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Edgar Spencer seeking information about his sister Eliza Cotton

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

April 8, 1880

DEAR EDITOR ----I wish to hear of
Eliza Cotton. Her brother was Edgar
Spencer. In old times our sister
was named Nancy Spencer.
Our mother, Maria, had those
three children and another named
Matilda ----four in all. I found Nancy
Spencer in Virginia, and I am informed
that sister Eliza is in New
Orleans. Let this letter be…

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Richard Elliott searching for his sons Willie and Champion

The Daily Standard (Raleigh, NC)

May 14, 1868

INFORMATION WANTED
OF MY TWO SONS, WILLIE AND CHAMPION,
who left me in 1864, when Wilson's
parade took place in Virginia. Willie is about
23 years of age, low, chunky and very dark.
Champion is about 19 years of age, spare made,
and of ginger colored complexion. Their
whereabouts is not exactly known, but I am of
opinion they are…

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Simon Foley looking for his mother Rachel Foley and siblings, Neut, Doctor, P. O., Matilda, and Harriet

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

September 26, 1889

INFORMATION WANTED.
Simon Foley desires to learn the whereabouts
of his people if any of them are
alive. I left them on the Poplar Hill
plantation near the Antioch church, about
44 years ago. I was then about 11 years
old, and I have forgotten the name of the
county, but it is in the State of Virginia.
My people all belonged to…

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Rachel Rogers seeking brothers Nick and Nussau Sanders and sister Sookie Toles

Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

July 7, 1900

Do You Know Them ?

I have somewhere in Virginia two
brothers and one sister. Their names
are Nick Sanders, Nussau Sanders and
Sookie Toles. My brother Uriah and I
were sold from Lancaster County
about 45 years ago at the sale of old
Mrs. Polly Cavern. My father, Abraham
Sanders belonged to Joseph C
Cavern, and after his death his…

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