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Mrs. Margret Johnson searching for her brother Reuben Tigue
The Appeal (Chicago, IL)
August 6, 1892
REUBEN TIGUE-I wish to find my brother, Reuben Tigue. I parted from him in Huntsville, Alabama. We then belonged to Carruthers. My father's name is Hubbard Tigue, mother's Silvia, three sisters, Anatheliza, Hannah Bell and Margaret. He went to Kansas from Memphis, Tenn. Address, Mrs. Margaret Johnson, Du Quoin, Ills. 1-30-91
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Mack Thompson searching for comrades of Burrell Harrison
The National Tribune (Washington, DC)
November 5, 1908
The address of any comrade of Bur-
rell Harrison, a colored solider, who
was wounded at Milliken's Bend in
June, 1863, and died in hospital. It is
desired to ascertain whether Harrison
belonged to the 47th or 45th U. S. C.
T. Address Mack Thompson, Co. E,
National Military Home, Kan.
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Rev. J. K. Comfort searching for his brother and half-brother
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
June 28, 1883
DEAR EDITOR: ---- I wish to inquire for my brother John Comfort. He left Jefferson county, Miss., in January, 1882, and went to Texas. He wrote to me several times. I heard he was visited by the great storms, and I have not heard from him this year. Address me at Union Church, Miss.
Rev. J. K. COMFORT.
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Sallie Evans (formerly Sallie Scott) looking for information about her relatives including father Wm. Watson and brother Davy Crockett
The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
September 9, 1886
MR. EDITOR --- I desire to inquire through your paper for my relatives. I left them in or near Richmond, Va. My mother's name was Mattie Booker; she is dead. My father was named Wm. Watson. Mother went by her first owner's name, Booker; also, father went by his owner's name; but at my remembrance mother belonged to a Mr. John Morris, who sold her…
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J. A. Wade searching for brothers Calvin, Joseph, and Gabriel
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
September 7, 1882
DEAR EDITOR: I wish to inquire
for my brothers Calvin, Joseph, and
Gabriel. Our father was Enoch
Wade, and he died in May 1863, at
Levi Wade's, the old home of our
owner. Mother was Rachel Wade,
and she died in 1878. She told me
and sisters Tennessee and Viney
just before she died that she was
going home. Father also passed…
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Mollie Davis searching for her mother Matha Wilber
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
August 24, 1882
MR. EDITOR: Information is wanted of my mother, her name is Matha Wilber. She has 8 children 4 boys and 4 girls boys names Frank, and Huyard, and Hamp and Solomon. Girls names Barbara and Millia, and Rachel, and Mary Jane. When I knew of her she lived in S.W. Vicksburg, Miss. Any information as to her whereabouts will be thankfuly received.…
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Juda Ann Williams (formerly Juda Ann Grear) looking for her father Edmond Alexander
The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
February 25, 1886
MR. EDITOR ---- I wish to inquire through your paper for my father. I was about 12 years of age when I last saw him; I was coming through Memphis from Holly Springs, Miss., and have not seen him since. His name was Edmond Alexander; his first wife was named Ann; she was my mother; my name is Juda Ann, and at that time was Juda Ann Grear. Since…
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Louisa Gibbs searching for her son Nat Adams
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
July 13, 1882
MR. EDITOR – I am inquiring
of for my son, Nat Adams or Nat
Boykin. I don’t know which name
he goes by. His mother belongs
to Col. Adams, Madison county,
West Tennessee. His father was
named Clinton Boyton ; he
belonged to Eli Boykin. His oldest
brothor [brother] was named William Adams,
his oldest sister, Lucy Adams.
He has a scar on…
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Dr. P. C. Kebble searching for Mrs. or Miss Kate White
Appeal: A National Afro-American Newspaper (St. Paul and Minneapolis, MN)
October 24, 1903
Information is wanted of Miss or Mrs. Kate White, who left Omaha a few years ago and is supposed to be in weighing about 125 pounds. Miss Chicago. She is a bright mulatto. White's parents live at Atchison. Kan Any information will be gladly received by Dr. P. C. Kebble, Pittsburg, Texas.
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Ann Watkins searching for her brother Dick Drakes
The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
February 11, 1886
MR. EDITOR --- Please help me find my brother. He left here and went to Kansas, and the last time I heard of him he was sick there. I have not heard of him for several years. His name was Dick Drakes; he belonged to old Mathew Drakes My name is Ann Watkins. Please address any information to me in care of Rev. P. R. Woodson, Murfreesboro, Tenn.
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Andy Leggett seeking information of his brother Tom Leggett and sister Clara Leggett
The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
February 11, 1886
MR. EDITOR ---- I desire to inquire for my people, Tom Leggett and Clara Leggett - my sister and brother. They were sold in Independence, Missouri, in 1861. I do not remember who bought them. We were all bought at Sheriff sale. My father, Dempsey; myself, Andy; Sally, Clara, Tom and Lizzie Leggett were all sold at the same time. My father now…
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John Bosan looking for his father Abe Bosan
The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
January 28, 1886
MR. EDITOR ---- I wise to inquire
for my father; his name was Abe
Bosan; he left me in Shelby county,
Kentucky; he was set free before the
war; he belonged to Thos. Bundon.
He married a lady belonging to
Squire Mitchell, and they sold her
to Nelson Hope, and he moved to
Missouri and my father went with
him; they moved to Lincoln…
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Emily Wilson (formerly Emily Priest) searching for her daughter Mary Ann
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
May 25, 1882
DEAR EDITOR: I wish to inquire for my daughter Mary Ann. I was sold from her in 1846 At that time we both belonged to Daniel Priest, who lived in -----, Montgomery county, Ky. I was sold to Daniel Bates, who lived in Bourbon Co., Ky. Afterward I was sold to a trader named Pierce Griffin. He carried me to Louisiana, on Bayou Plaquemines, twenty…
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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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Elie Hues (formerly Elie Harrison) looking for friends Emanuel Prial, Emily Prial and Gracy Green
The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
September 9, 1880
MR. EDITOR ---- I wish to inquire for old friends, Emanuel Prial, his wife Emily Prial, and Gracy Green. They left here for Kansas last January. The last time I heard of them they were near Vicksburg, Mississippi. Also for my two sons, who belonged to Scott Jno. Wilson of South Carolina, near Anderson court house. Their names were Emerson and…
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Isam Turner searching for several persons
The Oswego Independent (Oswego, KS)
September 4, 1880
Information Wanted.
Of the whereabouts of the following
named colored persons.-Henry Phillips,
used to belong to Joe White, Aunt Mary
White, Amanda White, Jane White,
Matilda White, Tom. White, Jim. White and
Augusta White. They all formerly lived
in Sumpster [Sumter] county Georgia, when last…
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Joseph Perrin searching for his father Joe Perrin
Elyria Independent Democrat (Elyria, OH)
July 5, 1871
INFORMATION WANTED.-Information is wanted of the whereabouts of a colored man by the name of Joe Perrin, who is supposed to be in Kansas, or adjacent States. Any information of his whereabouts will be thankfully received by his son, Joseph Perrin, at Elyria, Ohio. Western papers please copy.
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Rachel Bannister searching for her sisters Easter and Lucinda
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
March 23, 1882
MR. EDITOR ---- About the beginning
of the war Claiborne Brastfile
owned three colored girls,
named Easter, Lucinda and
Rachel, He lived in Harrisburg,
Kentucky. These girls went by
his name, and were all sold at one
sale. Easter was sold to Prize
Bunton, and he sold her to traders.
When last heard of she was in
Huntsville, …
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P. O. H. Woodfolk looking for his friend Ed. Harris
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
June 24, 1880
MR. EDITOR - I wish to inquire
for a friend named Ed. Harris. He
left Silver Creek November 28,
1879, to go to Kansas. He left two
children. He belonged to H. Woodfolk,
and staid at Greenville plantation.
Address me at Green Hill
P. O. H. WOODFOLK.
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Lucinda Smiley searching for her brother-in-law Allen Ellis and her sister
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
July 21, 1881
MR. EDITOR: Mrs. Lucinda
Smiley wishes to find her sister and
brother-in-law, Allen and [undecipherable]
Ellis. When last heard from they
were in Kansas City a year ago.
Address, P. H. Smiley, care of Rev.
W. B. Avery, Oswego, Kansas.
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King Hopson searching for his brothers Sam, Giles, Allen, and Cross
The Daily Kansas Tribune (Lawrence, KS)
October 4, 1868
Information wanted of the whereabouts
of my brothers, Sam, Giles,
Allen and Cross, sons of Malinda Hopson.
When last heard from, they were
in Hempstead county, Arkansas. Any
information concerning them will be
thankfully received by the undersigned,
at Burlington, Kansas.
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Gustus Ann Hamilton searching for her mother Nelly Beacheum, uncles Louis Beachem and Pompey Beachem, and sister Jane Beaches (2nd of 2 ads)
Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)
July 25, 1896
Do You Know Them?
I desire to know the whereabouts of
my relatives. I was sold from them
during the war.
I belonged to Sam Beachem, who lived
at than time Richmond, Va. I was
sold to Jimerson, at an age between 11
and 12 years Then I was to Robert
Golikly and Bird Leatherwood, two
Negro traders. They carried me to
Mississippi.…
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William Lane (formerly William Perry) looking for his stepson George Davis
The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)
January 3, 1889
INFORMATION WANTED OF MY STEPson,
George Davis; when last heard of he
was at Rock Hill Kentucky. Any informtion
of his whereabouts will be gladly received.
When he left I was called Perry
Lane, but now Wm. Lane, his mothers
name was Minerva Davis, she belonged to
widow Betsey Davis lived on Richland
creek, Marshall Co., Tennessee. I am…
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Nancy Jones seeking information about her son Allen Jones
The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)
May 20, 1886
INFORMATION WANTED OF MY SON,
Allen Jones. He left me before the
war, in Mississippi. He wrote me a letter
in 1853 in which letter he said that he was
sold to the highest bidder, a gentleman
in Charleston, S. C. Nancy Jones, his
mother, would like to know the where-
abouts of the above named person. Any
information may be sent to…
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D. Carter searching for Sisley and Lucy A. White
The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)
April 2, 1885
INFORMATION WANTED OF SISLEY
and Lucy A White, daughters of Jen-
nie and Felix White. They were sold
from Georgetown, Ky., Sisley to John A.
Miller, of Mississippi and Lucy was last
heard from at Louisville, Ky Address, D
Carter, Emporia, Kan. Box 726.
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