MR. EDITOR-- I wish to inquire for my brother. He left his people at Claiborne, Jasper County, Miss. His name is William Green Bradford. His father, when a slave, belonged to Bob Bradford. Mother belonged to Mailon Morgan. Her first son's name was George Morgan, and all her other children belonged to our father, whose name was Anderson Bradford.…
MR. EDITOR-- I wish to inquire for my father, whose name is William Gray. He left this city (Monroe) about fourteen years ago. He went to Little Rock, Ark., which was the last place I heard from him definitely. I heard a few days ago of his being in Lake Providence, La. If there can be any trace of him, or any one knows of his whereabouts, please…
DEAR EDITOR— I want to inquire for my sister Melvina Adline. Our mother's name is Channia Mills and my name is Edna Thompson; my sister Melvina Adline. She has a son by the name of Green, daughter named Mattie, and her husband named Kyler Reed; he was a local preacher. I left her at Chechebo, Ala., 1868. I parted at Mick Hartly ferry. My name is…
MR. EDITOR-- I desire to inquire for the mother of Mrs. Adeline Allison. Her name was Adeline Sheels. Her mother's name was Hannah Sheely. She was taken from Nashville, Tenn., two years before the war by traders to Louisiana, and she wrote to Nashville, Tenn., ten years ago, but the letter was not received. Any information will be gladly received. …
DEAR EDITOR-- I wish to find my relations, used to belong to Abb Wilson. Mother's name was Celia Wilson; brother was Nace Wilson. He was born blind. Another brother was Sandy Wilson. My sister's name was Minerva Wilson. They belonged to Robert Eglen. Any information about them will be thankfully received. Address me at No. 69 Hillary street,…
DEAR EDITOR--I want to inquire for my brother. He has been gone eight years. His name was Warren Robinson. His father was Richard; his mother was Diley Robinson, and sister Mary Rauls. His brothers were Henry and John Brooks, and uncles were Bob Bose and Isaac Terry. The last time I heard from him he was at Vicksburg, Miss. Address any…
MR. EDITOR-- I wish to inquire for my people, whom I have not seen since before the late war. Mother was named Emily Thompson. She had one eye put out one night by patrol. Father was Joseph Thompson. Sisters, Amanda and Hannah. Hannah died in infancy. Brother's name was Joseph. These were all when I left. Grandma was Fannie Persley. Mother lived…
DEAR EDITOR— I want to find my daughter. She left me several years ago for New Orleans. Her name is Minerva White. I heard that she was a member of Steptoe's Church. She had a daughter named Susan M. White. My name is Edom Edward. My wife is Dorcas Edom. Address Rev. H. Richardson, Wennsborough, La.
MR. EDITOR-- I wish to inquire for my kin people whom I left near Hampton, Va. Mother's name was Louisa Wallis; father's, Jacob Wallis, Sr; sisters', Mary, Martha, Betsy and Hannah Wallis; brothers', Ned and Jacob Wallis, Jr. Mother's mother was named Mollie, and father's father was named Ned Johnson. Our owner's name was Tom Parker. At his death…
DEAR EDITOR—I wish to make inquiries for three children and a brother, whom I left in Pope Co., Mo. The children's names are Charley, Maria and Lizzie Wilson. Sophy Wilson was the mother of the first two, and she and I belonged to Nat Wilson. Lizzie's mother is Maria Hedge. They lived in Platt Co, of the same State. Brother, Bentley Wilson, lived…
MR. EDITOR—I desire to inquire for my mother, Eliza; father, Jack, brothers, Alfred, Anthony and Wilson, and sisters Frances and Elvira, who belonged to John Seal, of Colfax, Grant parish, La. Sister Elizabeth and myself came to Texas about twenty-five years ago, with John Seal. The last I heard of my folks mother wrote me directly after…
DEAR EDITOR—I wish to inquire for my sister, cousin, aunt and uncle. Sister's name was Lizzie Vanhuss, and was carried off during the war by Mick Vanhuss and his wife. Aunt's name was Clara Eastland; uncle's, Henry Eastland and cousin's, Balam Buckner. The last I heard of cousin Balam he was at Milican's Bend. Mother's name is Matilda Eastland,…
DEAR EDITOR-- I wish to inquire for my uncles, Frank, Sam and Joe, who went from Kemper Co., Miss. Their mother's name is Penny Pollock. Joe ran away from Dr. A. Brown during the war, and the last I heard of him he was in Chicago, Illinois. Frank left to go to Texas with John Warren, and I have heard that he is there. Sam is in Louisiana. Their…
MR. EDITOR— I desire to inquire for my relatives. Mother's nane was Mary Williams. She belonged to William Brunson. Aunt Hannah Brunson belonged to Benjamin Brunson, Jr. Grandmother Selia belonged to William White. They all lived at Monk's Corner, South Carolina. My name then was Simon Williams. I belonged to Benjamin Brunson. Should any of my…
DEAR EDITOR—I wish to inquire for my mother's kin people. Her father's name was Tom Strouder, and her two brothers were Albert and Frank Strouder. Mother's name was Emily Strouder, but before the war they went by the name of Stowers. We all belonged to John Stowers. Mother left them in Port Gibson and was taken to Mississippi by William Noble. I…
MR. EDITOR—I wish to inquire for my father's people. My grandfather is Dick Rideout, grandmother Peggy Rideout. They belonged to Sam Shags, of Maryland, 13 miles from Washington City. They had 16 children--Betty, James, Barbary, Tettee, Rachel, Mary, David Henderson, Sophia. Amelia, Christian, Ann. My father is Henderson Ripeout. He was sold, ran…
DEAR EDITOR— I wish to inquire for my father, David Nelson, who left Yazoo county with the Union army about the year 1863 or '64. He wrote to his sister, Mary Eale, at or near Satartia, Yazoo Co., Miss He was at Clarksville, Mo. Since that time we heard that he had removed to the State of Ohio. He left mother, sister Lucy, and myself, Octavia; he…
MR. EDITOR:— I wish to inquire for my sister. Her name is Liza Johnson, her father's name was John Johnson, and her mother Maria Johnson; her oldest brother was Abron Cohe; her oldest sister was Luvenia Waters. Her brothers were Daniel Webster and John Johnson the youngest child. Her oldest sister, Lucinda Waters- Pricilla Shepherd, Maria Frances…
MR. EDITOR--I wish to inquire for my people. My father's name was Moses Taylor, my mother's Eliza Taylor. When I saw them last it was in Prince George Co., Md. I had four brothers and one sister. My eldest brother's name was Revida Taylor; the next was Noble Taylor. I am the next; my name is Edward Taylor and Anatha William Taylor. My sister's name…
MR. EDITOR: I wish to inquire for my father. His name is Archie Douglass. The last time I saw him he was on the Perkin plantation, near Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge parish. Mother's name is Fanny Douglass. There were six sisters of us and one brother, the oldest one is Louvinia Henderson, next Cinte Douglass, Amelia Douglis, Virginia Douglass and…
Rev. Bishop W. F. Mallalieu, I write you this letter to see if you could help me to find my long lost sister whose name was Maria Green, and who was sold from the jail of Leesburge, Loudon Co., Va., to New Orleans about twenty-eight years ago; she was 20 years of age. Our mother, Nancy Green was sold to Richmond, Va., at the same time. Maria Green…
MR. EDITOR:--I wish to inquire for my mother. She first belonged to Parson Crawford, and he sold her to a man by name of Kwemp. When my mother belonged to Mr. Crawford she lived in Clark County, MIss., near Enterprise. She had two daughters; one named Viney, the other one Ann. The last time I saw her she came back to see us at Parson Crawford, in…
MR. EDITOR:—I wish to inquire through your paper for my relatives. My mother's name is Eliza Cook. The last time I heard of her she was at Ocean Springs, Miss. She had a daughter by the name of Josephine Finch. She at the time was living with her at Ocean Springs, Miss. There were three of us boys; Ujean Harris, Wm. Thompson and Alexander Cook.…
MR. EDITOR: I desire to find my sister Annie Barnett. She used to belong to Mrs. Sallie Harrison of Shelbyville, Ky. Her father was Gabe Barnett. Mother Eliza Caldwell. They used to belong to Reuben and Tommie Caldwell. of Shelbyville, Ky. Sallie Harrison sold sister to a Negro trader named Wilson, who took her to Lexington, Ky., and later on took…
DEAR EDITOR-- I wish to inquire for two lost brothers. Their names are Davie and Charles Davis, and belonged to William Tapscut, of Buckingham Co., Va. The last known of Davie he was sold to a speculator named Wilkins, who took him to Lynchburgh, Va. The last known of Charles he was sold by Ben Tapscut, in Richmond, Va. There is another brother,…
