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Leerunawaysearching for former enslaverself-emancipationself-injuryself-purchasesibling(s)simultaneous searchskilled tradeslave tradersoldsold southsoldierspeculatorspousesteamboatstolensuicideU. S. ArmyU. S. Colored InfantryU. S. Colored Troopsuncle(s)Underground Railroadunnamed person searchingveteranwhite fatherwhite newspaperwidow W. C. Lewis searching for their relatives, including their grandparents Nancy Pratt and Thomas Saunders Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) December 9, 1880 Harriett searching for her sister Rachel Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) December 16, 1880 L. W. C. Wilson searching for his father's relatives, including his paternal grandmother Henrietta Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) December 23, 1880 Margaret Gair searching for her father Louis Moore and brother Anderson Moore Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) January 3, 1889 J. W. Winbush searching for their father's relatives, including their grandmother Edith Williams and brother Daniel Williams Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) November 21, 1889 C. G. Dunham searching for his mother Ann Elizabeth Garrison (formerly Eliza Wells) Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) May 9, 1889 Gideon Austin searching for his relatives, including his sister Elsie Violet and brothers George and Anderson Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) November 4, 1880 Jacob Stewart searching for his mother Susan Stewart Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) November 11, 1880 Viney Richardson (formerly Viney Fuller) searching for their children Sarah Matilda Jane and Thomas Henderson Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) September 30, 1880 Oscar Randolph searching for his father Isom Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) September 9, 1880 Ralph Amos searching for his sister Maria, mother Rose, and father Amos Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) November 21, 1880 Mrs. Lilly Dotson searching for the family of her stepfather Isam Carlton (formerly Isam Christian) Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) December 23, 1880 J. C. Crannell searching for Steve Jordan, David Flynn, Fanny Randall (formerly Fanny Robinson), Charlotte, and Lucinda Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) December 30, 1880 America Mason seeking her son Morris Mason Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) April 11, 1889 Arthur S. Glover searching for his grandmother Sarah, Mrs. Emily Kennedy, and his aunts and uncles Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) March 7, 1889 Rev. James McHenry (formerly James Dewprew) searching for his sister Emaline Dewprew, brother-in-law Oughtaway Johnson, and relatives Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) April 25, 1889 Lawrence Triplett seeking his aunts and uncles Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) August 4, 1881 America Liggins searching for her father Pat Robinson, her mother Mima, and her siblings Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) August 4, 1881 Amanda Overton (formerly Amanda Williams) looking for her family, including her mother Martha Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) August 4, 1881 A. J. Cooper seeking his father Clay and uncle Jacob Finner Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) August 8, 1881 Silvy Silas looking for her sons Jackson, John, and David Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) July 28, 1881 Matilda Green (formerly Matilda Harris) seeking her sister Silvy Harris Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) July 28, 1881 Sue Ann Heneson (formerly Linberger) searching for mother's family Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) July 14, 1881 Samuel Houston Vernon seeking her mother Esther Vernon Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) May 30, 1889 Sarah Williams searching for her parents Peter and Melia Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) May 23, 1889 of 49
