Thomas Coakes searching for his brother William Coakes

Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

August 29, 1891

An Inquiry.Thomas Coakes is inquiring for hisbrother, Wm. Coakes, who left Rich-mond [Richmond] in 1867, had served three yrs. in the United States Army and told his mother he had enlisted for three years more and said he was going to write as soon as he got to Texas. He was born in Amelia Co, Va. His owner was Lewis C. Harvey at that time…

S. G. Marks searching for his father's brother Mathew Perry

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

October 21, 1880

DEAR EDITOR- I wish to inquire for my father’s brother. Father’s name was Marks Perry and his brother was Mathew Perry. He belonged to Presley Perry during the war, and he carried him to Mis-sissippi [Mississippi] from the line of Texas and Louisiana. His mother’s name was Silvy, father’s Simon. They belonged [belonged] to Dr. Havard. Please…

Richard A. McVea searching for his brother Jim Aiken

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

July 1, 1880

DEAR EDITOR —I wish to inquire for my brother who left Fairfield District, South Carolina, about 1865, with the Yankees and said he was going to Texas to look for us. I have never heard a word from him since. His name is Jim Aiken; his mother's Catherine Aiken ; father's James McVea. He may go by father's name. Robert Mc-Vea [McVea], our old…

Matilda Woodrow searching for her sisters Leah and Hannah Ash

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

March 18, 1880

DEAR EDITOR—I wish to inquire for my sisters—Leah and Hannah Ash. We are from Wilmington county, North Carolina. We were brought from said county to Texas by Mr. Grandgo. Our mother's name is Penny Ash. The last time I heard from my sisters they were in Belton, Texas. If any reader knows of their whereabouts will they please address me at…

Diana Lange searching for her siblings Betsey, Juno, William, Thomas, and John Lange

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

December 11, 1879

DEAR EDITOR--I desire to in-quire [inquire] for my two sisters and three brothers. My sisters' names were Betsy and Juno Lange. My broth-ers [brothers] were William, Thomas and John Lange. The last time I saw them they were in South Carolina, in 1856, when I was taken to Louis-iana [Louisiana] by Edward Boykin. The lasttime I heard from them they…

Mary Ferguson searching for her parents Silas and Mary Carter

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

August 7, 1879

DEAR EDITOR—I desire to know of my father and mother, Silas and Mary Carter. I was sold from them35 years since, to Rob't. Seward, in Richard, Va. Have never heard from them yet. I went to Texas with Seward, who died, and I was sold to Gen. Armstead, whence I came to Mississippi. Had four brothers and one sister. Sister's name is Margaret Carter,…

John Forest searching for his mother Ann Forest and his siblings

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

September 13, 1888

MR. EDITOR:-- I wish to inquirefor my relatives from whom I wasstolen while living in Ozark, Ark.My mother had four children:Claro and Millie; the baby was boy, but I cannot remember hisname. Dr. Forest brought our family from Huntsville, Washington [Washington] Co., Ark., to Ozark, Ark.During the war Dr. Forest carriedfather to Texas. I was…

W. H. Jackson searching for his uncle Jonah Hartley

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

August 7, 1879

DEAR EDITOR—I am seeking the whereabouts of my Uncle Jonah Hartly. Mr. Edwin A. Glover bought him from his first owner, Capt. Hartly, and brought him to Texas. Uncle being very sickly, and unable to work, he sent him back to Alabama, Marengo Co., about one year before emancipation. He left his wife here. Her name is Mary Ann. My mother, Jonah's…

John Mayo searching for his brother's wife Susan Dun and two kids

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

July 8, 1879

Anthony Echoles searching for his mother Julia Echoles, two brothers, and sister

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

August 7, 1879

MR. EDITOR—I am seeking the whereabouts of Mother, two brothers and one sister. Mother's name is Julia Echoles; sister's Ellen; brothers' Lowen and Tom Echoles. I received a letter from her in the year 1870. She was then living in Desoto Co., near Cold Water Springs, Miss. I have not heard from her since we used to belong to Larkin Echoles. I was…

Darthulia Minor searching for her daughter Edna Jerrett

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

July 8, 1879

DEAR EDITOR—I have a lost daughter named Edna Jerrett. She went away with Dr. J. Robinson the last year of the war. When last heard from she was in Browns- ville [Brownsville], Jackson county, Ala. Her father's name is Jerry Chalmers. When she went off I belonged to the same family of Jerretts. I went off with Dr. Jerome Summerfield Jerrett. He…

Richard Woods searching for his mother Lucy Hankins

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

June 19, 1879

DEAR EDITOR—I wish to make inquiry for my mother. She was sold in Lunenburg Co., Virginia, by Joe Hankins to Silas Woods. I was sold at the same time, but when Woods came after us Hankins bought me back from him, but let him take my mother. They sold her to some trader, and as I was only seven years old I cannot recollect much about it. Three…

M. A. E. Tolbert (formerly Martha Ann Elizabeth Brooks) searching for her mother Elizabeth Brooks

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

June 19, 1879

MR. EDITOR--I am seeking the whereabouts of my mother. I left her in St. Mary parish, La., about the year 1860. Her name is Elizabeth Brooks. She had a little boy, William, about two years old when I left. We formerly belonged to Solomon Levi. I nursed awhile for Mrs. Capt. Atkinson. Her husband ran the steamboat T.D. Hiues. After this Rosa Levi,…

London Morris searching for his mother Ann, father Fanshon Cox, and siblings

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

June 12, 1879

DEAR EDITOR—I want some information about my people. Mother's name was Ann, fathers Fanshon Cox, and they belonged to Dr. Morris, Caroline Co., Virginia. My sister Caroline was one year and a half younger than I am; another, Lucy Grimes, married a free man. I had a brother, Randall Morris; Jeff belonged to Hector Davis and came to Louisiana in…

Nelson Ray searching for his wife Lucinda Jemison and children

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

May 15, 1879

DEAR EDITOR—I wish to enquire about my wife and children. They were owned by Dr. John Tarlton, who lived at Bayou Boeuf, below Morgon City or Brashear. He sold them to a man that carried them to Texas. I have heard that it was Alleyton, Colorado, but but do not know certainly. My wife's name was Lucinda Jemison before I had her. We had seven…

Major James Wright searching for his mother Mary, father Julius, and brother Dick Taylor

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

June 12, 1879

DEAR EDITOR—I desire information concerning my long lost mother, father and brother, Mary, Julius and Dick Taylor. The last heard from they lived with Judge Taylor, Ouachita parish, Louisiana, In dividing the property I fell to Asa Wright, and was brought to Texas 48 years ago. I have not heard from them since. I hope dear friends in Alabama and…

Thomas Pierce searching for his brother Martin Lipcombe

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

July 1, 1880

DEAR EDITOR—I wish to inquire for my brother, Martin Lipcombe. His mother's name is Nancy Gaines. He had two uncles, Elick and Washington Gaines; two brothers, Thomas and Alfred Gaines; and two sisters, Betsie and Martha. Since the war Thomas goes by the name of Thomas Pierce. Betsie belonged to Mrs. Walker, of Mobile, and was known as Betsie…

Eliza Handy (formerly Eliza Dancey) searching for her children Mollida Barnett, Mary Slaughter, and Ellen

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

July 22, 1880

DEAR EDITOR- I wish to inquire for my three children. Mollida Barnett, the first one, left me about 40 years ago, was bought by speculators in Charlotte, N.C., and carried to Columbus, Ala. Mary Slaughter was carried from Canton to New Orleans. She belonged to Lewis Slaughter, who sold her in New Orleans, where he kept a tavern. Daughter Ellen…

B. Powe searching for their aunt Delia Stover

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

July 15, 1880

DEAR EDITOR—I wish to inquire for my aunt, Delia Stover. She belonged to Capt. Stover about 29 years ago, as near as I can remember. She has a brother named Jack Powe, who used to go by the name of Jack Stover. Just before Capt. Stover's death he made a will, and my aunt and father were separated. Aunt fell to Bob Gordon's wife and was carried to…

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.…

Sarah Jane Farris looking for her father Land Callery and her siblings

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

April 19, 1883

MR. EDITOR:—I wish to inquire about my father, sister and brother. I have not heard from them in 25 years. Sister Eliza was sold by Aleck Brown, in Louisiana; brother Pendleton was carried to New Orleans by Jim Just. Father was Land Callery, and was carried out of the State. We were separated from father in eastern Texas. Mother was called Minnie…

Nevan Moore searching for his brothers Joe Moore, Thomas Hamilton, and Henry Hamilton

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

January 23, 1890

MR. EDITOR: I wish to inq[...] for my people. I left them in [missing] county, Mo., in 1862; I was [missing] years old. My mother's name Hannah Moore. She had four s[...] Joe Moore, Thomas Hamil[...] Henry Hamilton and Ne[...] Moore. My master was na[...] Geo. Moore. He sold us to a [...] named Joe Hart in 1864. Moore brought us to Texas [...]…

Sarah Ratliff (formerly Sarah Davidson and Sarah Vance) searching for her siblings James Almnight, Henry Davidson, and Mary Knight

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

September 9, 1880

DEAR EDITOR— I wish to inquire for two brothers and one sister— James Almnight, Henry Davidson and Mary Knight. Brothers left me at Batesville in 1865. James went to Helena and then to New Orleans. The last I heard of him he was living at the latter place in 1870. Henry went to Ohio about the close of the war. The last I heard of him was in 1873,…

Elmyra Knight searching for her parents, Jack Keith and Charity, and her siblings

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

September 20, 1888

DEAR EDITOR:—I wish to enquire for my people. I left my father in Newton county, forty years ago. Father's name was Jack Keith. Mother's name was Charity. She was bought from the widow Harris, by Bird Saffold together with her two children Elmyra and Tanzadia. Mother and I were brought to Harrison county by Robt. Saffold. Sister was carried to…

Alice Bell (formerly Alice Walker) searching for her mother Kate and siblings

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

September 13, 1888

MR. EDITOR:—I wont to inquire for my people, from whom I was taken when quite young. We lived in South Carolina, near Greeneville. I was so young I can't remember anything about it, but I am going by what was told me. Mother was Kate, and belonged to Mr. Oliver Barrett. He moved away and turned her over to Mr. Haseclaw. I had three brothers: Joe,…