Isam Turner searching for several persons

The Oswego Independent (Oswego, KS)

September 4, 1880

Information Wanted.
Of the whereabouts of the following
named colored persons.-Henry Phillips,
used to belong to Joe White, Aunt Mary
White, Amanda White, Jane White,
Matilda White, Tom. White, Jim. White and
Augusta White. They all formerly lived
in Sumpster [Sumter] county Georgia, when last…

Information wanted of the whereabouts of Wm. P. Grant

The Commonwealth (Topeka, KS)

August 20, 1879

Information is wanted of the whereabouts
of Wm. P. Grant, a colored boy, 21
years of age. When last heard from he
was working for Mr. Hanney, near the
Junction in North Topeka. Address this
office. Other papers please copy.

Hyson Duncan searching for his mother, brothers, and sisters

Baptist Times (Garnett, KS)

March 1892

Lost 46 Years Ago.

I wish to find my mother, Lucinda
Duncan, and my brothers and sisters,
Washington Kelly, and Mary Duncan,
Monroe Duncan and Easter Duncan.
They belonged to James Duncan, used
live in Logan couty near Russelville,
Kentucky. Any information of either
of them will be thankfull recived.

HYSON DUNCAN,

Garnett,…

H. C. Searching for Mr. Foster

Herald of Kansas (Topeka, KS)

March 5, 1880

OF the whereabouts of a Mr.---- FOSTER. who came to Kansas about two years ago. He formerly resided at Pulaski, Tenn. Information concerning his whereabouts will be thankfully received by H.C. RUTHERFORD. Topeka, Kan.

George Henry Forbes searching for his father George Henry, mother Henrietta Forbes, and siblings James, Margaret, and Area

Atchison Weekly Champion (Atchison, KS)

September 5, 1885

GEORGE HENRY FORBES, of Wamego,
Pottawatomie county, Kansas, wants to
find his people. His father and mother,
GEORGE HENRY and HENRIETTA FORBES,
were slaves and belonged to JACK BERRY,
and by marriage they fell to JAMES
MONTGOMERY. They had four children.
The oldest a son, JAMES; the second a
daughter, MARGARET; the third a…

Frances Whipple searching for George Saddler

The Topeka Plaindealer (Topeka, KS)

March 31, 1922

LOST RELATIVE
Want to hear from George Saddler.
Last seen in Waco, Texas, in 1866
by his sister-in-law, Phyliss Petti-
grew. Please write Frances Whip-
ple, R. R. No. 4. Mt Vernon, Mo.

Emanuel Brooks finds wife remarried

The Kansas City Globe (Kansas City, KS)

April 11, 1907

Elizabeth Griffin (formerly Elizabeth Hines) searching for her mother Suckey Hines and two brothers Lewis and Will Hines

Afro-American Advocate (Coffeyville, KS)

March 18, 1892

Eliza Montgomery searching for her brother Dick Bush

Baptist Times (Garnett, KS)

March 1892 [published in a monthly newspaper]

Lost.

I wish to find my brother, Dick
Bush. who was born in Tennessee,
and wae the slave of Edward Bush, a
negro trader, who was our father.
My mother, Fannie Bush, was sold to
Thompson, a negro trader, who sold
her and left us two very small children
alone. I was then sold, in or near
Nashville, Tenn. to a Mr. Holiway
who…

Cynthia Scruggs searching for her three daughters

The Daily Kansas Tribune (Lawrence, KS)

August 13, 1878

Looking for the Children. Aunt Cynthia Scruggs, formerly a slave of Nathaniel Scruggs, of Jackson county, Mo., now lives in this city. She had three daughters, named respectively, the oldest, Francis Ann, a slave of Henry Chick; and Virgin Mary and Tamantha Jane, slaves of Rev. Thomas Johnson, now deceased. These children were all sold before the…

Charlotte Holt searching for her two sons Levi and Archie Holt

Afro-American Advocate (Coffeyville, KS)

July 29, 1892

Caroline Jackson is searching for Polly Anne Green

Kansas City Globe (Kansas City, KS)

February 19, 1908

Information Wanted.

Postmaster Childs received a letter
this morning from Caroline Jackson
of Philadelphia asking for information
concerning the whereabouts
of a negro woman named Polly Anne
Green. The letter stated that she
came to this city during the slavery
days and belonged to the Holiday
family in Virginia.

Bud McGee finds wife remarried

Topeka State Journal (Topeka, KS)

February 26, 1904

Austin Marshall searching for his wife Mrs. Elizabeth Marshall and her two children Granson and Jeannette

Leavenworth Daily Conservative (Leavenworth, KS)

March 5, 1863

INFORMATION WANTED.
OF MRS. ELIZABETH MARSHALL (mulatto) from the
Creek Nation. She is about eighteen years old;
has two children--the oldest, a boy named Granson, wil
be three years old next June; the youngest a girl nurs-
ing [nursing] babe, named Jeannette. They made their escape
from Maysville, it is understood, about ten days after…