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David Kelly searching for his brother

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

September 3, 1885

Mr. Editor—I wish to find my
brother. He left West Point,
Tenn., about the year 1886; he was
about twenty years old; he had
two finegrs [fingers] cut off his left hand;
his little finger and the second.
His mother's name was Caroline
Kelly, his father William Noland.
Address David Kelly, Martin's
Mills, Tenn.

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Cynthia Wheeler searching for her brother Spencer Thomas

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

December 3, 1885

Mr. Editor: I wish to inquire
thourgh [through] your paper for my broth-
er. When I last heard from him
he was in New Orleans. His name
is Spencer Thomas; we were sepa-
rated when we were children, and
lived with Mr. Inlow, who lived
near Jack Thomas and Highdipper,
three miles of North MIddletown,
Bourbon county, Ky. Our mother
was…

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Clarissa, [last name unknown] searching for her parents and siblings

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

April 23, 1885

Mr. Editor—I wish to inquire
for my lost friends, father and
mother, sisters and brothers. My
father's name was Zeales Butler;
my mother's name was Mariah
Winkfield; she married Zeales But-
ler, and she fell to Dr. Johnnie
Winkfield, who married Caroline
Gypson. My name was Clarissa; I
fell to a Methodist preacher then
known as Lucius…

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Charlotte Ware searching for her son Frank Beres

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

May 1, 1884

Mr. Editor—I wish to inquire
for my son, Frank Breres. I left
him with Maria Martin eight years
ago. The last heard from he was
living in New Orleans. I then
went by the name of Charlotte
Martin, but am now Charlotte
Ware. I brought a daughter away
named Cornelia. Address me at
La Grange, Texas, care Rev. E.
Henderson.

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Mrs. Milley Pitre searching for her sister Celeste Quarterre

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

April 23, 1884

MR. EDITOR--I wish to inquire for my sister. I left her in East Baton Rouge in 1866. Her name was Celeste Quarterre. She lived with Mr. Adolph Brooks. Our mother was named Matilda. She died in Plaquemine, at Mr. Frank Boone's. She had three daughters: Celeste, Milley and Julia; and one son named Joseph. Any information concerning any of them will…

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Catherine Webster searching for her mother Millie Limas, father Jack Limas, siblings Louisa Trip, Eliza Limas, Isabela Readers, Randal, and Virgil

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

July 1, 1885

Mr. Editor - I wish to inquire
for my relatives; my mother's name was
Millie Limas, father Jack
Limas. At the time I left my sister's
name was Louisa Trip
Eliza Limas, but she has been sold
since then. My brother was named
Randall; he belonged to Major
Williams; my youngest brother
was Virgil; I do not know the man
that bought…

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Catherine Strong searching for her unnamed mother's family

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

May 15, 1884

MR. EDITOR-I wish to inquire
for my mother's people, whom she
left in Norfolk, Va. Her mother's
name was Betsy Ridley; her father
Thomas Moseley; sisters, Lizzie,
Georgana; brother, William. She
was sold from Ridley to Ruskin,
and he sold me to a negro trader by
the name of Mr. Hall. I left them
in 1850 or '51, and was…

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Caroline Holloway searching for her sister Francis

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

June 12, 1884

MR. EDITOR––I wish to find my
sister Francis. We all belonged
to the Austins, at Chillicote, Mis-
souri [Missouri]. My mother was Cloa, she
came to her death by hanging her-
self [herself]. There were three children of
us, brother Amos, sister Francis
and myself, Caroline. Sister Fran-
cis [Francis] was sold about 26 or 27 years…

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Callie Izard searching for her sister Nettie

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

December 10, 1885

MR. EDITOR-Please inquire for
my Sister Nettie who left us at
Paraclifta, Sevier county. Arkan
sas, in 1879 or 1880, at that time I
was not married. My husband is
G. J. Izard, he is a preacher. He
taught school here the year after
she left. Mother, Sisters Nettie,
Laura, and myself, were members
of the M. E. Church, converted…

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C. L. Dickinson searching for the Rev. J. G. Thompson and his wife Amelia

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

April 23, 1885

If the Rev. J. G. Thompson, late
of the Liberia Conference, and his
wife, Amelia, are still alive I should
be glad to know their address.

C. L. Dickinson.

Monrovia, West Africa, Feb. 10, 1884.

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Bunk Hilliard searching for his wife Annie Sterling

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

October 30, 1884

Mr. Editor - I wish to inquire
for my wife. Her name was Annie;
mine is Buck Sterling. She belonged
to a man in Georgia by the
name of Whit Sterling. She had
a daughter Francis. She left her
in LaGrange, Georgia. Wife was
sold to Mr. Barley, who lived in
Lafourche in war times. The last
I heard of her she was married
again to…

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Betty Davis searching for her mother Prescella and brother Henry

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

April 2, 1885

MR. EDITOR -- I am inquiring for
my mother, her name is Prescella;
my brother is named Henry; used
to belong to Michael Watson, between
Macon and Knoxville, on the
public road, In Georgia. I left
them there when I was quite small,
long before the war. He sold them
to a man by the name of Salbut,
and a horse at the same time. My
mother…

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Bettie Moore searching for her sisters Anna Liza Brown and Cornelius, and brother Walter Bell

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

October 8, 1885

MR. EDITOR —I wish to inquire
for my people. My father's name
was Norvel Bell; he had two wives,
his first wife was named Maria
Bishop; he had one daughter by
her, whose name is Anna Liza
Brown. His second wife's name
was Kate Houston; he had two
daughters and one son by this
wife. The name of the son is
Walter Bell; the names…

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John Holmes searching for his stepfather Benton, mother Lettie, and brother Dick Holmes

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

February 26, 1884

I wish to inquire for my people
who lived east of Vicksburg, Miss.,
about the second or third year of
the war. I was then six or seven
years of age, and was taken from
home by some Southern soldiers
who brought me to Texas, and I
was sold three times. When I was
taken the soldier drew a gun on my
step-father and made him put me…

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Auntie Bennett searching for her relatives George, Handy, and Sanders Bennett and Fortune and Mimo Francis

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

April 10, 1884

MR. EDITOR––I wish to find my
relatives whom I left in Texas,
Grimes county, 20 years ago. They
were George, Handy and Sanders
Bennett, Fortune Francis, Mimo
Francis. I belonged to Pent As-
kew [Askew]. Address me at Washington,
La. AUNTIE BENNETT.

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Arthur Holder searching for his father Sam Lawyer, three brothers, and two sisters

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

October, 22, 1885

MR. EDITOR : I wish to inquire
for my people. I left them near
Lynchburg, Sumpter district, South
Carolina. My mother is dead but
she belonged to John Colde, she
was Bettie Cold; father was Sam
Lawyer or Lawra,and belonged to
James Lawra, a cripple. My broth
ers [brothers], Erus, Sam, Tim Cold; Sisters
Abigail and Vinnie Cold, the…

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Anty. Powell searching for his father Abraham Beard, mother, sister Millie Crawford, and brother Charles Martin (2nd of 2 ads placed)

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

November 20, 1884

MR. EDITOR-I wish to inquire
for my father Abraham Beard.
My mother, also belong to Mr.
Ruffin Beard, and a sister by the
name of Millie Crawford. I had a
brother by the name of Charles
Martin. My sister Millie was sold
at a sale in Woodville, North Car-
olina. I then went by the name of
Anty Martin, but I now go by the
name of…

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Anthony Flewellen searching for his daughter Mary Elizabeth Catherine

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

May 21, 1885

MR. EDITOR––I wish to inquire
for my daughter; her name is Mary
Elizabeth Catherine. I left her in
Upson county, Georgia, 7 miles
east of Thomaston, and two miles
from the Upson camp grounds,
Her mother’s name was Ellen Hol-
away [Holaway]; she had a baby, when I left,
about three weeks old, but Mary
Elizabeth Catharine was one…

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Amanda Jane Prince searching for her mother Charlotte Whiteside and siblings Jesse Whiteside, William Henry Whiteside, George Washington, Penny Green, Owa Penny, Lusinday Whiteside, Julia Whiteside, Mary Elizabeth Penny, and Louisa Penny

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

September 10, 1885

MR. EDITOR - I wish to inquire
for my people. I left them on the
road in a city by the name of Bates-
ville, Mo. My mother, brothers and
sisters's names are: Mother,
Charlotte Whiteside; brothers,
Jessie Whiteside, William Henry
Whiteside, George Washington,
Penny Green and Owa Penny;
My sisters; names, Lusinday White-
side, Julia…

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Alwilder Marr searching for his brother Charley and his mother Susan

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

December 31, 1885

MR. EDITOR - My bother's name
was Charley; he lived with a man
named Joe McCrandle; my mother
was named Susan, and also lived
with Joe McCrandle; she left Mr.
McCandle when my brother Charles
was twelve months old. Mr. Louis
Davis bought her from Mr. Mc-
Crandle and brought her to Mis-
souri. I have not seen or heard
from her…

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Agnes Collins searching for her three sisters Nannie, Patience, and Julian

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

May 29, 1884

MR. EDITOR-I desire to inquire
for my relatives that I left in
Franklin, Tenn., during the war.
Three sisters, Nannie, Patience and
Julian, who belonged to Mr. Ellis,
of Franklin. My sister Nannie's
husband used to belong to a Mr.
Ployd; she had four children when
I left Franklin for Louisiana, Sarah,
Mag, Eliza and Mary. When I…

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Abram White searching for his sister Mary Jackson

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

September 9, 1885

MR. EDITOR - I wish to inquire
for my sister, whom I left in Fay-
ette Co. Alabama. Her name was
then Mary Jackson; her mother's
name was Lucinda. My mother
and three brothers of us were sold
to ship and brought to this country.
Also our step father, name Jack
Smith. The oldest brothers' name
was Western, next Clark and
Abram.…

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Aaron Alexander searching for his brother Pink Alexander

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

September 10, 1885

MR. EDITOR - I desire to find
my brother, Pink Alexander. He
left me in Columbus, Colorado
connty [county], and went to Houston about
eight years ago. Address Aaron
Alexander, Navasota, Grimes
county, Texas.

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A. Hamm searching for H.C. Hamm

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

October 15, 1885

MR. EDITOR: I wish to inquire
for H. C. Hamm. He was in the
State of Ohio in 1883-84. Ad-
dress A. Hamm, Holly Springs,
Miss.

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Lurania Whitehead searching for her mother Ann Folds

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

October 14, 1886

MR. EDITOR -- I wish to inquire for my mother, Ann Folds. She had seven children, three sons and four daughters, as follows, viz.: Samuel, Willis and Edmund, Inea, Eveline, Martha and myself. I was brought to Texas by Mr. Wm. Buttrell, who married Miss Polly Folds. I had a little sister Catherine. Miss Bettie Folds married Mr. William Smith,…

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