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Madison Moore searching for her mother Charity Smith

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

May 25, 1882

Mr. Editor: I wish to inquire
for my mother, who was taken from
Davison County, in North Carolina, in
1838. Her name was Charity
Smith. She belonged to Major Geo.
Smith, and he sold her to a trader.
We learned the trader carried her
to Georgia and sold her to a Mr.
Fulwider. Her sister was Sarah
Ann; grandmother was Millie…

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Curtis Hogan searching for his six sons including Jack Harrison Hogan, Curtis Hogan, and Frank Hawkins Hogan

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

September 4, 1884

MR. EDITOR—Any information
as to the whereabouts of Jack Har-
rison [Harrison] Hogan, Curtis Hogan, Frank
Hawkins Hogan, Martin Willis
Hogan, Levi Smith Hogan, Felix
Dixon Hogan, will be thankfully
received and duly appreciated by
their old father, Curtis Hogan.
They were slaves of John Hogan,
who lived five miles from Tuscum-
bia…

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Charles Moore searching for his brother Handy Harper (formerly Handy Moore)

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

June 13, 1889

DEAR EDITOR: I want to inquire for my brother, Handy Moore. We were three brothers: George, Handy and Charley. I am the oldest one. We all belonged to Wright Moore before the war. Handy changed his name after his father's, who was a Harper. Our mother is named Annie. She is living with me. The last time I heard from George he was in Vicksburg,…

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