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Whitfield Fulton searching for his mother's sister Elizabeth

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

March 3, 1884

MR. EDITOR - I want to inquire
through your paper for my moth-
er's sister. She was sold to a Mr.
Young when about 8 years old. We
parted in Hardin county, Ky. She
was bought by some one living in
Louisville, Ky.; her name was
Elizabeth; my mother's name was
Jane; we had other connections,
there were Uncles Sam, Bill and
Richmond. Her…

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West Fairfax searching for brother Osborne Fairfax

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

September 22, 1881

DEAR EDITOR ---- I wish to inquire for my brother, Osborne Fairfax. I heard of him last about seven years ago. He was then living near Vicksburg, Miss. He used to belong to one Bazzle Kiger. Address me or his mother, Hannah Fairfax, at Navasota, Grimes Co.,Texas. WEST FAIRFAX.

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Wesley Ann Jones searching for her father Wesley Jones

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

April 20, 1882

DEAR EDITOR --- I wish to inquire for my father Wesley Jones. He married my mother, whose name was Mary, at Gonzales, Texas. She had gone from this state with her then master Summerfield Fox. After they had been married a short while my mother's master took her and her only child and moved back to Mississippi and left my father behind, he being…

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Watt Anderson

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

May 6, 1886

MR. EDITOR--Please help me
find my people. My father was
named Joseph Resen; mother Lu
cinda Resen, short name was Pink.
The last time I heard from them
they were in Frinpling, St. Landry
parish, La. I belonged to a Mr.
Micopell Hartman. Address me,
Watt Anderson, in care of Rev. E.
E. Cooper, Columbus, Texas

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Watson Duckweth searching for his parents Jennie and Edmond Woods, and his siblings

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

August 18, 1881

MR. EDITOR: I desire information of my people. In South Carolina, in 1846 we belonged to Robert Woods. My mother and father were Jennie and Edmond Woods. Robert Woods sold them to a neighbor, after which he took brothers George Logan, Rufus, Pinckney, Leeroy Burton Woods, and myself to Georgia, about 100 miles east of Resaca. We stayed with Robert…

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Washington Thomas searching for his mother Isabella, sister Betty, and brothers Henry and Benjamin

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

February 19, 1880

DEAR EDITOR—Please allow me to inquire for my relations. I left my mother and sister in Alabama, Lowndes Co. My mother was Isabella, and my sister Betty. They belonged to Billy Payne. We were brought to the place between McMinn and Pierce's Hill by the speculators, and there sold. I was sold to Alex Taylor. My two brothers remained there with the…

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Washington Stewart searching for his brother Abraham Stewart

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

July 28, 1881

DEAR EDITOR— I wish to inquire for my brother Abraham Stewart. He went off with the Yankees in 1863 from Louisiana. He is a son of Ned and Rutha Stewart. We belonged to Robert Malloy in Louisiana and Abraham was the oldest of eight children. He is about forty years old. I heard he went to Missouri. I will pay ten dollars to the finder of him.…

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Washington Lacey searching for his father Sidney Lacey and uncles Jack Davis and Partees

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

November 13, 1884

MR. EDITOR--I desire to inquire
for my kindred. My father be-
longed to Alexander Ule. I have
not heard from them since the war.
The last time I heard from him he
was in Memphis, Tenn. And my
father was named Sidney Lacey,
and my uncles, one was named
Jake Davis, and the other was
named Partees. My uncle Jake
went to…

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Washington Ellerson searching for his mother Lucinda Lumpkins

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

September 7, 1882

MR. EDITOR: I desire to inquire through your paper for my long lost mother. We were sold in New Orleans on the same day. I was sold to a man by the name of Dr. Mitchell, who lived in Mississippi. I can not remember the man's name that mother was sold to. However, I was taken by my new master up the river, and mother was taken down the river by…

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Wash. Stewart searching for his brother Abraham Stewart

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

July 28, 1881

DEAR EDITOR—I want to find my brother Abraham Stewart. We belonged to Robert Malloy in Louisiana. He went off with Gen. Banks troops in 1862, and we were brought to Texas, and have not heard from him since. Ten other slaves belonging to the same master went with him. I will pay ten dollars to the finder of my brother. WASH STEWART. Williamsburg,…

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Wash Allen

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

February 2, 1884

MR. EDITOR--I wish to inquire for my father, brothers and sister. I was born near Maplesville, Ala. and belonged to Mr. Cole. Father was Eli and mother Dethoney; she died when I was seven or eight years old. Brothers were Noah, Allen, Green, Yonng, Dave and Ezekiel; and sister was Lucinda. I left them when very young, and was brought here 25 or…

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Warren Pilkenton searching for father Thomas Pilkenton and siblings

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

April 22, 1886

MR. EDITOR--I wish to inquire for my relatives. My father, Thomas Pilkenton, belonged to one Robert Pilkenton. Martha, Maria, Candis, Martin, Simon, all Pilkenton's. Allen Justice, Delia Williamson, Harriet Ervin ; those are my sisters and brother that I left in 1864. If they can be found please address Warren Pilkenton, Brenham, Washington county,…

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Warren Easley seeking his mother Mariah and his brothers Robert and Henry

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

July 7, 1887

MR. EDITOR-- I wish to Inquire for my mother and two brothers. Mother's name was Mariah and my brother's name was Robert and Henry. When I left her she was living with a family by the name of Wharton in Van Zandt county, Texas. Tyler was the county seat. About one or two years after the war she gave me to a woman by the name of Nancy Easley. She…

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Walter S. Randolph searching for his father Wade Randolph

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

April 1, 1886

MR. EDITOR -- I write this to ask you to inquire in New Orleans for my father, his name is Wade Randolph, and if there can be such a man found anywhere there please write to me and tell me what street and number he lives on. I am living with H. L. Jackson. Write soon to your affectionate friend. WALTER S. RANDOLPH. King, Miss.

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Walter Higgins searching for his father's family

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

August 3, 1882

DEAR EDITOR -- I wish to inquire for my father's people. His father was Draper, mother Eliza; their five children were Rafe, John, Louis, Martha and Rhonda. They belonged to Jim Spermon, Newberry district, South Carolina. The inquires are Walter and Ransom Higgins, children of Harry Spermon. Address me at Masbulaville, Miss. WALTER HIGGINS

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Walker Thornton searching for his mother Lucy Winston

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

October 14, 1886

MR. EDITOR -- I wish to find my mother, whose maiden name was Lucy Rogers, afterwaads [afterwards] Lucy Thornton, latterly Lucy Winston. She formerly belonged to Jack Combs, Montgomery county, Ky., was sold from that place in 1861. I have not seen her since; but heard she was in Missouri. Any information as to her whereabouts will be gladly…

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Wade Hamilton looking for his aunt Juliet

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

May 1, 1879

DEAR EDITOR : I wish to get
some information of my aunt. Her
name is Juliet. She belonged to
Lewis May, in Louisiana, and he
sold her to a man by the name of
Phillip. I can only think of some
of her children's names: Sigh, May,
Green, Myand, Charley. Elias
is here with me. My father's name
was Bill May and my name was
May, but I…

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W.S. Meyers searching for their brother George

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

April 19, 1883

DEAR EDITOR:--I wish to inqure for my brother. His name was George; he belonged to Elizabeth Madison, the wife of Balos Madison. They sold him to John Benson, who carried him to Arkansas, and have never heard of him since. My mother was Rachel Masters; she belonged to Jesse Masters. When he was carried away I was quite small and lived in Oktibbeha…

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W.D. Goodman searching for the sister of Benny de Mortie

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

December 21, 1882

Dear Editor: - Benny de Mortie,
our good brother of many afflictions,
wishes to inquire, through your
columns, for his sister, Eva Lighter,
who lives somewhere on Basin
street, New Orleans. Benny's
P.O. address is Baldwin, Louisiana.
Benny loves Jesus and is
happy. Truly Yours,

W. D. GOODMAN.

La Teche, La., Dec. 12, 1882,

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W.C. Echols searching for Guy Thomas

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

September 11, 1884

MR. EDITOR--I wish to inquire
through your excellent paper for
the address of Guy Thomas, former-
ly of Lynchburg, Va. If he will
write at once to Graham Denwell,
Esq., of Springfield, Ohio, he will
learn something of a pecuniary in-
terest to him. Yours truly,
W. C. ECHOLS,
Executor of the will of Thomas
Thomas,…

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W. T. Marley searching for his father Henry

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

August 25, 1887

MR. EDITOR-- I wish to inquire for my father. He belonged to John Marley, who lived in this state, Knox county, Tennessee, before the war broke out. His name is Henry. He was carried by John Marley to Texas. There were two brothers, John and Robert Marley. The last I heard from him he was in Texas. Address W. T. Marley, East Conterence,…

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W. N. Toliver searching for their mother, uncles, and aunts

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

November 5, 1885

MR. EDITOR: I wish to inquire
for my mother, uncles and aunts.
My mother's name is Ellen Toliver,
and father's name is Valentine
Toliver. They are here with me.
Uncles' names are Orns and Jem,
Robert, and Jack; Aunts Winnie,
Mary, Betsy and Phillis, their
mother's name was Judy, and she
is dead. My mother was Sophia
Johnson,…

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W. M. Steward searching for his mother Mary Burans and his siblings

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

July 31, 1879

DEAR EDITOR—I wish information about my mother and sisters. I have two sisters, Mary and Eliza. Mother's name is Mary Burans. My brothers' names are Patrick and Pary Augustus. I left them in Russville, Kentucky, thirty years ago and have never heard from them. They all belonged to Mr. Burans. Any information will be thankfully received. Address…

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W. M. Smith searching for his grandmother Hannah Warespoon

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

November 8, 1888

MR. EDITOR: I wish to inquire for my grandmother. My mother left her in Lynchburg; her name is Hannah Warespoon her husband was named Brisker Warespoon; he died five miles of Lynchburg at the Warespoon Place on a little rundel bed, he was a shoemaker. After his death Rebecca was hired to Miss Bettie Green, and they went to Arkansas and left…

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W. M. Parks seeking information about his father Thomas Duncan

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

July 29, 1880

DEAR EDITOR - I wish to inquire
for my father, Thomas Duncan,
who was sent to Texas during the
war. Any information of him will
be thankfully received by address-
ing me at Holly Springs, Miss.
W. M. PARKS

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