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Lucretia Palmer searching for witnesses to her pre-Civil War marriage

The Richmond Climax (Richmond, KY)

May 14, 1890

Information Wanted.

CENTRAL CITY, KY., May 10, 1890.

Editor of the Climax:

Please announce that I am anxious to
hear from some one acquainted with the
facts set forth below:

Any one having any knowledge of the
marriage of Lucretia Palmer, (colored),
(nee Maupin) on King Maupin's place,
near Rogersville, Ky., about 1858, will…

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Isaac N. Parker searching for his uncle Joseph Relifoot

New National Era (Washington, DC)

May 9, 1872

Portsmouth, Va., April 30, 1872.
To the Editor of the New National Era :
Will you please be kind enough to publish
a few lines for me concerning my uncle,
Joseph Relifoot, who was sold some years
previous to the war, by Willis T. Riddirk,
Gales county, North Carolina. His mother's
name was Hester ; his father's Isaac ; his
brothers'…

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Mrs. Margaret Rollins searching for her uncle, James Mitchell

The Nashville Globe (Nashville, TN)

March 23, 1917

WHERE IS JAMES MITCHELL?
Shreveport, La., Feb. 24, 1917.
To The Fraternal Monitor,
Cincinnati, Ohio.
Dear Mr. Editor:
I would like to ask if you or any
of your readers can tell me the pres-
ent whereabouts of James Mitchell, a
son of Mrs. Millie Benden and a half-
brother of Allen Lee. In slavery time
the family was owned by…

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Sophia Brown searching for her relatives including her mother Harriet King and brother Peter

The Sun (New York, NY)

September 9, 1888

To Whom it May Concern.
Can any one answer this letter to the satis-
faction [satisfaction] of the writer?
"TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: I have some relations
in Richmond, Va. They are not in Richmond town, but
are in that county. My mother was named HARRIET KING,
and me and my brother PETER were sold together, and
came as far as Duck Hill,…

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Miss D. Howard searching for her brother William O. Howard

Alexandria Gazette (Alexandria, VA)

June 6, 1912

W O. .HOWARD WANTED.
The Gazette has received a letter
from Miss D. Howard, Meriden, Miss.,
asking for information of her brother,
William O. Howard, also known as
Ollie Howard, who was known to have
been in Alexandria last September.

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