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Melissa Wilson searching for her aunt Lila Jeans and others

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

September 2, 1880

DEAR EDITOR- I wish to make inquiries for our friends that we have lost sight of. The last I heard from an aunt of mine was some thirteen years ago, and then I heard that she was in Noxubee Co , Miss. Her name is Lila Jeans. She used to belong to Mr. Perry Jeans, in Lawrence Co., S C; then to his widow, Mrs. Annie Jeans; and her son, Tom Jeans,…

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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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Morgan and Adeline Cammon searching for Morgan's mother Jennie Bowyer and Adeline's sister Maria Terrel

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

November 20, 1879

DEAR EDITOR-- I wish to obtain
some knowledge of the whereabouts
of my relations. Mother's name is
Jennie Bowyer. I left her in Fairfield
District, S.C. She used to
belong to Mike Bowyer. Brother's
name was Fred Barker. He was
willed to Wm. Barker, who carried
him to Georgia. Sister Maria Barker
went with him. Sister Lucy
was…

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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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Miss P. L. Foster seeking her father's family including father Joe Foster

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

October 13, 1881

DEAR EDITOR -- I wish to inquire for my father's people. He belonged to the Dewalt family in Newberry district, South Carolina, and was named Joe Foster. He left his home with nine children and a wife. Mother was Lydia and had six daughters and three sons -- Manda, Sarah, Victoria, Emeline, Pitcy, Ellen, Joseph, Paul and Albert. We left here in…

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William Green searching for his mother Clara Green

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

October 13, 1881

DEAR EDITOR -- I wish to inquire for my mother. I was separated from her about four years before the war. She was then owned by Charles Gray, of Charleston, S. C. Her name was Clara Green, and my name was then William Green. His (Mr. Gray's) residence was at the time of our separation on Society street, between King and Meeting streets. My father's…

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James Sandford searching for his daughter Mary

The Donaldsonville Chief (Donaldsonville, LA)

November 23, 1872

INFORMATION WANTED – James
Sanford, a respectable colored man
resident of Charleston, South Carolina,
is seeking information which will aid
him in discovering the whereabouts of
his daughter Mary, and he will feel
greatly obliged to any one who can
give him such information. When
last he heard from her, Mary was
residing in Donaldsonville,…

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J. U. Bishop searching for his wife Rebecca Bishop

The Newberry Weekly Herald (Newberry, SC)

July 12, 1865

Information Wanted.

MY wife, Rebecca Bishop, deserted me and
our three children, last Monday night, the
3d instant. She was accompanied by a mulatto
boy named Jerry (formerly slave of one Bishop.)
Said boy is about 25 years of age, slightly crossed
in one eye. My wife is 36 years old, but looks
much younger. She…

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Sarah Serrington searching for son Wm. B. F. Serrington

Globe (New York, NY)

June 16, 1883

INFORMATION WANTED of the whereabouts of my only son, Wm B.F. Serrington, who joined the 54th Massachusetts regiment, and when last heard of was in Orangeburg, S.C. Any information concerning him will be thankfully received by his aged mother SARAH SERRINGTON, 13 Chapel Street, Brooklyn, N.Y.

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Walter Higgins searching for his father's family

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

August 3, 1882

DEAR EDITOR -- I wish to inquire for my father's people. His father was Draper, mother Eliza; their five children were Rafe, John, Louis, Martha and Rhonda. They belonged to Jim Spermon, Newberry district, South Carolina. The inquires are Walter and Ransom Higgins, children of Harry Spermon. Address me at Masbulaville, Miss. WALTER HIGGINS

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L. Smith searching for their grandmother Hester Simmons

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

August 17, 1882

MR EDITOR: I wish to inquire for my grand mother. Her name was Hester Simmons. I heard from her three years ago. She was then in Camden county, South Carolina. I had a sister by name Salena Lockwood, and uncles, Jacob Simmons and Mack Simmons. Uncle Mack was a preacher. Address me at Houma, La., L. SMITH.

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Charles Gatson, Beaufort, SC, searching for his children, Sam Gatson and Betsey Gatson

New Era (Washington, DC)

July 28, 1870

Mr. Charles Gatson wishes information of his
children, Sam and Betsey Gatson. they formerly
belonged to Washington Fripp, of Newhaw,
South Carolina ; were carried to Charleston
and there sold by a trader to go far South,
it is supposed to Mississippi or Louisiana. They
are now about twenty-two to twenty-five years
old, and were…

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Eliza McMillon (formerly Eliza Morgan) seeking information about her mother Harriet Price and siblings

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

March 18, 1886

MR. EDITOR ---- I wish to ask information concerning my people, whom I left in South Carolina. My best recollection tells me that I left a mother, three sisters and four brothers. Mother's name was Harriet Price; sisters, Mary, Jennie and Ailcy Price; brothers, oldest was called El Price, Jake and Jas. Price. These all belonged to Joe Price in…

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Sam Bassett searching for his father Sam Bassett

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

April 22, 1886

MR. EDITOR-- I wish to inquire for my father. His name was Sam Bassett; he belonged to Bassett of South Carolina, My mother was named Mary; she belonged to Dr. Robertson; she had three children: Aaron, sister Subiner and myself; I am the youngest one. When he left us he went to Washington City. I have inquired for him before. I heard he was keeping…

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Morris Reynolds searching for his brother Paul Reynolds

Beaufort Republican (Beaufort, SC)

November 28, 1872

INFORMATION WANTED
of my brother Paul Reynolds, who was sold from Beaufort during the war by Mr. Washington Fripp, to a gentleman living in Athens Ga. When last heard from in 1865, he was living 15 miles from Athens. Any information concerning his whereabouts will be thankfully received by me. MORRIS REYNOLDS, Or his father and mother, Daniel and…

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Rosa Holloway searching for her grandmother Rosetta Thompson and others

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

October 12, 1882

DEAR EDITOR: I desire to find my people whom I have not heard from since I left them. My grandmother in Charleston, S.C., was Rosetta Thompson; mother, Maritana Thompson, is dead. She had but two children, the first is dead, I am the babe. My name, by marriage, is now Rosa Holloway. I desire to inquire around Clinton, Louisiana, for Maria, Jennie,…

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Willis Wright searching for his mother Mrs. Lucy Kennedy (formerly Lucy Wright)

New National Era (Washington, DC)

June 13, 1872

INFORMATION WANTED
Concerning my mother, Mrs. Lucy Wright, formerly of Charleston, South Carolina; subsequently she went to Mobile, Alabama, and married there. She now goes by the name of Lucy Kennedy. She is the mother of seven children, viz: William, Samuel, James Wesley, Adam, Willis, Sarah, and Mary. Any information concerning my said…

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Thomas Arthur Everick searching for family including Lewis Everick and his wife Eliza

New National Era (Washington, DC)

March 14, 1872

INFORMATION WANTED,
Concerning Lewis Everick, his wife Eliza, and their children, Mandy Creasey, Hannah, Julia, Rachel, five daughters; and Vincent and Hilliard, two sons; all owned and named after their last master and mistress, Wm. Young and wife Mandy. In 1864, when Emancipation was proclaimed, they then lived three quarters of a mile from…

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Betty Schott searching for her family

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

October 19, 1882

Dear Editor: I desire to inquire
for my father and mother. Brothers
were Sie and Nathan; Sister,
Ann. I left them near Darlington
courthouse, South Carolina.
Parents names were Jake and Peggie.
I married Jerry Schott. Address
me at Watson, Arkansas.

Betty Schott.

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William McNeely searching for his father and sisters Emily Mack, Mary Ann, and Eve

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

December 14, 1882

MR. EDITOR - I wish to inquire for my sister and father, whom I left in South Carolina in 1864. They belonged to Thomas Bolding. Sister was Emily Mack. One sister was Mary Ann; another was Eve. Address me at Richmond, Texas. WILLIAM MCNEELY.

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Samuel Casby (formerly Samuel Wood) seeking information about his sisters Rhody and Phillis

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

June 3, 1886

MR. EDITOR - I want to inquire for my two sisters; the oldest was Rhody, who belonged to Thomas Wood, who lived in Spartenburg district, South Carolina; she married Ely Dunsley; her last one was named Thomas Smith. My younger sister was Phillis, who also belonged to Thomas Wood. My name was Samuel Wood when I lived there; my mothers name was…

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John P. Randolph searching for Hannah Randolph and her daughter

The Charleston Daily News (Charleston, SC)

January 6, 1872

INFORMATION WANTED OF A COLORED
woman, named HANNAH RANDOLPH,
who had a child named GINNE. They were born
in Richmond, Va. Apply to JOHN P. RANDOLPH,
No. 3 Chalmers street. jan6-1*

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Mrs. Clarissa Andrews searching for her family

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

September 9, 1886

MR. EDITOR--I want to inquire
for my relatives whom I last saw in
Marion District, South Carolina.
We belonged to a widow, named
Mrs. Patsey Bass, who was blind.
My father was named Prince, and
my mother Cloe Bass. In our fam-
ily [family] there were eight children, three
boys and five girls; their names
were Dandy and Lucy, who…

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Mary Ann Grant searching for her father James Grant

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

September 16, 1886

MR. EDITOR -- I wish to inquire for my father, James Grant, who used to belong to Springle. My father-in-law was named Quash Hazel, his wife was named Betsey Hazel, and his father was named Prince Greenup. We lived in Charleston, South Carolina, near the water course. Please address Mary Ann Grant, Marlin, Falls county, Texas.

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Ned Boyd (formerly Ned Sutton) and Lucy Boyd (formerly Lucy Peters) searching for their daughter Martha Peters, children and extended family

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

March 8, 1883

MR. EDITOR: We wish to inquire for our children and people. Ned Sutton and Lucy Peters, mother of Martha Peters, belonged to Polly Peters, in York district, S.C. Manda and Peters went off at the same time, with Brown Duncan. Jesse Greer was Manda's father, and her mother, Liberty Peters, belonged to Widow Polly Peters. Emeline Peters, a cousin of…

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