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E. G. Gater seeking their son Emmanuel Gater

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

May 26, 1887

MR EDITOR—I wish to inquire through your paper for my son Emmanuel Gater; his age is 19 years old; he was born July 31, 1867; he was working at Elliott Station, Miss., last Summer on Mr. Fragor's place; the last time I saw him was last September; he left there some time in last October and I heard that he went to Memphis, Tenn., then I heard that…

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Jim Napier searching for relatives

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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Robert Howard searching for his sister Elizabeth Harter

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

April 8, 1880

DEAR EDITOR-- I wish to inquire for my sister, Elizabeth Harter. We belonged to W. W. Harter. Before the war we lived in Marengo Co., Alabama. The last time I saw her was in Marengo county in 1855. I left there then and moved to Jackson county, Mississippi. I wrote Mr. W.W. Harter, our former owner, and he wrote me that sister had moved to…

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Winney Franklin searching for her brother Raif Hopset

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

March 4, 1880

DEAR EDITOR-- I wish to make some inquiry in your valuable paper for my brother, Raif Hopset. I left him in Memphis, Tenn., with a Mr. Gilbert. Hopset and his sister fell to Mary Hopset, who married James Littles. Any information of brother will be gladly received. Address me at Dresden, Navarro county, Texas. WINNEY FRANKLIN.

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Charles Scott searching for his wife Mrs. Melinda Scott and daughter Nancy Scott

Memphis Evening Post (Memphis, TN)

October 5, 1868

Information Wanted.
Charles Scott (colored), from Humboldt, who
reached the city Saturday, wishes information of
his wife, Melinda Scott, and his daughter, Nancy
Scott, who came to the city on the 7th of August
last. He can be found at this office, No. 14
Union street, this evening, from five to six
o’clock, or from eight to ten…

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Unnamed person searching for Richard Murray who also goes by Richard Cloyd

Memphis Daily Post (Memphis, TN)

September 26, 1867

INFORMATION WANTED OF RICHARD MURRAY
ALIAS RICHARD CLOYD (COLORED).—The where-
bouts of Richard Murray alias Cloyd, formerly
with John Cloyd, of Fayette county, Tenn., is
earnestly desired at our office on South Court
street, or Simpson, Hadden & Co., No. 202 Front
street. HUMES & POSTON.
9-21-xx

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Lizzie Creamer searching for Julia Creamer

The Daily Memphis Avalanche (Memphis, TN)

November 24, 1874

PERSONAL.
PERSONAL—Information wanted of JULIA
CREAMER, by her daughter, Lizzie
Creamer. When last heard of, Julia was taken
from Memphis by John Creamer. Address
HENRY WICKENHOFER,
Wilsonbury, Harrison county, West Virginia.
no22 6t

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Rev. Filman Duncan

The Daily Memphis Avalanche (Memphis, TN)

July 31, 1877

PERSONAL--Information wanted of Rev.
Filman Duncan, colored, who resided in
Memphis three or four years ago.
Address or call upon the Postmaster, Memphis, Tenn.
jy26 1 w

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William White searching for his brother George White (formerly Turner White)

Memphis Daily Appeal (Memphis, TN)

October 20, 1882

—William White, colored, of Lagrange,
Lee county, Ark., writes the APPEAL for
information concerning his brother, George
White, known before the war as Turner
White. He was born in Panola county,
Miss., and formerly belonged to Col. F. M.
White. His mother was living in Memphis
in 1867, when George White went to Mobile
to be…

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Miles P. Wood seeking the name of his brother Gabriel Wood's regiment and company

St. Louis Globe-Democrat (St. Louis, MO)

September 7, 1879

Information Wanted.
To the citizens of the United States: GEN-
TLEMEN—Will some of you be so kind as to tell
me what was the name of the colored regiment,
if so it was called one, stationed at or on Presi-
dent Island, about five miles below Memphis,
Tenn? I had a brother who enlisted in it, I
suppose in 1861, also served as a soldier until…

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Martha Hunt searching for her son William Talbert

St. Louis Daily Globe-Democrat (St. Louis, MO)

December 31, 1884

WANTED--Information of William Talbert (colored),
supposed to be in Memphis, Tenn., sold by
Henry Patterson in 1852. Any information will be
thankfully received by his mother, Martha Hunt,
Sacramento ave., St. Louis, Mo. Memphis papers
please copy.

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Martha searching for her children

Montgomery Daily Advertiser (Montgomery, AL)

May 24, 1872

A colored woman in this city,
named Martha, who formerly belonged
to Mrs. Dolly Camps of Elkton,
Tennessee, desires information of her
children. Her daughter Cicely when
last heard of was in possession of Mr.
John Yerger, of Memphis, a grand
son of Mrs. Camp. She had a son
named Tom. Lewis, who, when last
heard of, was with a…

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Mary Green searching for her son Lyman Green

The Vicksburg Daily Herald (Vicksburg, MS)

December 13, 1864

WANTED, INFORMATION,

OF a colored boy named LYMAN GREEN,
about 18 years old; was in Memphis
last winter; was raised on Milton Covington's
plantation, 25 miles north of Natchez.
Information of his whereabouts will be
thankfully received by his mother, Mary
Green, by addressing E. A. Hawks, St. Louis,
Mo. dec13-1t*

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Emma Cloud looking for George Hutchinson

The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN)

June 22, 1895

I want to find George Hutchinson, owned in
slavery days by John C. Moore. He joined the
standing army in Memphis, Tenn He was a
Baptist preacher. Address Emma Cloud,
Frankfort, Marshall Co., Kansas.

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Thornton Mitchell seeking his brother Gilbert

The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN)

March 7, 1896

Lost Relatives.
I want to find my brother Gilbert, who was
sold with my mother, Lettie Mitchell, about
1847, from Trimble county, Ky., by one Daniel
Trout. Last accounts he was a dray drive n
Memphis, Tenn. Any information will be
thankfully received. Thornton Mitchell, Mad-
ison [Madison], Ind. mar7-4t

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P. L. Lewis (formerly Susie Williams) seeking for her aunt Caroline Williams

The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN)

March 5, 1892

I would like to find my aunt, whose name is
Caroline Williams. Her husband's name is
Lem Williams. saw her last in 1885, when she
visited me at Cairo, Ill. When last heard of
she was living with the people who raised her,
Mary Galbreth, in Memphis, Tenn. Her mother's
name was Phillis Petway. When she last
saw me my name was Sus e…

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Diannah White looking for her sons

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

March 17th, 1887

INFORMATION WANTED OF MY SONS, George Washington House, Wm. White and Henry McGhee. William and Henry left me at Marianna; George at Memphis, Tenn. I was sold in South Carolina to K I Ferguson, who brought me to Mississippi and afterward sold me to a man by the name of Hugh McGhee. For the last twenty years I have been living at Marianna, Lee…

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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,…

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William Sanford searching for his son Charley Sanford

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

May 14, 1885

MR. EDITOR--I wish to inquire
for my son, Charley Sanford. The
last time I saw him he was at Mem
phis. That was in 1879; and he
was then 19 years of age. Address
any information to William San-
ford, Murfreesboro, Tenn.

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Washington Lacey searching for his father Sidney Lacey and uncles Jack Davis and Partees

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

November 13, 1884

MR. EDITOR--I desire to inquire
for my kindred. My father be-
longed to Alexander Ule. I have
not heard from them since the war.
The last time I heard from him he
was in Memphis, Tenn. And my
father was named Sidney Lacey,
and my uncles, one was named
Jake Davis, and the other was
named Partees. My uncle Jake
went to…

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Worden Scott searching for his father

Memphis Daily Appeal (Memphis, TN)

July 11, 1878

Worden Scott, colored, of Mount Pleasant,
Iowa, desires to learn the whereabouts of his
father, John Scott, who is somewhere in Ar-
kansas, possibly not far from Memphis, Ten-
nessee. He was sold seventeen years ago by
Major Benjamin W. Shacklet, of Etna, Scot-
land county, Missouri, to one Biggs, of Mem-
phis, Tennessee. He is of a…

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Robert Palmer searching for his son Robert Henry Palmer

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

April 16, 1885

I wish to inquire for my son 12
years of age, who left home in Au-
gust. His name is Robert Henry
Palmer. My name is Robert
Palmer, pastor of the Methodist
Episcopal Church in Paris, Henry
county, Tennessee, where I may be
addressed. When I last saw him,
he said he was going to his uncle's
in Memphis. Any one sending me…

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Permelia Statefield searching for her son Turner Staterfield

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

June 11, 1885

MR. EDITOR- I wish to inquire for my son, a young man about 26 years of age. His name is Turner Saterfield. He left home Feb. 10, 1874, and I have have heard from him once; he was then in Cincinnati, O. He was to lave Cincinnati in a few days for Memphis, Tenn., at the time I heard from him. I think it was in 1877. My name is Permelia Saterfield.…

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Moses Weatherly searching for his father

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

July 8, 1885

MR. EDITOR-- I wish to inquire for my father: He went to Memphis in 1862; the last time I heard from him he was in Louisiana. I was quite a boy when he left. Mrs. Eva Malone told me she saw him in Louisiana in January 1870; he sent sister a ring by Mrs. Malone I hoped he would have written to us before now. His wife is named Patsy; he had three…

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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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