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Pleasant Riley McGill searching for her father Sias Anderson

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

November 6, 1879

I want to know something about my father, Sias Anderson. He used to belong to Charley Henderson, near Murlreesboro, Tenn. He was sold South and shortly afterwards I saw him going North. The last time I heard from him he was at Index, Canada. Mother's name is Sarah McGill. She used to belong to David McGill, near Murfreesboro, Tenn. She had three…

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Phoebe Bryson searching for Sarah Jane Bryson

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

November 28, 1889

Mr. Editor: Please inquire for my daughter; her name was Sarah Jane Bryson. She has one brother named Henry Bryson, and one sister named Anna Bryson. I had several children, but they are all dead except the three mentioned above. She left us in Macon, Miss., some six years ago, and went to Louisiana, somewhere near New Orleans. Her father's name…

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Philper King (formerly Philper Fuller) seeking her mother Catherine, her husband Joshua Fuller, and her siblings

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

March 15, 1888

MR. EDITOR-- I wish to inquire for my lost friends. They left me with Sam Barker on Milton's place. My mother's name was Catherine; she used to belong to Sam Barker, and he sold her to Milton My stepfather's name was Tommy, my brother's Daniel, my sister's Mary, my husband's Joshua Fuller, and my name was Philper Fuller. I now go by the name of…

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Phillip Scott searching for his sister Nancy

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

February 28, 1884

DEAR EDITOR- I wish to inquire
for my sister Nancy. Mother is
Henrietta. I left her at Poindexter's
trade yard. We belonged to
a man named Scott. Address me at
Lockhart, Texas. PHILIP SCOTT.

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Philis Ann Jackson searching for her father, mother, sisters, and brothers

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

December 18, 1884

MR. EDITOR― I want to find my father, mother, sisters and brothers. They used to belong to Wm. Akers, near Paris, Tennessee. My father's name was Gilbert, my mother's name was Millie, my three sisters, Hannah, Lucy, and Pollie. My brothers' names were Peter, Martin, James, Jack and Riley. My name is Philis Ann Jackson. Address me in care Rev. J.…

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Philip Scott searching for his sister Nancy and mother Henrietta

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

May 8, 1884

MR. EDITOR― I wish to inquire for my sister Nancy, whom I left in Mississippi. Mother was Henrietta, and I left her in Poindexter's trader's yard. Address me at Lockhart, Texas. PHILLIP SCOTT.

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Peter Stroman (formerly Peter Blakey) searching for his father Bill Bridges

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

May 29, 1884

MR. EDITOR-- I wish to inquire for my father whom I left in Steward county, Ga., near a town named Boxankle. My mother brought me from there before the war. I was about 2 years old; my little sister's name was Edepy; we were our father's two children. My father's name was Bill Bridges; he belonged to a man of that name. My mother's name was Belle…

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Peter Martin searching for his mother Lucy sisters and brother

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

November 12, 1885

MR. EDITOR. I wish to inquire for relatives. Mother was Lucy Martin; sisters were Ann, Betsy, and Susan Martin, I heard that my oldest sister was dead. My brother was Jerry Martin. When I left them I was 16 years old. I was taken from Flora, Miss., to Columbus, and sold to Dr. Topp in Lowndes county, Mississippi. Mother's husband was Peter…

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Permelia Statefield searching for her son Turner Staterfield

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

June 11, 1885

MR. EDITOR- I wish to inquire for my son, a young man about 26 years of age. His name is Turner Saterfield. He left home Feb. 10, 1874, and I have have heard from him once; he was then in Cincinnati, O. He was to lave Cincinnati in a few days for Memphis, Tenn., at the time I heard from him. I think it was in 1877. My name is Permelia Saterfield.…

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Permelia Brown searching for her sister Annette, brother Peter, and mother Sarah

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

October 8, 1885

MR. EDITOR―I wish to inquire for my people. My sister's name was Ametie and my brother's name was Peter. My mother's name was Sarah, and we all belonged to a man by the name of Jack Clockton. A white man named Monroe bought my sister, and we lived on the Kale place before we were sold. Our father's name was Manuel. Now, the last word that my…

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Peeer Daucia searching for Charles Evans and his wife Celia

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

May 15, 1884

MR. EDITOR―I wish to inquire for some of my people, Charles Evans and his wife Cealia. In 1855 we left them in Texas. We belonged to Col. Evans, and were brought here by D. Rhodes. My mother was Vina Daucia, father Allen Daucia. Read this out in churches in Texas. Address me at Cheneyville, Rapides parish, La. PEEER DAUCIA.

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Pauline Johnson searching for her sister Eliza Boatner and her brother Benjamin Boatner

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

May 15, 1884

MR. EDITOR― I wish to inquire for some of my relations, my sister, Eliza Boatner and my brother, Benjamin Boatner. My sister and brother belonged to the estate of old Boatner. My sister was sent to either Houston or Galveston, Texas. My brother was sold to Jesse Carney. My mother was Dinah Bortner, father was Matt Boatner. I had a sister, next to…

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P. S. Golden searching for his wife's mother

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

October 23, 1879

DEAR EDITOR—I wish to get some information concerning my wife's mother. Her name was Malvinny. She once belonged to Press Grove. My wife had four sisters and one brother — Dollie, Mary, Eliza, Martha, Elmira and Edward. My wife was left with her grand-mother, whose name is Mary Jackson. Her husband's name is Andrew Jackson. My wife's mother went…

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P. S. Foster seeking Lucy, Derandy, and Dilcy Dewalt

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

July 21, 1881

DEAR EDITOR: I wish to make inquiry about my kindred in South Carolina. We left them in 1867, and have not heard from them since. My father's step-mother is is named Lucy Dewalt. She use to belong to the family of Dewalt's, in South Carolina. We left there in the year 1867 on the account of bush-whackers. Mother's sister's name is Derandy Dewalt,…

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Nelson Collins searching for his mother, sister, and eldest brother

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

May 14, 1885

MR. EDITOR― I wish to inquire for my people, who lived in Virginia about 30 years ago. We were separated from each other in New Orleans, and sold by the trader George Davis. My mother, sister and eldest brother were left in Virginia, and I have not heard from them since. We belonged to Ned Hicks. My mother's name was Mary Collins, sitsers names…

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Neal Harris searching for his two brothers Samuel Bush and Thos. Bush

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

August 14, 1884

MR. EDITOR― I wish to inquire for my two brothers. Their names are Samuel Bush and Thos. Bush. I left them in Alabama, on old man Floyd Bush's farm, near Alexander, a little village town. My father and mother died when I was very small, and I only remember the name of my father, Heny Bush; my mother I can not remember. My name is Neal Harris.…

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Nancy Shepherd seeking her father Jack Shepherd

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

July 21, 1881

MR. EDITOR: I wish to inquire for my father, Jack Shepherd, who the last time I saw him lived in Collin county. That was fourteen years ago. I heard from him once or twice. He was brought here in war time by a man named McWhorter. NANCY SHEPHERD. Melissa, Texas.

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Mrs. Wm. McKane searching for friends Gus Mike, Ransom Mike, Frank Mike, Sinta Mike, and Harriet Mike.

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

November 20, 1879

DEAR EDITOR--I desire to inquire about some lost friends of mine. The last I saw of them they were in Georgia. Two brothers were last heard from in Texas, Gus Mike and Ransom Mike; the other, Frank Mike, was in Alabama. There were two sisters in Georgia, Sinta and Harriet Mike. I married Wm. McKane and moved to Mississippi. I have not heard from…

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Mrs. Sislie Hackett searching for her daughter Nancy Templeton

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

June 26, 1884

MR. EDITOR―I desire to seek my daughter who was separated from me in slave times. Her name was Nancy Temelton. John Tempelton sold her to a Negro trader. Her name was Randale Cannon. her mother, when she was sold, was Sislie Alexander. My husband, when Nancy was sold, was Thornton Alexander, now Thornton Hackett. I had five children: Nancy, the…

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Mrs. R. C. Comer seeking her sister Lenorah Jackson

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

May 10, 1888

MR. EDITOR—Permit me to inquire for my sister, Lenorah Jackson. She visits St. Mark's Baptist Church and Winan Chapel Methodist Church. I hope the pastors of the above named churches will read this to their congregations. I visited my mother and sisters in this city during the Exposition, in 1885. I had another sister here by the name of Cilvey…

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Mrs. Philice Henderson searching for her daughter Emma

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

June 12, 1884

MR. EDITOR― My daughter Emma was sold from a man by the name of Lehman, corner Eughien and Greatman streets, New Orleans, La. Her mother, Mrs. Philice Henderson, 508 Constance street, New Orleans, La.

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Mrs. Mary Allen seeking her father

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

May 31, 1888

MR. EDITOR--I wish to inquire for my father; his name was Mike Henderson; he belonged to Mr. Henderson, in Montgomery, Ala. I was a child when sold from him; I was sold to Wyart Jones who lived in Louisiana. My mother was named Elvira Houston. I had a sister named Caroline. Any information about him will be thankfully received. Address Mrs. Mary…

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Mrs. Margret Harris searching for her brothers Albert, Logan, and Jordan

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

May 15, 1884

MR. EDITOR- Allow me to inquire for my three brothers, Albert, Logan and Jordan. We belonged to Mr. Houston, near Danville and Sanford, Ky. I was a child four years old when brought from there by James Cole, a son-in-law of old Sam Houston. He had been married twice, and both wives were named Betty. He had three children. My father and mother are…

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Mrs. Malinda Powels searching for her mother, father, and three sisters

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

June 5, 1884

MR. EDITOR― I wish to find the whereabouts of my mother and father and three sisters. Mother's name was Caroline Dupree, father Alfred; sisters Mary, Zelphia and Rachel. I left them in Alabama near the town of Campelton; we all belonged to Mr. John Dupree; after emancipation mother hired s to a Mr. Bob Echols. We (myself, and brother, Ben…

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Mrs. Lucinda Hackett searching for her sister Amanda Jackson

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

June 26, 1884

MR. EDITOR— I wish to inquire for my sister, Amanda Jackson. Francis Henry Hill sold her to a Negro trader, Mr. Sidney Thomas, about 1848 or 1849. We all formerly belonged to the Murchestney estate, but fell to Nancy Murchestney when she married Francis Henry Hill. We lived between Madison and Culpepper Court-house, on the Powel Hills farm,…

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