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Rebecca Lord searching for her siblings Madison, James Alvest, Eliza Elizabeth, and Ellen Mahoney Lord

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

July 24, 1879

DEAR EDITOR—I wish to inquire about some of my lost relatives. I have two brothers and two sisters. My brothers are named Madison Lord and James Alvest Lord. When last heard from they were living in Bayou Sara, La. My oldest sister. Eliza Elizabeth Lord, when last heard from was somewhere in Alabama. My other sister, Ellen Mahoney Lord, when last…

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Annie Bolding seeking her family

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

July 21, 1881

MR. EDITOR: I desire to find my father, mother, brothers, and sisters. My father was named Jacob Ranayls. He belonged to George Ranayls. My mother name was Harriet. She belonged to the same family. My oldest brother's name was Fred, and the youngest George. My oldest sister's name was Sarah; the next Candice, and the youngest Charity. I left them…

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Allen Curley (formerly Henry Herne) seeking his mother Kate Herne

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

January 19. 1888

MR. EDITOR—Allen Curley, used to be Henry Herne; mother Kate Herne, sold to Goodman, speculator. Used to live with his mother at Holly Springs, Miss. Have not seen or heard of her since the war. Address Paris, Henry county, Tenn, Elk Horn P.O.

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Grace Nashville seeking her brother Bill's children and her cousin William

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

November 3, 1887

DEAR EDITOR — I wish to inquire for my brother's children, who belonged to Mrs. Sally Walther in Holly Springs, Miss., about 18 years ago. My brother was named Bill. He got killed by the cars when I was small. His wife's name was Patsey. I also left a cousin William, whose mother died when I was young. His mother was named Grace. We were brought…

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Robert F. Sturdivant (formerly Robert Freer) searching for his aunt Henrietta Eaton

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

April 8, 1880

MR. EDITOR-- I wish to inquire for my aunt. Her name was Henrietta Eaton when she came from Granville county, North Carolina, and her husband was David Eaton. He belonged to John Eaton in North Carolina, and her baby at that time was a boy named Granderson, but other children were born afterward, and she has not seen me since she left North…

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Mrs. Patsey Smith (formerly Crockett) searching for her children Frank, Henry, Jane, and Ben

The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN)

January 21, 1893

Mrs. Patsey Smith would like to find the
whereabouts of her four children, Frank,
Henry, Jane and Ben. All belonged to a
man by the name of Brown. They were
taken away from him by a man named
Crockett and brought to South Carrollton,
Ky., on Green River. Ben was left in Holly
Springs, Miss; he has not been heard from.
Frank,…

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Ann Waddell (formerly Ann Bell) seeking her mother Lydia Bell and sisters Rosetta and Helen Bell

The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN)

June 11, 1892

I would like to inquire for my relatives
separated from me in slave times. My mother and
her three daughters were taken from Warrenton
county, Georgia, and carried to Grenada,
Miss., in 1860. My mother's name was Lydia
Bell, and my sisters' names were Rosetta Bell
and Helen Bell, and my name was Ann Bell.
We belonged to widow…

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Rev. Henry J. Glenn inquiring for Joe and Green Glenn

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

January 10, 1884

DEAR SIR: I desire to make an inquiry for two brothers of mine that were separated from me when children, we belonged before the war to Widow Fox, she sold me to Mr. William Glenn, and my brother Joe and Green she sent off by her brother, Mr. Joe Moore and her nephew, Mr. Joseph Halion, and sold them to whom I cannot tell. Our mother was named…

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Robert Reed wishes to inquire for his relatives

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

March 6, 1884

MR. EDITOR––Please allow me
to inquire for my relatives. My
mother's name was Tina; she be-
longed [belonged] to a man named Thompson D.
White, who lived near Brownsville,
Tenn. She had six children, viz:
Phoebe, Judy, Mary Eliza, William,
Elijah and myself, Bob––three girls
and three boys. Sister Phoebe, the
eldest, was sold in…

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Riley Smith searching for their mother brother and three sisters

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

July 31, 1884

MR. EDITOR--I wish to inquire
for my people that I left in Mar-
shall county, Miss.--my mother,
brother and three sisters. I have
not seen or heard from them since
the war. My mother was Lucinda,
father Willis, but he died when I
was a small boy. My brother's
name was John, my sisters Dorcas,
Mary Ann and Hannah, who was
the…

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Jane Skalley searching for her mother, brother, sister, and step-father

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

April 3, 1884

MR. EDITOR—I desire to know the whereabouts of my people—a mother, brother, sister and stepfather. I left them during the war, perhaps in 1862 or '63, near Wyatt, Miss. Mother was Mary Childers; father, Geo. Harmon; brother, Henry Childers; and sister Rosanna Childers. I was sold about the beginning of the war from Childers to Samuel Martin, who…

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A. Hamm searching for H.C. Hamm

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

October 15, 1885

MR. EDITOR: I wish to inquire
for H. C. Hamm. He was in the
State of Ohio in 1883-84. Ad-
dress A. Hamm, Holly Springs,
Miss.

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Juda Ann Williams (formerly Juda Ann Grear) looking for her father Edmond Alexander

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

February 25, 1886

MR. EDITOR ---- I wish to inquire through your paper for my father. I was about 12 years of age when I last saw him; I was coming through Memphis from Holly Springs, Miss., and have not seen him since. His name was Edmond Alexander; his first wife was named Ann; she was my mother; my name is Juda Ann, and at that time was Juda Ann Grear. Since…

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Dennis D. Branch seeking information about his brother John

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

December 29, 1881

DEAR EDITOR ----- I desire to
inquire for my brother John who
once belonged to a man by the
name of Doctor Coleman in Raliegh
Shelby county, Tennessee.
The said Coleman owned our mother
and our mother's four children.
The said man John was the
oldest, Jane, our sister, the next
oldest, brother Henry next oldest,
Dennis…

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Jacob Pierson (formerly Jacob Cockrum) seeking information about his family Elijah, Squire, Maria, Milly, and Morton

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

May 24, 1877

I desire information concerning
my relatives. In 1856 they were
living in north Mississippi, between
Cockrum's Cross Roads and Holly
Springs, with John and Jabe Anderson.
Some of their names were Elijah,
Squire, Maria, Milly and Morton.
Before I was free I was called Jacob
Cockrum. Address me, care of Mr.
D. C. Pennell,…

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Molly Moody seeking information about her brothers Jerry and Reuben Burks

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

July 23, 1896

INFORMATION WANTED.--
Of my two brothers, Jerry and Reuben
Burks. When last heard from
they were at Springfield, Mo. I
was quite a small girl when taken
away from them by my young mistress,
who married a man by the
name of Aien Heggest, of Holly
Springs, Miss. My parents' names
were Louvenia and Sie Burks. All
of us belonged to Henry…

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Nellie Harbold looking for her children Lydia, Miley A., and Samuel Tirley

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

June 26, 1873

INFORMATION WANTED of my daughter
Lydia Tirley who was taken from Lex-
ington, Ky., and nineteen years ago and
placed in the yard of Forrest the Trader,
who sold her to a man be the name of
Dick Fily, somewhere in Tennessee. Also,
my daughter Miley A. Tirley, sold from
the same yard, known as Forrest's Traders
Yard, in Memphis, Tenn.,…

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Martha Haden looking for her mother Eadeia Cox and brother Bose Cummins

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

February 2, 1867

INFORMATION WANTED.
Information wanted of my mother and
brother. When I last saw my mother, her
name was Eadeia Cox. My brother's name
was Bose Cummins. When I last heard
from them they were near Holly Springs,
Mississippi. Any person knowing their
whereabouts will please address
MRS. MARTHA HADEN
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