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Elisha Brooks searching for their mother Minnie Ann Molbear and their uncle Sippa Reaves

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

October 7, 1880

DEAR EDITOR— I wish to inquire for my people. My owner and people moved to Mississippi from Chatham Co., N. C. My owner was Jack Reaves, and his wife was Nancy Reaves. His oldest son was named Thomas and others named Brooks and Sam; his daughters were Patchly and Polly Reaves. Uncle Sippa Reaves, his wife and myself belonged to the Reaves family.…

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Peter Boxler searching for his father James Boxler

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

November 7, 1880

MR. EDITOR-- I wish to inquire for my father, James Boxler. His owner's name was Daniel Boxler. I left when an infant and was brought to this country by Parker Brooks. Mother and uncle were brought out with me. Mother, Eliza Brooks, belonged to Parker Brooks. I was born in Chatham Co., N. C. Address me at Locksburg, Ark. PETER BOXLER.

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Alfred Yancey searching for his relatives, including his wife Phoebe Chandler

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

January 15, 1880

DEAR EDITOR—I wish to make
an effort, through your columns, to
find my relatives from whom I have
been separated many long years.
My name is Alfred; I was owned
by Lawyer Abraham Venable,
Granville Co., North Carolina, 15
miles from Oxford, the county seat.
My mother’s name was Pinkey;
brothers’, Monroe, Madison, Wil-
liam [William],…

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Alfred Yancey (formerly Alfred Venable) searching for his seven brothers and one sister

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

July 8, 1885

I have seven brothers and one
sister. I left them in Granville
county, North Carolina in 1839. We
all belonged to a lawyer named
Abraham Venable. Mother was
named Pinkey and father Joshua.
My brothers were Monroe, Addison,
William, Dock, Alexander and
David Russell, and sister was
named Julia Smiley; she was named
after a…

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Peter Boxler

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

October 7, 1880

MR EDITOR -- I wish to inquire
for my father, James Boxler. His
owner's name was Daniel Boxler
I left him when an infant and was
brought to this country by Parker
Brooks. Mother and uncle were
brought out with me. Mother,
Eliza Brooks, belonged to Parker
Brooks. I was born in Chatham
Co., N. C. Address me at Locksburg,
Ark.…

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Garrett Henderson searching for his sisters Lorcas, Hannah, and Pleasant

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

July 30, 1896

INFORMATION WANTED.--
Of my relatives. My sisters names
are Lorcas, Hannah, and Pleasant;
our father's name was Hardy Bray.
When last heard from they were in
Chatham Co., N. C., about thirteen
miles above Pittsboro, N. C., just
above Millen Springs. Any information
concerning them willl be
thankfully received by their brother,
Garrett…

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