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Wm. H. Graves searching for his son William C. Graves
Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD)
August 1, 1864
LEFT HIS HOME--On Tuesday, July 26th, a chestnut colored Boy, about 13 years of age, by the name of WILLIAM C. GRAVES; had on blue checked shirt, black pants, blue cap, and no shoes. Any information of him will be thankfully received by his parents, No. 4 LITTLE KING ST.
1t * WM. H. GRAVES.
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Willie Walker searching for his sister Lula Green
The Arkansas Gazette (Little Rock, AR)
February 17, 1910
WANTED--INFORMATION.
WANTED--To know the whereabouts of
Lula Green, as her brother, Willie
Walker, colored, is very low at 916 State
street. Any information concerning her
will be received by calling POE'S
STORE, Tenth and State. 78490
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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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William Watson searching for his wife Nancy Watson and their children George and Jane
Louisville Daily Courier (Louisville, KY)
March 21, 1866
WANTED.
WANTED—INFORMATION—My wife, NAN-
CY [NANCY] WATSON, colored woman, and two chil-
dren [children], George, aged 9 or 10, and Jane, aged 4 or 5, ar-
rived [arrived] in Louisville, Ky., last summer. They were
from Avoyelle Parish, La., near Marksville. We
all belonged to Mr. Cornelius Voris. I have not
heard one word from them since…
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William Rawlin searching for William Turner
Buffalo Commercial Advertiser (Buffalo, NY)
July 15, 1862
INFORMATION WANTED
OF WILLIAM TURNER, (colored.) He came from
Toronto, C. W., to this city, about four months ago,
since which time his family have not heard from him. He
is supposed to be on some boat plying between this city
and one of the upper lake ports Any information ad-
dressed [addressed] to "WILLIAM RAWLIN, Toronto, C. W.,…
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Will Jackson searching for his brother, Noble Jackson
The Galveston Daily News (Galveston, TX)
June 19, 1904
INFORMATION wanted of my brother,
Noble Jackson; when last heard from was
living at 1427 Ave. M. Galveston. Address
WILL JACKSON, colored, care County
Jail, Kaufman, Tex.
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W. S. Brown searching for his brother Will Doubtly
The Topeka Plaindealer (Topeka, KS)
June 8, 1906
INFORMATION WANTED OF
WILL DOUBTLY.
Any information of Will Doubtly
who was last heard of at Wybark,
I. T., will be thankfully received by
his brother, W. S. BROWN,
2824 State Street,
3t-4-13. Chicago, Ill.
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W. G. Robinson searching for Joseph N. Robinson
The Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, OH)
January 2, 1882
INFORMATION wanted of the whereabouts of
Joseph N. Robinson (colored), of Pittsburg, Penn.,
lately employed at St. James Hotel, Cincinnati.
Address W. G. ROBINSON, No. 88, cor. Sixth and
Penn sts., Pittsburg, Penn. 1*2
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Virginia Foster searching for George W. Davis
The New York Age (New York, NY)
July 20, 1905
INFORMATION WANTED.
Information is wanted relative to the
present address of George W. Davis, in Lit-
tle [Little] Rock, Ark. Address Virginia Foster, 220
East 70th street, New York city.
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Unnamed searching for his sister, Lula Suber
The Topeka Plaindealer (Topeka, KS)
November 6, 1914
NOTICE.
Looking for Lost Relatives.
Information of the whereabouts of
Lula Suber will be appreciated by
her brother, who now lives in Kansas.
He would like to hear from her.
When last heard of she was living in
Columbia, S. C., in 1878 on Wheelers
Hill. Mail any information concerning
her to the Plaindealer Office, Topeka,…
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Unnamed person searching for Robert Peck
The New York Age (New York, NY)
February 27, 1913
INFORMATION WANTED.
Information is wanted of whereabouts
of Robert Peck (colored), who lived in
New York (City or Brooklyn) in or about
1850. He or his descendants or relatives,
or those having known him will find it to
their advantage to communicate with
The New York Age Office, Box F. D. T.
feb 27-4t
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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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Unnamed person searching for Etheother Butler
The Sun (Baltimore, MD)
July 17, 1869
PERSONAL.
INFORMATION WANTED OF ETHEOTHER
BUTLER, or his whereabouts; will be liberally re-
warded [rewarded] at No. 312 RABORG STREET, near Repub-
lican [Republican] street. He is four feet high, fifteen years of age,
and of light ginger-cake color; he had on when he
left home a brown slouch hat, a brown and white
striped shirt, blue…
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Unnamed person searching for Eli Signo
The Sun (Baltimore, MD)
June 7, 1880
INFORMATION WANTED OF A COLORED
MAN, ELI SIGNO, who lived with Mrs. Lyon, cor-
ner [corner] of Wolfe street and Fairmont avenue. Call im-
mediately [immediately] at The Sun office. je1-6tp
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Unnamed person searching for Columbus Coursey
The Selma Times and Messenger (Selma, AL)
February 25, 1868
Information is wanted of the
whereabouts of a colored man named
Columbus Coursey. Addres the freedman's
bureau office at Nashville, Tenn.
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Unnamed man searching for his wife Mrs. Mary Jane Bowser
The Sun (Baltimore, MD)
December 8, 1864
PERSONAL.
INFORMATION WANTED OF MRS. MARY
JANE BOWSER, (a colored woman.) late of
Richmond, Va. If she is in the city, she will hear of
her husband by calling at JOHNSTON'S BARBER
SHOP, No. 37 German street. d8-2t.*
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Unnamed father searching for his daughter Rachael
The Montgomery Advertiser (Montgomery, AL)
August 25, 1865
INFORMATION WANTED,
OF RACHAEL, a young Mulatto Woman, who was
sold in this city in the Spring of 1864, to Mr. ---Moore
by Mrs. Mary Ann Baldwin, of Mississippi. Informa-
tion [Information] of her whereabouts, left with us will be thankful-
ly [thankfully] received by her father.
TAYLOR, GREENE & ALLEN,
aug25 18 Perry Street.
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Unidentified person searching for their son William Minor
The Vicksburg Daily Herald (Vicksburg, MS)
May 8, 1867
Information Wanted.
IN the latter part of January, a negro boy
named WILLIAM MINOR, whose parents
are living on Mr. Walworth's place,
near Natchez, left and came to Vicksburg.
He is not more than 12 or 13 years of age, and
his parents are greatly distressed about him
Any person having information will please
address DOUGLAS…
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Unidentified parents reunited with their daughter after 20 years
Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD)
July 29, 1875
A TOUCHING SCENE.-The Newtown (Md.)
Gazette says: The steamer Tangier last Satur-
day [Saturday] landed at our wharf a negro woman who
had been sold "way down South" some twenty
years ago. She belonged to the Rush estate,
and her father and mother, whose heads are sil-
vered [silvered] with the frosts of many winters, have re-
mained…
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Tom Carnahan, the only black police officer in Lincoln, NE, finds his brother after two decades
The McCook Tribune (McCook, NE)
November 4, 1886
TOM CARNAHAN, the colored member of the Lincoln police force, has been treated to a genuine surprise by the arrival of his brother from Texas, whom he has not heard from in twenty years. Before the war Tom and his brother were slave chil-dren in Arkansas and were separated by the war. Tom drifted to the north and his brother to Texas. A short…
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Thomas Doss searching for his parents Isaac and Nancy Doss
The Daily Picayune (New Orleans, LA)
July 12, 1870
WANTED--INFORMATION CONCERN-
ing [concerning] the whereabouts of ISAAC and
NANCY DOSS, colored. will be thankfully re-
ceived [received] by their distressed son,
THOMAS DOSS,
Lawraville P. O., Baltimore county, Md.
Jy12--6t*
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T. & W. searching for an unnamed woman formerly enslaved by Mrs. Worthington
Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD)
December 18, 1867
WANTED—Information of a COLORED WOMAN,
formerly owned by a Mrs. Worthington, Han-
over [Hanover] street, Baltimore, and who lived in D.C. Crox
all's [Croxall's] family, Hoffman street, about fifteen years ago.
Address T. & W., Sun office. d14-1m*?
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Susan Howard looking for her son Billy Howard
The Nashville Daily Union (Nashville, TN)
March 30, 1865
Information Wanted.
ANY INFORMATION RESPECTING BILLY
HOWARD (a mulatto boy) of Kingston Ga,
will be thankfully received by his mother at
Nashville. Tenn.
SUSAN HOWARD.
mar66- [indecipherable]
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Susan Chase searching for her husband James Chase
The Sun (Baltimore, MD)
November 29, 1864
INFORMATION WANTED OF JAMES CHASE,
colored, who left home on the 19th of November
inst. Was last seen going to his work on the wharf.
Any information of him will be thankfully received
by his wife, SUSAN CHASE, 93 Chestnut st. 1t*]
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Stephen Brown searching for his son Samuel Brown
Atchison Daily Free Press (Atchison, KS)
April 6, 1866
Information is wanted of the wherea-
bouts [whereabouts] of Samuel Brown, who was muster-
ed [mustered] out of the 2d Kansas Colored Regiment
last fall at Fort Leavenworth. His father
resides near Topeka, and is anxious to hear
from him. Any person having any infor-
mation [information] in regard to him and writing to
Stephen Brown, Topeka,…
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