Washington Landis searching for his brother Elijah Hawkins

Afro-American Advocate (Coffeyville, KS)

September 9, 1892

Anna Brown seeking information about her brothers Henry, William and John Brundridge, as well as her sister Lucinda Towls (2nd of 2 ads)

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

July 23, 1896

Moses Blackville searching for his three brothers Stephen, Joe, and Peter Blackville

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

September 18, 1879

MR. EDITOR—I wish to inquire for my three brothers, Stephen, Joe and Peter Blackville. When last heard from they were on a boat at Alton, Illinois, at the beginning of the war. Our father's name was Thomas Blackville. Stephen left Nashville, Tenn., in 1870. Address me at Martin'sville, Yazoo River, Miss. MOSES BLACKVILLE.

Rachel Emanuel searching for her brothers Columbus and Alex Jones

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

August 1, 1889

DEAR EDITOR: I desire to inquire through the SOUTHWESTERN for my brothers. I have two brothers, their names are Columbus and Alex Jones. The last time I heard from them was in 1868; they were both living in Tennessee; Columbus in Franklin, and Alexander in Nashville. The whole family belonged to Gabriel Jones, in Floyd County, Ga. My name is…

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.

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…

Eliza Johnson searching for her grandfather Jacob Scheley

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

November 4, 1880

DEAR EDITOR— I wish to make inquiry for my grandfather. His name is Jacob Scheley, and my mother left him when a child in Nashville, Tenn. They belonged to George McClaren, and were sold to Robert McClaren, and brought to middle Tennessee. My mother's name was Eliza Silvester McClaren but now is Eliza Johnson. Her mother's name was Julia Ann…

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…

Mag Brown (formerly Mag Overton) searching for her parents Riller and Dudley Overton

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

January 16, 1890

Mr. Editor: I ask a little space in the columns of your valuable paper to inquire for my people. I left them before the war, when I was 11 years old. I lived in Nashville, Tenn., near Neley's Bend, and was owned by Col. Overton. He was a lawyer, and owned a wood yard there. My mother's name was Riller Overton, father's name was Dudley Overton. I…

Reverend R. A. Fletcher seeking the mother of Mrs. Adeline Allison (formerly Adeline Sheels)

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

July 19, 1888

MR. EDITOR-- I desire to inquire for the mother of Mrs. Adeline Allison. Her name was Adeline Sheels. Her mother's name was Hannah Sheely. She was taken from Nashville, Tenn., two years before the war by traders to Louisiana, and she wrote to Nashville, Tenn., ten years ago, but the letter was not received. Any information will be gladly received. …

L. W. C. Wilson searching for his father's relatives, including his father's mother Henrietta

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

December 23, 1880

DEAR EDITOR—I desire information of my father's relatives. He was owned by Captain James Wilson, in Sumner Co., Tenn., near Walnut school house, three miles from the city Gallatin. His father was named Adam Bug, owned by Sam Bug, who lived in Nashville. His mother was Henrietta, owned by Alfred Alexander, in Sumner Co., on Bledsoe Creek (or a…

S. D. Mynor Jr. searching for Irvin Lowe (formerly Irvin Martin)

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

July 15, 1880

MR. EDITOR-- I wish to inquire for one Irvin Lowe, who left Hazle. hurst, Copiah county, Mississippi, in 1874, with wife and child. His wife's name is Pirenna Lowe, the daughter's Isom Gillmore. He left for Nashville, Tenn. His name before Lowe was Irvin Martin His mother's name was Lydia Martin. Two children, Alex and James, are dead. Please…

L. Davis seeking Mary and Bell Heard

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

March 8, 1888

MR. EDITOR—I wish to inquire for two young ladies, Mary and Bell Heard. Their mother's name was Violetta Heard. The last time I heard from them they were in Nashville, Tenn. Any information leading to the whereabouts of the above will be thankfully received. Address L. Davis, Edwards, Hinds county, Miss.

Reverend P. H. Wade sharing knowledge on the whereabouts of Green Hicks

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

September 1, 1887

MR. EDITOR-I noticed an inqury for Green Hicks, of Bedford county, Tenn. I know Green Hicks, he lives in Nashville, Tenn. I have written to a friend there for his address. But if the inquirer will send any word to my care at Alamo, Tenn , for Hicks I will see that he gets it. Rev. P. H. Wade, Box 23, Alamo, Tenn.

Eliza Tinner searching for her mother-in-law's relatives

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

March 4, 1880

DEAR EDITOR-- I am seeking the whereabouts of the relatives of my mother-in-law, whom she left in North Alabama, near Old Huntsville. She says they called it Old North Alabama. This was about the year 1832. Since she left them they belonged to Dr. Ford. Her father's name was Patrick Ford and her mother's was Clara. She and her mother and sister…

W. H. Cooper searching for his brother Isaiah Cooper

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

November 30, 1879

MR. EDITOR— I wish to inquire for my brother. His name is Isaiah Cooper. He used to belong to one Mark A. Cooper, who now lives in East county, Ga., which is now called Barto county. When last heard of, he was going to Nashville, Tenn. At the present we are all living. His father is living in Austin, and all of the children are in Texas but him.…

John Anderson searching for Mrs. Allen

The Elevator (San Francisco, CA)

June 12, 1868

Information Wanted
OF MRS. ALLEN, wife of HENRY ALLEN,
formerly of Nashville, Tenn. Any person
possessing information of said Mrs. Allen, or any
of her children, will please communicate with
JOHN ANDERSON, Cariboo, B. C., care of P.A.
Bell, editor Elevator, San Francisco.
"Maryville (Tenn.) Republican" please
copy, and send bill to…

Samuel J. Howard seeking Joseph Clinton (formerly Joseph Post)

The Anglo-African (New York, NY)

August 12, 1865

INFORMATION WANTED of the whereabouts of Joseph
Post, who, in Cincinnati, is known by the name of
Joseph Clinton, who was working in G. Adams's gal-
lery [gallery], in Nashville, Tenn. His mother, it is said, resides
in Brooklyn, New York. Considerable anxiety is felt
concerning him, and any information in regard to him
will be…

Eliza Montgomery searching for her brother Dick Bush

Baptist Times (Garnett, KS)

March 1892 [published in a monthly newspaper]

Lost.

I wish to find my brother, Dick
Bush. who was born in Tennessee,
and wae the slave of Edward Bush, a
negro trader, who was our father.
My mother, Fannie Bush, was sold to
Thompson, a negro trader, who sold
her and left us two very small children
alone. I was then sold, in or near
Nashville, Tenn. to a Mr. Holiway
who…

E. H. Lampkins searching for his former wife Mrs. Bennie Jacko (formerly Mrs. Bennie Lampkins)

The Nashville Globe (Nashville, TN)

June 27, 1913

LETTER OF INQUIRY.
22 Nevada street, San Antonio, Tex.,
June 9, 1913.
Nashville Globe, Nashville, Tenn.:
I am sending this inquiring letter
to you in quest of Mrs. Bennie Jacko
or Mrs. Bennie Lampkins. She was
once married to me, but the last
time she married a man by the name
of Jacko; her mother's name was Mrs.
Charlotte Johnson, who…

King Lee Chapman searching for Mrs. Bell Lee Chapman

The Huntsville Journal (Huntsville, AL)

November 2, 1905

NOTICE
Wanted To Find Relatives
Some one of Nashville please tell me
the whereabouts of one Mrs Bell Lee
Chapman, the sister of Mr Ben F Batts
of Nashville. Write me at Katie, I. T,
and oblige. KING LEE CHAPMAN

Mrs. Jane Drake/Jane Shanklin searching for her son John Gardner

The Huntsville Journal (Huntsville, AL)

March 6, 1896

Wantes Information of Her Son.
Mrs Jane Drake, who formerly be-
longed to Mr Shanklin wants informa-
tion of her son,John Gardner. She last
saw him in Nashville, Tenn., in the lat-
ter part of 1864. Address Mrs Jane
Drake care The Journal. tf

Ben Batchelor searching for his mother, Lucy McNiel

The Daily American (Nashville, TN)

July 24, 1888

WANTED—Thankfully to receive informa-
tion concerning the whereabouts of my
mother. Lucy McNiel, colored. BEN BATCHE-
LOR. 208 South Summer street.

Amanda Fields search for her father Jordan Mias

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

March 14, 1889

INFORMATION WANTED CONCERNING
my father, Joseph Mias He used to live in
Gainesborough, Tenn., and then he left
there for Nashville, Tenn., where we left
him; but since then heard that he moved to
Birksville, Ky. He is an old experienced
blacksmith. He had four of us children:
Rosetta, Amanda, Hannah and Joseph.
We were brought from…

Gracy Boyd searching for her daughters Mary Boyd and Peggy Boyd

The Daily Picayune (New Orleans, LA)

June 13, 1841

INFORMATION WANTED,
BY a poor distressed mother, who had two daughters
sold, one named Mary and the other Peggy
Boyd; the former is now 38 years old, the latter 27;
they were sold about 20 years ago to Mr. Blount
Robertson, of Louisiana, who sold them to some
French gentleman; they were sold by George Boyd
of Nashville. Their mother of…