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Thomas Kellum searching for his cousin Emma Ashby

The Appeal (Chicago, IL)

April 25, 1891

EMMA ASHBY--I wish to find the whereabouts of my cousin Emma Ashby a mulatto. I last met her in Baltimore City in the spring of 1879. Any information of her present whereabouts will be thankfully received. Address, Thomas Kellum 110 Wood street. Helena, Mont.

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Thomas Hickison searching for family of Charlie Wilson, deceased

Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

October 16, 1897

Do You Know Them? Charlie Wilson, colored, was killed. He was from either Albemarle or Fluvana Counties. I think his mother's name is Martha and he has a brother whose name is Henry. Money can be secured by them as a result of his death. Address, Thomas Hickison, 672 Cortez Street, Chicago, Ill.

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The wife and family of Edward Tigh searching for his whereabouts

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

May 17, 1883

Edward Tigh, of Jackson, Minn.,
left his home on December 8, 1882,
and his whereabouts are now un-
known [unknown]. His is a stone mason and
plasterer by trade, six feet in hight,
weight about 200 pounds, age 38
years, strong build and heavy
voice. Was troubled with heart
and kidney disease. His wife and
family of four small…

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Terry Brown (formerly Terry Harrison) seeking her parents, siblings, and two children

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

February 10, 1887

MR. EDITOR-- I wish to find my kin people and children through your paper. My father and mother belonged to Fred Deliner, also their four children. I also wish to know what became of a brother by the name of Geo. Harrison, who belonged to Sam Midlecoah. George had his hand cut off at the threshing machine. After I left home my mother and four…

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T. M. Purnell searching for "Big Will" Howard

The Bourbon News (Paris, Bourbon County, KY)

November 15, 1898

WANTED TO KNOW--The whereabouts
of "Big Will" Howard, colored, who
was sold during the war, in Harlan
county, to Wm. Onthang. Howard is
now about fifty years old, and has a scar
on one cheek. Write to T. M. Purnell,
Millersburg, Ky.

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Susan Howard searching for her son William Howard

The Colored Tennessean (Nashville, TN)

March 24, 1866

OF my son, William Howard, who
formerly lived in Kingston, Ga. When
last heard from was in Chattanooga, but is
supposed to have started for Nashville.
He is 19 years of age, with yellow com-
plexion. I am at present living at Col.
Stanley's Chattanooga, Tenn., where I can
be addressed, or the desired information
can be directed to…

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Seabrum Woodruff searching for his son Lee A. Woodruff

The Appeal (Chicago, IL)

August 6, 1892

LEE A. WOODRUFF.––I wish to learn the whereabouts of my son Lee. Was last heard from at Sunbright Morgan Co., Tenn., Dec. 24, 1890. He was born Feb 11, 1869 and was 18 years old when he left his home in 1887. He is about 5 feet and 9 inches in height, dark complexion. Address Seabrum Woodruff, care S. H. Deudy Laurens S. C.

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Sarah Slater searching for sister Lucy and brother Joe Dennis

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

March 25, 1886

MR. EDITOR ---- I desire to inquire for my brother and sister. My sister was named Lucy; she was sold out of the Allen family to a man by the name of Battle Esters; he sold her to George. C. Kees, who sold her to Tom Bates, and he sold her to Jack Brandstutter and he sold her to the traders. Then the traders took her from Ray county, Missouri. My…

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Sarah Mason searching for her mother Clara Smith

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

March 22, 1877

AUSTIN, March 13, '77.
Mr. Editor: I wish to find my
mother. Her name was Clara Smith,
she was sold from me when I was
between six and seven years old.
She was sold to the speculators and
I don't know where. She was a
small dark brown woman and had
two other children. We belonged
to Wm. Smith and lived in Rockcastle,
near a big…

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Sarah Johnson searching for her son Wm. Henry Wilson

The Elevator (San Francisco, CA)

May 4, 1869

INFORMATION WANTED.
Of a boy named Wm. Henry Wilson,
of dark complexion, and very near
sighted. he is from Niagara Falls, N.
Y. [N. Y.], and came to California with a gen-
tlemen [gentlemen]named Fawcett to reside in San
Francisco. Any information regarding
him will be thankfully received by his
mother Sarah Johnson. Direct to P. A.…

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Sally Wilson searching for her husband John Wilson

Republican Banner (Nashville, TN)

August 30, 1873

WANTED.
WANTED--Information of my husband, John Wilson, a mulatto man, who left my home, without explanation, taking with him property of my customers. He is of short stature, scar on left jaw, mustache, and about 22 years of age. Any information of his whereabouts sent to me at Fountain Head Station, will be gratefully received. SALLY WILSON.…

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S. Tyler Moore searching for his father, Edward Moore or Edward Hunt

The National Tribune (Washington, DC)

April 1, 1909

In Search of His Father.
S. Taylor Moore, Tallula, Miss., wants
information of his father, who served
in a colored regiment--possibly in Co.
F, 58th U. S. C. T., but of this there is
doubt. He may have served under the
name of Edward Moore or as Edward
Hunt; enlisted at Savanah or some-
where [somewhere] in the Alleghenies; was about…

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Robert D. Holmes searching for Jane Wilson

The New York Herald (New York, NY)

February 10, 1865

INFORMATION WANTED--OF JANE WILSON, OF
Morrisania, Westchester county, who is supposed to
have gone to Philadelphia. She has a dark brown complexion,
about five feet five or six inches in height, decayed
teeth, one tooth gone in front upper jaw, dressed in black,
and had a boy fourteen years of age, about same complexion,
with a mark…

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Robert Atkinson searching for Robert Atkinson

Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

April 5, 1891

RUN-AWAY.My son Robert Atkinson, age 15 years, brown-skinned, about 3 feet in height, with a scar on his right cheek, ran away from me about 7 weeks ago. All persons are warned not to harbor him in any shape or form. Anyone knowing of his where-about [whereabouts] will please inform me. Any one bringing him home will be liberally rewarded for…

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Richard Elliott searching for his sons Willie and Champion

The Daily Standard (Raleigh, NC)

May 14, 1868

INFORMATION WANTED
OF MY TWO SONS, WILLIE AND CHAMPION,
who left me in 1864, when Wilson's
parade took place in Virginia. Willie is about
23 years of age, low, chunky and very dark.
Champion is about 19 years of age, spare made,
and of ginger colored complexion. Their
whereabouts is not exactly known, but I am of
opinion they are…

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Rev. W. H. Smith searching for his son Frank Smith

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

May 23, 1895

Information wanted of my son,
Frank Smith. I sent him down to
Swaine, Washington county, Miss.,
last March 1894, to stay with his
grandfather, Major James. He left
there some time last year and he
has not been heard from or seen
since. He is about 18 years old
and has one small eye. Any information
of his whereabouts will
be…

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Rev. C. Mays seeking information about his son Collin Rufus Mays

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

April 4, 1878

Information Wanted.

I will be thankful for any information
concerning my son, Collin
Rufus Mays. He left home two
years ago and wrote us regularly
for a year, since that we have not
heard from him. He is 22 years
old, a brown mulatto, about 5 feet
10 inches high, would weigh about
160 pounds. Was near Marshall,
Texas, when last…

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Rev. A. C. Culbreath searching for his friend Johnson Davis

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

August 26, 1886

Mr. Editor - I wish to inquire for a friend of mine by the name of Johnson Davis. He left Fort Bend county, Texas, in the year 1872; he is now about 31 years of age and of a brown complexion. When last heard of he was in Louisiana, and I think he is there now. If any one can give any information concerning his whereabouts it will be gladly…

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Rev C. H. Brown searching for his wife's uncle Charles Bender

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

May 18, 1882

Dear Editor-- I desire to find
my wife's uncle. His name was
Charles Bender, and used to belong
to Mr. Griffin Bender, in Jasper
county Mississippi. His
mother's name was Chanie Bender.
He has a hand burnt off when a
child. He ran away from his owners
one year before the war. The
last heard of him was that he had
gone to…

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Redelia Jones looking for son Christopher Jones, sometimes called John Allen

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

March 16, 1867

INFORMATION WANTED.
Information wanted of Christopher Jones,
sometimes called John Allen, formerly of
Baltimore. He is about 24 years of age, of
medium height, light complexion, curly
hair, gray eyes, and stout build. He en-
listed in March, 1865, at Baltimore, in the
2d United States Colored Cavalry. When
last heard from he was in New…

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Rebecca Datalide searching for her brother Westley Wright

New York Herald (New York, NY)

August 17, 1879

INFORMATION WANTED OF WESTLEY WRIGHT (colored), body servant to General William McClain during the late war. Address his sister, REBECCA DATALIDE, 145 West 52d st. New York.

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Ralph Thomas searching for Eudora Johnson

Evening Star (Washington, DC)

May 2, 1865

GIRL LOST.--On Friday evening, Eudora John-
son [Johnson], colored, aged 12 years, strayed from her
home, near the Virginia avenue Bridge, (Island.)
and has not been heard of since. She was dressed
in a striped Virginia cloth dress, short sleeves,
soldiers cap and bare-footed. Any information
leading to her recovery will be thankfully…

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Rachel Raider (formerly Rachel Hopkins) searching for her daughters Mary Ann and Sarah Francis

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

November 9, 1882

INFORMATION WANTED OF MARY ANN
and Sarah Francis, daughters of Dick
and Rachel Hopkins. Mary was a light
brown with black hair about 5 feet tall,
age 16, born about 1866 Sarah Francis
was about 7 years of age, real light brown
with red hair, the index finger of the right
hand was off They were taken from Point
Pleasant, West Virginia…

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Priscilla Stark (formerly Priscilla Baylor) searching for her kidnapped son.

Alexandria Gazette (Alexandria, VA)

August 10, 1864

KIDNAPPED--$20 REWARD--My son,
WILLIAM HENRY BAYLOR, was
kidnapped from the Market House, in Alexan-
dria, on Tuesday morning, the 26th of July.
He is aged about 14 years, is about 5 feet high
and stout; very dark complexion, full mouth
with very short white teeth, and when taken off
had a full suit of hair. He had a scar on his…

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Pleasant Beale (formerly Pleasant Slater) searching for her mother Nancy Slater, father Carlisle Slater, and brother Peter Slater

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

August 24, 1893

INFORMATION WANTED--
Of my people: mother, father, broth-
er [brother] and uncle. My mothers name
was Nancy Slater, my father Carlisle
Slator, and my brother name was
Peter Slater, and uncle Moses Slat-
er [Slater]. We all lived on Main street,
Richmond, Va. My uncle had a
caste in the eye. Now I will give
a description of Carlise my…

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