H. B. Burly searching for their relatives Sarah Ann and Ben Clay

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

September 20, 1888

Mandy Tolen searching for her brother John Hendricks

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

December 4, 1884

MR. EDITOR-- I would like very much to hear from my brother, John Hendricks. I was born in Virginia, and when four years old I was carried to Newbury, South Carolina. I had a brother, William. Our mother was Millie. When old master Tolen died I went to Joe Tolen and brother John to Dr. H. Tolen. I was carried to Mississippi and some years after…

Jane Walker searching for her relations

The Newberry Herald (Newberry, SC)

April 21, 1875

INFORMATION WANTED--An almost unintelligible letter from Jane Walker, a colored woman living in Noxubee, Miss., has been handed us for publication. We can only make out of it that the writer is anxious to ascertain the whereabouts of her relations that she may go to them. She says that she at one time belong to Mr. Whit Walker, is now married and…

J. U. Bishop searching for his wife Rebecca Bishop

The Newberry Weekly Herald (Newberry, SC)

July 12, 1865

Information Wanted.

MY wife, Rebecca Bishop, deserted me and
our three children, last Monday night, the
3d instant. She was accompanied by a mulatto
boy named Jerry (formerly slave of one Bishop.)
Said boy is about 25 years of age, slightly crossed
in one eye. My wife is 36 years old, but looks
much younger. She…

Unnamed woman looking for her sister Martha Barnes

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

January 17, 1895

INFORMATION WANTED --of
Martha Barnes (slavery name) or
her her descendants. She went
from about Edgefield or Newberry,
S. C. in slavery time, and is sup-
posed to be now somewhere in the
State of Alabama. Any informa-
tion will be happily received by her
sister and family. Address Joseph
L. Williams, box 208 Abbeville, S.
C.

William Hill looking for his former wife Pyrena and their children Eliza, Celia, Jordan, Laug, and Hamp

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

October 25, 1883

INFORMATION WANTED OF THE FOL-
lowing named persons, who formerly
belonged to Waddie Thompson, of Edge-
field District, South Carolina, but moved
off 30 years ago: Pyrena, now about 65
years old, and her children, named Eliza
about 45; Celia, about 43; Jordan, about
41; Laug 39 and Hamp, 38. The above
named Pyrena was the wife of…

Joseph L. Williams seeking information about Martha Barnes

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

August 3, 1893

INFORMATION WANTED.--of
Martha Barnes (slavery name) or
her her descendants. She went
from about Edgefield or Newberry,
S. C. in slavery time, and is sup-
posed to be now somewhere in the
State of Alabama. Any informa-
tion will be happily received by her
sister and family. Address Joseph
L. Williams, box 208 Abbeville, S.
C.

"Press" Low looking for their mother Mary

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

February 17, 1898

Information wanted of my rela-
tives. I was born in Newberry,
S. C., on "Broad river." My
mother was named Mary and she
belonged to one George Miller;
Mother and two boys, "Ned" and
"Press," were put in jail in New-
berry. Mother's husband was
named Bob Dawkins, and he got
Mr. William Lowe to buy her out
of jail. We then moved to…

Cillicy Bradly searching for her siblings Mary, Phebe, Patsey, Samuel John, and Berry Ward

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

February 26, 1874

Information is wanted of the follow-
ing named brothers and sisters, who were
formerly owned by William Tolson, in
Maryland Co., Va.: Mary, Phebe and
Patsey, Samuel John and Berry Ward, by
their sister Cillicy Bradley, who was sold
and carried to Newberry, S. C.
Any information of either or all of the
above will be thankfully…