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Lillie Bates searching for her father Louis Dorsey

The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN)

April 20, 1893

I should like to know the whereabouts of my
father. His name was Louis Dorsey and his
wife's name was Eliza Dorsey. They used to
belong to Dr. Thomas Mattricks in Rappee
Parish, La., near Alexandria. He parted with
his wife and children near the close of the late
war with Gen. Bank's regiment. My grand-
father's [grandfather's]…

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Rachael Alexander searching for her family

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

December 31, 1885

MR. EDITOR-I, Rachel Alex-
ander, colored, formerly of Mays-
ville, Mason county, Ky., wish to
learn if any of my kinsfolk are still
alive. My mother was named
Charlotte Alexander, and my father
Henry Alexander. I had three sis
ters, Amy Stodder, Hannah Pay-
t n and Sidney Bush, and one un-
married named Phoebe, and two
brothers,…

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Rachel Alexander searching for her mother Charlotte Alexander and siblings

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

September 6, 1883

DEAR EDITOR--I desire to find out if any of my family are living. I have heard nothing of any of them since slave times. Before the war we belonged to a Mr. George Shackelford, who lived in Maysville, Mason county, Kentucky. My mother's name was Charlotte Alexander. I had a brother, Henry Shakelford, and two others named Martin and Burrel…

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Bettie Ray searching for her brothers Burr, Charles, and Alford and sister Mariah

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

March 22, 1883

DEAR EDITOR:--I take this means of inquiring for my brothers and a sister from whom I have not heard since the first year of freedom. Our father and mother's names were Elijah and Lucy Patterson. Father died in Paducah, Ky., and mother died sometime since the war, I know not where. The names of my brothers and sister that I wish to inquire for are…

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C. H. Wyatt looking for their sister Josephine Victoria Scaggs

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

April 22, 1886

MR. EDITOR - I wish to inquire for sister Josephine Victoria Scaggs. She was shipped from my mother in Kentucky to Patterson, La. During the war she belonged at that time to Harrison Scaggs. In years after she returned to New Orleans, but whether she returned there with her master. I do not know, but I think she did. Her mother is Maria Barlow, her…

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Tenola Edwards searching for brother-in-law John R. Grimes

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

September 2, 1880

DEAR EDITOR- I wish to inquire for my brother-in-law, John R. Grimes. His mother's name was Hettie Grimes and his sisters, Mary and Rachel Grimes. Address me at Houston, Texas. TENOLA EDWARDS

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