Mary Porter (formerly Mary Keys) is searching for her brothers Thomas, Isaac, Samuel, and Terry Keys

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

December 8, 1881

Mr Editor--I wish to inquire for my brothers, Thomas, Isaac Samuel and Terry Keys. My name is Mary Keys. My owner was the widow Nancy Keys, who lived between Brookhaven and Monticello, Miss. My brother, Thomas Keys was carried away by Eliza Prestige to Pike county, Miss. Brother Larry was carried to Texas by Steven Keys. Samuel was carried to…

Phoebe Bryson searching for Sarah Jane Bryson

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

November 28, 1889

Mr. Editor: Please inquire for my daughter; her name was Sarah Jane Bryson. She has one brother named Henry Bryson, and one sister named Anna Bryson. I had several children, but they are all dead except the three mentioned above. She left us in Macon, Miss., some six years ago, and went to Louisiana, somewhere near New Orleans. Her father's name…

Frank Buchanan seeking his mother and father

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

March 15, 1888

MR EDITOR—I desire to inquire for my people. I was born in Madison county, Ala., five miles east of Maysville. My father's and mother's name were Ben and Kittie Buchanan respectively. Both belonged to Richard Buchanan and moved before the war to Boone county, Texas. Harriet and Matilda were left in Louisiana. Margaret Buchanan was left in…

Mrs. Ann Carter seeking her father and siblings

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

February 23, 1888

MR. EDITOR—I wish to inquire for my people. My father's name was Billy Williams, and my mother Eliza Williams. They had eight children, viz: Billy, Gus, Arch, Calvin, Mary Jane, Lucy, myself and Georgiana. Mother died in Tennessee, ten miles north of Memphis. We were brought to Louisiana by Mr. Hearnton. After we got there father left the white…

Bettie G. Jackson searching for her father Thomas Jackson and siblings Frank, George, and Ann Maria

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

January 20, 1887

MR. EDITOR--I wish to inquire for my father, brothers and sisters. My father's name was Thomas Jackson Mr Aaron Thornly owned him. He was sold before I was born. Mamma says Mr. Thornly carried father from Wytheville to Richmond, Va, and sold him. The young Mr. Thornly told mamma father was sent to Louisiana, and then Mr. Thornly carried mamma and…

Mrs. Charlotte Powell looking for her father Sam Mosely, mother Elizabeth, three brothers Harvey, Amos, and Isaac, and two sisters Rebecca and Lucretia

San Francisco Elevator (San Francisco, CA)

June 3, 1870

INFORMATION WANTED.
Mrs. Charlotte Powell of Sacramento
wishes information of her relatives
consisting of her father, mother, three
brothers and two sisters. Her father's
name was Sam Mosely; he was owned
by a man named Joe Powell, who
lived in Kentucky at a place called
Amandy Furnace, about ten miles
from Ohio River. Charlotte…

George Harris and Mary J. Brooks reunite and remarry after 45 years

San Francisco Call (San Francisco, CA)

July 23, 1904

FORMER SLAVES
JOIN FORTUNES
After Separation of Forty-
Five Years They Meet by
Chance at Fresno and Wed
BOTH MARRIED BEFORE
Each Had Lost a Loved One
and They Quickly Decide
to Finish Life Together
Special Dispatch to The Call.
FRESNO, July 22.---After a separa-
tion [separation] of forty-five years George Harris
and Mary J.…

Henry Anderson searching for mother Peggy, brothers Chas, Horace, and Alex, and sisters Sarah Ann and Malinda

The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN)

December 7, 1895

LOST RELATIVES.
I would like to find my relatives. I was born
in Somerset County, Maryland. My name is
Henry Anderson, my Master was John Ander-
son [Anderson] of Eastern Shore M. D., I left about six
years before the war. Mothers name was Peg-gy [Peggy] and my brothers were named Chas, Horace,
Alex, and Sandy I left two sisters in…

Kitty Presnell seeking information about her children Davie, Mariah, and Catherine

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

January 31, 1884

Kitty Presnell would like to
know the whereabouts of her chil-
dren [children] whom she was parted from be-
fore [before] the emancipation. They were
separated from her at Flat Lake,
La. We were then living with
Jesse Paxton. I was sold to Erwin
Williams. There I was parted
from my three children, viz: Davie,
Mariah and Catherine. I…

George Smith is searching for his relatives including Isiah, Michael, Theodore, and Elvira Smith

The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN)

October 15, 1892

Mr. George Smith, of Hillsboro, O., would like
to find his relatives. Their names were Isiah
Smith, Michael Smith, Theodore Smith and
Elvira Smith. She belonged to Jas. Smith, at
Delhi; her mother was named Phoebe; she
ma ried Sam Dorsa. Candis Gipson was Isaiah
and N chall's mother, also Theodore. We were
neighbors of Dr. Chas. Mitchell…

Fannie Laster (formerly Francis Fuller) searching for their mother Mahalie Hall

The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN)

October 3, 1891

I would like to know the wereabouts of my
mother My original name was Francis Ful-
ler [Fuller], and I lived in Green county, Ga. My
mother was taken from Daid county to the
state of Louisiana Her name was Mahalie
Hall. My uncle, Dave Hall, and an aunt whose
name was was Julia Hall, was taken with her.
Their mother, who was left in Green…

Brothers George Drane, Phil Dougherty, and Charley Dougherty reunited after 60 years

The Washington Times (Washington, DC)

December 26, 1919

3 BROTHERS, PARTED BY
SLAVE BLOCK, REUNITED
Meet for the First Time in Louisville
in More than Half a
Century.
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Dec. 26.--The
slave block, once the center of com-
merce in New Orleans, has rotted,
and even its former site has been oblitera-
ted by the hand of progress. But
memories of Christmas, seventy years
ago…

Mrs. Margaret Rollins searching for her uncle, James Mitchell

The Nashville Globe (Nashville, TN)

March 23, 1917

WHERE IS JAMES MITCHELL?
Shreveport, La., Feb. 24, 1917.
To The Fraternal Monitor,
Cincinnati, Ohio.
Dear Mr. Editor:
I would like to ask if you or any
of your readers can tell me the pres-
ent whereabouts of James Mitchell, a
son of Mrs. Millie Benden and a half-
brother of Allen Lee. In slavery time
the family was owned by…

Nellie B. Butler (formerly Nellie B. Davenport) searching for her sister Diana Davenport

The Weekly Clarion (Jackson, MS)

May 26, 1875

INFORMATION WANTED!
THIS is to certify that I, NELLIE B. DAVEN-
PORT [DAVENPORT] left Vicksburg about 18 years ago,
and left my sister Diana Davenport, then about
fifty-five years, at Vicksburg. She belonged
to Richard Davenport, as also myself. She
had two girls, one named Mary, and the other
Flora. I left Mary at a farm in Clinton
county,…

Mollie Curren (nee Agnes Thorp) searching for her aunts and uncle

Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

October 5, 1907

Wants to Find Them.

I would like to know the where-
abouts of some of my people. Lew-
is Smith, my uncle is of dark brown
complexion. When last heard of he
was in Arkansas. My aunt, Sallie
Anne Thorp married a Spaniard some
years ago. I had another aunt
named Patsy Thorp. She was sold
during slavery and when last heard
of was…

Malinda Hill searching for her father Pearis Theamas

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

June 11, 1885

MR. EDITOR-- I wish to inquire for my father; his name was Pearis Theamas, and his wife was named Ann Pearis Theamas; she was brought to Texas about 20 years ago; she left him in Laura, La., and after coming to Texas she married Harvey Luckey, and went by the name of Ann Luckey. She died in 1880, leaving three children: Amos, Malinda and Elmira.…

J. E. Freeman (Jacob Vanner) searching for his twin brother Eastsam Vanner and another brother named William Freeman

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

June 12, 1884

Betsey Armstead searching for his mother Harriet Nash and sister Eliza Hension

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

November 20, 1884

DEAR EDITOR--I wish to in-
quire [inquire] for my mother and one sis-
ter [sister]. My mother's name is Har-
riet [Harriet] Nash, and my sister's name is
Eliza Hension. My mother's first
husband was named William Nash.
He came to Texas with me. I left
mother in Louisiana, and have not
heard from her since. I came to
Texas in 1874. I left…

Samuel H. Foulks and Mary Elizabeth Foulks searching for Martha Jane Miller

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

November 11, 1886

MR. EDITOR -- I wish to inquire
for Martha Jane Miller, who was
originally from Nottaway county,
Virginia, and when heard from
about six years ago was living at
Lafourche, on Utopia plantation.
Her mother was named Amy, and
she belonged to a family by the
name of Hyde. Miss Hyde married
Mr. P. J. Foulk, and mother Amy,
one…

Frank J. Loper searching for his father Daniel Hurd and brother Isaac Loper

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

November 4, 1886

MR. EDITOR--I wish to inquire
for my father, whom I have not
heard from since 1863. He and
several others were carried to Lou-
isiana [Louisiana] to the salt works by his
owners. He went by the name of
Daniel Hurd. My mother heard
once that he was at Monroe, La.,
When he left mother we were at
Decatur, Newton county, Miss. …

Andrew Terrell searching for his father

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

May 31, 1883

MR. EDITOR.--I wish to inquire
for my father, who was sold when I
was a baby, by Linet Terrell, to
Will Hussick. HE was carried to
Louisiana, and I have never heard
of him since. Mother was Felvery
Freeman. Father had a brother,
Wiley Freeman, in Texas. Maria
Freeman, a sister to my mother is
here, and mother is dead. If he
has…

Maria Brown searching for relatives

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

May 24, 1883

DEAR EDITOR:--I wish to hear from my people. My eldest sister is Class Louis, and next Cecilia Louis; brother's name was Lewis: father's, Henry Louis. Father is dead. Mother was Eliza Louis; my oldest sister was married to Serm-ils [unclear]. Dick, my uncle, is dead. One with me was Solomon White, who belonged to Taylor White, and three others I…

Sarah Jane Farris searching for her family

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

May 17, 1883

MR. EDITOR:--Father was Doray Bean; mother Viney; sisters, Emeline,Mathilda, Eliza and Harriet; brother were Bray, Pendleton, Bean, Bluefoot and Doray. Next to the youngest was Ella Bean, born on James Duster's place. Emeline, Harriet and I belonged to Joseph Ables, Mother and three brothers were sold to James Duster. He broke up in Cherokee…

Julia Rice searching for her son James Rice

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

September 30, 1886

MR. EDITOR-- I desire to inquire
for my son, James Rice. He left
Russellville, Tenn , in 1885. We
have since heard of his being in
Aberdeen, and New Orleans, La.
I would be thankful for any inform
ation [information] as to his present whereabouts
Address his mother, Julia Rice,
Russellville, Hamblin country, East
Tenn.

Charles Gatson, Beaufort, SC, searching for his children, Sam Gatson and Betsey Gatson

New Era (Washington, DC)

July 28, 1870

Mr. Charles Gatson wishes information of his
children, Sam and Betsey Gatson. they formerly
belonged to Washington Fripp, of Newhaw,
South Carolina ; were carried to Charleston
and there sold by a trader to go far South,
it is supposed to Mississippi or Louisiana. They
are now about twenty-two to twenty-five years
old, and were…