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Preston Pagitt searching for his wife Ann Pagitt and children John Alexander Calhoun, Casandra Jane McDaniels, and Mary Lydia Frances

Livingston Journal (Livingston, AL)

May 11, 1867

Information Wanted.--We have received
a letter from a freedman named
Preston Pagitt, residing in Liberty,
Bedford Co., Virginia, who desires information
regarding his wife and three
children, who were taken from near
that place to Alabama, some ten years
ago. His wife's name was Ann Pagitt,
and the children's--John Alexander…

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Mrs. Diana Johnson (nee Diana Hellard) searching for information about her parents and siblings

Buffalo Commercial Advertiser (Buffalo, NY)

January 16, 1900

SLAVERY DAYS.

Texas Woman Tells a Story of the
Breaking Up of Her Family--Letter
to County Clerk Wende.

County Clerk Otto H. Wende this morning
received the following letter, which vividly
recalls the days of slavery:

January 13, 1900.

I desire to find my people. I was born in
North Carolina, Roman County, five miles
from…

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John M. Anderson searching for his father and two sisters

Chattanooga Daily Times (Chattanooga, TN)

June 5, 1893

Information Wanted.

A negro named John M. Anderson, who
before the war was the property of
Mason Anderson, of Lee county, Miss.,
is anxious to learn something of the
whereabouts of his father, Richard Anderson,
and his two sisters, Polly and
Rachael, who, he thinks, were sold and

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Mrs. Ann Rucker searching for her son Mack Paine

Knoxville Press and Messenger (Knoxville, TN)

August 12, 1874

Information Wanted.

Mrs. Ann Rucker, colored, would be glad
to receive any information concerning the
fate or whereabouts of Mack Paine, her son,
who left her for years ago to work on the
Wills Valley Railroad, below Chattanooga.
About twelve months ago, he worked on the
Railroad at Tuscaloosa. Address,
MRS ANN RUCKER, colored,…

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William White searching for his brother George White (formerly Turner White)

Memphis Daily Appeal (Memphis, TN)

October 20, 1882

—William White, colored, of Lagrange,
Lee county, Ark., writes the APPEAL for
information concerning his brother, George
White, known before the war as Turner
White. He was born in Panola county,
Miss., and formerly belonged to Col. F. M.
White. His mother was living in Memphis
in 1867, when George White went to Mobile
to be…

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A Mother searching for her son Percival Delmer

The Selma Press (Selma, AL)

April 8, 1871

INFORMATION WANTED
Of a colored boy named PERCIVAL DELMER, now
about 20 years old, formerly owned by Edgar McKen-
ney, of Virginia. He is now now supposed to be
somewhere in North Alabama. Any information will
be thankfully received by his mother, and may be
sent to the care of THE SELMA PRESS.

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Mrs. Amy Frenchy (formerly Amy Morris and Amy Baxter) found her mother Feraby

The Black Hills Daily Times (Deadwood, Dakota Territory)

May 4, 1884

AFTER MANY DAYS,
A Former Slave Hears from
Her Old Home.
A Separation of Thirty Years
Having Elapsed.
A Scrap of History.
Years before the war of the rebellion,
Wm. Eli Baxter, a lawyer and planter,
lived in Hancock county, Georgia, not
far from the town of Sparta. He own-
ed [owned] 150 slaves, among the number, Fer-
aby [Feraby],…

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Mrs. Eliza Stewart (formerly Eliza Robinson) searching for her brother Richard Peeke or Peeker

Harrisburg Telegraph (Harrisburg, PA)

June 6, 1884

Information Desired. Mrs. Eliza Stewart, nee Eliza Robinson, wife of Henry Stewart, of this city, is anxious to learn the whereabouts of her brother, who was known as Richard Peeke, when sold by his master, Wm. Holliday, of Hagerstown, Md., long before the late rebellion. He is supposed to be in Alabama or Georgia, engaged in raising cotton. Any…

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James Lewis searching for his wife, Sarah Lewis

National Republican (Washington, DC)

October 20, 1865

PERSONAL.

INFORMATION WANTED OF SARAH
LEWIS, who formerly lived with Dr. P. H.
Cabell, in Selma, Dallas county, Alabama. Any
information in regard to her will be thankfully
received by her husband, JAMES LEWIS, at
HARRY MIDDLETON's, No. 527 Ninth street, between
the Canal and Pennsylvania avenue.

[Alabama papers please copy.] oct…

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Mary Stowers found her son Willis Green after 28-year separation

The Owensboro Monitor (Owensboro, KY)

May 6, 1874

A Long Lost Mother.
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[Evansville Journal.]

Twenty-eight years ago Mary Stowers,
a slave woman, belonging to Harrison
Stowers, of Owensboro, was sold to parties
living in Shelby county, Kentucky, and
was with her little girl of two years
taken away, leaving her boy, Willis
Green, then four years old, with her
former master,…

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Mr. John G. Lewis, Grand Master of Masons for Louisiana, searching for Mrs. Amy Fuller

The Huntsville Journal (Huntsville, AL)

April 12, 1906

WANTS INFORMATION
Mr. John G. Lewis G. M. of Masons
for Louisiana, wishes information of
one Mrs. Amy Fuller, who lived near
Post Oak Ala. Her son John Fuller is
dead and it will be to her interest to
communicate with Grand Master Lewis
at Natchitoches, La.

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F. M. J. Mashaw searching for Rev. J. H. Braby

The Huntsville Journal (Huntsville, AL)

August 17, 1905

Notice! Notice!!
I want to know the whereabouts of
one, Rev. J H Braby, a local preacher,
who left Elrod Ala., last year. When
last heard of he was in some part of
Georgia. If he can be found, he is heir
to some property near here. Any infor-
mation [information] concerning him will be gladly
received. Write to F M J Mashaw
Box 381…

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Peter Bell seeks parents William and Nancy Houston

Huntsville Gazette (Huntsville, AL)

March 25, 1882

Information Wanted.
Peter Bell, now living at Wankee, Iowa, but formerly belonging to Jake Serrat and afterward to C. W. Bell of Mississippi, writes for information of his parents, William and Nancy Houston, formerly owned by Sie Houston, who bought them of Jake Serrat, who also owned a girl named Florence Houston. Peter has not heard or seen of…

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Thaddeus Scott seeking soldiers of the 44th Regiment Colored Infantry

Huntsville Gazette (Huntsville, AL)

December 11, 1886

Information Wanted.
I desire the address of a few sol-
diers [soldiers] of the 44th Regiment Colored
Infantry in the late war. Will make it
to the interest of such soldiers to ad-
dress [address] me as follows;
Thaddeus Scott,
Danville,
Ala.

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G.W. Kinebrew searching for his wife Angie Downaldson

Huntsville Journal (Huntsville, AL)

December 14, 1905

WANTED--Information concerning
my wife whom I married March 3, 1898
Her maiden name was Angie Downaldson
and her mothers name Eliza and
her sister Jennie. I married her in
Madison county Any information will
be appreciated by her husband G. W.
Kinebrew, Rawlison, Ark., or W. H.
Kinebrew, Scottsboro, Alabama.

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H. C. Binford is searching for Mr. John H. Branford

The Huntsville Journal (Huntsville, AL)

March 29, 1895

Do You Know Him?
I desire to know the whereabouts of
Mr. John H. Branford. He left Birm-
ingham [Brimingham] in 1886 and was last heard from
in St. Louis, Mo , in 1887. He then
wanted to join the U.S. Army. John
has two sisters living named respective-
ly [respectively], Emma Robinson and Sophia Craft.
Any information will be…

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Geo. W. Donagan searching for Geo. Robertson

The Huntsville Journal (Huntsville, AL)

September 1, 1899

INFORMATION WANTED
The Following Letter Which Has
Been Received by President W.
H. Councill is Self-Explanatory.
Springfield, Ill., Aug. 27, 1899.
Prof. Councill,
Dear S r:—I desire to find a man near
Huntsville by the name of Geo. Robert-
son [Robertson]. He is a farmer and has two daugh-
ters [daughters]. His son Edward W. Robertson…

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I.Z. Moore searching for Mrs. Della Moore

Huntsville Journal (Huntsville, AL)

December 3, 1908

INFORMATION WANTED.

Any information leading to the
whereabouts of Mrs. Della Moore, her
husband was named Jack Moore, when
last heard from she was at Pensacola,
Florida.

I. Z. MOORE,

Jeff Ala.

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Mr. Alexander Buford searching for his family

The Huntsville Journal (Huntsville, AL)

March 4, 1909

WANTS TO FIND HIS FOLKS.
Mr. Alexander Buford who was
born in the Big Cove at the foot of
Big Mountain, and who left here be-
fore [before] or during the war, wants to find
some of his folks. Anyone who knows
of him will please write or call at the
Journal office.

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Mr. George Noels searching for his sister Martha Noels

Huntsville Journal (Huntsville, AL)

January 7, 1908

WANTS TO FIND SISTER.
Mr. George Noels wants to find his
sister, Martha Noels. They parted
over forty years ago at Pine Bluff,
Ark. She went to Tuscumbia, Ala.,
He lives at Fithugh, Ark.

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Mrs. Sarah Daniels searching for her siblings Hezekiah, William Capers, Robert, and Laura

Huntsville Journal (Huntsville, AL)

January 26, 1905

WANTS TO FIND HER RELA
TIVES [RELATIVES].
Mrs Sarah Daniels of DeFuniak
Springs, Fla., writes: "At the time
of the war I had three brothers and
a sister who were carried from South
Carolina to Alabama by a white
Methodist preacher by the name of
Ledbetter. They were named re-
spectively [respectively], Hezekiah, William Ca-
pers…

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Alvin Steele searching for his mother Sarah Steele and his sister Harriet Steele

The Huntsville Journal (Huntsville, AL)

September 6, 1895

I desire to find my mother and sister,
who use to belong to Mr Angelo Steele.
My mother's name was Sarah Steele and
and my sister's, Harriet Steele. I was
carried from Huntsville to Canton, Miss.
during the war and have never seen or
heard from them until my return
to Huntsville, Aug. 20th in search of
them where I learn that my…

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Milton Anderson searching for his family

The Huntsville Journal (Huntsville, AL)

February 28, 1896

Wanted To Find His Foiks.

I wish to learn of the whereabouts of
my folks. My father was name Dickson;
brother name Edmond Anderson;
sisters named Polly, Dinah and Rachel
Anderson. Sister Polly married a man
by the name of John Anderson.

I came from South Carlina when I
was 19 years of age and stayed 2 or 3
years in Green county…

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Mrs. Alice Young searching for her mother Mrs. Candace Quinn and sisters Mrs. Ella Barby and Mrs. Missouri Walker

The Huntsville Journal (Huntsville, AL)

July 16, 1897

Information Wanted.
Mrs. Alice Young, Washington, D. C.,
wants information of her mother, Mrs.
Candace Quinn, and her sisters, Mrs. Ella
Barby and Mrs. Missouri Walker. All
lived in this county when last heard from.
Leave word at the Journal office.

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Mrs. Jane Drake/Jane Shanklin searching for her son John Gardner

The Huntsville Journal (Huntsville, AL)

March 6, 1896

Wantes Information of Her Son.
Mrs Jane Drake, who formerly be-
longed to Mr Shanklin wants informa-
tion of her son,John Gardner. She last
saw him in Nashville, Tenn., in the lat-
ter part of 1864. Address Mrs Jane
Drake care The Journal. tf

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