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Mrs. Elizabeth Cooper searching for her son William T. Cooper
The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)
February 4, 1897
INFORMATION WANTFD-- Of our son William T. Cooper, who left Memphis, Tenn., four years ago; was last heard of in Chvenne, Wy. He was once a member of Avery Chapel, Tenn.; age 24. Address. MRS. ELIZABETH COOPER, 820 San Julian St., Los Angeles, Cal.
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Elvira Claton (formerly Elvira Saphran) looking for Saphran family
The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)
June 8, 1893
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Fanny Watkins searching for Moses and Abraham Watkins
The Loyal Georgian (Augusta, GA)
January 20, 1866
INFORMATION WANTED, OF MOSES WATKINS, who was sold from W. Rob't Watkins. When last heard of he belonged to Mr. Hobert McWhorter, 8 miles from Woodville on the Athen Drunch Railroad. If he is living, he is about 20 years of age and of dark complexion. ALSO ABRAHAM WATKINS. of the same family. Last heard of, he was in Maryland, Dis't, City of…
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Caroline Anderson searching for her siblings John Nelson, Abraham, Dick, Herbert, Clementine, and Caroline
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
July 8, 1880
Mr. Editor— I desire to inquirefor my people. My step father was called Lock. I do not know who he belonged to. A tree fell on him and killed him. Mother's name was Celia Corbit. She belonged to Edward Corbit. There were six children— John Nelson, Abraham, Dick, Hubert, Clementine and Caroline. John Nelson was called Jack for short. We lived in…
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B. J. Houston searching for his mother Jane McKinan and his siblings
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
May 20, 1880
DEAR EDITOR—I wish to inquirefor my relations, whom I left in1850, in Attala county, Miss. I leftmother with Nelson McKinan. Myoldest sister's name was Emily. Iwas too young to remember the balance. My youngest sister's name was Emma. I left her with my mother. My mother's name was Jane McKinan. My oldestbrother was named Mark, and the youngest…
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Unnamed person replying to search for Mr. James Harris and Mrs. Rebecca Harris
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
July 4, 1889
MR. EDITOR: I read in your issueof the SOUTHWESTERN, May 23,the inquiry of Mr. W. C. Temple-ton [Templeton], of No. 75 Donferth avenue,Jersey City, N. J., of the where-abouts [whereabouts] of my friend Mr. JamesHarris and his estimable wife,Mrs. Rachel Harris. We livedwith them in St. Louis, Mo., in1869 and 1870. I also was withhim steamboating…
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Jim Napier searching for his nieces and nephews
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
May 6, 1880
DEAR EDITOR--My father and mother, Lucy and Bamesel Napier, lived in Balmor, Miss. In 1869 I received a letter from them. Since I have heard they were dead, and my sister Emily was living in Corinth, Miss; her husband was killed during the war; brother Bill was dead and left three children, Minerva, Lucy and Joe; brother Andem was cooking on a…
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J. R. Carnes searching for their brother William Carnes
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
July 17, 1879
MR. EDITOR—I desire to know the whereabouts of my brother, Willis Carnes. The last I heard from him he was living somewhere near the city of Memphis. My mother and I used to belong to a man by the name of Thompson Allen. My father's name is Calvin Carnes. Any information concerning my brother will be thankfully received. Address me at Lockhart,…
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Henrietta Berry searching for her husband's family
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
July 8, 1880
DEAR EDITOR—I wish to inquire for my husband's family. I was sold from him by Joe Stevens, of Bedford county, middle Tennessee, to a speculator. I had four children, Ethlinda, Charley, Willie and Berry. When we got to Texas we were all bought by Thomas Clay. I heard that my husband was put on the block and sold to the highest bidder in Memphis,…
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George Pettis seeking Sam, Armstead, Rhoda, and Eliza Davis
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
June 28, 1888
MR. EDITOR—I want to find my people from whom I was parted before the war. I was then only twelve years old. Their names are Sam, Armstead, Rhoda and Eliza Davis. They belonged to Pen Davis in Memphis, Tenn. I was taken away by Mrs. Maria Pettis and brought down to Mobile, Ala. Address George Pettis, State Line, Miss.
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Matthew Thompson searching for his brothers, and aunts Fannie and Sallie
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
May 24, 1888
MR. EDITOR— I wish to inquire for my two brothers and two aunts. My father was Mat. Witherspoon, and my mother Jane Witherspoon, and belonged to Wm. Witherspoon. We left one of my annts in Natchez, Miss.; her name was Fannie, and Sallie was sold to a man by the name of Lowzeknow, in Franklin county, Miss. Mother had seven children. In 1864 Calvin…
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John Walker searching for his mother Matilda Walker and his siblings
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
September 6, 1888
DEAR EDITOR—I wish to know the whereabouts of my mother, brothers and sisters. My mother was Matilda Walker. Her first owner's was a man named Walker, in Newton County, Ga. My brothers were Frank, Joseph and Charley. Sisters were Harrie, Dilsie and Lethie. The last man who owned us in Georgia was Capt. McCirty, who lived between Dalton and Tunnel…
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Eadie Tolson (formerly Eadie Dickens) seeking her sons John Chesterfield and William Henry
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
November 10, 1881
DEAR EDITOR— I wish to inquire for my two sons, John Chesterfield and William Henry. I was sold from them by Tom Dickens to a negro trader named Daniel Berry. I left my two sons in Tennessee, near Memphis. My name is Eadie Dickens, but I go by the name of Eadie Tolson. Address me at Spring Hill, Texas.
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Catherine Robinson (formerly Catherine Roberts) searching for her daughter Harriett Roberts
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
October 14, 1880
DEAR EDITOR—I wish to inquire for my daughter. Her name was Harriett Roberts. She belonged to Rev. Lewis Roberts, who lived on Wolf River, 25 miles from Memphis, Tenn. My husband was named Isaac Roberts. I was sold to the Chickasaw Indians. They were then moving to Arkansas. At the time they bought me, when I left my daughter, she was only 5…
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Toney Span searching for his sisters Louisa and Rosetta Potts
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
August 23, 1888
DEAR EDITOR—I wish to inquire for my sisters, whose names were Louisa Potts and Rosetta Potts. They used to belong to Major Potts. I have not seen them since I was a boy; that was in Memphis, Tenn. Soon after the war. My name is Toney Span. After the war we all went by the name of Span. Address Toney Lee, Bastrop, La.
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Ephraim Gater searching for her son Emmanuel Gater
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
January 9, 1890
Mr. Editor: Please allow [undecipherable] space in your valuable paper to [undecipherable]quire for my son, Emanuel Gat[undecipherable] He left from about Elliott Statio[undecipherable] Miss., October, 1886, and went [undecipherable] the M. T. R. R., then he left the [undecipherable] and went to Memphis, Tenn. T[undecipherable] last I heard of…
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Charlotte Butler searching for her husband Thomas Butler
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
February 28, 1889
MR. EDITOR -- I wish to inquire for my husband. My husband's name was Thomas Butler; we were separated at Memphis Tenn.; he was sold to a Jew by the name of Levi. At that time I was taken back to Georgia by my owner, a Mat Bradford, where I remained for three years; then I was sold to George Hitchens, and he brought me to Texas at the commencing…
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Rev. S. T. Hickers searching for Rev. C. Gelber
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
May 20, 1880
DEAR EDITOR– I wish to inquire for Rev. C. Gelber, who belonged to the Tennessee Conference two years ago. He preached about three years on the Cumberland Furnace circuit, and White Bluff circuit. He was sent by the bishop in 1866 to the Memphis circuit. We have not heard from him for a year or two. Any information of him will be thankfully…
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Louisa Hardeman (formerly Louisa Kemple) searching for her aunt Elizabeth Ratcliff
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
December 16, 1880
MR. EDITOR—I wish to inquire for my aunt Eliza Ratcliff. Her husband is Dave Ratcliff. We all left Franklin, Tenn., together in 1875, moving to Arkansas, and parted at Memphis, Tenn. The last time I heard from them they were at Steward's Landing, White River. Her oldest daughter is named Mary. The next was Josie, the next Berrie. Her oldest son…
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Rev. James McHenry (formerly James Dewprew) searching for his sister Emaline Dewprew, brother-in-law Oughtaway Johnson, and relatives
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
April 25, 1889
DEAR EDITOR: I wish to make some inquiry for my relations through our most comendable paper. One sister named Emaline Dewprew was sold to one Daniel Dewprew, her husband was named Oughtaway Johnson. They went from Lexington, Oglethorpe county, Ga., to Memphis, Tenn. William Dewprew also be- longed to Daniel Dewprew. Sarah and Louisa and Larry…
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Christeful Lanehart seeking Claiborne Lanehart
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
July 21, 1881
MR. EDITOR: I wish to inquire for my father, who belonged to Dr. Shelvia, and moved from Memphis, Tenn., to Livingston. I cannot recollect the year. Mother was Emeline Shelvia. One brother was George. Father was Claiborne Lanehart, and mine is Christeful Lanehart. Address me at Moscow, Texas, care of Rev. W. McKenzie.
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Isaac Hughes Jr. searching for his father Isaac Hughes
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
June 21, 1888
DEAR EDITOR— I wish to inquire for my father. His name is Isaac Hughes. He left Starkville, Miss., in May, 1863; he left with the Federal army and I have not seen him since. The last time I heard from him he was in Memphis, Tenn. I have one brother named Peter Hughes, and my mother is named Jennie Hughes. Any information as to his whereabouts will…
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Amy Frances Ushley Jordan (or Amy Butler) seeking her parents Henry and Nancy Draper
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
May 26, 1887
MR. EDITOR—Amy Frances Ushley Jordan wishes information of her father, mother, brothers and sister. Father's name was Henry Draper, Mother's was Nancy Draper, brothers Charles, Henry and Archie Jordan, sister Louisa Jordan. With brother Charles Jordan I left near Lamar, Miss. I was 10 years old when sold to one Mr. Redman, a Negro speculator, for…
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James Beaver searching for his mother's father Stephen Thomas, mother Priscilla Thomas, and her siblings
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
June 24, 1880
MR. EDITOR—I desire to inquire for my mother's kindred. Her father's name was Stephen Thomas; mother's, Priscilla Thomas; brother's Robert, Stephen, James, Henry, and Andrew Jackson; sister's, Virginia, Martha, Matilda and Louisa. Virginia was drowned in James river. Martha belonged to Albert Thomas, of Culpepper county, Va. Matilda and Louisa…
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