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Ishmael S. Dennis finds wife remarried
Harrisburg Daily Independent (Harrisburg, PA)
November 30, 1889
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Julia Culler searching for aunt Sarah Roberson
The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)
September 5, 1895
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Mrs. Ellen Craft finds her mother
National Anti-Slavery Standard (New York, NY)
August 12, 1865
ELLEN CRAFT AND HER MOTHER NEW YORK, July 31, 1865. To the Editor of the Standard: THE following autograph letter from Maj.-Gen. Wilson was elicited by an enquiry in behalf of Ellen Craft, now resident in England, for her mother, one of the redeemed from out of the house of bondage. The good will and courtesy of the General need no commendation…
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E. E. Sutton searching for their father Isaac Sutton, aunts, and cousins
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
October 20, 1881
DEAR EDITOR—I wish to enquire after my kinfolks, my father aunts and cousins. My father's name was Isaac Sutton, my two aunts Miranda and Harriett Sutton. Four cousins, James, Mary, Emma, and Ransome Sutton They belonged to Mr. James Sutton, in Tennessee, Lafayette County, near Macon. I belonged to Nancy Grais. I left them there in 1852. If any…
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Jane Darden seeking her siblings, including her brother Jerry Barklin
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
September 1, 1881
DEAR EDITOR:—I am anxious to find out the where-abouts of my relatives. I left my people in Macon, Georgia. We belonged to Mr. Alexander. My mother belonged to a Mr. Whitemoore. She died before I was sold. My brothers and sisters names are as follows: Jerry Barklin, oldest; brother Henry and Darkis belonged to Mr. John Bagley; also a brother and…
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Sarah Williams searching for her parents Peter and Melia
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
May 23, 1889
MR. EDITOR: I wish to find my mother and father. Mother was named Melia. She belonged to Mr. James O'Neal, of the Parker's estate. The sheriff took Mr. O'Neal back to Bibb County, Georgia, and put him in the penitentiary and I was sold in Macon and brought to Texas, by a man by the name of John McGuire in 1861. Father's name was Peter. He belonged…
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Mary Jane Sharp searching for her father's family
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
May 24, 1888
MR. EDITOR—I wish to find my father's people, whom he left in Georgia. His mother was named Jane; I cannot recall the names of his sisters and brothers. I have heard him speak of Josephine, Julia and Mary, and brothers Henry and Boney. Father's name was John, and some of his people lived in Macon, Ga.; he had one sister in Dalton, Ga., whom he…
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Anderson Banks found his brother Madison Banks
The Cleveland Gazette (Cleveland, OH)
November 30, 1889
AFTER THIRTY-TWO YEARS.
JACKSONVILLE, Ill. Anderson Banks
has returned from Lincoln, Neb., where
he was just finished an eight weeks’
visit with his newly found brother In
1857, four years before the opening of
the civil war, the father and mother of
Mr. Banks, with their twelve children,
were the property of Mr. Charles Yancy,
a…
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Rosetta Shotwell seeking her son Auctavious Audwine
The Cleveland Gazette (Cleveland, OH)
May 24, 1884
--Exchanges will please copy: Mrs.
Rosetta Shotwell, of No. 8 Meridan
street, Chicago, would like to learn of
the whereabout of her son, Auctavious
Audwine, who was born in Macon, Ga.
Last account of him he was in New
Orleans, La., in the year of 1872. Any
information as to his whereabouts will
be thankfully received at the above…
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Brothers Nathan Branch and Lee Branch reunited after 66 years
The Chicago Weekly Tribune (Chicago, IL)
July 14, 1899
FORMER SLAVE BROTHERS MEET
Nathan Branch of Evanston Finds by
Chance Lee, from Whom He Was
Parted 66 Years Ago.
After a separation of sixty-six years Nathan
Branch, the oldest colored man in
Evanston, will meet his brother Lee of
Macon, Ga. The last sight they had of each
other was in an auctioneer’s room on a
plantation in…
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Louis Williams
The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN)
March 11, 1893
Lost Relative.
Wanted to know the whereabouts of a mother
two brothers and one sister. Mother's name
was Rachel Buncom; sister, Hannah Buncom;
brothers, Louis and Allen. The last time I saw
my mother was on John H. Low's farm, West
Macon, Bibbs county, Georgia, in the year 1862,
as near as I can remember. I was very small
at that time. …
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J. Clark is searching for their brother Anthony
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
March 13, 1884
Mr. Editor-I wish to inquiae [inquire]
for my brother who was sold to
Rafe Phillips, of Macon, Ga., in
1857 or 1858, who brought him to
Mobile, Ala. I heard that he was
sold to the owner of a line of
steamboats from Mobile to New Or-
leans, but did not learn the man's
name. My brother's name was
Anthony; we belonged to a man by
the name…
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William H. Todd finds his mother, age 100, after 40-year separation
Pittsburgh Dispatch (Pittsburgh, PA)
March 12, 1891
FOUND AT LAST.
A former Slave, Now in Ohio, Hears From
His Long-Lost Mother.
SPRINGFIELD, O., March 11, - After 40 years'
separation William H. Todd, an ex-slave at
Washington Court House, Fayette county, has
discovered the whereabouts of his mother, now
100 years old, living at Macon, GA., through a
letter received last night. …
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Ellen Sherdronnd searching for her son Absolom
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
May 22, 1884
MR. EDITOR––I wish to inquire
for my relatives; first, my son. His
name was Absalom. When I left
him he was three years old. I left
him in Macon, Georgia, with Abner
McGuire. McGuire bought me
from Mr. Dave Gaines. Was three
years in Macon, Ga., at McKelley's
factory. Address Ellen Sherdronnd,
Brenham, Washington county, Tex.
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Charlotte Butler searching for her husband Butler Flournoy and three children, William and Ann Flournoy and Jack Bradford
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
September 11, 1884
MR. EDITOR—I wish to inquire
for my husband and three children.
My husband was Butler Flournoy,
my children William and Ann
Flournoy and Jack Bradford. John
Flournoy sold William and Ann in
Macon, Ga. My husband was sold
in Memphis, Tenn. I left Jack
Bradford in South Carolina, in
Sumpterville county. I was sold
at a sheriff sale to…
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Betty Davis searching for her mother Prescella and brother Henry
The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
April 2, 1885
MR. EDITOR -- I am inquiring for
my mother, her name is Prescella;
my brother is named Henry; used
to belong to Michael Watson, between
Macon and Knoxville, on the
public road, In Georgia. I left
them there when I was quite small,
long before the war. He sold them
to a man by the name of Salbut,
and a horse at the same time. My
mother…
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Mrs. McDora Dungee looking for her father Allen Bradford
Iowa State Bystander (Des Moines, IA)
October 26, 1894
INFORMATION WANTED
DES MOINES, IOWA, Oct. 22, 1894.--
EDITOR BYSTANDER: I want to enquire
for my father, Allen Bradford. The
last time I heard of him was in 1863.
He was a barber on a boat running
from Montgomery, Ala., to Mobile. He
had four daughters who belonged to a
family named Bibb. The names of his
daughters were: Kate,…
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Rev. F. Hamilton searching for his Aunt
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
March 30, 1882
MR. EDITOR ---- I wish to inquire
for my aunt Francis Freeman, who
belonged to Bob Freeman, in
Macon, Georgia. The last heard
from she was living with Mrs.
Fulton. I was not able to recollect
all people's names when I left
there. All belonged to Jim
Devans. I was Phoebe's oldest son
Franklin. I can recollect when
we left…
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Maria Holland searching for her parents Archie and Betsey Howard and her siblings Lucy Ann, Philis, and Ned
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
August 28, 1879
DEAR EDITOR ---- I desire information
of my father, mother and sister
whom I left in Macon, Ga., in 1849
Father's name was Archie, mother's
Betsey Howard. They belonged to
Mrs. Hardy Haral. My sister Lucy
Ann was sold to Jake Johnson three
miles from Macon. Sister Philis
was sold to Guds McDonald, in
Macon. My brother Ned…
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An unnamed mother looking for information about her daughter Martha Chew
The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)
November 3, 1866
INFORMATION WANTED
Of my daughter, Martha Chew, who was sold
in 1856, in Annapolis, Md. We have not heard
from her since 1862; she was then in Macon,
Ga Her married name is Martha Johnson.
Any information of her whereabouts will be thank-
fully received by her mother and sister, at
No. 237 West Hoffman St,
…
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