I am very desirous of finding the whereabouts
of Luvenia and Francis Harrard, owned by
Dr. Joe Trint before the war. Their father's
name was Joe Harrard; mother's name, Maria
Harrard. Their brothers' names were Braxton,
Isom, Robert and Washington Harrard. I,
Washington Harrard, am very anxious to find
my lost sisters. They were sold…
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…
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,…
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…
LEWIS HAMPTON-MASSEY.––He was a slave, and at the age of five or six years was taken from the town of Chesterfield, S.C., by a man named Gideon, who took him to Florida between 1850 and 1860. Our master's name was Jas. Massey, who owned large grist mill and distillery on Lynch's Creek. Address Wade Hampton, Clear Creek, N. Y.
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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
INFORMATION WANTED OF MY UNCLE
Platt Jordan. He belonged to Rev J. P.
Jordan in North Carolina, New Hanover
County. He was sold to a speculator from
a plantation by the name of Stag Park and
carried to Purgan Depot, on the Wilming-
ton and Weldon Railroad. He was heard
from in 1880. We received a letter of in-
quiry at Wilmington, N. C.,…
MR. EDITOR--I desire to inquire for Henry Metcalfe, who left Marion Co., Ala. in 1865, when he was but a boy. He left a mother, three brothers and two sisters. His mother's name is Phillis Metcalfe ; brothers', Armston, Charley and Joe. His mother, sisters and one brother are still living in Alabama. Armstrong and Charley are living near West…
DEAR EDITOR—I am seeking the whereabouts of my Uncle Jonah Hartly. Mr. Edwin A. Glover bought him from his first owner, Capt. Hartly, and brought him to Texas. Uncle being very sickly, and unable to work, he sent him back to Alabama, Marengo Co., about one year before emancipation. He left his wife here. Her name is Mary Ann. My mother, Jonah's…
Dar Editor: I have a brother that I have not seen for years. His name is John Drummond. He was given to his young mistress when she married a man by the name of Bailey Lear, from South Carolina. His mother is Charlotte Drummond. He had five brothers, Martin, Albert, James, Wate, and W. D. Drummond. He left South Carolina to go to Alabama; and the…
MR. EDITOR -- I wish to inquire for my friends, named Adline Baily and Tommy Kingsbury. The first belonged to the old widow White that lived at Buck Snort, Miss., and they went from Mississippi, up on the Pigeon Roost plank road, and stayed there three years, and Tommy went from there to Hernando, Miss., and Ned White sold Tommy to Kingsbury, and…
INFORMATION WANTED OF THE
whereabouts of Anthony Conway, Hum-
phrey and Polly Johnson, who were car-
ried from Orange Court House, Va., just be-
fore the war to be sold, and have not been
heard of since. They belonged to one
Joseph H. Howsworth. Their brother,
Monroe Johnson, is now living at number
330 E street S.W., Washington, D.C.…
DEAR EDITOR— I wish to inquire through the columns of your paper for my relatives. My grandmother's name was Nancy Pratt; she lived in Chester Co., S. C., about the year 1854. Grandfather's name was Thomas Saunders. My uncles names were John and George Pratt. Uncle John and my mother (Delilah Pratt) were sold to William Darby, who carried them…
Information Wanted
Of oldest daughter Jane's children. One son by
the name of Andrew, another by the name of
Ransom, and another by the name of George,
who were taken from me and sold when they
were very small.
Also two others, (twins) one was called Martha Ann
and the other had no name. The name of the
father of these children is…
DEAR EDITOR: I am inquiring for a lost kindred. My mother is Margaret Johnson, my sisters are Julin and Mary, brothers are Everetta Ben, John, Peter and Nepoleon, They belonged to John Douglas, Richmond, Virginia. I was brought out from there by the negro traders to Alexandria, La., eight years before the war. My mother and father belonged to the…
MR. EDITOR—Please allow me to inquire through your paper for my people. I was born in Richmond, Va. Father's name was James Miller, mother's name Mary Miller. I had a sister whose name was Angeline Miller. I was brought South by a man named Graften Reed, and have not seen my people since. If any one knows anything of them please address me,…
MR. EDITOR— I wish to inquire for two of my children, Sarah Matilda Jane and Thomas Henderson, who were sold by Henry George to John M. Roe, who took them to Mississippi and sold them. Their sister's names were Maria, Harriet, Lena and Elvira. My name was Viney Fuller, but is now Viney Richardson. Address me at Cedar Grove P. O., Carroll Co.,…
MR. EDITOR: I wish to inquire through the columns of your paper for my mother and father. Father's name is Moses Woods; mother's name Katie Woods. We were owned by a widow by the name of Adolph Cherefan Rashaund, a little below Alexandria, La. Shortly after the Yankees came down I and two brothers, Gustave and Harry Woods, and a young man…
INFORMATION WANTED OF MY MOTH-
er and sister. My mother's name was
Nancy Dosier and sister's name was Alice.
They were sold at Jackson, Miss., by a
man named Mizel(?). My mother was sold
from Jackson in 1851 or '52 to Poindexter,
of Louisiana, who took her to Shreeves-
port, La. She left three children in Jack-
son, two boys and a girl ;…
INFORMATION WANTED.
Of my five children, Mary, Daniel, William,
Turner and Annie Cooper. They belonged to
Andrew J. Clark and John W. Baker, who, be-
fore the first battle of Bull Run, moved them
from Fauquier Co., Va., to Mississippi, the morn-
ing after I left them. Any person knowing of
their whereabouts, will be paid for the…
INFORMATION WANTED,
OF RACHAEL, a young Mulatto Woman, who was
sold in this city in the Spring of 1864, to Mr. ---Moore
by Mrs. Mary Ann Baldwin, of Mississippi. Informa-
tion [Information] of her whereabouts, left with us will be thankful-
ly [thankfully] received by her father.
TAYLOR, GREENE & ALLEN,
aug25 18 Perry Street.
