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Rachel Emanuel searching for her brothers Columbus and Alex Jones

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

August 1, 1889

DEAR EDITOR: I desire to inquire through the SOUTHWESTERN for my brothers. I have two brothers, their names are Columbus and Alex Jones. The last time I heard from them was in 1868; they were both living in Tennessee; Columbus in Franklin, and Alexander in Nashville. The whole family belonged to Gabriel Jones, in Floyd County, Ga. My name is…

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Alex Barnes searching for his mother Matilda Townsend

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

June 18, 1885

I desire to inquire for my mother, Matilda Townsend, raised by a man named John Townsend, in Floyd county, Georgia. She was sold there to go with her husband, and left me there. My name was Alex Townsend; now I go by the name of Alex Barnes. In a short while both were carried to Mississippi. Her husband's name was Phil Patrick. The last letter I…

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