MR. EDITOR— I wish to inquire for my brother. His name is Isaiah Cooper. He used to belong to one Mark A. Cooper, who now lives in East county, Ga., which is now called Barto county. When last heard of, he was going to Nashville, Tenn. At the present we are all living. His father is living in Austin, and all of the children are in Texas but him.…
Dar Editor: I have a brother that I have not seen for years. His name is John Drummond. He was given to his young mistress when she married a man by the name of Bailey Lear, from South Carolina. His mother is Charlotte Drummond. He had five brothers, Martin, Albert, James, Wate, and W. D. Drummond. He left South Carolina to go to Alabama; and the…
MR. EDITOR -- I wish to inquire for my friends, named Adline Baily and Tommy Kingsbury. The first belonged to the old widow White that lived at Buck Snort, Miss., and they went from Mississippi, up on the Pigeon Roost plank road, and stayed there three years, and Tommy went from there to Hernando, Miss., and Ned White sold Tommy to Kingsbury, and…
INFORMATION WANTED OF THE
whereabouts of Anthony Conway, Hum-
phrey and Polly Johnson, who were car-
ried from Orange Court House, Va., just be-
fore the war to be sold, and have not been
heard of since. They belonged to one
Joseph H. Howsworth. Their brother,
Monroe Johnson, is now living at number
330 E street S.W., Washington, D.C.…
DEAR EDITOR— I wish to inquire through the columns of your paper for my relatives. My grandmother's name was Nancy Pratt; she lived in Chester Co., S. C., about the year 1854. Grandfather's name was Thomas Saunders. My uncles names were John and George Pratt. Uncle John and my mother (Delilah Pratt) were sold to William Darby, who carried them…
Of Sarah A. [unclear]low, she used
to belong to old [unclear] Goodlow, who
gave her to his son Thomas, and he
sold her to some unknown person.
Billy Goodlow and his son Thomas
lived in Madison County, Ky., two
miles from Richmond. Any informa-
tion will be thankfully received by
her daughter Jane.
Please address Mr.…
Information Wanted
Of oldest daughter Jane's children. One son by
the name of Andrew, another by the name of
Ransom, and another by the name of George,
who were taken from me and sold when they
were very small.
Also two others, (twins) one was called Martha Ann
and the other had no name. The name of the
father of these children is…
MR. EDITOR--I wish to inquire
through your paper for my sister.
Her name was Carolee Harris or
Carolee Gayarre. Charles Gayarre
was our owner before the war. I
think that he sold her to a man by
the name of Hyman Hart, in Osyka,
Miss. When she left Osyka, Miss.,
I heard that she went to Texas. I
was too young to know much…
DEAR EDITOR: I am inquiring for a lost kindred. My mother is Margaret Johnson, my sisters are Julin and Mary, brothers are Everetta Ben, John, Peter and Nepoleon, They belonged to John Douglas, Richmond, Virginia. I was brought out from there by the negro traders to Alexandria, La., eight years before the war. My mother and father belonged to the…
MR. EDITOR—Please allow me to inquire through your paper for my people. I was born in Richmond, Va. Father's name was James Miller, mother's name Mary Miller. I had a sister whose name was Angeline Miller. I was brought South by a man named Graften Reed, and have not seen my people since. If any one knows anything of them please address me,…
Information Wanted of the
whereabouts of Windsor Loften,
also Essex and Tina Kinsy, chil-
dren of Mary Kinsy, formerly held
in bondage by Walter Dunn of
Kingston, N. C. Notice is request-
ed to be read in churches of Kin-
ston, New Berne and Jamesville,
N. C. Communicate with Violet
Kinsey, 112 S. 20 St. Philada.
Information wanted of Mary
Kinsey, Windsor Loften, Esseck
Kinsey, and Tena Kinsey. They
were former slaves of Walter Dunn
of Kingston, N. C. Any one re-
cognizing any of the parties named
will greatly oblige by notifying the
undersigned, Violet Kinsey, 112 S.
20 St. Philadelphia
MR. EDITOR— I wish to inquire for two of my children, Sarah Matilda Jane and Thomas Henderson, who were sold by Henry George to John M. Roe, who took them to Mississippi and sold them. Their sister's names were Maria, Harriet, Lena and Elvira. My name was Viney Fuller, but is now Viney Richardson. Address me at Cedar Grove P. O., Carroll Co.,…
Wedding After Forty Years of
Separation.
Our town is all agog this morning
over the wedding that is to be cele-
brated [celebrated] in a day or two between Aunt
Vina Johnson, an old colored lady of
our place, and a former husband,
from whom she has been separated
for forty years. Forty-three years
ago Aunt Vina was the slave of a Mr.…
DEAR EDITOR-- I wish to hear of my friends. Father was Jackson Jennings, and he was set free before the war by his owners, and went to Alabama. Sister was a girl about ten years old, and left with her young master, Frank Sloat. When he died her father left her with her grandmother, Fanny Sloat. Her name is now Victoria Wright. Address her at…
MR. EDITOR: I wish to inquire through the columns of your paper for my mother and father. Father's name is Moses Woods; mother's name Katie Woods. We were owned by a widow by the name of Adolph Cherefan Rashaund, a little below Alexandria, La. Shortly after the Yankees came down I and two brothers, Gustave and Harry Woods, and a young man…
DEAR EDITOR—I wish to inquire for my people. I left them in 1865 at Spring Hill, Texas. They belonged to a small boy named Tandy Stroud, the son of Gov. Stroud. I have a young brother Davis. Mother was Betsy. Her children were David, John, Nathan, Willis, Isaiah, Rachel, Martha, Nancy, Nellie, Beckie. Jim Hoca was my father.
VESTON…
INFORMATION WANTED.
In 1863 Caroline Campbell, then the slave of
one Dr. Hughes, of Montgomery Co., Maryland,
ran away from her master and came to Wash-
ington [Washington]. Since that time nothing has been heard
from her. If living, she can obtain information
of her sister by calling at 229 New Jersey ave-
nue [avenue], southeast,…
MR. EDITOR--I wish to inquire
for my aunt, Malinda Wiggington,
who in slave time belonged to Mr.
Mr. Corneal Wiggington; also for
aunt Charity Wiggington, and
Jerry, my uncle, who lived with
Wm. Powell. I heard that brother
Bob went to Alabama with Bob
Hutchinson, and from there to
Louisiana. I also wish to hear from
Irving,…
Dear Editor:- I would like to hear of my brother, Charley Sudbury. He left Dyer county in time of the war. He belonged to John Sudbury. He left mother, three girls and one boy-Nancy, Bithey, Amy and Luke. Mother has been dead about two years. I live in the same neighborhood. Address me at Sharon, Tennessee, care of Rev. J. J. Barr.
INFORMATION WANTED OF MY MOTH-
er and sister. My mother's name was
Nancy Dosier and sister's name was Alice.
They were sold at Jackson, Miss., by a
man named Mizel(?). My mother was sold
from Jackson in 1851 or '52 to Poindexter,
of Louisiana, who took her to Shreeves-
port, La. She left three children in Jack-
son, two boys and a girl ;…
Information Wanted
of Robert Anthony, John and Margaret
Green, children of Mr. Jacob and
Mrs. Mary Ann Green, sold by B. C
Flannagan, at Charlottesville, Va., in
1861.
My two sisters, named, one of
them Sarah Catharine and the other
Frances, and myself belonged to
Selia Hunt, in Lexington, Ky., and
we had the name of Hunt. Our
mistress married Jim Crane, and he
sold both my sisters. It is one of
them, Sarah Catharine, that I desire
to find. Please address Rev. W. W.
Brown, Marshall, Texas.
DEAR EDITOR -- I wish to inquire for my people. Mother's name is Jane Mitchell; father's, Ben Andrun; sister's, Silva; brother's Rafe Wakin. I belonged to David Mitchell of Murfreesboro, Tenn. Address me at Cypremort, St. Mary parish, La.
