miles
from Richmond in Hanover County.
I belonged to Mr. Gilliam who lived in
Hanover Co. My mother's name was
Mary.
Our owners died and we were sold
and all brought to Texas, except brother
Ed. and myself. I was…

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George Jones searching for his family Edmonia, Albert, and Sarah Jones

Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

June 19, 1897

Do You Know Them?

I desire to know the whereabouts of
my relatives.
They at one time resided at Hanover
County, Virginia, and were born and
reared on White Plain Farm and were
owned by Mary W Elliott
Their names are Edmonia, Albert
and Sarah Jones, also Judah Carter
Any information will be gladly
received by George Jones, Rear 27,…

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Mathie King searching for their father Jessie Simms, mother Nancy Shelton, and several siblings

Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

June 3, 1893

I want to now the whereabouts of
my mother and father. My father's
name was Jessie Simms, my mother's
name was Nancy Shelton. She belonged
to a man named Walter Shelton and
lived in Hanover county, Va. She was
carried from Louisa county, Va. and
lived close to Richmond with Edward
Shelton. Soon after that she was sold
in…

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B. J. Dandridge searching for Miss Adeline Young (formerly Adeline Moore)

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

January 23, 1896

INFORMATION WANTED.--
Of Miss Adeline Young, who left
the Joe's Walk plantation in Mississippi,
and went to Georgia in
1863. She left Georgia in May
1895, and went to Virginia. She
married in Georgia, a man by the
name of Bob Young, whose home
is in Hanover County, Virginia.
She has three other sisters. The
oldest is Elizabeth, the next…

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Andrew Miner searching for his mother Lavinia Miner and several siblings

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

August 25, 1866

INFORMATION WANTED
Of my mother, Lavinia Miner. I last saw her
in 1861, in Hanover Co., Va. I would also like
to hear from my brothers (Thomas Washington
and Wm. Alfred Miner) and sisters (Millrit and
Margaret Ellen Miner.) I last saw them in
Richmond. Any information concerning their
whereabouts will be most thankfully received by
an…

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