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J. A. Wade searching for brothers Calvin, Joseph, and Gabriel

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

September 7, 1882

DEAR EDITOR: I wish to inquire
for my brothers Calvin, Joseph, and
Gabriel. Our father was Enoch
Wade, and he died in May 1863, at
Levi Wade's, the old home of our
owner. Mother was Rachel Wade,
and she died in 1878. She told me
and sisters Tennessee and Viney
just before she died that she was
going home. Father also passed…

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William Davis and his sister Mary reunited after forty years separation

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

August 14, 1897

SEPARATED FOR FORTY YEARS. Strange History of William Davis and His Sister, Once Slaves. Niles, Mich. Aug. 10. - Forty years ago William Davis and his sister Mary were slaves in the family of James Matlock, a rich Georgia planter. Just before the war Matlock died and William and Mary were sold to pay the debts of the estate. They were parted and…

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Millie Johnson searching for her son Daniel Nathaniel Johnson

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

May 14, 1885

MR. EDITOR-- I wish to inquire for my son, Daniel Nathaniel Johnson. He used to belong to Dr. Monette, of Washington, Adams county, Miss. My name is Millie Johnson; his father's name is Gabriel Johnson. We have another son whose name is Willis Johnson, who left at the same time, but has returned, saying that he left Daniel in Nashville. Any…

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Mrs. Ann Lee searching for her two brothers Horace and Robin Haril and sister Rosetta Haril

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

May 1, 1884

MR. EDITOR-- I wish to find the whereabouts of my kin people, two brothers and one sister. Brothers are named Horace and Robin Haril, and sister was Rosetta Haril. Brother Horace married Sarah Ann Garrett. Robin's wife was named Virta Cartwright; sister's husband was named Alex Haril. I left them all in 1867, 2 1/2 miles from San Augustine,…

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P. W. Jones searching for his friend Wash Jones (formerly Wash Perkins) and his children

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

May 8, 1884

MR. EDITOR―I wish to inquire
for my friend, who left this State
and went to Sherman, Texas, in
1867, with Dr. Jones, his master at
the time of the surrender. His
name was Wash Jones, and former-
ly [formerly] it was Wash Perkins. He had
three children, Tump, Dink and
Mary Jones. His wife was Eliza
Jones. His owners used to call him…

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Abraham Tyler searching for his brother William Carter

The Daily Dispatch (Richmond, VA)

May 8, 1876

PERSONAL.
INFORMATION IS DESIRED OF THE
whereabouts of WILLIAM CARTER (colored).
He was formerly owned by Dr. Peterfield Trent, and
left Richmond to go south during the year 1867
or 1868, since which time he has not been heard of.
I, his brother, will be most thankful for any informa-
tion [information] that will lead to the knowledge…

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Robert Mason searching for mother Maria Hall and sisters Margaret and Lucy Mason

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

February 28, 1878

INFORMATION WANTED Of my mother Maria Hall whose first husband, my father, was James Mason; and of my sisters Margaret and Lucy Mason. When last heard from they were living in or near Front Royal, Va. but my late owner, John B. Gardener, wrote me that they had removed to Ohio. Any information of them will be thankfully received by Robert Mason…

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Hattie Cornell seeking her brothers George Broadie and Peter Ealum

The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN)

March 16, 1895

I wish to learn the whereabouts of my two
brothers, George Broadie and Peter Ealum.
They left home about nineteen years ago. Our
parents were Peter and Patsey Broadie, and
lived near Lafayette, Christian County, Ken-
tucky [Kentucky]. Any information given will be greatly
appreciated, and thankfully received. Re-
spectfully [Respectfully],…

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Louisa Williams searching for her son Joseph E. Williams

The Cleveland Gazette (Cleveland, OH)

February 26, 1887

Help Her If You Can. Information wanted of Joseph E. Williams, who left Youngstown, O., a year ago. Any information of his whereabouts will be thankfully received, by addressing his mother, Louisa Williams, 552 Thomas street, Youngstown, Ohio.

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Mrs. Ellen Tate seeking her son Fred Tate

The Cleveland Gazette (Cleveland, OH)

March 26, 1887

Any information of the whereabouts of Fred Tate, who left his home in Zanesville, O., May, 1884, will be thankfully received by his mother, Mrs. Ellen Tate, No.109 Muskingum avenue, Zanesville, Ohio.

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Tom Carnahan, the only black police officer in Lincoln, NE, finds his brother after two decades

The McCook Tribune (McCook, NE)

November 4, 1886

TOM CARNAHAN, the colored member of the Lincoln police force, has been treated to a genuine surprise by the arrival of his brother from Texas, whom he has not heard from in twenty years. Before the war Tom and his brother were slave chil-dren in Arkansas and were separated by the war. Tom drifted to the north and his brother to Texas. A short…

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John Caesar Barber searching for his mother Mrs. John Jackson

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

May 23, 1891

MRS. JOHN JACKSON—I wish to find my mother
Mrs. John Jackson. I came to Texas in 1866, leav-
ing [leaving] my mother in New Orleans. My mother was
married in 1864 to John Jackson. Her master's
name was Nicholas Coleman a captain in the rebel
army. We at one time lived in St. Martinsville,
La. Address, John Caesar Barber, Waxahachie,…

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H. C. Binford is searching for Mr. John H. Branford

The Huntsville Journal (Huntsville, AL)

March 29, 1895

Do You Know Him?
I desire to know the whereabouts of
Mr. John H. Branford. He left Birm-
ingham [Brimingham] in 1886 and was last heard from
in St. Louis, Mo , in 1887. He then
wanted to join the U.S. Army. John
has two sisters living named respective-
ly [respectively], Emma Robinson and Sophia Craft.
Any information will be…

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Milton Anderson searching for his sisters Polly and Rachel and his father Richard Anderson

Huntsville Gazette (Huntsville, AL)

April 15, 1893

Information Wanted.
Information is wanted of my sisters’
Polly and Rachel and my father
Richard Anderson, all of whom I
left in Lee County, Miss in 1867.
Milton Anderson.
Please, if you know anything of
their whereabouts or either of them,
address, John M. Anderson.
Huntsville,
Ala.
I formerly belonged to Mason An-
derson…

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F. M. J. Mashaw searching for Rev. J. H. Braby

The Huntsville Journal (Huntsville, AL)

August 17, 1905

Notice! Notice!!
I want to know the whereabouts of
one, Rev. J H Braby, a local preacher,
who left Elrod Ala., last year. When
last heard of he was in some part of
Georgia. If he can be found, he is heir
to some property near here. Any infor-
mation [information] concerning him will be gladly
received. Write to F M J Mashaw
Box 381…

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Arthur J. Lewis searching for Miss Roberta Gaskins, Miss Latitia Gaskins, and John Gaskins

Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

February 1, 1908

Do You Know Them?
I would like to locate Misses Ro-
berta [Roberta] and Latitia Gaskins and their
brother John Gaskins. He worked
in a butcher shop. In 1892 they
lived at 934-25th St., Washington, D.
C., near Georgetown bridge. I have
forgotten their mother's and fath-
er's [father's] names.
Their father kept a restaurant in
1890…

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Ewd. Dozier searching for Nancy Dolly

Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD)

October 21, 1872

INFORMATION WANTED of the whereabouts of
a Colored Woman named NANCY DOLLY, light
complexion, age about twenty-five years. Left Vuo
de L'Eau, near Norfolk, Va., on the 4th of July, for
Baltimore. Not heard from since. Any information
concerning her whereabouts will greatly oblige
EWD. DOZIER, colored, Norfolk, Va. 021-3t*

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Mary Ramsay searching for Rebecca Ramsay

Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD)

December 27, 1873

INFORMATION WANTED OF REBECCA RAMSAY,
(Colored.) sixteen years old, who last May
came from Essex county, and then lived with Mrs.
Stewart, Lexington street, and afterwards with a
Mr. Pinkney, Light street, by her sister, MARY
RAMSAY, 202 Townsend street. 1t*†

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Friends looking for Tempy Davis

The Daily Dispatch (Richmond, VA)

August 31, 1867

PERSONAL.--The friends of TEMPY
DAVIS, colored, are anxious to hear from her.
She formerly belonged to Dr. West, of Hinds coun-
ty [county], Miss., and was last heard from in Richmond.
Any information of her may be communicated to
REV. P. B. PRICE,
au 31_3t Church Hill, Richmond.

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Green Morgan and Prudence Croan reunited and remarried after 30-year separation

The Examiner (San Francisco, CA)

February 6, 1889

OLD, BUT STILL LOVING.
Remated After a Separation of Thirty
Years.
CRUEL SLAVERY DAYS.
Uncle Green and Aunt Prudence Go Down to the
Grave Together After All.
[Special to the EXAMINER.]
VERSAILLES (Ky.), February 5. -- A marriage
ceremony in the colored Methodist Church
here to-day developed in an ante-bellum ro-
mance [romance] of…

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Mrs. Amy Frenchy (formerly Amy Morris and Amy Baxter) found her mother Feraby

The Black Hills Daily Times (Deadwood, Dakota Territory)

May 4, 1884

AFTER MANY DAYS,
A Former Slave Hears from
Her Old Home.
A Separation of Thirty Years
Having Elapsed.
A Scrap of History.
Years before the war of the rebellion,
Wm. Eli Baxter, a lawyer and planter,
lived in Hancock county, Georgia, not
far from the town of Sparta. He own-
ed [owned] 150 slaves, among the number, Fer-
aby [Feraby],…

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Mrs. Wm. McKane searching for friends Gus Mike, Ransom Mike, Frank Mike, Sinta Mike, and Harriet Mike.

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

November 20, 1879

DEAR EDITOR--I desire to inquire about some lost friends of mine. The last I saw of them they were in Georgia. Two brothers were last heard from in Texas, Gus Mike and Ransom Mike; the other, Frank Mike, was in Alabama. There were two sisters in Georgia, Sinta and Harriet Mike. I married Wm. McKane and moved to Mississippi. I have not heard from…

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James Wilson searching for his siblings William, Harkles, and Bermiller

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

December 4, 1879

MR. EDITOR— I want to make inquiry about my brothers and sister, who were sold in South Caroline. Brothers' names were William and Harkles. My oldest sister's name was Bermiller; she had a son named Sidney. We all belonged to an old widow woman, and when she died we were divided among her sons. Harkles, Bermiller and Sidney were sold to John…

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F. Shields searching for his brother A. Dobbins and uncle Samuel Dobbins

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

April 8, 1880

DEAR EDITOR— I wish to inquire for my brother and uncle. Brother, named A. Dobbins; uncle, Samuel Dobbins, and lived at Spring Hill, Tennessee. Uncle was carried off in the time of the war, and I have not heard from him since. Brother left this country for the State of Kansas. Address me at Woodlawn Mills, Tenn. F. SHIELDS.

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Mary Jane Minter (Formerly Mary Jane Patton) searching for her brother William Lite Dune

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

March 11, 1880

MR. EDITOR-- I wish to inquire for my brother, William Lite Dune. He and I belonged to the widow Patton in Milligan, Arkansas, and when we were freed I came to Texas. My name was then Mary Jane Patton, but is now Mary Jane Minter. Address me at Phelps, Texas; or in care of Rev. B. M. Taylor, box 109, Huntsville, Texas.

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