Keyword Year Type Select Ads Obituaries How to Search Advanced Search Showing 617 results Sort by: Title Refine search Source Select...Alexandria Gazette (Alexandria, VA)American Citizen (Canton, MS)Anglo-African (New York, NY)Anglo-African (New York)Appeal: A National Afro-American Newspaper (St. Paul and Minneapolis, MN)Atchison Daily Free Press (Atchison, KS)Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD)Baton Rouge Tri-weekly Gazette & Comet (Baton Rouge, LA)Brownlow's Knoxville Whig (Knoxville, TN)Carolina Watchman (Salisbury, NC)Charleston Mercury (Charleston, SC)Clarksville Weekly Chronicle (Clarksville, TN)Cleveland Daily Leader (Cleveland, OH)Daily Arkansas Gazette (Little Rock, AR)Daily Dispatch (Richmond, VA)Daily Missouri Republican (St. Louis, MO)Daily Picayune (New Orleans, LA)Evening Post (Wilmington, NC)Evening Star (Washington, DC)Gallipolis Journal (Gallipolis, OH)Gold Hill Daily News (Gold Hills, NV) (reprinted, with editorial commentary, from the Indianapolis Evening News)Harrisburg 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IN)The Evening Post (Wilmington, NC)The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN)The Highland Weekly News (Hillsboro, OH)The Louisville Daily Journal (Louisville, KY)The Loyal Georgian (Augusta, GA)The Loyal Georgian (Augusta, Georgia)The Montgomery Advertiser (Montgomery, AL)The Nationalist (Mobile, AL)The New York Herald (New York, NY)The Newberry Weekly Herald (Newberry, SC)The Norfolk Post (Norfolk, VA)The North Carolinian (Elizabeth City, NC)The Owensboro Monitor (Owensboro, KY)The Pacific Appeal (San Francisco, CA)The Pennsylvania Freedmen's Bulletin (Philadelphia, PA)The Progress-Index (Petersburg, VA)The Richmond Climax (Richmond, KY)The Richmond Times (Richmond, VA)The Selma Times and Messenger (Selma, AL)The Southern Argus (Selma, AL)The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)The St. Louis Republican (St. Louis, MO)The Star and Enterprise (Newville, PA)The State Journal (Jefferson City, MO)The Sun (Baltimore, MD)The Tri-Weekly Standard (Raleigh, NC)The Union Flag (Jonesborough, TN)The Vicksburg Daily Herald (Vicksburg, MS)The Weekly Clarion (Jackson, MS)The Weekly Louisianian (New Orleans, LA)Topeka Weekly Times (Topeka, KS)True Southerner (Hampton, VA)Union Springs Herald (Union Springs, AL)Vermont Phoenix (Brattleboro, VT) [Ad copied from the Zion Church Advocate, published in Washington, DC, with commentary by the editor of the Vermont Phoenix]Weekly Standard (Raleigh, NC) Item Type AdObituary Tags ReconstructionAfrican Methodist Episcopal ChurchArmy Hospitalarmy substituteattorneyaunt(s)capturedchanged namechild(ren)Civil WarCivil War battleConfederate CongressConfederate RaidsConfederate States Armycontrabandscustodydeceaseddesertion (spousal)dying wishemancipationemigrationEnoch Ardenescapedescaped from jailestateestate divisionfamily historyfemale enslaverforced migrationformer enslaverfree people of colorfreedgrandparent(s)heir(s)hired outinheritancekidnappingleft with Union Armyliteracylocation knownmanumittedmaritime workmaster diedmigration 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S. ArmyU. S. Colored InfantryU. S. Colored TroopsU. S. Navyuncle(s)Underground Railroadunnamed person searchingveteranwhite fatherwhite newspaperwidow King Hopson searching for his brothers Sam, Giles, Allen, and Cross The Daily Kansas Tribune (Lawrence, KS) October 4, 1868 James Hall searching for his son Wesley The Daily Dispatch (Wilmington, NC) October 25, 1865 Eliza Grapes (formerly Eliza Flemming) searching for her sons Morris, Leander, and John Harrison Clarksville Weekly Chronicle (Clarksville, TN) May 3, 1867 Richard Elliott searching for his sons Willie and Champion The Daily Standard (Raleigh, NC) May 14, 1868 Agnes Watts searching for her son John Warren Watts Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD) July 12, 1865 John Shackelford looking for his mother Caroline and seven siblings The Highland Weekly News (Hillsboro, OH) November 28, 1867 Chloa Dickinson looking for her son Victor Franklin The Norfolk Post (Norfolk, VA) August 23, 1865 Mary Carr looking for her son William Poston The Commercial Gazette (Wyandotte/Kansas City, KS) August 17, 1867 Ann A. Tyas looking for her daughter Louisa Tyas The Progress-Index (Petersburg, VA) June 23, 1868 Eliza Miller looking for her daughter Sarah Betts Brownlow's Knoxville Whig (Knoxville, TN) February 26, 1868 Ruben Hartthorn looking for his son Stepney Hartthorn The Loyal Georgian (Augusta, GA) February 24, 1866 Susan Myers looking for her son Samuel Wilson Myers The Star and Enterprise (Newville, PA) July 11, 1872 Mary Brown (formerly Mary Glassco) searching for her daughter Mary Wesley Glassco Daily Dispatch (Richmond, VA) February 20, 1866 Mary Bailey searching for her children Nancy, Ben, Polly, Tempa, and Isham Bailey Daily Dispatch (Richmond, VA) November 24, 1866 James Calloway searching for his son Jemmy Calloway Alexandria Gazette (Alexandria, VA) August 29, 1866 Sicily searching for her mother Easter Bowers American Citizen (Canton, MS) March 1, 1866 Edmund Farmer searching for his children Booker, William, Catharine, and Elizabeth Farmer Gallipolis Journal (Gallipolis, OH) December 14, 1865 Charritie Thompson (formerly Charritie Hunter) searching for her mother Silvia and siblings Peter, Evans, Belsora, Tillar, and Mary Ann Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) March 1, 1877 Louisa West seeking her son Thomas Russel (2nd of 2 ads placed) The Union Flag (Jonesborough, TN) July 17, 1868 Thomas Vaughan searching for his parents Isaac Fisher and Fanny Bowles Maryville Republican (Maryville, TN) February 26, 1870 Mrs. Jane McGee seeking her son William Pascal McGee and daughters Isabella and Easter Fanny McGee Brownlow's Knoxville Whig (Knoxville, TN) April 17, 1867 William Love looking for his son Jackson (2 ads) The Daily Dispatch (Wilmington, NC) February 19, 1866 George Fielding looking for his former enslaver Mr. Roland The Bolivar Bulletin (Bolivar, TN) July 27, 1876 Jerry Harvey searching for his brother Washington Harvey. The Daily Picayune (New Orleans, LA) January 26, 1868 Maria Tarleton looking for her husband Columbus Victory Baton Rouge Tri-weekly Gazette & Comet (Baton Rouge, LA) December 2, 1865 of 25
