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Jones Blackwell searching for his father Thomas Blakewell and uncles

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

September 20, 1888

MR. EDITOR:—I wish to inquire for my people. Father's name was Thomas Blakewell. My uncle's name was Stephen Blackwell. Joe Blackwell and Peter Blackwell left Nashville to go to Illinois. They all left me in Nashville, Tenn., about 1861. Any information will be thankfully received. Address Jones Blackwell, Roseneath, Miss., Yazoo Co.

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Moses Blackwell seeking his uncles Stephen and James Blackwell

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

August 30, 1888

DEAR EDITOR—I wish to inquire for my people. They left me on Stone River. Their names were Stephen Blackwell, and Jas. Blackwell. Their father's name was Henry Blackwell. They lived about fifteen or twenty miles from Nashville, Tenn. They finally moved to Illinois. My father was Thomas Blackwell. Stephen and James Blackwell were his brothers. My…

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J. C. Roberston, attorney, searching for heirs of Henry Washington

Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

October 5, 1907

$8,000 Will be Paid to Colored Heirs.

$8,000 awaits relatives who can
prove they are the next kin and
heirs-at-law of Henry Washington,
colored, a body guard in 1860-5 of
Ex-Governor Richard Yates of Illi-
nois.
For information, address J. C.
ROBERTSON, Attorney-at-Law, True
Reformers Building, 604-608 N. 2nd
Street, Richmond,…

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Minerva Stokes searching for her mother Emily Berry

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

October 1, 1885

MR. EDITOR-Please make inquiry for my mother. Her name was Emily Berry, and belonged to Richard Berry, of Nashville, Tenn. She was sold in Memphis, Tenn, carried there by John Overton, who now lives six miles from Nashville, out on the Franklin road. Some years ago a letter came to Nashville, inquiring for us. The letter was from Illinois, and…

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George A. Lee searching for his grandparents Caroline and Robert Burley and several aunts and uncles

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

November 9, 1882

INFORMATION WANTED OF MY MOTH-
er's relatives, father, mother three sis
ters and three brothers Father's name
Robert Burley mother's name Caroline
brothers' were Jiles, Wilson and Charles
sisters' were Betsy, Annie and Nellie. the
youngest. Father was left in Halifax, Vir
ginia, and also oldest brother and youngest
sister belonging to Joe…

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Thomas H. Brown searching for his mother Amanda and brother Walter

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

April 19, 1877

INFORMATION WANTED
Of my people whom I left in the year of 1864.
My mother and oldest brother moved to
St. Louis, Mo., and left me in Helena, Arkan-
sas with my aunt Carolina, whom I left in
1864, and followed the 13th Illinois Infantry
until they were mustered out and came to
Illinois with them. My mother's first name
is Amanda, and my…

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Fannie Highland searching for sons William and Charles Highland and daughter Eleonore Highland

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

January 15, 1874

Information wanted of my three chil-
dren, William Edward Highland, Eleonore
Highland, and Charles Lafayette High-
land.
These children and myself were the
slaves of John Wylie Farrell, formerly of
Head of Chester, or Millington, Kent Co.,
Md., where he carried on a wholesale dry
goods business.
Mr. Farrell freed all the adult…

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Jane Lucas Evans seeking information about her brother Samuel Lucas Evans

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

July 7, 1866

INFORMATION WANTED
Of Samuel Lucas Evans, who left Trenton, New
Jersey, in or about the year 1835, in company
with the family of Mr. Sunderland, for Illinois,
aged about thirty years, blacksmith by trade.
Any information concerning the above will be
thankfully received by an anxious and loving
sister. Address No. 58 Thompson Street,…

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