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Aleck McGae searching for his brothers

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

October 20, 1887

MR EDITOR -- Please inquir through your paper for my brothers Pillow and Charlie Dodds. They were raised in Franklin county, Miss. They belonged to Dr. Wm. Dodds. There mother's name was Adeline Dodds. She formerly lived in Hinds county, and was brought to Franklin caunty by Dr. Wm. Dodds. We had a sister by the name of Jane; she ran away from…

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Mack Shannon searching for his sister Rose Wimbs

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

September 6, 1883

DEAR EDITOR-Mack Shannon wishes to know of the whereabouts of his sister, Rose Wimbs. Last knowledge of her she was in this State, DeSoto, Clark county, with a colored man named Henay Dabbs. There were three children of them, Rose, Ann and Mack. Rose was the oldest. Mother's name was Nellie Wimbs. Any information of her will be thankfully received.…

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Harriet Wyche searching for their parents Fanny Wyche and Jack Dunn, and siblings

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

October 26, 1882

MR. EDITOR: I wish to inquire for my people. Oldest brother was Isaac. I came next and am named Harriet. I was sold in Clinton, Jones county, Georgia. Brothers were Luck, Austin, George and Sam. Sisters, Mary Ann, Lucinda and Caroline. James White bought me in Clinton, when I was about thirteen years old, and carried me to Elbert county. Mother was…

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Alice Rebecca Lewis (formerly Nee Jackson) searching for her mother Martha Jackson and aunts

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

October 5, 1882

Information wanted of my mother, Martha Jackson, a mulattress who belonged to Judge Lomocks, in Fredericksburg, Virginia, and was sold in the year 1855. When last heard of was in Columbia, Mississippi, and keeping a millinery store. She had three sisters (octoroons, viz: Serena Jackson, born February 13th, 1849. Henrietta Jackson, born September…

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Stephen Brazil searching for his family including mother Sinthie Soule and father Chas

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

June 1, 1882

MR EDITOR -- I wish to inquire for my kin people. Mother is Sinthie Soule, father Chas. Cain, oldest brother Rufus Soule, eldest sister Inez Soule, brother Wirt Soule, I was raised to 18 years of age and came with James Gaze. There were also Ike and George Soule. Address me at Hallettsville, Texas. STEPHEN BRAZIL

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Mrs. Fanny Barber searching for her son John Barber

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

March 16, 1882

MR. EDITOR ---- I read in your
paper of Dec. 23, 1881, about my
son. His name is John Barber,
but changed to John C. Evans. He
was sold to a trader in 1851, at the
age of fourteen. I have written
two letters but have received no
answer. I am very anxious to
hear of him, as I am alone in this
world. Mrs. Fanny Barber, No.…

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Daniel Hoskin searching for his parents Susan and Jerry Hoskin and siblings Margaret and Frederick

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

February 26, 1882

DEAR EDITOR - I want to
inquire for relatives Mother and
Father Susan and Jerry Hoskin
sister Margaret married Washington
Wilson in Queen Anne county.
I left Frederick the youngest, and
was sold about 36 years ago to
James [indecipherable] in New Orleans.
Address Daniel Hoskin. Houma, La.

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Smith Blackwell searching on behalf of his wife, Rhoda Blackwell, for her parents Molly and Peter Roe and several siblings

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

February 16, 1882

DEAR EDITOR - I wish to know
something of my wife's relations
she was born in Virginia and left
there when a child. She left there
with her brother Harry who was
the next child to her. Harry was
sold to a man in Charlestown. I do
not know who he was. My wife's
name is Rhoda. Mother's was
Molly, Father's Peter Roe, eldest
sister Sucia,…

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Mrs. Lydia Jones searching for her father Tom Shroud and several siblings last seen in Canton, Mississippi

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

February 9, 1882

DEAR EDITOR - I wish you would
inquire for my brothers and sisters
left in Canton, Miss., August, 1864.
Father was Tom Shroud, brothers
Riley, Charles, Harrison, Daniel ;
sisters, Rebecca, Eliza, Lydia,
Fanny, Isabella, Caroline, and one
who was sold with me, Tempy. We
belonged to John Elders who lived
four miles from Canton, Miss., on…

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Henry Williams (formerly Simon) searching for his mother Mary, aunt Hannah, and grandmother Celia

Southwestern Christian Recorder (New Orleans, LA)

February 2, 1882

MR. EDITOR --- I wish to inquire for my kinfolks. About thirty-one years ago I left Monk's Corner South Carolina. I belonged to William Wight, who married Miss Anna Brunson, daughter of Ben Brunson. Wm. Brunson owned my mother Mary. Ben Burnson Jr., my aunt Hannah. My grandmother Celia, belonged to Wm. Wight. I have not heard anything of…

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Caroline Williams searching for her sister Francis Austin

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

February 2, 1882

MR. EDITOR ---- I wish to inquire for my sister. Her name was Francis Austin, and belonged to Mary Austin. A negro trader bought her by the name of Bess about thirty-five years ago. He sold her in Lexington, Mo.; he bought her in the same State. Her mother's name was Clara Austin. There was two more children, brother Amos and myself, Caroline…

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Annette Williams searching for her siblings Matilda, Charlotte, and Daniel Halens

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

January 26, 1882

DEAR EDITOR ---- I desire to find
my people. The name of my sisters
are Matilda and Charlotte ;
my brother Daniel Halens. I left
them about 12 miles this side of
the Sabine, with the old man
Sperman Halens.
ANNETTE WILLIAMS.

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J. W. Davis (formerly Major) searching for his mother Lilly Mitchell and several siblings

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

January 26, 1882

DEAR EDITOR ---- My name at the
commencement of the war was
Major belonging to Henry Mitchell,
who lived in Martin county, North
Carolina. My mother was named
Lilly Mitchell and one sister named
Lempy, another named Easter, all
of whom lived in Martin county,
North Carolina. One brother
whose name was Isaiah, and
another brother…

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Simon Bills searching for his sister Vina Bray

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

January 26, 1882

DEAR EDITOR ---- I wish to find out
about my sister, Vina Bray. We
left her living with a widow named
Hooks, living between three or
four miles from Collierville, West
Tennessee. We left there in 1856.
Her mother's name was Emily
Bray. She belonged to a man
named Edward Bray. Her brothers
were Charles, Luke, and Jackson…

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Mrs. Ann Read (formerly Clarissa) searching for her mother Perline, sister Sephrony, and brother Anderson or any family (1st of 2 ads placed)

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

January 19, 1882

DEAR EDITOR ----- I belonged to
John Rowden of St. Charles county
Missouri. I was called Clarissa. I
was sold to Mr. Kerle, a planter
My mother was named Perline. I
was the youngest of mother's first
children. I had a sister named
Sephrony, and a brother called
Anderson. I don't know much
about mother's second children. …

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A. D. Coleman searching for his brother Anderson Turner and daughter Lucy Turner

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

January 19, 1882

DEAR EDITOR ---- I wish to know
the whereabouts of my people, 1st.
Brother Anderson Turner and his
wife Delilia, children, Henrietta
and John Turner, his mother was
Edith who went to Mark Alexander
by marriage, his wife father
name was Philip and her mother
Sarah. 2d. My daughter Lucy
Turner was sold to James Turner,
her…

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Alfred Anderson searching for his unnamed son

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

January 12, 1882

The son of Alfred Anderson and
Angeline, aged thirty, when last
seen was in Bonagua Spring. It
was thought he went to Texas. He
has not been heard from for fourteen
years. Address, Alfred Anderson,
Pond Creek, Cheatham county,
Tennessee.

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Catherine Taylor searching for her mother Hattie, father Alexander, and several siblings

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

January 12, 1882

MR. EDITOR ---- I wish to hear
from my people who lived near
Charleston, South Carolina. My
mother's name was Hattie, my
father's name Alexander. My eldest
sister Celia married a man
named Pino, he belonged to Sam
Dibbus, his carriage driver. My
next sister was named Lucinda.
My next was Abbey. We all
belonged to Widow…

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Patsey Walker (formerly Patsey Burks) searching for her daughters Julian and Jane Burks

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

January 5, 1882

DEAR DDITOR [EDITOR] ---- I want to enquire
for my two girls I left in 1848,
Julian Burks and Jane Burks.
Julian is the oldest and Jane the
next. Julian was left in Tolberton,
Georgia, with a man named Monroe
Sanford and Jane was left in
Mississippi with Col. Burks, her
owner, and he went to Montgomery
in Alabama, and there…

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