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Miss Francis Povler seeking information about her mother Mrs. Jennie and siblings Benjamin, Solomon, and Mary Esther

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

August 13, 1885

MISS FRANCIS POVLER INQURIES [INQUIRES]
for relatives, all of whom, a mother,
Mrs. Jennie, two brothers, Benjamin and
Soloman and a sister, Mary Esther, once
belonged to James Meaders, Chambers
county, Ala. Address me care John S.
Taylor, South Norwalk, Conn.

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Milton Moore searching for his mother Minerva Rice

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

October 1, 1885

MR. EDITOR-- I wish to inquire for my mother, who I left 15 miles from Huntsville, Ala., on a plantation belonging to the widow Mary Rice. My mother is Minerva Rice; my father Jordan Rice; my sisters are Francis and Carolina. We were parted about the first year of the war. Our owner lived in Huntsville, Ala. Any information of her whereabouts…

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Milton Anderson searching for his family

The Huntsville Journal (Huntsville, AL)

February 28, 1896

Wanted To Find His Foiks.

I wish to learn of the whereabouts of
my folks. My father was name Dickson;
brother name Edmond Anderson;
sisters named Polly, Dinah and Rachel
Anderson. Sister Polly married a man
by the name of John Anderson.

I came from South Carlina when I
was 19 years of age and stayed 2 or 3
years in Green county…

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Matt Murray searching for his father Abraham Murray and his mother Celia

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

January 5, 1882

DEAR EDITOR ----- I am a regula [regular]
student at the Wiley University
and have not heard from my kin
folks in eleven or twelve years. I
came to Arkansas with my father's
brother, from Alabama in 1870.
We took the train in Columbus,
Georgia. Father's name Abraham
Murray ; my mother Celia, his
wife who, used to belong to…

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Mary Winters (formerly Mary Flourney) searching for her father Brazil Ellington

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

June 11, 1885

MR. EDITOR-- I wish to inquire for my father, Brazil Ellington, who left Russell county, Alabama, in or about the year 1862 with his master, John Ellington, and went to Texas; but I do not remember what portion of Texas they went to, and they have not been heard from since. My father's wife was named Liddie Webb, who belonged to a man by the name…

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Mary Washington searching for her father David Roater, mother Bettie, and sisters Mary Ann and Margaret

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

July 26, 1877

Our family belonged to Mr.
Moody, of Mecklenburgh Co., Va.
Father was named David Roater
and mother was named Bettie ; I
had two sisters, Mary Ann and
Margaret. We were all sold to a
speculator called Capt. Williamson,
who took us to Selma, Alabama,
where in 1846, we were separated,
father, mother and sister Margaret
being at…

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Mary Stowers found her son Willis Green after 28-year separation

The Owensboro Monitor (Owensboro, KY)

May 6, 1874

A Long Lost Mother.
----
[Evansville Journal.]

Twenty-eight years ago Mary Stowers,
a slave woman, belonging to Harrison
Stowers, of Owensboro, was sold to parties
living in Shelby county, Kentucky, and
was with her little girl of two years
taken away, leaving her boy, Willis
Green, then four years old, with her
former master,…

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Mary Simon searching for information of her daughter Margaret Ann Elizabeth Clemez

South Carolina Leader (Charleston, SC)

October 20, 1866

NOTICE.
I desire to obtain information relative to my
daughter Margaret Ann Elizabeth Clemez. we
were brought from Marion Perry county Ala.
estate of Dr. Frank Hales to Friendship coun-
ty [county] No. Ca. here we seperated. I left her in the
hands of a speculator entitled James Gartner, any
party knowing of her whereabouts will please…

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Mary Jane Hunt (formerly Susan Hunt) searching for her mother Caroline and two half-brothers Albert and James

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

September 13, 1877

Our family belonged to Doctor
Blair, of Arkansas. Mother's name
was Caroline; I had a half-brother
named Albert , and another named
James; I was then called Susan.
I was brought to this State by Dr.
Blair, the others were sold, and I
afterward heard that they were in
Alabama. Address Mary Jane
Hunt, care of David Hunt,…

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Mary Jane Bell (formerly Suckey Blacklidge) searching for her daughters Mary Eliza Strebeck and Emily Blacklidge

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

January 16, 1873

Information Wanted.
Information wanted of Mary Eliza Stre-
beck and Emily Blacklidge, daughters of
Suckey Blacklidge and grand-daughters of
Mary McGlynn. They were born in New-
bern, N.C. When last heard from, Mary
Eliza was taken from Newbern by a Mr.
Morris (baker), and sold to Alfred Hatch
in Mobile, Ala. Emily Blacklidge…

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Mary Holsey looking for her sister Mrs. Martha Holeman

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

June 18, 1870

INFORMATION WANTED
Of my sister, Mrs. Martha Holeman, who
lived in Lebanon, Wilson county Tenn. My
mother and I lived in Somelia county, Tenn.
Our mother's name is Sophia Hosley. My
sister's husband's name is Robert Holeman;
they were both sold from Lebanon jail to
Huntsville, Alabama, to a man named
Branum. Any information of their…

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Mary Hayes searching for her cousin Cordelia Hayes

The Appeal (Chicago, IL)

February 21, 1891

CORDELIA HAYES--I wish to find my cousin,
Cordelia Hayes. She was from Montgomery, Ala.
Address, Mary Hayes, Hot Springs, Ark.

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Mary Bryant searching for her son

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

August 24, 1882

MR. EDITOR: I left a son 8 or
9 years old, his name was Levy
Jackson, I left him in Dallas County
Alabama, the nearest town was
Cahawba. It has been 25 or 30 years
since I left him. I want you to write
a letter of inquiry and see if you
can find him for me. I belonged to
William Jackson and was sold to
William Matthis. I…

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Martha Ward searching for her sister Rosetta McQuillin

New National Era (Washington, DC)

September 29, 1870

Information Wanted.
Martha Ward wishes information concerning
her sister, Rosetta McQuillin, who was sold
from Norfolk, Va., about thirty years ago to a
Frenchman in Mobile, Ala. She is about forty-
nine years of age, light complexion, and much
freckled. Her former master was Mr. McQuil-
lin [McQuillin], who resided on Brigg's Point.
Any…

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Martha searching for her children

Montgomery Daily Advertiser (Montgomery, AL)

May 24, 1872

A colored woman in this city,
named Martha, who formerly belonged
to Mrs. Dolly Camps of Elkton,
Tennessee, desires information of her
children. Her daughter Cicely when
last heard of was in possession of Mr.
John Yerger, of Memphis, a grand
son of Mrs. Camp. She had a son
named Tom. Lewis, who, when last
heard of, was with a…

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Martha Ewing

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

September 1, 1881

DEAR EDITOR: -- Mrs. Martha
Ewing wishes to find some of her
kindred. Her mother's name
was Betsy, grandmother's, Lucy
Hunt, mother's brother Jin, and
her sister Milly. Her grandmother
belonged to the Hunts in
Pike county, Ala. Her mother
belonged to Mike Carnell, Macon co.,
Ala. Sold in Harri co., Texas,
from me and my…

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Martha Brown (formerly Celia Lampkine) searching for her mother Jane Lampkins

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

March 30, 1882

MR. EDITOR ---- I wish to inquire for my mother Jane Lampkins. I used to live in Montgomery, Alabama. My sisters were Charrie and Clarisa Lampkins, my brother Cyrus Brown was sold to old John Brown. When I left my mother I was only twelve years of age. I am now in San Antonio, Texas. Any information will be gladly re- by Celia Lampkine, now…

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Martha Ann Good looking for her sister Sarah Williams (1st of 2 ads placed)

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

April 2, 1870

INFORMATION WANTED
Information wanted of Sarah Williams,
who I left at Halifax Court House, Va.,
about 25 years ago. She belonged to a man
whose name was William Early, who kept
a dry-goods store. Any information of her
will be thankfully received by her sister,
Martha Ann Good, who was taken way from
Nathan Dexter, who kept a hotel at…

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Mariah Abbamier searching for her relatives including her parents Jack and Mary Ephron

The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN)

July 2, 1892

I am in search of relatives from whom I was
separated in slavery. I went from the state of
Alabama, Barby county. My owners at that
time were Sharpes, Bammers and Franks. My
father's name was Jack Ephron, my brothers'
and sisters' names were Harriet Ephron, Nick
Ephron, John Green and Carr Green; my moth-
er [mother] s name was Mary…

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Maria Taylor (formerly Maria Monday) searching for her brothers Robert, Benjamin, and Joe

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

March 22, 1883

MR. EDITOR:--I dersire to find my brothers Robert, Benjamin and Joe. I last saw them in Danton, Pilot Point county, Texas. Before the war we belonged to a Mr. Monday. I was called Maria Monday, but have married since and changed to Maria Taylor. We were born in Alabama, and only three of us came to Texas. I belonged to Gage. She was deaf, and Miss…

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Maria Freeman searching for her husband William Stokes Dosier and mother Maria Brooks

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

October 6, 1881

MR. EDITOR -- I wish to inquire
for my kinpeople, I left them in
South Carolina, about the year 1851
My husband was William Stokes
Dosier, he belonged to Allen Dosier,
a Baptist preacher. I have two
boys, John Wesley Dosier and
Willis Dosier. I was sold from
them by Johnson Lowry to Sam
Watson. Watson sold me to Paul
Delemeyer…

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Maria Adair searching for her son Wm. Henry Levi

The Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, OH)

August 20, 1880

INFORMATION wanted of the whereabouts of my son,
Wm. Henry Levi (colored), who left his home
in Talladega, Ala., some nine years ago. His
mother was owned by Theodore Levi, of the above
place. Any information addressed to MARIA
ADAIR, No. 1 Plum st., Cincinnati, Ohio, will
be received with thanks. Alabama papers please
copy. 20*2

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Margaret Young reunited with her son Dowen Young

Appeal: A National Afro-American Newspaper (St. Paul and Minneapolis, MN)

January 1, 1898

FINDS LONG LOST SON
DOWEN YOUNG MEETS HIS MOTHER AFTER 36 YEARS

A Mother Sold and Separated From her Family in 1861, Found and Presented to her Son as a Christmas gift in 1897.

The happiest Christmas in all the great city of Chicago was, at the modest home of Dowen Young, No. 3142 Fifth avenue. It was a reunion of a mother and son torn apart…

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Mandy Tolen searching for her brother John Hendricks

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

December 4, 1884

MR. EDITOR-- I would like very much to hear from my brother, John Hendricks. I was born in Virginia, and when four years old I was carried to Newbury, South Carolina. I had a brother, William. Our mother was Millie. When old master Tolen died I went to Joe Tolen and brother John to Dr. H. Tolen. I was carried to Mississippi and some years after…

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Mahallah Escoe seeking her brother Robert Cofield

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

February 14, 1884

MR. EDITOR--I desire to find my
brother; his name was Robert Co-
field [Cofield]. He left me in True county,
Ga., in 1851. He belonged to Col.
Willis Cofield, and went to Cham-
bers [Chambers] county, Ala., with our young
master, Dock Cofield, in 1852; he
left there for Arkansas. Our moth-
er [mother] was named Lettie Cofield; my
name was…

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