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R. Ellis searching for mother and father

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

January 15, 1889

MR. EDITOR---I wish to inquire
for my father and mother, who
lived in Farmville, Prince Edward
county, Virginia. Mother's name
was Nance Eder Ellis; father, Zack
Ellis. I have been away from them
about fifteen years. Mother be-
longed to James Spencer; father
belonged to John Smith. I had a
sister named Cline Ellis. My
name is R.…

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Nora Mosely (Spradlin) in search of family members

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

January 29, 1885

Lost Friends.

We make no charge for publishing these letters
from subscribers. All others will be charged fifty
cents. Pastors will please read the requests pub-
lished below from their pulpits, and report any
case where friends are brought together by means
of letters in the Southwestern.

MR. EDITOR---I wish to inquire
for my…

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Mollie Curren (nee Agnes Thorp) searching for her aunts and uncle

Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

October 5, 1907

Wants to Find Them.

I would like to know the where-
abouts of some of my people. Lew-
is Smith, my uncle is of dark brown
complexion. When last heard of he
was in Arkansas. My aunt, Sallie
Anne Thorp married a Spaniard some
years ago. I had another aunt
named Patsy Thorp. She was sold
during slavery and when last heard
of was…

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William Weeks searching for his brothers John Smith, Alfred Weeks, Greenup Weeks, and Jordan Weeks, and one sister

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

March 5, 1885

MR. EDITOR--1 desire to find my
people, John Smith, Alfred Weeks,
Greenup Weeks, Jordan Weeks;
these are my brothers, beginning
with the oldest; I had, also, a sis-
ter [sister]. Some of them are supposed
to be in Louisiana. My name is
William Weeks. Please direct any
letters to Colorado City, Hill Co.,
Texas, in care of Rev.…

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T. G. Montgomery informing the son of William Butler of his father's death

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

October 13, 1884

T. G. Montgomery, pastor of
First Street Church, wishes to in-
form [inform] the son of William Butler
that his father is dead. He died
Oct. 27, and his place will be sold
if he cannot be found.

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Unnamed searching for their brother William Brown

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

May 21, 1885

MR. EDITOR--I wish to inquire
for my brother. His name is Wil-
Liam [William] Brown; his mother's name is
Mary Brown, and father's name is
Charles Brown; brothers, George,
Louis and Shadrick Brown; sisters,
Dolly and Susan Brown. We all
belonged to Andrew Crew, of
Richmond, Va., but Andrew Crew
sold brother William to Chiny…

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J. Wofford White searching for his brother Harvey

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

October 1, 1885

MR. EDITOR--I wish to inquire
for my brother, sold in the year
1856. He belonged to Mrs. Sarah
McDonald, the widow of 'Big
Jack," near Lynchburg, Sumpter
district, South Carolina. His
father was Gabriel, his mother Ma
ria; his eldest brother Joseph and
eldest sister Caroline. The name
of the one I am inquiring for is
Harvey,…

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Washington Lacey searching for his father Sidney Lacey and uncles Jack Davis and Partees

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

November 13, 1884

MR. EDITOR--I desire to inquire
for my kindred. My father be-
longed to Alexander Ule. I have
not heard from them since the war.
The last time I heard from him he
was in Memphis, Tenn. And my
father was named Sidney Lacey,
and my uncles, one was named
Jake Davis, and the other was
named Partees. My uncle Jake
went to…

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W. N. Toliver searching for their mother, uncles, and aunts

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

November 5, 1885

MR. EDITOR: I wish to inquire
for my mother, uncles and aunts.
My mother's name is Ellen Toliver,
and father's name is Valentine
Toliver. They are here with me.
Uncles' names are Orns and Jem,
Robert, and Jack; Aunts Winnie,
Mary, Betsy and Phillis, their
mother's name was Judy, and she
is dead. My mother was Sophia
Johnson,…

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Virginia Williams searching for her sister Carolee Harris

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

July 30, 1885

MR. EDITOR--I wish to inquire
through your paper for my sister.
Her name was Carolee Harris or
Carolee Gayarre. Charles Gayarre
was our owner before the war. I
think that he sold her to a man by
the name of Hyman Hart, in Osyka,
Miss. When she left Osyka, Miss.,
I heard that she went to Texas. I
was too young to know much…

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Valentine Toliver searching for his brother Frank and Mary Toliver

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

September 17, 1885

MR. EDITOR--I wish to inquire
by the help of your paper for some
of my people. I got a letter from
Brother Stephen Toliver, in Tex-
as stating that our Brother Frank
and Sister Mary Toliver have
never been seen nor heard from
since they were sold, and I wish
to inquire for them. He states
that they were sold in New Or-
leans,…

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Valentine Taliver searching for his brothers and sisters

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

May 7, 1885

MR. EDITOR-I wish to inquire
for my brothers and sisters. The
last time I saw them they belonged
to Louis Taliver, and were living in
Mississippi. Their names are
Emmanuel, Stephen, Frank, Mary,
and Phoebe Taliver. About that
time I was taken to Alabama by
Nick Taliver, and sold to a man
named Morgan Smith. Shortly
after this…

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Unnamed searching for their family and friends

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

April 10, 1884

MR. EDITOR--I wish to inquire
for my aunt, Malinda Wiggington,
who in slave time belonged to Mr.
Mr. Corneal Wiggington; also for
aunt Charity Wiggington, and
Jerry, my uncle, who lived with
Wm. Powell. I heard that brother
Bob went to Alabama with Bob
Hutchinson, and from there to
Louisiana. I also wish to hear from
Irving,…

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Turner Petty searching for his half-sisters Martha and Sallie Thriff and half-brother Cornelius

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

April 3, 1884

MR. EDITOR--I wish to inquire
for my relatives--two sisters and
one brother. I left them in Louis-
iana in 1860 or '61, near Clinton.
Sister's are Martha and Sallie
Thriff. Their father was named
Washington Thriff, a blacksmith.
Brother was Cornelius. I do not
know his father's name. Our
mother was named Matilda; she is…

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Anderson Montgomery searching for her children and sister

Port Tobacco Times and Charles County Advertiser (Port Tobacco, MD)

October 25, 1872

Wanted,
INFORMATION of the whereabouts of MAR-
THA ANN, SUSAN, JANE and NACE
MONTGOMERY, children of ANDERSON MONT-
GOMERY, colored, formerly owned by Alexander
Haslip, near Port Tobacco, but for twenty-two
years past living in Richmond, Va. She is de-
sirous of obtaining information of her children,
if living or dead, and if any…

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Sarah Zuber (formerly Sarah Clark) searching for her mother and siblings

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

May 28, 1885

MR. EDITOR--I wish to inquire
for my relatives. I was born on
the Ford place, 8 miles from Tarboro
Town, [n]ear Hart's mill race, in
North Carolina. My father's name
was Jack Adkinson, and is now dead.
My mother was named Edie Clark;
she was sold to Willie Baker. I
had several brothers who were sold
as follows: Jackson, Joshua,…

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Samuel Jackson searching for his mother Rachel

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

May 21, 1885

Springfield, Ohio, April 2, 1885.
Samuel Jackson's mother was
named Rachel and was owned by
the Webb family of Fayette county,
Ky. She had a sister named
Phyllis, and went with her to Mex-
ico a long while before the war.
She returned to Lexington, Ky.,
once and afterwards left with a
woman, named Cordelia Plummer,
for New…

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Sophia Harris (formerly Sophia Badges) searching for her mother Nelly Brinkley and brother William

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

October 9, 1884

MR. EDITOR--I wish to inquire
for my mother and brother. I was
brought here two years before the
war by a Mr. Campbell. My own-
er's [owner's] name was Sam Boggs and
mother's master was named Thomas
Brinkley. When I left mother
was 100 miles from Baltimore, near
Saulsbury. She had nine children,
three girls and six boys. I am…

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Sallie Ellis (formerly Sallie Carroll) searching for her mother Flora Carroll and brother John Samuel Carroll

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

November 12, 1885

MR. EDITOR: I wish to inquire
for my mother and brother, whom
I left in Maryland. Father and
mother were Henry and Flora Car-
roll. We all then belonged to Mr.
Henry Perry but at his death, I
fell to Mr. John Wesley Perry,
mother to Robert Perry, sister Kit-
tie, went to Louisiana, and Bro.
John Samuel Carroll to Texas,…

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S. L. Farris searching for two friends Dempsey Pearson and Fanny Pearson

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

May 15, 1884

MR. EDITOR--I wish to inquire
for two friends I left in New Or-
leans [New Orleans] in June, 1880, on Carondelet
street, I have forgotten the num-
ber [number]. Their names were Dempsey
Pearson and his wife, Fanny Pear-
son [Pearson]. Address me at Bunkie, P. O.,
Aveyelles parish, La.
S. L. FARRIS.

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Robt. Ellis searching for his father Zack and mother Rosetta Ellis

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

June 12, 1884

MR. EDITOR--I wish to find my
father and mother. I left them in
Farmville, Virginia, about 1868.
Father was Zack and mother Ro-
setta Ellis. They belonged to Dr.
James Spencer. I have been here
about 15 years and have not heard
from them since I left. My name
is Robt. Ellis, and sister Saline
Ellis. Address me, care Rev. D.…

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Rev. C. M. Moore searching for his brother-in-law Freeman Hart

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

July 1, 1885

I wish to inquire for my brother-
in-law. His name is Freeman Hart.
He left home in 1865, and we have
not heard from him since 1866; he
was then in Algiers, La. His home
is in Montgomery county, Texas.
His first owner was Mr. Joe Perry,
and at his death Freeman and all
of the family fell to John Hart. His
father was named Green and…

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Rev. Bedford Carr searching for his aunt Cosy Sereen

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

December 4, 1884

MR. EDITOR-I have not found
my aunt, Cosy Sereen yet. The last
heard from her she was staying at
the Stirfield plantation, near Don-
aldsonville, the mother of eight
children. We don't know her hus-
band's name. She left us in Plaque-
mine, La. I went to New Orleans
in 1866, and in 1881 we received an
inquiring letter from her. Address
me…

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Rev. Bedford Carr searching for his aunt

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

August 14, 1884

MR. EDITOR--I wish to inquire
for my aunt. She left us in Plaque-
mine [Plaquemine], La., in the year 1866, and
went to New Orleans to wait on
Mr. Delaney's wife, and we have
not seen her since. but we heard
from her in 1879 when at the Star-
field [Starfield] plantation. She has lost her
husband, he died in 1871. She has
two sisters…

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Rev. Andrew Fox searching for his mother Abey Fox and half-sister Matilda Jebson

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

May 28, 1885

MR. EDITOR—I wish to inquire
for my mother and sister. I have
not seen them since 1860. We be-
longed [belonged] to James Parker Cohen, and
in the above mentioned year I was
sold to John Burnside, of New Or-
leans [New Orleans], La; and my mother and sis-
ter [sister] were sold up in the Blue Ridge
mountains. My mother's name was…

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