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Mary Green searching for her family including her father London and mother Marinda
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
June 8, 1882
DEAR EDITOR: I wish to inquire for my kin-folks. Father used to belong to a man by the name of Smith. Mother to a man by the name of Good. Father named London, mother named Marinda. Brothers John, James, and Robert; sisters Margaret, Minerva, Ann, and my name is Mary. Making two brothers of us and four sisters. My name is now Mary Green, I left…
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Betty Reynolds searching for her brother Saunk Joyce
The Colored American (Washington, DC)
September 6, 1902
Please Help Me Find My Brother
Saunk Joyce was sold in Mecklenburg, Virginia several years before the civil war to Cunnigan a Negro trader. His mother. Willie, was a slave on the Joyce plantation. He had One sister Betty, who is very anxious to find hlm. Any information will be gladly received.
MRS. BETTY REYNOLDS.
44 Parker street, Atlanta,…
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Mrs. Ellen Lee searching for relatives
The Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)
January 30, 1915
WANTS TO FIND THEM. I would like to find the whereabouts of some of my people. When last heard from they were living in Mecklenburg County Va. My sisters were named Amy Oliver, Mary Jane Oliver, my brother's name was James Oliver. I was brought to Richmond when a child by Mr. Tom Ryland and I was carried by Mr. Harry Hurt to Marion Alabama. I…
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Elvira Morehead seeking siblings
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
June 16, 1881
DEAR EDITOR.—I wish to inquire for my three brothers and two sisters. My brothers' names are Duvey, Albert, and William Coleman. Sisters are Julia Ann, and Letitia Coleman. We used to belong to Mr. Thomas Gordon Coleman, in Virginia. Brother William, in 1875 was in Mecklenburg county, Va. Address me at Benton, Miss, care of Rev J. C. Clemens.…
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James Madison searching for his uncle James Madison and his aunts Permieler and Rose Ewps
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
April 11, 1889
DEAR EDITOR: I want to inquire if I can find my mother's people who were left in Virginia, Macklinsburg Co. When she was 6 years old she was sold and brought to Texas and her mother also. My mother's name was Racahel Ewps, and she is named Sarah. They are dead now. My mother died here in 1875, and her mother died during slave time, but my mother…
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