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Peter Mellett searching for his wife Henrietta
Charleston Mercury (Charleston, SC)
May 23, 1867
A FREEDMAN IN SEARCH OF HIS WIFE.-- Peter
Mellett (a freedman, whose address is Sumter,
S. C.) desires information concerning the whereabouts
of his wife, whose name is Henrietta, and
who belonged to the estate of Isaac Lenoir, of
Sumter District. She was carried from this section
to one of the Southwestern States about
seven or eight…
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James Stills searching for his brother Washington Stills
The Weekly Mississippi Pilot (Jackson, MS)
November 12, 1870
INFORMATION WANTED!
AS to the whereabouts of my brother, JAMES
STILLS, (col.) He was sold in South Carolina
before the war, and with other slaves was
brought to this State by John Parks and Allen
Vance, speculators. He is supposed to be now in
Mississippi or Louisiana. Any information concerning
him, directed to the undersigned, will…
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Henry Brady searching for Frank Brady
Weekly Journal (Mercersburg, PA)
June 30, 1871
INFORMATION WANTED.--The undersigned
desires information concerning
Frank Brady, colored. He left
his home in Woodville, Rappahannock
county, Virginia, about eighteen
years ago. He has been heard of once
since, at which time he was at Charleston,
South Carolina. Any information
concerning him will be thankfully
received by Henry…
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Mrs. Sarah Daniels searching for her siblings Hezekiah, William Capers, Robert, and Laura
Huntsville Journal (Huntsville, AL)
January 26, 1905
WANTS TO FIND HER RELA
TIVES [RELATIVES].
Mrs Sarah Daniels of DeFuniak
Springs, Fla., writes: "At the time
of the war I had three brothers and
a sister who were carried from South
Carolina to Alabama by a white
Methodist preacher by the name of
Ledbetter. They were named re-
spectively [respectively], Hezekiah, William Ca-
pers…
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Milton Anderson searching for his family
The Huntsville Journal (Huntsville, AL)
February 28, 1896
Wanted To Find His Foiks.
I wish to learn of the whereabouts of
my folks. My father was name Dickson;
brother name Edmond Anderson;
sisters named Polly, Dinah and Rachel
Anderson. Sister Polly married a man
by the name of John Anderson.
I came from South Carlina when I
was 19 years of age and stayed 2 or 3
years in Green county…
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Executors of estate found Robert Busby, "ex-slave," and gave him an inheritance
The Broad Ax (Chicago, IL)
October 9, 1897
AGED EX-SLAVE.
Left a Fortune of $50,000 by His
Former Master.
Benton Harbor, Mich., Sept 29.
--Robert Busby, an old ex-slave,
was today advised by a Charleston
(S. C.) lawyer that his former master,
Bradford North, who died four
years ago, has left him an inheritance
of $50,000. The old planter
left an immense estate, and…
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Martha Jennings-Lucas searching for her mother, sister, brothers, daughter, and husband
Harrisburg Telegraph (Harrisburg, PA)
July 23, 1900
A Former Slave's Appeal.
The following pathetic appeal is print-
ed [printed] in the Star of Zion, Chariotte, N.C.,
and is from a former slave who wants to
find his relatives, 37 years after they were
set free:
"Information wanted of my mother, sis-
ter [sister] and brother. My mother's name was
Lucy Jennings, and was a servant of Dr.…
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Adam Thomas searching for Mickey Bashlot, Judy Bashlot, and Katy Ginlack
New York Herald (New York, NY)
November 11, 1864
INFORMATION WANTED--OF MICKEY BASHLOT,
Judy Bashlot and Katy Ginlack, mulatto children, aged
respectively 18, 15 and 17 years, who came from Denegal,
off Harris Neck, Georgia; last heard from were in New Jer-
sey [New Jersey]. Any information concerning them will be thankfully
received by their uncle, Adam Thomas, United States iron-
clad…
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Unnamed searching for his sister, Lula Suber
The Topeka Plaindealer (Topeka, KS)
November 6, 1914
NOTICE.
Looking for Lost Relatives.
Information of the whereabouts of
Lula Suber will be appreciated by
her brother, who now lives in Kansas.
He would like to hear from her.
When last heard of she was living in
Columbia, S. C., in 1878 on Wheelers
Hill. Mail any information concerning
her to the Plaindealer Office, Topeka,…
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S. S. Green searching for his brother Edward Riley
The Topeka Plaindealer (Topeka, KS)
July 2, 1915
LOST RELATIVE.
I am desirous of locating my bro-
ther [brother], last heard of was in Pine Bluff,
Ark. His name is Edward Riley,
55 years old and born in Barnsville,
S. C. I understand he has a large
family and any information furnished
of his whereabouts will be gladly re-
ceived [received] by S. S. Green, his brother,
Room 318,…
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John A. Brown searching for his parents and siblings George, Mary Jane, Ellen Nora, and Peter Brown
Evening Star (Washington, DC)
December 21, 1886
Wants to Find His People.
AN EX-SLAVE IN SEARCH OF HIS PARENTS OR
BROTHERS.
The clerk of the court has received a letter dated
Greenville, S. C., stating: "Many years ago I was
sold from my mother and father. I now wish to
hear from them as I am in possession of property,
and do not know when I am call from this world.
My master's…
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John Milton Anderson searching for his relatives including his father Dick Anderson (formerly Dick Gillam)
The Huntsville Journal (Huntsville, AL)
April 20, 1900
Wanted Information of my Folks.
I want to find my people. We
came from South Carolina to Green
county, Ala., about 5 years before
the war. My mother was Milly Gil-
lam [Gillam], and she died in South Carolina.
My father's name was Dick Gillam,
afterwards Dick Anderson. He
married again and his second wife
was named Fanny. I am the…
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Mrs. Clara Bashop searching for her daughter Patience (3rd of 4 ads placed)
The New York World (New York, NY)
October 2, 1892
A THIRTY YEARS' SEARCH.
Mrs. Bashop's Pitiful Quest for Her
Daughter, Patience.
THEY WERE SEPARATED AT AN AUC-
TION [AUCTION] SALE OF SLAVES.
The Aged Mother Sought in Many States
for Clues of Her Missing Child, but
Without Avail—Now She Wants "The
World's" Million Readers to Assist
in Finding the Girl for Whom She
Has Slaved So…
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Mrs. Clara Bashop seeking information about her daughter Patience (2nd of 4 ads)
St. Louis Post Dispatch (St. Louis, MO)
October 2, 1892
HUNTING HER CHILD.
A Former Slave Still in Search of Her
Lost Daughter.
New York, Oct. 1. - For thirty three years
Mrs. Clara Bashop of Morristown, N. J., has
been searching for her lost daughter, and she
is searching still. Tears have often flowed
over the woes of Uncle Tom, but her story is
sadder and more pathetic than the one…
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Mary Saunders
The Chicago Defender (Chicago, IL)
January 15, 1916
INFORMATION WANTED
Information is wanted of Butler Hill and Newton Hill, Aberville, S.C., leaving that place in 1858, belonging to Billy Hill, slave owner. When last located they were at Vicksburg, Miss. Newton Hill was last heard from at Jersey City. Father was named Chas. Colbert and mother Sarah Tolbert. Sister living, Mary Colbert, 21 East…
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C. M. Manning writing to the editor
South Carolina Leader (Charleston, SC)
March 24, 1866
WALTERBORO', S. C., March 14, 1866. MR. EDITOR -- I feel that I am under some obligations to write you a few lines of matters and things of interest to your readers. I have been a soldier in the U. S. service for two years and nine months, and I have always tried to serve my country faithfully. And that now my term of service is about to expire,…
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Mrs. Christine Whetstone Holt searching for her siblings Missouri, Margaret, Lettie, and Jack Whetstone
The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN)
April 22, 1893
I would like to know the whereabouts of my
brothers and sisters. They are Missouri Whet-
stone [Whetstone], Margaret Whetstone, Lettie Whetstone,
Jack Whetstone, Harriet Whetstone, Athe
Whetstone, and George had a cousin by the
name of Anna Means. We were all born in
Spartanburgh, South Carolina, and all belonged
to Dave Whetstone. …
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Williams Thompson
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
January 10, 1884
MR. EDITOR: I wish to inquire
for my relatives. My father was
Andrew Thompson, and his wife
Frankie. She had a son Randall
when father married her. After
father married her she had fifteen
children, named as follows: Manuel,
Lucy, Lettie, Betsey, William,
Squire, Berry, Martha and Senel,
who had twelve fingers, the other
five children…
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John Edmond
The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN)
June 11, 1892
I would like to know the whereabouts of my
brother James Means and my sister Hester and
Susan Jane Huges. When last heard of they
lived in South Carolina. Sister Hester went to
Arkansaw [Arkansas]. James was last heard from in
Cotton Gin, Lime Stone, Co., Tex. We all
belonged to old Sandy Creek, a Negro trader in
1856. Our…
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John S. Gist seeking his brother Grant Gist
The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN)
April 11, 1891
I would like to know the whereabouts of my
brother, whose name, Grant Gist. He left home
(in South Carolina) in 1887 and the last heard of
him was in November, 1888. He was then at
Triumph, P O, Maryland, about ten miles from
Baltimore. Any insormation concerning him
will be cheerfully received his brother, John S
Gist, Fort Washakie,…
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Diannah White looking for her sons
The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)
March 17th, 1887
INFORMATION WANTED OF MY SONS, George Washington House, Wm. White and Henry McGhee. William and Henry left me at Marianna; George at Memphis, Tenn. I was sold in South Carolina to K I Ferguson, who brought me to Mississippi and afterward sold me to a man by the name of Hugh McGhee. For the last twenty years I have been living at Marianna, Lee…
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Rev. Isaac S. Grant seeking his uncle Jacob J. Simmons
The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)
April 1, 1886
INFORMATION WANTED OF MY UNCLE Jacob J. Simmons, who left Charleston, S.C., about thirty years ago. Last heard of him he was tailoring in Chester, Del aware Co., Pa. Pastors in that region will please make inquiry and if anything is learned of him please notify Rev. Isaac S. Grant, his nephew, at Shiloh, Sumpter Co., S.C.
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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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R.D. Davenport seeking Beattie Giles
Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)
April 12, 1913
Do You Know Them?
I desire to know the whereabouts
of Beattie Giles, the mother of Susan
Green. She lived in Petersburg, Va.
She belonged to Billy Moody. Her
husband's name was Henry Giles.
She had four other children. Their
names were Joshua, Rachel Jane and
Martha. Any information will be
thankfully received.
R.D. DAVENPORT, Newberry…
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Tally Miller seeking information about his daughters Caroline and Sarah Williams
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
February 7, 1884
MR. EDITOR––I wish to inquire
through your paper for my two
children that I left near Chester
village, Chester county. South Car-
olina [South Carolina], about 1837. I left them on
Jesse William’s place, about five
miles from Chester village, on a lit-
tle [little] creek called Pea Ridge. Both
my children were girls, named Car-
oline…
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