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Henry Clay searching for his mother Malinda Gill

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

August 2, 1883

MR. EDITOR—I desire to inquire for my mother, if possible to find out her whereabouts. Her name is Malinda Gill. We were separated in 1843, in Wake county, North Carolina, when I was about 2 or 3 years old. We belonged to Col. Oaddis (who was my father), he sold us to Israel Gill; my mother being high-tempered, Gill sold her and kept me. Rev.…

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Isabella Dunlap searching for her mother

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

April 25, 1889

DEAR EDITOR: I want to inquire for my mother, who was sold from me when I was a baby, in North Carolina, somewhere near Raleigh She was sold to speculators by Addis Lockard, and was supposed to have been carried to South Carolina. She left two children, Isabella and Green; and she had a baby in her arms named Matilda, and was first bought from…

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Mary Williams searching for her daughter Harriet Hayes, grandson Mansa, and granddaughter Helen

Raleigh Daily News (Raleigh, NC)

February 25, 1874

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
INFORMATION WANTED
Of one Harriet Hayes, col'd, my daughter,
now aged 31 years, who lived with Mr. Joe
Hayes, 6 miles from Raleigh, on the Chapel
Hill Road, and was taken to Richmond,
Va., sold in 1863, and who then had a son
and daughter, Mansa and Helen. Any in-
formation [information] of their whereabouts will be…

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Nathan Thomas searching for his family

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

October 18, 1883

MR. EDITOR -- I wish to inquire
for my people. Mother was Violet
Stallion; she belonged to old man
Stallion, near Raleigh, North Carolina.
I belonged to his son John.
The last I heard of mother she was
living with Wm. Stallion. John
Stallion owned four of us, myself,
brother Jack, uncle Isam and aunt
Wise. I was sold to John…

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Robert Ray (formerly Robert Carmichael) searching for his daughters Henrietta and Lucey Jane

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

March 23, 1882

MR. EDITOR --- I wish to inquire for my daughters Henrietta and Lucey Jane. The mother Carolina McCollum, belonged to Malcom McCallum, Cumberland county, North Carolina. When last heard from she was in Fayetteville in that State. Lizzie was in South Cyrolina. Brother-in-law, Jasey McCollum was sold by John McDongall to a negro trader. My wife was…

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Dennis D. Branch seeking information about his brother John

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

December 29, 1881

DEAR EDITOR ----- I desire to
inquire for my brother John who
once belonged to a man by the
name of Doctor Coleman in Raliegh
Shelby county, Tennessee.
The said Coleman owned our mother
and our mother's four children.
The said man John was the
oldest, Jane, our sister, the next
oldest, brother Henry next oldest,
Dennis…

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