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Roxy Garnet looking for her aunts Mrs. Lucy Byrd and Mrs. Kitty Roberson, as well as Miss Sadie Roberts

Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

August 1, 1914

Do You Know Them?
I would like to locate my aunts,
Mrs. Lucy Byrd and Mrs. Kitty Ro-
berson [Roberson], also Miss Sadie Roberts. Mrs.
Byrd lived at one time at 928 West
Leigh St., Richmond, Va. and Mrs.
Roberson at 1114 1-2 W. Moore St.
Miss Sadie Roberts lived near Second
and Byrd Sts. In 1899 she lived in
Newport News, Va. I think…

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Robert James searching for his friend William Hamilton

Harrisburg Telegraph (Harrisburg, PA)

September 14, 1866

INFORMATION WANTED. -Information is
wanted as to the whereabouts of William
Hamilton, a former member of Co. H, 45th
Penn'a colored troops. Any one knowing
anything concerning the missing man will
confer a favor on his friends by addressing
Robert James, Greencastle, Franklin co.,
Penn'a.

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Richard Dickerson looking for his aunt Mrs. Mary Highgate

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

February 10, 1881

INFORMATION WANTED OF MY AUNT,
Mrs. Mary Highgate. I have not seen
her since I left home with the Forty-first U.
S. troops, and am very anxious to hear from
her, as I may be able to learn what became
of my people. Any information will be
gladly received. Address
RICHARD DICKERSON,
Care of W. J. Friar, Esq.,…

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Richard Brown searching for Capt. S. F. Craig

The Sun (Baltimore, MD)

September 12, 1865

PERSONAL.
CAPT. S. F. CRAIG, of the Sixth Michigan Artil-
lery [Artillery], will please call or send his address to RICH-
ARD [RICHARD] BROWN, Colored, 93 Mulberry st. 1t* j

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Rev. H. J. Young seeking information about Henry Stevenson on behalf of Stevenson's unnamed mother

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

March 6, 1869

INFORMATION WANTED.
Information wanted of my son, Henry
Stevenson, who was taken away from Gun-
dy Moore, Hardin County, Tenn., in Gen.
Dodge's Brigade, Col. Corwin's Division.
He once belonged to Buford Bohannan,
Wood Co., Ky. His father's name was Ed-
ward Stevenson. Any information in regard
to him will be thankfully received by…

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Rev S. Linning searching for his brother Isaac Linning

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

April 22, 1880

DEAR EDITOR—Please allow me to make inquiry for my brother, Isaac Linning. We were separated in Charleston, S. C., in 1866. He joined the United States army, and the last I heard of him he was in Columbus, Texas, and I ask all my brethren in Texas to inquire for him. Address me at Duvall's Bluff, Arkansas. REV. S. LINNING

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Rachel Emanuel searching for her brothers Columbus and Alex Jones

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

August 1, 1889

DEAR EDITOR: I desire to inquire through the SOUTHWESTERN for my brothers. I have two brothers, their names are Columbus and Alex Jones. The last time I heard from them was in 1868; they were both living in Tennessee; Columbus in Franklin, and Alexander in Nashville. The whole family belonged to Gabriel Jones, in Floyd County, Ga. My name is…

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Peter Gaines searching for his father Jerry Price (also called Jerry Gaines)

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

October 28, 1880

MR. EDITOR I wish to inquire for my father, Jerry Price, sometimes called Jerry Gaines. Before the war he was owned by M. A. Galbreath, of Jefferson Co, Miss. He joined the federal army Sept. 1863 at Natchez, Miss. Was last heard from in Louisville, Ky. My mother's name was Annie Clay. Address me at Union Church, Jefferson Co., Miss., in care of…

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O. B. Armstrong searching for fellow servicemembers

The National Tribune (Washington, DC)

September 29, 1910

O.B. Armstrong, Punta Gorda, Fla., en-
listed [enlisted] at Camp Casey, Va., July 27, 186[?]
in the 2d U.S.C.T., and served as First
Sergeant, Co. D, until mustered out Jan.
16, 1866, at Washington, D.C., and would
like to hear from any of his old comrades.
He will answer their letters.

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Nathaniel Dunmore searching for soldiers regarding Edmond Dunmore's death

National Tribune (Washington, DC)

August 29, 1889

—Nathaniel Dunmore,
Oral, W. Va., desires the addresses of any soldiers
who know anything pertaining to the time and
death of Edmond Dunmore (colored), who enlisted
from the State of Pennsylvania. —

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Nancy Lowry looking for her son Thomas Lowry

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

April 8, 1871

Information Wanted.

Information wanted of my son, Thomas
Lowry. He was sold to Virginia from
Frederick, Indiana, just before the war
by John Fessler. It was reported that
he had come North with a Union officer.
Any information, please address, Nancy
Lowry, care of Rev. Geo Lewis.
April 8 - 1m.

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Mrs. Victoria Hullum searching for relatives of her father, William Wigg Young

Nashville Globe (Nashville, TN)

September 18, 1908

SEARCHING FOR RELATIVES
The postmaster of Nashville, Maj.
A. W. Wills sent to the Nashville
Globe ahis week a letter from Pass
Christian Miss. The writer of the
letter is Mrs. Victoria Hullum. The
lady in question has reasons to be-
lieve that she has in Nashville some
relatives, or that some one in and
about Nashville can assist…

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Mrs. N. B. Burrow searching for Reuben Reddick Barrow

The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN)

April 1, 1893

I would like know the whereabouts of one
Reuben Reddick Barrow, who was the body
servant of Gen'l N. B. Burrow in the Mexican
war. When last heard of he was living in
Guthrie, Okla. His wife was named Betsey.
He has two cousins in Red Ford, Ark., by the
names of Tennessee and Maria Dixon, and two
cousins living in Little Rock, Ark. …

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Mrs. Jane Horton looking for information about her mother Louisa Banks and brother Benjamin

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

March 23, 1893

INFORMATION WANTED.--Of my
mother and brothers. Mother's name was
Louisa Banks ; she was sold to a specu-
lator by the name of Nelson, at Winston,
Hertford Co , N. C., in 1842, with two
children : Freddo and Ellen Gatling. Moth-
er was known as the wife of Stephen
Manly who was drowned in Maharring
River between Murfreesbororo and…

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Mrs. Ellen Craft finds her mother

National Anti-Slavery Standard (New York, NY)

August 12, 1865

ELLEN CRAFT AND HER MOTHER NEW YORK, July 31, 1865. To the Editor of the Standard: THE following autograph letter from Maj.-Gen. Wilson was elicited by an enquiry in behalf of Ellen Craft, now resident in England, for her mother, one of the redeemed from out of the house of bondage. The good will and courtesy of the General need no commendation…

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Mrs. Eliza Brunson seeking information about her brother Henry Taylor

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

April 25, 1895

Information wanted of my broth
er, Henry Taylor, whose owner
was John B. Hunter, of Charleston,
Tallicache County, Miss. Was seen
for the last time the 2nd year of
the war, when he went away with
the first regiment that passed
through the place. His mother's
name was Mariah Smith. He had
three sisters, Georgia, Margaret,
Mary,…

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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 Byard seeking information about Robert Byard, believed to be her husband (two ads)

St. Albans Daily Messenger (St. Albans, VT)

November 26, 1898

Information Wanted.

Information is wanted of Robert Byard,
a colored man who enlisted in Company
C, Fourth Massachusetts colored
troops, March 25th, 1865, and was mustered
out August 20, 1865.

At the time of his enlistment Byard
gave his residence as St. Albans, Vt.

An aged colored woman residing at
New Rochelle N. Y.,…

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Miss Fannie Ford searching for Granderson Washington

Appeal: A National Afro-American Newspaper (St. Paul and Minneapolis, MN)

May 4, 1889

Information wanted by Miss Fannie
Ford concerning Granderson Washington,
who was cook at the Colored Camp
Fremont, near Washington, D.C., in
1862. Address, Mrs. Fannie Brown,
care of THE APPEAL, Chicago, Ill.

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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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Miles P. Wood seeking the name of his brother Gabriel Wood's regiment and company

St. Louis Globe-Democrat (St. Louis, MO)

September 7, 1879

Information Wanted.
To the citizens of the United States: GEN-
TLEMEN—Will some of you be so kind as to tell
me what was the name of the colored regiment,
if so it was called one, stationed at or on Presi-
dent Island, about five miles below Memphis,
Tenn? I had a brother who enlisted in it, I
suppose in 1861, also served as a soldier until…

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Matthew Thompson seeking mother Jane Thompson and two brothers

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

March 22, 1888

MR. EDITOR-- I desire to inquire for my relatives. My father's name was Matthew Thompson, mother's Jane Thompson. My father died in 1867, but mother is still living. I had two brothers, one was Calvin Thompson, the name of the other I do not remember. Gavin entered the war in March, 1862, at Natchez, Miss., and was an officer; the other went to…

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Matilda Jones seeks the whereabouts of husband Richard Jones and sons John and Thomas

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

September 22, 1866

INFORMATION WANTED.
Information wanted of the whereabouts of my
husband, Richard Jones, and my two sons, John
and Thomas. We were separated in the woods,
near a place called Alleywhite, in November,
1862. I was carried back to Suffolk by the
Union troops I have heard nothing from them
since.
We were owned by Birvin Jones, of…

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Matilda Brown looking for information about Rev. Louis Parks

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

May 28, 1891

INFORMATION WANTED.--of Rev.
Louis Parks. I learn that he was a Meth-
odist preacher. I would be glad to learn
of his whereabouts, as he and my son
were in the army together, and I think
he could tell me a few particular things I
want to know. My son's name was Wm.
Brown. He died in Little Rock, Arkan
sas, on his way home. I will be…

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Mary Wallace searching for her father Henry Wallace

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

May 8, 1884

INFORMATION WANTED OF MY
father. His name is Henry Wallace ; he
was married to Patsey Davis during the war
in Vicksburg, Miss. He went off to war and
never returned, but the last I heard of him
he was in Memphis, Tenn. Any informa-
tion as soon as possible will be thankfully
received. Address, Mary Wallace, Litch-
field, Ill.

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