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Sash Powells searching for her husband's parents and siblings

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

June 12, 1884

MR. EDITOR--I desire to find my
husband's relatives. His father
was Sam Revels, mother Matilda,
a sister Emma, a brother Gates
Revels. I left them during the
war at Marion, Perry county, Ala-
bama. Charley Powels brought
mother and I to Galveston the first
year of the war, but mother went
back and left me. I now go by the…

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Mason Hopson (formerly Mason Jones) searching for his mother Lucy and brothers Joseph and David Jones

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

April 24, 1884

MR. EDITOR.--I desire to in-
quire for my mother and brothers.
My mother's name was Lucy, my
brothers were Joseph and David
Jones. and belonged to Thomas
Davis, Greenville county, Va. My
name was Mason Jones, now it is
Mason Hopson. I hope the preach-
ers will assist me. Address me at
Arneckeville, DeWitt co., Texas.
SOLOMON…

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Stephen searching for his parents and siblings

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

December 10, 1885

MR. EDITOR: Information is
wanted of my people, I don't re-
member the names of their former
owners. I was sold at the age of
4, to Mr. David Allen, who lived
near Danville, Virginia. I lived
in Danville about 5 months, when
I was sold to Mr. Mosely in South
Carolina, and Mr. Mosely brought
me to Arkansas. Mother was…

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Susan Carter searching for her mother and siblings

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

October 8, 1885

MR. EDITOR--I wish to inquire
where my people are. My moth-
er's name is Rose Hawes and
my brother was named Robinson.
One sister was named Mary Jane,
one brother named Richard and
one Jeff. My master was my fa-
ther. The last I heard of them
they were in Virginia, Caroline
county. My name is now Susan
Carter. Please direct…

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T. H. Taylor searching for her mother's daughter Martha Norman

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

July 15, 1885

MR. EDITOR--I wish to inquire
through your valuable paper for
my mother's daughter, who was
sold from her when seven years
old. She was sold from her and
carried away, riding behind a Ne-
gro trader. She belonged, as my
mother did, to John Green, but he
becoming broke sold her and all
the children and her husband to
different…

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Celia Johnson searching for her son Thomas Roberts

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

February 26, 1885

MR EDITOR--Please inquire for
my son. His name is Thomas Rob-
erts. We used to belong to Mr.
Jeremiah Johnson, who lived five
miles from Selma, Ala. I have
been away from there 13 years. It
is about that long, and it was at
that place I last saw my son. If
any one knows where he is they
will favor a mother by writing to
me…

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Unnamed searching for their family and friends

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

April 10, 1884

MR. EDITOR--I wish to inquire
for my aunt, Malinda Wiggington,
who in slave time belonged to Mr.
Mr. Corneal Wiggington; also for
aunt Charity Wiggington, and
Jerry, my uncle, who lived with
Wm. Powell. I heard that brother
Bob went to Alabama with Bob
Hutchinson, and from there to
Louisiana. I also wish to hear from
Irving,…

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Unnamed searching for their father and his family

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

April 17, 1885

MR. EDITOR--I desire to learn
the whereabouts of father, step-
mother and their children. They
went to Texas about 28 years ago,
with a Mr. McClannahan. My
father was Isham Yarborough, and
a blacksmith by trade. I have not
heard from them since they left
Louisville, Mississippi. Address
me at Starkville, Miss.

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Virginia Williams searching for her sister Carolee Harris

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

July 30, 1885

MR. EDITOR--I wish to inquire
through your paper for my sister.
Her name was Carolee Harris or
Carolee Gayarre. Charles Gayarre
was our owner before the war. I
think that he sold her to a man by
the name of Hyman Hart, in Osyka,
Miss. When she left Osyka, Miss.,
I heard that she went to Texas. I
was too young to know much…

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W.C. Echols searching for Guy Thomas

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

September 11, 1884

MR. EDITOR--I wish to inquire
through your excellent paper for
the address of Guy Thomas, former-
ly of Lynchburg, Va. If he will
write at once to Graham Denwell,
Esq., of Springfield, Ohio, he will
learn something of a pecuniary in-
terest to him. Yours truly,
W. C. ECHOLS,
Executor of the will of Thomas
Thomas,…

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Washington Lacey searching for his father Sidney Lacey and uncles Jack Davis and Partees

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

November 13, 1884

MR. EDITOR--I desire to inquire
for my kindred. My father be-
longed to Alexander Ule. I have
not heard from them since the war.
The last time I heard from him he
was in Memphis, Tenn. And my
father was named Sidney Lacey,
and my uncles, one was named
Jake Davis, and the other was
named Partees. My uncle Jake
went to…

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William Miller searching for his five brothers and sister

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

September 4, 1884

MR. EDITOR--I wish to inquire
for my relatives, father and mother,
five brothers and two sisters.
Father's name was Armsted Hop-
kins; mother Faanie Vinson; broth-
ers, oldest Abraham, Jim, Arm-
stead, Sam and Daniel Vinson; sis-
ters, Mary and Ann Vinson. Mother
and all the children belonged to
Andrew Vinson, and were sold in…

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William Sanford searching for his son Charley Sanford

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

May 14, 1885

MR. EDITOR--I wish to inquire
for my son, Charley Sanford. The
last time I saw him he was at Mem
phis. That was in 1879; and he
was then 19 years of age. Address
any information to William San-
ford, Murfreesboro, Tenn.

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Willis Mays searching for his aunt Sophia and uncles Ruben Grimes and John Ray

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

November 12, 1885

MR. EDITOR: I wish to inquire
for my mother's brother and sister
She left them in Kentucky. Moth-
er's name was Lucinda Toltem, her
brothers were Ruben Grimes and
John Ray. She belonged to Alfred
Toltom. She has not heard from
them since 1865. She then heard
they had come to Texas. Mother's
sister was named Sophia. Address
Willis…

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A. Lemons (formerly Eliza Gardner) searching for her brothers Richard and Samuel Gardner

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

January 29, 1885

MR. EDITOR---I wish your aid in
finding my brothers, Richard and
Samuel Gardner. My name was
Eliza Gardner; we lived in Balti-
more [Baltimore], Maryland, and at that time
my brother Samuel followed steam-
boating [steamboating]. There was another brother
of us but I cannot remember his
name. I was a nurse at a hotel
with a Mrs.…

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Sie Johnson searching for his mother Patience, brothers Isaac and Reuben, and sister

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

January 17, 1884

MR. EDITOR-- I wish to inquire for my people whom I left in Alabama in 1852 as near as I can remember. My mother belonged to Lovett Hines, on the Warren river. I had a sister who belonged to Hines also. Mother was Patience, oldest brother Isaac, next Reuben. Isaac belonged to McGowning and Reuben to Woncans. When I left Alabama I belonged to Wm.…

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Wife of Burrell Taylor searching for her brothers Bob, Ben and Joe

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

January 24, 1884

MR. EDITOR: I wish to have the pastor at Pilot Point and others to inquire for my three brothers, Bob, Ben and Joe. We belonged to Mr. Sandy in war time, and I belonged to Miss Camilla Gage. The oldest brother belonged to Ellen Dorem, the next to Jane Ives. I am now married to Burrell Taylor, and live in Pleasanton, Texas.

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Mariah Green searching for her family including Jack Rhad, sister Jane, cousin Eveline, and her husband Bob Moore

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

March 20, 1884

MR. EDITOR-- I desire to inquire for my people. I have not heard from them since 1881. About three years ago they were in New Orleans, La. Jack Rhad and sister Jane, cousin Eveline, brother Claiborne and sister Susan, Clabut and Charlotte Clalup, and my husband, Bob Moore. The last I heard from Bob he was in Holmes county, in 1864, also my sons…

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Millie Randolph searching for Betty Hadden

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

February 14, 1884

Mr. Editor - Allow me to in-
quire for Betty Hadden. Her hus-
band was Benjamin Louis; he used
to belong to the same man, Had-
den; and i have an uncle, Fred.
Hadden, who lived near Mansfield,
La., with my young master. My
name was Millie Hadden, and I
lived on Red River, but my name
is now Millie Randolph. Address
me at Musson P.O.,…

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J. Clark is searching for their brother Anthony

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

March 13, 1884

Mr. Editor-I wish to inquiae [inquire]
for my brother who was sold to
Rafe Phillips, of Macon, Ga., in
1857 or 1858, who brought him to
Mobile, Ala. I heard that he was
sold to the owner of a line of
steamboats from Mobile to New Or-
leans, but did not learn the man's
name. My brother's name was
Anthony; we belonged to a man by
the name…

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Wash Allen

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

February 2, 1884

MR. EDITOR--I wish to inquire for my father, brothers and sister. I was born near Maplesville, Ala. and belonged to Mr. Cole. Father was Eli and mother Dethoney; she died when I was seven or eight years old. Brothers were Noah, Allen, Green, Yonng, Dave and Ezekiel; and sister was Lucinda. I left them when very young, and was brought here 25 or…

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Joshua Ball searching for his parents Joseph and Kitty Ball

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

March 20, 1884

MR. EDITOR— I wish to inquire for my father and mother and sister and brother. My father’s name was Joseph Ball and mother Kitty Ball, and had a son named Joshua and one named Canales; my sister was named Silvia Bryan; our owner before the war was Mr. A. Williams, who lived on Bellair plantation, 4 miles above Baton Rouge, La., and went to Texas…

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Mariah Green searching for her father Capt. Bryant, grandmother Hannah, and sisters Mintie and Rose

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

March 20, 1884

MR. EDITOR-- Please allow me to inquire for my relatives. They lived in the family of Ben. Humphries. I left my father in Grand Gulf, Miss., in 1838. His mother lived in Kentucky. At that time my father's name was Capt. Bryant; his mother was Hannah, sisters Mintie and Rose. Address me at Plantersville, Grimes county, Texas. MARIAH GREEN.

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Pompey Brooks looking for parents and siblings

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

March 6, 1884

MR. EDITOR—Allow me to inquire for my people. My mother, a sister and brother were brought to Tennessee from Virginia. Mother is Mickie Abbott, and sister was Betty Abbott. Mother’s children were Pompey and Dolly. We are here together. Father was James Henry Flood. I have not seen him in 34 years. Mother belonged to Ben Abbott, near Lynchburg,…

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Rev. Henry J. Glenn inquiring for Joe and Green Glenn

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

January 10, 1884

DEAR SIR: I desire to make an inquiry for two brothers of mine that were separated from me when children, we belonged before the war to Widow Fox, she sold me to Mr. William Glenn, and my brother Joe and Green she sent off by her brother, Mr. Joe Moore and her nephew, Mr. Joseph Halion, and sold them to whom I cannot tell. Our mother was named…

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