J. W. Winbush searching for their father's relatives, including their grandmother Edith Williams and brother Daniel Williams

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

November 21, 1889

Dear editor: I wish to inquire for my father’s people. Father’s name was Washington William Winbush. He lived in Gr[undecipherable] county, Alabama. His gra[undecipherable] mother's [grandmother's?] name was Millie Har[undecipherable] She belonged to Mr. Page Har[undecipherable] His mother, who is dead, [undecipherable] named Hannah Williams.…

J. W. Terrell searching for their grandmother Louisa Gwin and aunt Sarah Warren

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

October 25, 1888

MR. EDITOR:—I wish to inquire for my grandmother and aunt who were named as follows: Louisa Gwin and auntie Sarah Warren. The last time I seen grandmother she was at West Point, Miss., November 22, 1886, and the last time I seen my aunt Sarah she was at West Point, Miss., August 24, 1885. Aunt lived on the right hand side of the I. C. R. R. going…

J. W. Mabry searching for their aunts and uncles on behalf of their grandmother Mary Carson

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

October 3, 1889

Mr. Editor: I wish to inquire for my people. I have never seen them, but for the sake of my old grandmother, who wishes so much to hear from her children, I publish this. My grandmother's name is Mary Carson. Her oldest son was named Simon Moore. Her four daughters were, Matilda Garson, Charity Hill, Irene Dillard, and Mollie Carson. Last heard of…

J. B. Stewart, Jr. searching for his grandmother Charity Sanders

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

October 20, 1881

DEAR EDITOR—I wish to enquire after my grandmother. Her name is Charity Sanders. She belonged to Late Sanders in Noxubee county, Miss. She has three children in Texas, Mabalie, Armand, Jake. J. B. STEWART, JR. Greenville, Hunt county, Texas.

Isabella Joseph searching for her parents Seneca and Rhoda Paterson and several siblings

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

February 2, 1882

TEXAS, BOX 78.

DEAR EDITOR ---- I wish to inquire for my people through your paper. My name is Isabella. I and my brother Jesse were brought from North Carolina by Dr. Mills. We were sold in Madison county, Mississippi. My sisters, Martha and Rosanna, were bought at the same time by a trader named John Ford, and was sold in Louisiana. Our…

Isaac N. Parker searching for his uncle Joseph Relifoot

New National Era (Washington, DC)

May 9, 1872

Portsmouth, Va., April 30, 1872.
To the Editor of the New National Era :
Will you please be kind enough to publish
a few lines for me concerning my uncle,
Joseph Relifoot, who was sold some years
previous to the war, by Willis T. Riddirk,
Gales county, North Carolina. His mother's
name was Hester ; his father's Isaac ; his
brothers'…

Hester Spraglin seeking her mother Emily Thompson and father Joseph Thompson

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

July 19, 1888

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…

Henry Williams (formerly Simon) searching for his mother Mary, aunt Hannah, and grandmother Celia

Southwestern Christian Recorder (New Orleans, LA)

February 2, 1882

MR. EDITOR --- I wish to inquire for my kinfolks. About thirty-one years ago I left Monk's Corner South Carolina. I belonged to William Wight, who married Miss Anna Brunson, daughter of Ben Brunson. Wm. Brunson owned my mother Mary. Ben Burnson Jr., my aunt Hannah. My grandmother Celia, belonged to Wm. Wight. I have not heard anything of…

Henrietta C. Banks seeking her father's relatives

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

April 22, 1897

INFORMATION WANTED.--
Of my father's relatives. He lived
at Liberty Md , and was owned by
a man by the name of Billy Owens,
near the turnpike road. His fath-
er's name was Billy Banks and his
mother's name was Henrietta. His
sister's name was Hattie, and his broth
er's name was Dennis Banks. He
was stolen at the age of fifteen with
an…

H. A. Williams (formerly Simon Williams) searching for his mother Mary Williams, aunt Hannah Brunson, and grandmother Selia

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

September 23, 1880

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…

Giles West searching for the children of his grandmother Amelia West

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

September 20, 1888

MR. EDITOR: I wish to inquire for my grandmother's children. Her name was Amelia West, my grandfather's name was Allen West. They had four children; Parthenia West, Peyton West, Riley Strong and Eliza Ann Strong. We all used to live in Troop county, Ga. Eliza Ann Strong and Riley Strong were carried from Georgia to Henderson, Texas, before the…

George Henry Forbes searching for his father George Henry, mother Henrietta Forbes, and siblings James, Margaret, and Area

Atchison Weekly Champion (Atchison, KS)

September 5, 1885

GEORGE HENRY FORBES, of Wamego,
Pottawatomie county, Kansas, wants to
find his people. His father and mother,
GEORGE HENRY and HENRIETTA FORBES,
were slaves and belonged to JACK BERRY,
and by marriage they fell to JAMES
MONTGOMERY. They had four children.
The oldest a son, JAMES; the second a
daughter, MARGARET; the third a…

G. V. Medlock searching for his grandfather Daniel, grandmother Betsy as well as several aunts and uncles

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

June 7, 1883

DEAR EDITOR ---- I wish to inquire for my kin people, those whom I know anything about, and whom I have never seen since I was about five or six years old. I left them about Dec. 28th, 1865, in Limestone county, Texas, on the Navasota, near Springfield. My people, all belonged to the Strouds. Grandfather was Daniel --- I suppose since freedom…

Frank Wilbon searching for his grandfather Tom Strouder, and uncles Albert and Frank Strouder

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

September 30, 1880

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…

Frank Wilbon searching for his grandfather Thomas Struder (formerly Struder Stowers)

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

September 9, 1880

DEAR EDITOR--I wish to inquire for my grandfather. His name is Thomas Struder, but used to be Struder Stowers. Frank and Albert Stowers and grandfather belonged to John Stowers. Please address me at Campbellsville, Yazoo Co., Miss. FRANK WILBON.

Ella Lawson seeking her father and mother Joshua and Susan Bundy Lawson

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

March 9, 1870

Information wanted of my father and
mother, Joshua and Susan Bundy Lawson,
of Fredericksburg, Va.; they resided there
in 1860, they formerly belonged to Mont
gomery Slaughter, or at that time. Also
of my grandfather and mother, Armsted
and Nancy Bundy ; they belonged to a Mrs.
Lane of Culpepper County, Va. Any infor-
mation of any or all…

Eliza Powell looking for her mother Millie Rese's people

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

November 8, 1900

Information wanted of my moth
er's people. She came from Peters
burg, Va., and her name was Millie
Rese. Her father's name was
Egelson (Major Rese); he belonged
to James Pace. Her mother be-
longed to Mrs. Dr. Strong. My
mother was sold to Mrs. George
Davis by Quinn Moten. She had
four sisters named: Eliza, Sallie
Polly and Bertha…

Eliza Johnson searching for her grandfather Jacob Scheley

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

November 4, 1880

DEAR EDITOR— I wish to make inquiry for my grandfather. His name is Jacob Scheley, and my mother left him when a child in Nashville, Tenn. They belonged to George McClaren, and were sold to Robert McClaren, and brought to middle Tennessee. My mother's name was Eliza Silvester McClaren but now is Eliza Johnson. Her mother's name was Julia Ann…

Ed. Bolden searching for his family including his mother Emily and father Edmond Bolden

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

September 18, 1884

MR. EDITOR--I wish to find my
people. I came from Tennessee
when I was only 12 years old, and
I saw my people once since the
break up. Mother was Emily and
father Edmond Bolden. Grand-
mother [Grandmother] was Ann Bolden, brother
Lee Bolden; my sister was named
Bolden. Address me, care of Rev.
Green Bragner, Hubbard City,…

Easter Carding searching for her family including her father Shearfe

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

January 25, 1883

MR. EDITOR: - I wish to inquire for my father, grandmother and two aunts. Father was Shearfe, grandmother Gracey. Aunt Cheney; grandmother and father left East Tennessee with the Indians, near forty years ago, sold to Jesse Mayfield. Aunt Easter was sold to Austin Ryder, near the same time. They went to Cherokee county, Arkansas, and formerly…

Dovie Epps looking for their grandmother Ritter Payne

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

April 25, 1895

INFORMATION WANTED. -
Of my grandmother whose name
was Ritter Payne. She was sent
South just before the war and sold
to a Negro trader named Haden,
who lived in Leon County, Tex.
She left two children, Amanda
Payne, my mother, and Pink Payne,
my uncle. When last heard of she
was in Galveston, Tex. Any in-
formation concerning her will…

David Rideout searching for his father's relatives, including his grandparents Dick and Peggy Rideout

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

November 25, 1880

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…

D. J. Price searching for his nephew

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

June 24, 1880

D. J. Price looking for his unnamed paternal grandmother and uncles

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

July 14, 1881

DEAR EDITOR: I wish to inquire
for my father's people his mother
and two brothers. One was John
Price, whom he left at Jerusalem,
a little village in Virginia, near
Chesapeake Bay. I am a public
school teacher at Allen and
Clarksville, La. D. J. PRICE.

Catherine Strong searching for her unnamed mother's family

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

May 15, 1884

MR. EDITOR-I wish to inquire
for my mother's people, whom she
left in Norfolk, Va. Her mother's
name was Betsy Ridley; her father
Thomas Moseley; sisters, Lizzie,
Georgana; brother, William. She
was sold from Ridley to Ruskin,
and he sold me to a negro trader by
the name of Mr. Hall. I left them
in 1850 or '51, and was…