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Bennet Forest searching for his parents' relatives

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

August 2, 1883

MR. EDITOR––I desire to inquire
for my relatives. My mother left
all her relatives in Kentukcy. Her
father and mother were Bennet and
Deliley Johnson; her brothers were
Rolling, Elisha, Westley and Bob
Johnson, and also a brother named
Smith Bolett, by father; her aunts
were Betty and Sally; she left them
all in Cloverport, Ky.…

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Bennet H. Forrest searching for his former guardians, and his mother's relatives.

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

May 4, 1882

Mr. Editor--I desire to inquire
for my guardians George and Sally
Hunter, who left the city about 13
years ago and said they were going
to Norfolk, Va. I have written
several times to them but have
never received an answer. My
parents are Hardy and Sarah
Forrest. Address me, Chestnut,
between Valence and Bordeaux
streets, New…

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Bennett Forrest searching for his mother Sally Forrest (formerly Sally Brown and Sally Johnson) and extended family

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

September 18, 1884

MR. EDITOR—I wish to inquire
for my relatives. My mother left
all in Kentucky. Her father and
mother were Bennett and Delilah
Johnson; her brothers Rollin,
Elisha Bullett, Westley and Bob
Johnson; and also Smith Bullett,
by father; her aunts were Betty and
Sally; she left in Cloverport, Ky.
They all belonged to Zeke Fisher,…

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Bennett H. Forrest searching for information about his mother Sallie Brown (now Sarah Forest)

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

December 16, 1886

MR. EDITOR -- I desire to inquire for my relatives. My mother left her son in Elizabethtown, Ky.; his name is Henry Clay Brown. My mother at that time belonged to Thomas Brown, brother of Elisha Brown. This was before peace was declared. Her name was Sallie Brown, but now Sarah Forest. My guardians were George and Sallie Hunter; they left…

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Bettie Johnson seeking information about her father Edwin Childs (1st of 2 ads placed)

The Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

First Ad: October 19, 1895

Do You Know Them?
Louisville, Ky , October 1, '95.
I desire to know the whereabouts of
Edwin Childs, the husband of Lucy
Childs. The latter was daughter of
old man Carter Page before the war.
She belonged to Franklin Guy. She had
two brothers, one by the name of Wil-
liam Page, and Archie Page.
Edwin Childs belonged to Dr Worth-
um…

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Brothers George Drane, Phil Dougherty, and Charley Dougherty reunited after 60 years

The Washington Times (Washington, DC)

December 26, 1919

3 BROTHERS, PARTED BY
SLAVE BLOCK, REUNITED
Meet for the First Time in Louisville
in More than Half a
Century.
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Dec. 26.--The
slave block, once the center of com-
merce in New Orleans, has rotted,
and even its former site has been oblitera-
ted by the hand of progress. But
memories of Christmas, seventy years
ago…

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Brothers Joshua Collins and Solomon Collins meet in Cincinnati after decades-long separation

The Highland Weekly News (Hillsboro, OH)

October 17, 1867

Two brothers, colored, met in the streets of Cincinnati, last Sunday, after a separation of sixty years. Their names are Joshua and Solomon Collins. They were both formerly slaves in Fleming county, Virginia. Joshua bought his freedom in 1849, and re-moved to Cincinnati, where he has since resided. Solomon ran away from his master, then living in…

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Brothers Nathan Branch and Lee Branch reunited after 66 years

The Chicago Weekly Tribune (Chicago, IL)

July 14, 1899

FORMER SLAVE BROTHERS MEET

Nathan Branch of Evanston Finds by
Chance Lee, from Whom He Was
Parted 66 Years Ago.

After a separation of sixty-six years Nathan
Branch, the oldest colored man in
Evanston, will meet his brother Lee of
Macon, Ga. The last sight they had of each
other was in an auctioneer’s room on a
plantation in…

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C. A. Carter looking for information about Woodford Cooper

The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN)

July 29, 1893

INFORMATION WANTED.

Any information concerning Woodford
Cooper, who when last heard from was in
Shelbyville, Ky., will be reasonably rewarded by
sending his address to

C. A. Carter,
Kalispell, Mont.

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C. H. Wyatt looking for their sister Josephine Victoria Scaggs

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

April 22, 1886

MR. EDITOR - I wish to inquire for sister Josephine Victoria Scaggs. She was shipped from my mother in Kentucky to Patterson, La. During the war she belonged at that time to Harrison Scaggs. In years after she returned to New Orleans, but whether she returned there with her master. I do not know, but I think she did. Her mother is Maria Barlow, her…

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Caroline Howard searching for her son Legrand Howard

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

September 8, 1881

DEAR EDITOR : --- I desire to inquire for my son. Thirty years ago, at the age of six years, he was sold away from me at Covington, Ky., to Richard Kay by Jno. N. Howard. His name then was Legrand Howard. His complexion is very fair. I have seen him but once since, the next year after he was sold. Any information concerning him, should this not…

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Cary and Julia Melton searching for Raz B. Melton

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

October 9, 1884

INFORMATION WANTED OF THE son of Cary and Julia Melton. His name is Raz B. Melton. He left us May, 1883, at Cuthbert, Randolph county, Ga. Last we heard of him he was at Birmingham, Ala., preparing to take leave for Louisville, Ky. We now reside at Eufaula, Ala. Any information thankfully received. Address, Cary Melton, Eufalia, Barbour county,…

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Catharine Mason searching for her children Lewis, Lizzie, and Kate Mason

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

April 7, 1866

INFORMATION WANTED
Of my children, Lewis, Lizzie, and Kate Mason,
whom I last saw in Owensboro, Ky. They were
then "owned" by David and John Hart ; that
is, the girls were,--but the boy was rather the
"property" of Thomas Pointer. Any informa-
tion will be gladly received by their sorrowing
mother, Catharine Mason, at 1318 Hancock…

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Celia Sanders (formerly Celia Read) searching for her brother

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

May 11, 1882

Dear Editor--I wish to inquire about my brother. I left him in Cynthiana, Ky. He belonged to Alfred Day. I belonged to Geo. Werther. My name was then Celia Read. I have since married and my name is now Celia Sanders. Address me at Hawkins, Wood co., Texas.

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Charlotte Brock searching for her son Alonzo Brock

New Era (Washington, DC)

July 28, 1870

Information Wanted.
Charlotte Brock wishes to hear from her son Alonzo ; was taken from her, about 1859, to Memphis, Tenn.; lived there with a family named Morrison. Think he was in the army during the rebellion. Any information concerning him will be thankfully received by his aged mother. Address John W. Brock, Green street Baptist Church,…

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Charlotte Summers looking for information about her daughter Anna Morrow (or Anna Chiles)

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

January 18, 1883

INFORMATION WANTED OF MY
daughter, Anna Morrow. We formerly
belonged to a man by the name of Thomas
Chiles, who brought us to Platte City, Mo.,
about the year 1862, from Black Spring,
Ky. In the same year he sold me to a ne-
gro trader by the name of James White,
and gave my child to his brother, William
Chiles I have never heard from her…

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Chas. Howard searching for his wife Ann Howard

Louisville Daily Journal (Louisville, KY)

January 5, 1866

Information Wanted!
OF MY WIFE, ANN HOWARD, (COLORED,) WHO left New Haven, Ky., in August last, to come to Louisville to work with Mr. Joseph Brown. Any information that will lead me to her will be thankfully received if left at Robert Fosters, on Broadway, bet. Tenth and Eleventh Sts. j3 d3* CHAS. HOWARD.

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Clara Brown seeking information about her sister Caroline Mansfield

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

January 21, 1886

INFORMATION WANTED OF MY SIS-
ter, Caroline Mansfield. She was mar-
ried to a man named Alexander Ware
and was afterward sold. I was then
living in Cape Girardeau Co., Mo. There
are three sisters of us and two broth-
ers--Caroline, Harriet and Fountain and
Thomas. Caroline was sold to a man in
Kentucky by the name of Miggett. …

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Clara Carriger looking for her daughter Minerva Cavanaugh

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

May 8, 1890

INFORMATION WANTED--Of my
daughter Minerva Cavanaugh. Her fa
ther's name was Thomas Cavanaugh, her
mother's name was Clara Cavanaugh. We
were all the property of Old Doctor Cava-
naugh, at Carrollton, Mo. He sold Miner-
va to a Mr. Cassner, who owned a wood
yard up the Missouri river above Carroll-
ton. Several years before the war,…

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Clarissa Reed searching for her mother Pearline, stepfather Sam, and siblings

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

September 13, 1883

DEAR EDITOR- I desire to inquire for my people. Mother was Pearline, stepfather was Sam. Mother had two sets of children. There were five of us, and two died before I left home. The oldest, Sophronia, was sold first; there were Fannie, Morgan, Anderson and myself. Parents belonged to John Ronden. The old man and I was sold to a Mr. Currel, and he…

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Cora Bell searching for her family including father George Bell

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

August 24, 1882

DEAR EDITOR: I am as one lost from my people, and have been for some fifteen or sixteen years. I do not know my age, though I came from the State of Kentucky some fifteen or sixteen years ago, with a Mrs. Agbert Tancel, as nurse, taking the boat at Hickman, Ky., after a half-day's journey on the cars from the interior to Hickman, where we took…

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Cynthia Wheeler searching for her brother Spencer Thomas

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

December 3, 1885

Mr. Editor: I wish to inquire
thourgh [through] your paper for my broth-
er. When I last heard from him
he was in New Orleans. His name
is Spencer Thomas; we were sepa-
rated when we were children, and
lived with Mr. Inlow, who lived
near Jack Thomas and Highdipper,
three miles of North MIddletown,
Bourbon county, Ky. Our mother
was…

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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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D. J. Price searching for his nephew

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

August 31, 1882

DEAR EDITOR: I would like to
find my nephew, Robert Brown,
who left New Orleans, Oct. 20,
1877, for Louisville, Ky. He
stopped at Plaquemines, La., and
wrote me two letters, but as I was
out of the city teaching school at
the time, they were not answered
until my return home. I wrote
but did not receive a reply. I have
not heard…

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Darius Logan looking for his brothers Fielding, Jackson, Fleming, David, Willis, and Ben Logan

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

March 13, 1890

Information wanted of my brothers. I
left them in the State of Kentucky in
1847 Our father and mother were named
Willis and Rachel Logan. My brother
were named Fielding, Jackson, Fleming,
David, Willis and Ben Logan. We had
six sisters and nine brothers. I would be
glad to hear from one of them. My name
is Darius Logan, a minster of the…

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