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A. B. Coleman searching for their relatives

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

June 10, 1880

MR. EDITOR—I desire to inquire for some of my relatives of the fol-lowing names: Anderson Turner, son of Edith Turner; his sisters are Lucy, who belonged to Thomas Turner; Violet and Lizzie who belonged to Mark Alexander, and Eliza, who belonged to Henry C. Coleman. Her husband was Rob-ert [Robert] Coleman, now deceased. Eliza lives at…

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Charlotte Roberts (formerly Charlotte McGown) seeking her brother Daniel

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

October 27, 1881

DEAR EDITOR— I wish to inquire for a brother that was taken from me shortly after the war. He was taken from Smith county, Miss., and carried to Texas. We all belonged to Richard McGown. Our mother was dead, died before the war, our father was called Daniel Duke, and my brother was called Sandy, but his name was Daniel. He was carried to Texas by…

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Eliza Harvey (formerly Eliza Dement) seeking her children William, Jane, Fisher, and Victory

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

April 18, 1889

DEAR EDITOR: I wish to inquire for my children whom I have not seen in thirty years. I am the mother of four children: William, Jane, Fisher and Victory. William is my oldest son; he left me in New Orleans about six years before the war, with a man by the name of Rodgers. I left my daughter Victory in Lexington, Miss., six years before the war,…

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Henry Cowthorn searching for his brother John Cowthorn

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

July 1, 1880

DEAR EDITOR—I wish to inquire for my brother John. I heard from him six or seven years ago, at which time he was near Austin, Texas. He was carried to Texas by Hubbard Carington. His name was John Cawthorn. Please address me at Enterprise, Miss. HENRY COWTHORN.

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Gidden Alston (formerly Gidden Bartley) searching for his mother Lucy Bartley, father Richard Alexander, two sisters and six brothers

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

December 11, 1884

MR. EDITOR--I desire to find the whereaboues of the following named persons--father, mother, 6 brothers and 2 sisters. My father's name was Richard Alexander, mother's Lucy Bartley. I left them in Smith county, Tenn., 6 miles from Carthage. I was sold to J. Jimerson, and he sold me to Dr. Ray, a trader, who brought me to this country. My…

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S. L. Jones searching for their mother's relatives including her father Simon Clark

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

December 13, 1883

MR. EDITOR—I wish to inquire
for my mother's relatives whom she
left in Perry county, Alabama,
about [1841?]. Her father's name was
[Simon?] Clark and was owned by a
Mr. Clark. Her father was a first-
class blacksmith and a fiddler. It
was said that he could read and
write. Her mother's name was
Patient. Her sisters and brothers…

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D. D. Jordan searching for his nephew Fleming Jordan

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

February 16, 1882

DEAR EDITOR - I wish to find
Fleming Jordan my sister's son
The last heard from he was in
Hinds County, Miss. in 1876. He
belonged to James Gilmer. Montgomery
County, Alabama, and moved
to Mississippi after freedom.
His mother is Pink Husson, step-
father James Husson. Address,

D.D. JORDAN.
Enterprise, Miss.,

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Samuel Bennitt seeking information about his son Rufus Bennitt

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

April 14, 1881

DEAR EDITOR ----- I wish to inquire
for my son ; his name is Rufus Bennitt
and my name is Samuel Bennitt.
The last time I heard from
him he was in Washington City. I
got a letter from him in 1873.
Address me at Enterprise, Miss.

SAMUEL BENNITT.

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