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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Mrs. G. A. Page searching for her son Wilson Page

The Appeal (Chicago, IL)

October 8, 1892

WILSON PAGE--Knowledge of the whereabouts of Wilson Page is desired by his mother. He was in Chicago about two years ago. Address, Mrs. G. A. Page 117 Pottawatama street Leavenworth, Kan. 9-24-92.

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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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Anthony Grifnin searching for his father Anthody Dardy, mother Amy Davenport, sisters Ann and Louisa Dardy, and brothers Sandy, Bob, and Isam Davenport

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

April 24, 1884

MR. EDITOR-I wish to inquire
for my relatives. We were eight in
family, in the State of Georgia.
Father was named Anthody Dardy,
in Troupe co. Mother was named
Amy Davenport, in Clark county.
Sisters Ann Dardy, Louisia Dardy;
brothers, Sandy Davenport, Bob.
Davenport, Isam Davenport. I
have not seen any of these since 49
years…

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J. D. Haskell searching for his mother, father, sisters, and brothers

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

May 23, 1884

MR. EDITOR—I wish to inquire for my people, mother, father, sisters and brothers. Father was Sam Hampton, and belonged to a Mr. Hampton, who lived seven miles East of Huntington. Mother was Mary Bledsoe, and belonged to Yancey Bledsoe. They lived in West Tennessee. Brothers—Henry Clay, Judge (my name), Nicodemus, James, Bradley, Paney, Brown, the…

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Robert Youngblood Henry searching for his aunt Malisey Ervin

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

January 29, 1885

MR. EDITOR--I wish to inquire
for my aunt, whose name is Malisey
Ervin. Father and mother were
named Benjamin and Caroline
Ervin. Her first husband was
named Ealsy Ervin. She has mar-
ried [married] again, but her husband's name
is not known to me. She lived in
San Augustine, Texas. The last
time I heard from her she was in…

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Braxton Mitchell searching for his relatives including his mother Easter Mitchell

Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

March 15, 1902

Do You Know them?
I desire to find my relatives. I left
my mother in Sewal, Va. I was sold
from her in slavery. Her name was Eas
ter [Easter] Mitchell, my father belonged to an-
other [another] white man by the name of Barley
Brockston, which was his name.
I have some brothers but cannot re-
member [remember] but two, Peter Mitchell,…

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Matilda Waricks (formerly Matilda Woods) searching for her parents

The Bolivar Bulletin (Bolivar, TN)

January 29, 1870

WANTED TO KNOW.-Matilda Waricks,
formerly Matilda Woods, colored, of Burl
ington, Kansas, desires us to advertise for
her the whereabouts of her parents; she
says her father belonged to a man named
Futrell and her mother to Fennel Woods, of
this county. Call at this office for informa-
tion.

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B.B. Mitchell [Braxton B. Mitchell] searching for his father, Bartlett Braxton

Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

May 15, 1909

Wants to Find His Father.

I would like to locate my father
Bartlett Braxton. We were separat-
ed during slavery and I took my
mother's name which was Mitchell.
After freedom I lived at Nashville,
Tenn. If any one can give me any
information as to whether my fath-
er is living or dead it will be very
thankfully received. Address
B. B.…

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