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B. H. Forrest seeking his family including his four uncles

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

January 19, 1888

MR. EDITOR — I desire to inquire for my relations. My father Hardy Forrest, now deceased, left his relations at Stanley, Gaston county, N.C. His father and mother were Samuel and Lucy Forrest; brothers, Moses, Orange, Jerry and Wort Forrest, and a sister named Margaret Forrest. My guardians were George and Sally Hunter. They left New Orleans for…

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Bennet H. Forrest seeking his uncles and aunt

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

September 8, 1887

MR. EDITOR—I desire to inquire for my relatives that were at Stanley's Creek, Gaston county, North Carolina as follows: Uncles Moses, Orange, Jerry and Wart Forrest, and an aunt named Margaret Forrest. Their father and mother were Samuel and Lucy Forrest. Ministers please look in Directory for those names and read inquiry from your pulpits. Any…

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Lucy Moore searching for her brothers Isaac and Sam Moore

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

March 17, 1887

MR. EDITOR--I wish to inquire for my brothers. Their names are Isaac Moore, the oldest; brother Sam Moore, brother Henry Moore the youngest. My husband is named Moore. Please read this to the congregation in hope of hearing that one of my brothers may be a preacher. Our mother's name was Nancy Short Moore. We all belonged to General Moore, and…

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Virginia Williams searching for her sister Carolee Harris

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

July 30, 1885

MR. EDITOR--I wish to inquire
through your paper for my sister.
Her name was Carolee Harris or
Carolee Gayarre. Charles Gayarre
was our owner before the war. I
think that he sold her to a man by
the name of Hyman Hart, in Osyka,
Miss. When she left Osyka, Miss.,
I heard that she went to Texas. I
was too young to know much…

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Pauline Johnson searching for her sister Eliza Boatner and her brother Benjamin Boatner

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

May 15, 1884

MR. EDITOR― I wish to inquire for some of my relations, my sister, Eliza Boatner and my brother, Benjamin Boatner. My sister and brother belonged to the estate of old Boatner. My sister was sent to either Houston or Galveston, Texas. My brother was sold to Jesse Carney. My mother was Dinah Bortner, father was Matt Boatner. I had a sister, next to…

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Clarissa Reed searching for her mother Pearline, stepfather Sam, and siblings

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

September 13, 1883

DEAR EDITOR- I desire to inquire for my people. Mother was Pearline, stepfather was Sam. Mother had two sets of children. There were five of us, and two died before I left home. The oldest, Sophronia, was sold first; there were Fannie, Morgan, Anderson and myself. Parents belonged to John Ronden. The old man and I was sold to a Mr. Currel, and he…

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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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Daniel Allen searching for his relatives including sisters Biddy, Lucy, and Sallie Allen

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

September 16, 1886

Mr. Editor - Please help me to find my lost relations, who were sold from the Allen estate in Richmond, Va. My sisters were Biddy, Lucy and Sallie Allen. Father, Joseph Allen, and mother, Diana Allen, are dead. George Allen's children were Daniel, Washington, Kitty and Henney Allen. Any information will please be addressed to Daniel Allen, care of…

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P. Stephen Burton searching for George Sparrow

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

August 12, 1886

MR. EDITOR--I desire to find George Sparrow, born in Norfolk, Virginia. He was living there in 1848, but I heard that since he went to Boston, Mass. His father was a slave, but his mother was free. There were three brothers Cornelius, John, and George. Address me, P. Stephen Burton, at No. 100 South Franklin street, New Orleans, La.

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Jeanette Charlton searching for her brothers and sisters

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

February 8, 1883

MR. EDITOR:- I desire to inquire for my sisters and brothers, named Annette, Rosette, Henriette, James, Florient, Melindy and Davie. They were sold by Tom Charleton, from Eaton, and carried to Savannah, Georgia. Address me at No. 186 St. Philip, between Marais and Treme streets, New Orleans. JEANETTE CHARLTON.

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Fanny Patterson searching for her mother Pasty and sister Sallie

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

November 9, 1882

DEAR EDITOR - I wish to inquire for my sister and mother. My sister is Sallie and mother Patsy. They belonged to Richard Bernard. He kept a public school in Kentucky, three miles below Russellville. He had a son, Cornelius and I was his nurse. Address me at Wesley Chapel, New Orleans, care of Rev. S. Davage. FANNY PATTERSON.

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Richard Washington searching for his brothers and sisters

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

November 2, 1882

MR. EDITOR - I want to find my two brothers and two sisters, Albert and Peter Washington, Delia and Ann Washington. They were sold away from the city by Andrew Jones. Mother was Phoebe and father Charles Washington. I now live at No. 384 Melpomene street, corner of Freret street, New Orleans, La. RICHARD WASHINGTON.

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Alice Rebecca Lewis (formerly Nee Jackson) searching for her mother Martha Jackson and aunts

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

October 5, 1882

Information wanted of my mother, Martha Jackson, a mulattress who belonged to Judge Lomocks, in Fredericksburg, Virginia, and was sold in the year 1855. When last heard of was in Columbia, Mississippi, and keeping a millinery store. She had three sisters (octoroons, viz: Serena Jackson, born February 13th, 1849. Henrietta Jackson, born September…

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Bennett H. Forrester searching for his father's relatives and his guardians George and Sally Hunters

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

September 28, 1882

DEAR EDITOR: I desire to inquire for my father's relatives. My father, now deceased, was Hardy Forrest. He left his relatives in Stanley's Creek, Gaston county, North Carolina. His father and mother were Samuel and Lucy Forrest, brothers, Moses, Orange, Jerry, and Wart Forrest. He had also some sisters; one named Margaret Forrest. I desire that all…

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Priscilla Davis (also called Priscilla Baptiste) searching for her brother Moses and sister Matilda Davis

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

September 21, 1882

Miss Priscilla Davis is inquiring for her family. She was born at Mr. John Audrus' plantation, in the parish of Iberville, La., and was the daughter of William and Eliza Davis. She has a brother Moses and a sister Matilda Davis. She has not seen them since the war. Address at Union Chapel M. E. Church, New Orleans, PRISCILLA BAPTISTE.

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Rosina Nicholson searching for her son Albert Smith

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

September 14, 1882

DEAR EDITOR: I am anxious to hear from my son Albert Smith, son David Smith. I received a letter two years ago from home, and he was in Tennessee, married, and with a family. His uncles Randall and Jordan, who resided in Georgia, say he has been gone not more than seven years. I now reside in New Orleans. Address me care of Rev. S. Priestly, of…

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Silvie Hughes searching for her husband Preston Hughes and her brother Henry Graves

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

September 14, 1882

DEAR EDITOR: I desire to learn of the whereabouts of my husband and my brother. My husband was named Preston Hughes, and my brother. Henry Graves. I left them in Vicksburg, Miss., and thirty-four years ago, I was taken away to Arkansas by my owner, Mr. John Wadsworth. My name is Silvie Hughes. Let any information be addressed to me in care of Rev.…

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Cora Bell searching for her family including father George Bell

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

August 24, 1882

DEAR EDITOR: I am as one lost from my people, and have been for some fifteen or sixteen years. I do not know my age, though I came from the State of Kentucky some fifteen or sixteen years ago, with a Mrs. Agbert Tancel, as nurse, taking the boat at Hickman, Ky., after a half-day's journey on the cars from the interior to Hickman, where we took…

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Elizabeth Jackson searching for her brothers Jayaret Cooper, John Henry, and Henry Juberter

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

July 20, 1882

MR EDITOR : I wish to hear of my brother. I left him on the eastern shore of Maryland, in St Mary county, in 1851 or 1852. I belonged to Gov. James Thomas. Brother was Jayaret Cooper; one was John Henry, another Henry Juberter. Mother was Sally Juberter She had two sons and one daughter. Address me, care Rev. M. Dyer, Sicth Street M. E Church, New…

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Thomas Venable searching for siblings Dennis and Susie Venable

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

October 20, 1881

DEAR EDITOR -- I wish to enquire for Dennis and Susie Venable, natives of Ray county, Missouri. When last heard from they were in Mobile. They are son and daughter of Isaac and Sally Venable, and in Missouri belonged to Dr. Thomas Allen. Their mother is living in Leon, Decatur county, Iowa, and their brother at No. 229 Julia street, New Orleans.…

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Benj. Thomas searching for his father Thomas Beankum and other relatives

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

May 25, 1882

MR EDITOR : I wish to inquire for my father, Thomas Beankum The man that owned him is Ben Beankum, who lived at Kentucky, Hickman county, near the line of Tennessee. And my brother Henry Thomas, who lived at the same place owned by the same man. Next Patsy Thomas, at the same place. Emeline Thomas, at the same place, Isabelle Thomas, America…

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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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Alice Rebecca Lewis searching for her mother Martha Jackson and her sisters

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

September 16, 1880

DEAR EDITOR- I wish to inquire for mother and sisters. Mother's name is Martha Jackson. She was taken away from me by Judge [undecipherable], our owner in Virginia, carried to Fredericksburgh, Va, and sold in 1833. The last time she was heard from, she was in Columbus, Miss., keeping a millinery store with three daughters, Serena, Henrietta, and…

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Rev. S. Priestly searching for his or a parishioner's daughter

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

April 27, 1882

MR. EDITOR --- I would like to learn, if it is possible, the whereabouts of my daughter, Sarah Jane, who was bought by John Anderson from the traders' yard New Orleans, he living in Carroll county, Miss. Her mother's name was Betsey McCray, her son's name was Beter. They were from Cumberland county, North Carolina, in 1862 or 1863. Direct to Rev.…

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