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Maria Green (formerly Maria Moore) searching for relatives Mike, Calliope, Susan, and Jane
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
August 12, 1880
DEAR EDITOR—I wish to inquire my people, Mike, Calliope, Susan and Jane. The last I saw of them was near Grand Gulf, Mississippi, about 1840. They went to New Orleans to their owner, Richard Harris. I left my youngest sister and eight aunts, Susan Bryant, Mary, Charlotte, Margaret, Betty, Lizzie, Peggia and Agnes Humphrey, with Capt. Geo.…
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Mariah Green (formerly Mariah Moore) searching for her family including her sisters Lizer, Prescilla, and Francis
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
March 20, 1884
MR. EDITOR - I wish to find the
whereabouts of my husband, sisters
Lizer, Prescilla and Francis, also
brother Jacob and Ellen Gracy.
Jacob belonged to Elias Bridgers,
in Madison parish, La., not very
far from Mr. Stoneham's and Bear
Lake. Your daughter-in law at
that time, Mariah Moore, but now
changed to Mariah Green, at Plan-
tersville…
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Mariah Green searching for her father Capt. Bryant, grandmother Hannah, and sisters Mintie and Rose
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
March 20, 1884
MR. EDITOR-- Please allow me to inquire for my relatives. They lived in the family of Ben. Humphries. I left my father in Grand Gulf, Miss., in 1838. His mother lived in Kentucky. At that time my father's name was Capt. Bryant; his mother was Hannah, sisters Mintie and Rose. Address me at Plantersville, Grimes county, Texas. MARIAH GREEN.
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Mariah Green searching for her family including Jack Rhad, sister Jane, cousin Eveline, and her husband Bob Moore
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
March 20, 1884
MR. EDITOR-- I desire to inquire for my people. I have not heard from them since 1881. About three years ago they were in New Orleans, La. Jack Rhad and sister Jane, cousin Eveline, brother Claiborne and sister Susan, Clabut and Charlotte Clalup, and my husband, Bob Moore. The last I heard from Bob he was in Holmes county, in 1864, also my sons…
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Georgiana Berry seeking the name of husband's Civil War company, for her Civil War widow's pension application
The Colored American (Washington, DC)
August 24, 1901
COLORED VETERANS, ATTENTION!
Is there any one who can give me the name of the colored company that was made up in the month of May in Grand Gulf Miss., in 1862? My husband was a member of that company. His name was John Berry. Since his death I have forgotten the name of the company and so cannot send application for pension until I find out the…
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Robert Miller searching for relatives
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
May 31, 1883
MR. EDITOR: - I want informa-tion as to my people, whom I left northeast of Monroe. The corner place is about one mile from Little Richmond. The name of my owner is Charles Hampton. His home is above Grand Gulf in Mississippi. My mother's name is Susan Miller; my father's is Amos Miller. I have five sisters and one uncle; his name is Jacob Miller.…
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Jack Rhodes searching for his sons Jack and Solomon
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
April 26, 1883
MR. EDITOR:--I desire to inquire for my two sons whom I left in Mississippi before the war. The oldest, Jack, named after me, belonged in the Widow Escott's family, three miles from Grand Gulf. His mother was Sarah, grandfather Peter, grandmother Rose. The youngest was Solomon; his mother Clarissa died when he was small. He belonged in the Elias…
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Jack Rhodes searching for his sons Jack Rhodes and Solomon
The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
September 15, 1881
DEAR EDITOR: --- I wish to find my sons whom I left in Claiborne county, Mississippi, one year before the war. They belonged to different families. The oldest one, named after me, Jack Rhodes, was born at Widow Escand's, three miles from Grand Gulf. His mother was Sarah, and he was the only child she had when I left. His grandparents were Rose…
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Julia Mandinell Crawford searching for her mother Lucy Mandinell, brother Charles Grandnell, and sisters Ada and Cornelia
The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)
October 13, 1866
INFORMATION WANTED
Of my mother, Lucy Mandinell, also my brother,
Charles Grandnall, and two sisters, Cornelia and
Ada. When I left them, they were living with
a man named Turpin, one mile from Willow
Springs, fifteen miles from Grand Gulf, and ten
miles from Port Gibson, in Clayborne Co., Miss.
I have two uncles, on named Thomas…
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