INFORMATION WANTED OF MY PA-
rents, Bentey and Chloe Washington,
and my brother Bentey Washington, Jr., a
shoe-maker by trade. We belonged to one
John Lambeth, of Beaufort, S. C., and
moved during the war to Blackwell, and
subsequently to Charleston, from which
place, in 1865, I embarked for Liberia in
the emigrantship "Golconda." I…
INFORMATION WANTED OF MY
relatives. My mother's name was Char-
lotte Houseman ; was sold to Griffen before
I left Franklin, Virginia. I left two bro-
thers there--Sam and Elijah. Sam belonged
to Perjew. Don't know who Elijah was
sold to. He was sold and carried to Lynch-
burg. He was sold to a man named John
Heaper and brought to…
INFORMATION WANTED CONCERNING
the whereabouts of Oliver Scot, my
brother, or William Lee and Reason Conler,
my cousins. Will be thankfully received by
his sister and their cousin, Mrs. William
Burris, No. 16 Freelon street, San Francisco,
Cal.
INFORMATION WANTED OF MY TWO
brothers, Samuel Timothy Banks and
William Warner Bailey, raised in Adar
county, Ky. Before the war Samuel be
longed to Katie L. Banks, and William be
longed to Nimrod Bailey. The last I saw
of them was in Nashville, Tenn. Also in
formation wanted of my son who went with
Robinson's show last fall. Address…
INFORMATION WANTED OF MY WIFE
Charlotte Guinn, and child, I left them
in Baltimore, Md , about 35 years ago. She
belonged to lawyer Copeny Jenkins at that
time. My name was Francis Guinn. I now
go by the name of Robert Green. A know
ledge of their whereabouts will be of valu-
able interest to them Address Rev. T A.
Cuff Bristol, Pa., or…
INFORMATION WANTED OF MY SIS-
ter, Caroline Reese, who left South
Carolina in September, one year ago en
route to Missouri, and the last time I heard
from her she was living in St. Louis, Mo.,
1241 Poplar street. She has one child.
She is a member of the A. M. E. Church as
is also her husband, who is a shoemaker.
Any information will be…
INFORMATION WANTED OF MY MOTH-
er, Hulda Ross. She formerly belonged
to the family of James Carmon, near Flem-
ingsburg, [Flemingsburg] Kentucky. We were separated
about twenty-five years ago. I had two
sisters and two brothers--Milly and Han-
nah, John and Joshua. The last time I
saw my mother she was sold from Sharps-
burg, and we all met…
INFORMATION WANTED OF MY BRO-
ther, Monroe Powell. My mother's
name was Millie Powell. She belonged to
Abram Powell, of Liberty, Bradford Co ,
Va. She died in Merry Co , Tenn. Three
children were sold. I was sold to Mr Var
ries The last I heard from Monroe, he
was in Tuscumbia, Ala Any information
of him will be thankfully received…
INFORMATION WANTED OF MY SIS-
ter, Mary Ball. She used to belong to a
man by the name of Joseph Ball, at the
time I was sold in the year 1847 I belonged
to a man by the name of S G Coffin, and
was sold to a speculator by name of Addi
son Weathers, and brought to Georgia. Any
information of my sister will be gladly re-
ceived by her…
INFORMATION WANTED OF MY REL-
atives who at one time lived in Camel
county, Va Their names were at that
time Ben and Elijah Nowland; my sister's
name was Paise Nowland. Father and
mother's names were Ben and Silvey Now
land. We belonged to a man by the name
of Briant Nowland, and at his death I fell
to his brother, a speculator and was…
INFORMATION WANTED OF ORANGE
and Lucy Nicholson, my father and
mother, or Caroline, York, Eliza Maynard
or Lucy Nicholson, my brothers and sisters.
I was brought from Lawrenceburg Tenn.,
by one Bill Richards, in 1855 or 1856 It
was said I was dead from an accident on the
way to Texas. Not so I live and am
married My name now is Sylvia…
INFORMATION WANTED OF MY MOTH-
er, Armensetta Johnson, and my three
sisters, their names were Princess, Charlotte
and Janey. They belonged to a Colonel
Jones in Savannah, Georgia I was sold
from them in 1861 then they were living
in Ralson county, Georgia My great grand-
mother's name was Sylvia Galles and my
grandmother's name was…
INFORMATION WANTED OF MY MOTH-
er's relatives, father, mother three sis
ters and three brothers Father's name
Robert Burley mother's name Caroline
brothers' were Jiles, Wilson and Charles
sisters' were Betsy, Annie and Nellie. the
youngest. Father was left in Halifax, Vir
ginia, and also oldest brother and youngest
sister belonging to Joe…
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…
INFORMATION WANTED OF MY
brother, Rile Dunneng. He was taken
away before the war. Any information of
him will be thankfully received. Direct
letters to Green G. Fulke, East Perryville
Tenn.
INFORMATION WANTED OF MY SON,
Charles Handy, who left Long Branch,
New Jersey, about four years ago. Ad-
dressing me at Long Branch, N. J., he will
hear something to his interest.
SAMUEL H. HANDY,
12 28-2t.
INFORMATION WANTED OF MY SIS
ter Caroline. The last time I saw her
was in the spring of 1862. She was taken
from us in Carrol Parish, Louisiana by Mrs.
Harvey, the daughter of Mr. Jack Tompkins
She went to St. Louis, Mo , and as soon as
the boat landed at St. Louis, my sister was
stolen. Her name was Caroline Tompkins,
Mother's name is…
INFORMATION WANTED OF MY
daughter, Anna Morrow. We formerly
belonged to a man by the name of Thomas
Chiles, who brought us to Platte City, Mo.,
about the year 1862, from Black Spring,
Ky. In the same year he sold me to a ne-
gro trader by the name of James White,
and gave my child to his brother, William
Chiles I have never heard from her…
INFORMATION WANTED OF THE
whereabouts of Perry P. Williams, who
went to San Francisco, Cal., in the year of
1876, to work at the Palace Hotel. Will
please communicate with his mother, Ever-
illa Williams, No. 18 Clarendon Court,
Newport, R. I., or Rev. Wm. H. Thomas,
pastor A. M. E. Church.
12-28 2t.
INFORMATION WANTED OF MRS PAR-
thene Chapple. The last heard of her
she was in Murray county, Tennessee, near
Columbia. She was owned by one Green
Irvin. The above named lady was the
mother of one Mrs. Maria Carson, but now
known as Maria Brown Any information
of the above will be gladly received by her
Address Mrs. Maria Carson, Topeka,…
INFORMATION WANTED OF MY BRO-
ther, Rev. Wm. Hughes. When last
heard from, he had charge of Asbury Chap-
el, Washington, D C. Any one knowing
his whereabouts will please send his ad
dress to his sister, Francis Wren, Mt. Pleas-
ant, Jefferson county, Ohio.
INFORMATION WANTED OF MY BRO-
ther, John Frost. When last heard
from he was in Texas. He has a brother by
the name of Isaac Freeman, and one by the
name of Smyrna Freeman and one by the
name of Monday Freeman. Address No.
44 St. Micheal Alley, Charleston, S. C.
ISAAC FREEMAN.
INFORMATION WANTED OF MY MO
ther and sister. My mother went by the
name of Letitia Dickson, my sister, by the
name of Mary Trimelese (her husband's
name). Fannie Dickson, and my mother
left Mercer Banham, Friame county, Texas,
in 1873. I heard of her in 1881 in Clark-
ville, Red River County Texas. My mother
may have married since she left…
INFORMATION WANTED OF MY
brother, Daniel Bently. He was sold
long before the war and belonged to a man
by the name of Hampton Ridley. Jacob
Bentley, his father, belonged to James Star-
riet Ridley, and his wife, Emily Bently
lived on James Starriat Ridley place.
She was a free woman. Address,
NATHAN BENTLEY,
…
INFORMATION WANTED OF MY
uncle William, who went by his own-
er's name--William Roundtree, and my
aunt Hannah, who was sold away from us
to some of the Gulf States before the late
war. They belonged to a white man by the
name of Dudley Roundtree, who at that
time lived about seven miles from Stam-
burg, S. C., on Little Horse Creek. Any…
