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Unidentified woman searching for her son George Swazer
Daily Evening Bulletin (Maysville, KY)
May 10, 1883
INFORMATION is wanted about the where-
abouts of a colored boy, who answers to
the name of George Swazer, who has
been missing from this city since last
December. He was about seventeen
years old and about the time of his dis-
appearance was employed as a servant in
the family of the late Dr. John M. Duke.
He is a bright mulatto and…
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Unidentified person searching for their son William Minor
The Vicksburg Daily Herald (Vicksburg, MS)
May 8, 1867
Information Wanted.
IN the latter part of January, a negro boy
named WILLIAM MINOR, whose parents
are living on Mr. Walworth's place,
near Natchez, left and came to Vicksburg.
He is not more than 12 or 13 years of age, and
his parents are greatly distressed about him
Any person having information will please
address DOUGLAS…
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Unidentified parents searching for son John Granville Brown
The National Gazette and Literary Register (Philadelphia, PA)
July 27, 1833
INFORMATION WANTED of a colored boy, about 4
feet 10 inches high, stout built, and 14 years of age,
named John Granville Brown. He left his parents on
Friday, the 19th inst; and had on an iron gray roundabout
and pantaloons, an old black hat and lace boots. On
the right side of his face below the ear was one large and
several small…
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Unidentified parents reunited with their daughter after 20 years
Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD)
July 29, 1875
A TOUCHING SCENE.-The Newtown (Md.)
Gazette says: The steamer Tangier last Satur-
day [Saturday] landed at our wharf a negro woman who
had been sold "way down South" some twenty
years ago. She belonged to the Rush estate,
and her father and mother, whose heads are sil-
vered [silvered] with the frosts of many winters, have re-
mained…
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Tyler Moore searching for Edward Moore
The National Tribune (Washington, DC)
May 6, 1909
The addresses of members of the 5th
U. S. C. Cav. who knew Edward Moore.
Said Moore left Rodney, Jefferson
County, Miss., late in 1863 or early in
1864. Address Tyler Moore, Tallula,
Mis.
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Tyler Moore searching for Edward Moore
The National Tribune (Washington, DC)
April 29, 1909
WANTED--Comrades of Wheeler's Colored
Cavalry who knew Edward Moore, Co. B, 3d
Wis. Vols., First Division, -Second Brigade,
Twentieth Army Corps. He enlisted first
in Wheeler's Cavalry, in Georgia or the
Carolinas, in 1863 or 1864; then, January,
1865, he enlisted in the above regiment, to
write Tyler Moore, Box 138, Tallula, Miss.
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Tyler Moore searching for Ed. Moore
The National Tribune (Washington, DC)
September 16, 1909
WANTED--Information as to company and
regiment of Ed. Moore, who enlisted in 1864
or 1865; said to have served in Co. B, 3d
Wis. Vols., for one year. Address Tyler Moore,
Box 138, Tallula, Miss.
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Two sons find their father after decades-long separation
The Southern Standard (Arkadelphia, AR)
November 3, 1883
A Romance of Slavery.
Columbus (Ohio) Journal.
A very pretty story is told of the restoration
to his children of an old colored
man who was a slave before the late war.
He belonged to one master, while his
wife and two children, one of whom is
now a minister and the other a Columbus
coachman, were owned by another
man, who…
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Tula Butler searching for her daughter Hannah Butler
Norfolk Virginian (Norfolk, VA)
December 27, 1865
INFORMATION WANTED.--My daugh-
ter [daugter], HANNAH BUTLER, formerly owned by Dr.
William White, of Deep Creek, Norfolk county, was
sold from the auction house of N. B. Hill, of the city
of Richmond, one year ago, since which time I have
not heard from her.
Any information in regard to my child will be thank-
fully [thankfully] received…
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Toby Olds searching for his son Pinkney Olds
The Daily North-Carolina Standard (Raleigh, NC)
August 14, 1868
INFORMATION WANTED
OF THE WHEREABOUTS OF PINKNEY
OLDS, (colored). When last heard from, he
was at Fort Macon, N.C., and was mustered ou
of the U.S. service at that place in May, 1868
Any information concerning him will be thank
fully [thankfully] received by his father, Toby Olds, at Hook-
erton [Hookerton], N.C.
New York papers please…
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Thomas Jones returns after suddenly disappearing
The Pittsburgh Press (Pittsburgh, PA)
November 18, 1908
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Thomas Doss searching for his parents Isaac and Nancy Doss
The Daily Picayune (New Orleans, LA)
July 12, 1870
WANTED--INFORMATION CONCERN-
ing [concerning] the whereabouts of ISAAC and
NANCY DOSS, colored. will be thankfully re-
ceived [received] by their distressed son,
THOMAS DOSS,
Lawraville P. O., Baltimore county, Md.
Jy12--6t*
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T. M. Hubbell searching for Alexander Desembly and Frank McFarland
Daily Public Ledger (Maysville, KY)
February 23, 1912
TWO COLORED MEN.
Information Wanted As to Alex Desembly and Frank Mc-Farland
Springfield, Mo. February 8th, 1912.
Hon. J. F. Barbour, Maysville, Ky.
Dear Sir: I understand that you are ex-tensively acquainted throughout Mason coun-ty, Kentucky, and I am writing to in-quire if you ever knew or heard of two men named Alexander Desembly…
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T. & W. searching for an unnamed woman formerly enslaved by Mrs. Worthington
Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD)
December 18, 1867
WANTED—Information of a COLORED WOMAN,
formerly owned by a Mrs. Worthington, Han-
over [Hanover] street, Baltimore, and who lived in D.C. Crox
all's [Croxall's] family, Hoffman street, about fifteen years ago.
Address T. & W., Sun office. d14-1m*?
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Susannah Babrige searching for Rosamon Mobley
The Daily Phoenix (Columbia, SC)
August 19, 1866
INFORMATION WANTED
OF ROSAMON MOBLEY, who formerly
belonged to Mr. C.P. Pelham. When
heard of, she was going to Sumter to look
for her father and mother. Any informa-
tion concerning her will be thankfully re-
ceived by SUSANNAH BABRIGE.
Aug 19
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Susan Myers looking for her son Samuel Wilson Myers
The Star and Enterprise (Newville, PA)
July 11, 1872
Information Wanted. -Information is
desired as to the whereabouts of Samuel Wilson
Myers, colored, son of Susan and Robert Myers.
He was a slave of Capt. Wm. Bartlett, of
Frederick County, Va., and left that place with Capt.
DeCann, who was in Gen. Milroy's division,
since which time nothing has been heard of
him. His mother, Susan…
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Susan Howard searching for her son Billy Howard
Louisville Daily Journal (Louisville, KY)
October 10, 1865
Information Wanted
Of Billy Howard, A COLORED BOY, ABOUT
19 years old, who left Kingston, Ga., in the spring
of 1864. Address his mother, at Chattnooga, Tenn.,
010d3* SUSAN HOWARD.
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Susan Howard looking for her son Billy Howard
The Nashville Daily Union (Nashville, TN)
March 30, 1865
Information Wanted.
ANY INFORMATION RESPECTING BILLY
HOWARD (a mulatto boy) of Kingston Ga,
will be thankfully received by his mother at
Nashville. Tenn.
SUSAN HOWARD.
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Stephen McKinny and Silva McKinny searching for their sons and daughter-in-law
The Weekly Clarion (Jackson, MS)
September 8, 1870
A Father and Mother in Distress.
THE undersigned, a distressed father and
mother of ALFORD, and also Randal and
his wife Elizabeth Underwood, are anxious
to hear where they are. They formerly be-
longed [belonged] to the estate of Phillip Carpenter, of
Franklin county Ala., on Little Bear Creek,
and in the division of the estate fell to…
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Stephen Brown searching for his son Samuel Brown
Atchison Daily Free Press (Atchison, KS)
April 6, 1866
Information is wanted of the wherea-
bouts [whereabouts] of Samuel Brown, who was muster-
ed [mustered] out of the 2d Kansas Colored Regiment
last fall at Fort Leavenworth. His father
resides near Topeka, and is anxious to hear
from him. Any person having any infor-
mation [information] in regard to him and writing to
Stephen Brown, Topeka,…
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Stephen and Judy Calhoun searching for family including Judy's siblings Sarah, Indiana, Silia, Harriett, Estha, Ransom, Mark, Matthews, Squire, and Welcom
Union Springs Herald (Union Springs, AL)
January 7, 1874
NOTICE.
INFORMATION WANTED.--Stephen
Calhoun, and his mother, Judy Calhoun,
who came from Franklin county, N. C., about
25 or 30 years ago, desire information concerning their relatives. viz: Sarah, Indiana. Silia,
Harriett and Estha, sisters of Judy Calhoun,
and Ransom, Mark, Matthews, Squire, and
Welcom, brothers of Judy Calhoun ;…
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Sperrial Peyton Brooks searching for his mother and fifteen brothers and sisters
Omaha Daily Bee (Omaha, NE)
December 8, 1911
Colored Man Seeks Relatives—Sper-
rial [Sperrial] Peyton Brooks, an aged colored man
is seeking information as to the where-
abouts [whereabouts] of his mother and relatives, who
he last heard from in Poppleton, W. Va.
He says that when a lad his mother gave
him away to a neighbor to raise, and
then she moved away. He says that he
has…
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Sophia Brown searching for her relatives including her mother Harriet King and brother Peter
The Sun (New York, NY)
September 9, 1888
To Whom it May Concern.
Can any one answer this letter to the satis-
faction [satisfaction] of the writer?
"TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: I have some relations
in Richmond, Va. They are not in Richmond town, but
are in that county. My mother was named HARRIET KING,
and me and my brother PETER were sold together, and
came as far as Duck Hill,…
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Sisters, Julia Lyon and Emeline Skipwarth, reunited after 40 years
The Daily Inter Ocean (Chicago, IL)
November 20, 1885
AFTER MANY YEARS.
AFFECTING MEETING OF TWO SISTERS.
Special Telegram to the Inter Ocean.
BATTLE CREEK, Mich., Nov. 19.--Forty
years ago Julia and Emeline, two sisters,
were slaves upon the plantation of a master
by the name of Hall, in Kentucky. Emeline
left her sister one night, and with a party of
fugitives crossed the Ohio…
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Sicily searching for her mother Easter Bowers
American Citizen (Canton, MS)
March 1, 1866
INFORMATION WANTED.
Any information of the whereabouts of Easter
Bowers, (colored) of Hardeman county, Tennessee,
will be thankfully received by her daughter, Sicily,
who formerly belonged to Dr. W. M. Towler, Canton,
Mississippi. She desires to find out her mother's
place of residence, so that she can go to her.
Letters containing…
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