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Mrs. Virginia Coaston searching for her mother Hannah McClure and family including her brother, aunts, and uncle

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

January 6, 1887

MR. EDITOR-- I desire to find my people; I left them in Pendleton county, West Va., when I was 12 years old. I belonged to Mr. John McClure and was sold to Mr. McDobbs with my uncle, James Gilmore. About the same time my mother was sold to a man in the South, but whereabout I don't know. Her name was Hannah McClure. I heard that my brother Aaron…

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Virginia Coaston searching for her family including her mother Hannah

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

December 2, 1886

I desire to find if any of my peo
ple [people] still live. I am now 51, and
was about 12 years of age when I
left them. I lived in Pendle county,
Va., the slave of John McClure,
and was sold to a Mr. McDowell.
with my uncle James Gilmore.
About the same time my mother
was sold South, but I don't know
where. Her name was Hannah …

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