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Rosina Nicholson searching for her son Albert Smith

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

September 14, 1882

DEAR EDITOR: I am anxious to hear from my son Albert Smith, son David Smith. I received a letter two years ago from home, and he was in Tennessee, married, and with a family. His uncles Randall and Jordan, who resided in Georgia, say he has been gone not more than seven years. I now reside in New Orleans. Address me care of Rev. S. Priestly, of…

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Robert Williams seeking information about his son Daniel

The Colored Tennessean (Nashville, TN)

March 31, 1866

Of my son, Daniel 15 or 16 years of
age, who formerly belonged to Clinton
Williams, Marshal county, Ten., and
subsequently to Harvey McRory. When
last heard from was in Memphis, Tenn.
I am at present living at Unionville, Bed-
ford county, Tenn. where I can be ad-
dressed, or the desired information can be
sent to the Colored…

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Robert Williams searching for his son Daniel

The Colored Tennessean (Nashville, TN)

March 22, 1866

Of my son, Daniel, 15 or 16 years of age, who formerly belonged to Clinton Williams, Marshal county, Tenn., and subsequently to Harvey McRory. When last heard from was living in Memphis, Tenn. I am at present living at Unionville, Bedford county, Tenn., where I can be addressed, or the desired information can be sent to the Colored Tennessean,…

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Robert Warren and Charity Atwater reunited and remarried after 53 years

Davenport Sunday Democrat (Davenport, IA)

June 6, 1897

Married After Fifty-three Years.
Oskaloosa, June 5. There was sol-
emnized [solemnized] here today a wedding that re-
united [reunited] “Uncle” Robert Warren, of Os-
kaloosa [Oskaloosa], and Charity Atwater, of North
Carolina, after a separation of 53 years.
The two were married according to
slave laws at Chapel Hill, North Caro-
lina…

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Robert Stanfield seeking information about his brother Bry Majors and his nephew Joshua Majors and Mrs. Amy Stanfield searching for her sister, Laura Stanfield

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

March 22, 1877

HOUSTON, March 14 '77.
Mr. Editor. Robert Stanfield
wants to know of the present home
and welfare of his brother Bry
Majors, and his nephew Joshua
Majors. When last heard of they
were in New Orleans. This was two
or three years ago.
And Mrs. Amy Stanfield wants
to hear of her sister, named Laura
Stanfield daughter of Jerry and…

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Robert Reed wishes to inquire for his relatives

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

March 6, 1884

MR. EDITOR––Please allow me
to inquire for my relatives. My
mother's name was Tina; she be-
longed [belonged] to a man named Thompson D.
White, who lived near Brownsville,
Tenn. She had six children, viz:
Phoebe, Judy, Mary Eliza, William,
Elijah and myself, Bob––three girls
and three boys. Sister Phoebe, the
eldest, was sold in…

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Robert Palmer searching for his son Robert Henry Palmer

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

April 16, 1885

I wish to inquire for my son 12
years of age, who left home in Au-
gust. His name is Robert Henry
Palmer. My name is Robert
Palmer, pastor of the Methodist
Episcopal Church in Paris, Henry
county, Tennessee, where I may be
addressed. When I last saw him,
he said he was going to his uncle's
in Memphis. Any one sending me…

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Robert F. Hurley searching for his brother John Hurley

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

August 26, 1875

INFORMATION WANTED
Of my brother John Hurley ; when last heard of,
he was driving a Government team in Washington
city in 18[unclear] He is the son of Robin Hurley of Va.
Any information of his whereabouts will be
thankfully received by his brother Robert F. Hur-
ley, at Chattanooga Tenn.

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Robert Booker searching for his sister Henrietta Manor

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

August 9, 1883

DEAR EDITOR:––Robert Booker wishes to know of the whereabouts of his sister Henrietta Manor. Last knowledge of her she was at Columbia, Murray county, Tennessee, on the 15th day of February, 1867. At which time he joined the 38th Inantry, U.S.A., to go to New Mexico. Any information from the above named person will be gladly received. Please direct…

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Richard Turner searching for Henry Louis

Southwestern Christian Recorder (New Orleans, LA)

March 9, 1882

DEAR EDITOR ---- I wish to inquire
for Henry Louis. The last account
I had of him he was preaching in
behalf of the Zion Methodists. He
lived at Chattanooga, Tenn., in
1875. He supplied a circuit
between Chattanooga and Rome, Ga.
or at Rome. He is a son of Mariah
Thomas. She is living with inquirer
and brother of Henry…

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Richard Parker searching his wife Sophia Parker and children

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

October 7, 1865

INFORMATION WANTED
Information wanted of the whereabouts of my
wife, Sophia Parker, and my two children,
George Walker Parker, and Mary Fanny Parker.
The boy is about fifteen years old, and the girl
about nine years old.
They formerly belonged to a man by the name
of Thomas Keyth, who resided in Virginia, Cul-
peper County, four miles…

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Richard Gray seeking information about Moses Lumly and Polly Noel

The Colored Tennessean (Nashville, TN)

July 18, 1866

Information Wanted.
Of Moses Lumly, who was raised
near Oxford, N.C., by Dr. John
Hicks, and sold to Wm. Lumly of
Rome, Ga., at which place he was liv-
ing when Sherman's army reached
there in the Spring of 1864. Also, of
Polly Noel, who lived in Vicksburg,
Miss., up to the time the law was
passed in that State prohibiting…

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Richard Crow (also known as John Rice) seeking information about his siblings James, Marie, Harriet, Clara, Lizzie, and Dave Crow (2nd of 2 ads)

Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

June 23, 1894

Do You Know Them?
Mr. John Mitchell,
Dear Sir :- My mother's name
was Rebecca Crow, my oldest brother
was name James Crow, my oldest
sister was Marie Crow and other sister
next to the oldest was Harriet
Crow and a sister Clara, my youngest
sister Lizzie, my youngest brother
was Dave Crow. When I left there
after the war, my…

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Richard Bradley searching for his mother Elizabeth Bradley, sisters, and brother

New National Era (Washington, DC)

March 14, 1872

INFORMATION WANTED.
I would like to hear from my mother, Elizabeth Bradley; my sister, Caroline Bradley; my sister, Mariah Bradley; my sister, Harriet Bradley; and my brother, Elick Bradley. The above-named persons were sold by a man by the name of Joshua Phipps to John Blevins, who took them to Aberdeen, Mississippi. It has been sixteen years…

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Rev. W. H. Edwards seeking information on his brother Rev. W. E. Edwards

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

May 31, 1900

Information wanted of my bro-
ther, Rev. W. E. Edwards. He was
transferred in 1895 to Arkansas,
since which time I learned he was
in Tenn. In fact I received a let-
ter from him in 1898, at which
time he was in the Tennessee con-
ference, and have heard from him
since. Any information will be
gladly received by his mother…

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Rev. V. G. Longshre seeking information about his grandfather Allen Dean

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

May 31, 1900

Information wanted of Allen
Dean, who left here some time ago
and settled in Tennessee for a num-
ber of years, then went to Missis-
sippi. His son's name was Tobe
Gilliband. He had several girls.
Tobe, the old man, is my father.
My mother's name is Mariah Gilli
band, and my sister's name is
Mary. Parties named will greatly
oblige by…

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Rev. Samuel Scroggins seeking information of his mother Martha Ann and siblings

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

March 4, 1886

MR. EDITOR --- Please allow me space in your columns to inquire for some lost friends of mine who have been separated from me since early life. My mothers name was Martha Ann, and belonged to John Scroggins, and lived in Rutherford county, Tenn., near Murfreesboro, on Bradley Creek. Mr. Editor, we Methodists know where the old Shiloh Church…

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Rev. S. Taylor searching for an aunt and uncle

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

April 27, 1882

MR. EDITOR-- I (undecipherable) inquire
for my aunt and uncle Parry. (undecipherable) H
was in Alabama and went to (undecipherable)
Springs, Tennessee. Aunt Harriet
was born with Major George Taylor,
who gave her to Helen Taylor,
who married and went to Georgia.
Address Rev. S. Taylor, Providence,
Granada county, Miss.

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Rev. S. Canty searching for James Canty

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

September 2, 1886

INFORMATION WANTED OF JAMES Canty, formerly of Nashville, Tenn. Rev. S. Canty, Parksville, S.C.

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Rev. R. S. Jordan looking for his mother Yillah Jordan

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

January 17, 1895

INFORMATION WANTED. Of
the whereabouts of my mother.
Her name is Yillah Jordan. When
last heard from see was in Ferris,
Texas. I haven't heard from her
since 1892. Her oldest daughter's
name is Adalaid. Only living
Brother is Kemp Turner Jordan,
My mother left Tennessee in 1889.
Any information of her where-
abouts will be…

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Rev. L. M. Hagood searching for Martha Batts

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

June 19, 1884

MR. EDITOR--I desire to find the
whereabouts of one Martha Batts.
Some time since (about 4 or 5
years) she lived 8 miles east of
Athens, Ala., but told her sister
she was going to move on Elk
River. Her husband was named
Dave Batts; her sister Caroline left
her 11 years ago in Giles county,
Tennessee. When children they…

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Rev. J.R. Ruffin [Rev. Jeremiah R. Ruffin] searching for John Ruffin

Nashville Globe (Nashville, TN)

October 17, 1913

INQUIRING FOR RELATIVES.
Philadelphia, Penn., Sept. 29, 1913.
Rev. R. H. Boyd:
Dear Sir and Brother—I am writ-
ing you asking you if you know of
a man in your city by the name of
John Ruffin. I am inquiring to try
and find him. My father was born in
King and Queen County, Va., owned
by Col. Alexander Fleet. His fath-
er's name was Lewis…

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Rev. J.L. Massey searching for the son of a parishioner

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

November 16, 1882

DEAR EDITOR: For the benefit
of an aged sister of our church,
please publish an inquiry for her
son. His name is Stephen Majors.
He has been gone 12 years and only
heard from once, then he was on
the Ohio river working at a saw
mill. He is of dark color, aged 26
years. His mother, Eliza Majors,
is 78 years old. She has been in…

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Rev. J. R. Carnes seeking information about Willis Carnes

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

April 5, 1877

Information is wanted concerning
Willis Carnes, supposed to live in
Tennessee in vicinity of Memphis.
Address Rev. J. R. Carnes,
Giddings, Texas.

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Rev. J. F. Cox searching for his brother Wilson Cox

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

April 10, 1884

INFORMATION WANTED OF THE
whereabouts of Brother Wilson Cox, who
left Louisiana in 1865. Last I head of him
he was in the State of Tenn. A minister of
gospel in the Baptist church, I was told he
used to live in the State of Arkansas. His
mother is living at Bayonbonoff[?], St Mary
Parish, La. He had three brothers, Milton,
Harvey and…

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