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Mary O. Johnson searching for her father David Nelson

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

December 9, 1880

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…

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Mary Miller looking for her brothers William Gardner and Green Cockrell

The Appeal (Chicago, IL)

August 6, 1892

WILLIAM GARDNER AND GREEN COCKRELL I
wish to find my brothers, as named above. They
went into the army from Clarke County, Kentucky
going to Camp Nelson. Our father's name was
Mongo Cockrell. Mother's name was Maria Cock-
rell [Cockrell]. I was small when they went away. Address
Mary Miller, 736 Austin Ave., Chicago, Ill.

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Mary Kile (formerly Mary Burns) searching for her brothers

The National Tribune (Washington, DC)

April 22, 1909

WANTED ----- To know if any old comrade or anyone knew Isaac, Daniel, John or Robert Henry Burns, of Culpeper Courthouse, Va.: owned by Presley Rixey. I am their sister, Mary Kile, 407 Orange street, Argenta, Ark.

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Mary Alice Repter Lee seeking her sisters Pennelpa and Martha

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

October 9, 1884

INFORMATION WANTED OF MY PEO-
ple. They lived at Point of Rocks, and
they left there and went to Brooklyn, N. Y.
My mother, Minnie Lee, died when I was
quite small, leaving two daughters besides
myself--one named Pennelpa and the other
named Martha, the latter being the old-
est. The last time I heard of them they
were in Brooklyn, N. Y.,…

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Martin Vincent searching for his brother Ned Owens

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

July 20, 1882

MR. EDITOR: I wish to inquire
for my brother Ned Owens, who
left Texas about twenty five years
ago. His mother was Fanny, sister
was Julia. He was put in a
trader's yard in New Orleans and
sold by John Poindexter, 147
Baronne street, to some one from
Mississippi. I last heard from him in
Grant's army at the surrender of…

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Martin Lucas searching for relatives and former fellow servicemembers

Globe (Nashville, TN)

February 7, 1908

LOOKING FOR RELATIVES.
A letter received from Kingsbury,
Texas, contains a request that will
possibly be of some interest to some
one in Nashville. The letter comes
from Mr. Martin Lucas, who is now in
Texas. It seems that Mr. Lucas some
years ago lived in Tennessee and was
associated in the army with George
Rosh, Charley Andrews…

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Martha McDermit searching for her brother Lowery McDermit

The Colored Tennessean (Nashville, TN)

August 12, 1865

INFORMATION WANTED
OF A MAN BY THE NAME OF ELIAS
LOWERY McDERMIT, who used to
belong to Thomas Lyons, of Knoxville, East
Tennessee. He was sold to a man by the
name of Sherman about ten years ago, and
I learned some six years ago that he was
on a steamboat running between Memphis
and New Orleans, and more recently I heard
that he…

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Martha Hawkins searching for her son Isaac Martin Van Buren Hawkins

The Sun (Baltimore, MD)

December 28, 1867

MARTHA HAWKINS, (COLORED,) OF YORK-
TOWN [YORKTOWN], VA., wishes information of her son,
ISAAC MARTIN VAN BUREN HAWKINS, who
went South with Captain Dunbar of a New York Re-
giment [Regiment]. d27-3t*§

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Margaret Young reunited with her son Dowen Young

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

January 1, 1898

FINDS LONG LOST SON
DOWEN YOUNG MEETS HIS MOTHER AFTER 36 YEARS

A Mother Sold and Separated From her Family in 1861, Found and Presented to her Son as a Christmas gift in 1897.

The happiest Christmas in all the great city of Chicago was, at the modest home of Dowen Young, No. 3142 Fifth avenue. It was a reunion of a mother and son torn apart…

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Margaret Hays searching for her son Henry Mays

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

January 17, 1895

INFORMATION WANTED.--Of
my son Henry Mays. He enlisted
in the United States Army in Mis-
souri. Any information concern-
ing him will be gratefully received
by his mother MARGARET HAYS.
Newton, Iowa.

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Maggie Lucas looking for her father Isaac Wolford

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

December 3, 1885

INFORMATION WANTED OF MY FATHER,
Isaac Wolford. He was raised in Pop-
lar Neck, Caroline county Eastern Shore
Md. He was probably in the army, but I
do not know what regiment he was in.
He left my youngest brother with an old
lady in Caroline county. Any information
of him will be thankfully received by his
daugther [daughter]. …

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Mack Thompson searching for comrades of Burrell Harrison

The National Tribune (Washington, DC)

November 5, 1908

The address of any comrade of Bur-
rell Harrison, a colored solider, who
was wounded at Milliken's Bend in
June, 1863, and died in hospital. It is
desired to ascertain whether Harrison
belonged to the 47th or 45th U. S. C.
T. Address Mack Thompson, Co. E,
National Military Home, Kan.

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Lucy Ponsley searching for her people

Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

November 9, 1907

Do You Know Them?

I would like to know the wherea-
bouts of some of my people or to lo-
cate Captain John Ritter. My father
James Somers of Richmond, Va. was
a soldier under Captain John Ritter,
and was killed while in the army.
My mother died when I was three
years old. I had one sister and
when I last saw her I was about sev-
en…

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Lucindy Millsap searching for her two brothers London and Anderson Bass

The State Capital (Springfield, IL)

July 18, 1891

Lucindy Millsap, a colored wo-
man near Conyers, Ga. wishes in-
formation of her two brothers,
London and Anderson Bass, who
ran away with Gen. Sherman's
army in 1864. London Bass was
totally blind and was led off to At-
lanta, Ga., during the seige of that
place, by his brother Anderson,
making the remarkable trip
through the…

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Louis Motair searching for information about his son John Maybanks

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

October 30, 1869

Information Wanted, of my son John Maybanks,
born in Columbia, S. C., with his mother, Charlotte
Maybanks, was sold to Phillip Killyon, and brought
to Augusta Co., Virginia, six years before the war.
When last seen was in 1863, between Fairfax C. H. and
Centreville. He was with the 25th N. Y. Regiment,
whose time had expired, and they were…

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Louis McCowan searching for his sons Coleman McCowan and Taylor McCowan

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

June 20, 1878

My two sons, Coleman McCowan
and Taylor McCowan, left this place
with the federal army in 1864.
Any information concerning them
will be thankfully received. Address
Louis McCowan, care Rev. P. Blue,
Oxford, Miss.

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Louis Hartshorn looking for sons Elbert Osborn Hartshorn and Richard Louis Hartshorn

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

March 12, 1874

Information wanted of the following
named persons, viz: Elbert Osborn Harts-
horn and Richard Louis Hartshorn, sons
of Louis and Margaret Ann Hartshorn.
Elbert A., when heard of was in Prince
Williams County, Va., in November 1861.
Richard Louis enlisted in the Union Army
at Ledalia, Mo., in 1862 have never heard
any satisfactory…

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Lazarus Holland looking his parents James and Kenna Holland and several siblings

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

June 6, 1895

INFORMATION WANTED. -
Of my relatives. I was born in
Nansemon County, Virginia, about
three miles from Carsville, on a
plantation owned by Henry
Holland. My father and mother
belonged to him, and their names
were James and Kenna, I had five
sisters and three brothers. Brothers'
names were Lamb, Jonah and
Nathan. Sisters' names…

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Kate Johnson searching for her brother James Allensworth

National Tribune (Washington, DC)

May 30, 1907

WANTED ---- Information of James Allensworth, who enlisted in 1863 or 1864 in Co. I, 16th U. S. C. Troops. His sister, Kate Johnson, 618 Upper 9th St., Evansville, Ind., would like to know whether he lost his life in the service, or, if not, his present address.

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Julia Grant looking for information about her husband John Grant

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

April 27, 1867

INFORMATION WANTED.
Information wanted of my husband, John
Grant, formerly of South Carolina, who went
off with the 37th Ohio Regiment nearly two
years ago. Any information of his where-
abouts will be thankfully received by his
wife, JULIA GRANT,
Wilmington, N. C.
…

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Julia Carter searching for Carter family

Alexandria Gazette (Alexandria, VA)

June 2, 1911

INFORMATION WANTED.

Do you know anything
about an old colored man
by the name of Isaac Carter?

If not concerning Isaac Car-
ter, do you know anything of
his sister, Martha Carter, or his
brother Aley Carter? They
were living during the Civil
War. Their brother by the
name of Luther Gray was a
soldier, his right name being…

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Julia Brown searching for veterans who knew Archibald, or Archie, Brown

The National Tribune (Washington, DC)

April 2, 1908

A Colored Veteran.
S. T. Moore, Tallula, Miss., writes us
as to the case of Archibald Brown, of
Co. I, 64th U. S. C. T., who enlisted at
Davis Bend, Miss., in 1863, and was
mustered out at Vicksburg; but the War
Department said he deserted, and did
not serve until May 1, 1865. The facts
are that he came home, sick, with his
papers…

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Joshua Oglesby searching for his son James Oglesby

Louisville Daily Journal (Louisville, KY)

October 7, 1862

INFORMATION WANTED.
JAMES OGLESBY, A FREE COLORED BOY,
about 13 years of age, left his father's residence, on
the corner of Thirteenth and Magazine, in this city,
on Thursday, 2d inst. He is supposed to have followed
one of the divisions of the army. Any information
concerning him will be liberally rewarded if commu-
nicated…

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Joseph Taylor seeking the address of Col. John H. Holeman

The National Tribune (Washington, DC)

February 21, 1889

Joseph Taylor, Montrose, Va., wants the ad-
dress [address] of Col. John H. Holeman, commanding
the 1st U. S. C. T. Comrade Taylor is a col-
ored [colored] man, and served in that regiment. His
health is now broken down, as a result of his
army service, and as yet he has been unable to
secure a pension.

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John C. Bender looking for people who knew William Borey

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

June 28, 1883

INFORMATION WANTED OF THE PRES
ent whereabouts of persons who knew
William Borey while in the United States
army. Wm. Borey enlisted at Washington
in 1863, and was discharged after the war.
Names of his officers, comrades, or regiment
wanted by JOHN C. BENDER,
St.…

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