Information wanted of my six children,
John, and Jesse, and Susan, and Juda, and
Caroline, and Emmeline Jinkins. They all
left Talladertown, Alabama about 20 years
ago and came to Missouri. Any information
of them will be gladly received by their
mother, Mrs. Anna Jinkins in care of
REV. J. MITCHEM,
Box 1214 Bloomington, Ill.
May 20 -2t.
MR. EDITOR: I want to find my father, John Berry, whom I left in Jackson, Co., Missouri, near the town of West Port in that county. My name is Anna Liza Berry. Eola P. O., La.
MR. EDITOR: I wish to inquire for my dear mother and father whom I left in Virginia when [undecipherable] was sold at ten years old. M[undecipherable] name at that time was Roe Burte[undecipherable] Anna King George Thomas. M[undecipherable] father's name was Louis Taylo[undecipherable] and mother was Elizabeth Taylor. My brothers were Robert…
DEAR EDITOR ---- I desire to find
my people. The name of my sisters
are Matilda and Charlotte ;
my brother Daniel Halens. I left
them about 12 miles this side of
the Sabine, with the old man
Sperman Halens.
ANNETTE WILLIAMS.
MR. EDITOR: Looking on your paper as the only hope that I have of my whereabouts ever being found out, I wish to say that I was brought from Lexington, Missouri, to Jackson, Miss., by a Dr. Patton, in the year 1861, and I left in Missouri, my mother, father, grandmother and grand-father. Mother was Eliza and father Samuel, both called by the name…
DEAR EDITOR—I write to find the whereabouts of my brothers, Anthony and Ned Carpenter. My mother's name is Rebecca and father's Sam Carpenter. I'm servant of Isaac Carpenter. Coleman Carpenter took one of my brothers to Georgia from Anderson county, North Carolina: Coleman Carpenter died and his wife sold him to Bill Bell. They say that he is now…
MR. EDITOR— I am an orphan and haven either mother nor father. I wish to inquire through your valuable paper for my dear brothers and sisters. I do not know whether father is dead or not. My father's name is George Washington Gaines, and my mother's was Polly. She died in Austin, Texas, about thirteen or fourteen years ago. My mother, on her death…
MR. EDITOR—I am seeking the whereabouts of Mother, two brothers and one sister. Mother's name is Julia Echoles; sister's Ellen; brothers' Lowen and Tom Echoles. I received a letter from her in the year 1870. She was then living in Desoto Co., near Cold Water Springs, Miss. I have not heard from her since we used to belong to Larkin Echoles. I was…
Information wanted of my sister
Rosanna. We parted in Richmond,
Va. thirty-five years ago. Learned
that she was carried to Alabama by
a man named Templeman. She is
now about 58 years old. My name
then was Anthony Terrill. Also, in-
formation wanted of Harriet Chap-
man, mother of Sidney Oliver. When
last heard…
MR. EDITOR––I wish to inquire
for my daughter; her name is Mary
Elizabeth Catherine. I left her in
Upson county, Georgia, 7 miles
east of Thomaston, and two miles
from the Upson camp grounds,
Her mother’s name was Ellen Hol-
away [Holaway]; she had a baby, when I left,
about three weeks old, but Mary
Elizabeth Catharine was one…
MR. EDITOR-- Please inquire for my people in your paper. In slavery time I lived at Thibodeaux, La., and my mother's name was Hanah Gaile, and my younger sister was named Elizabeth Gaile and they were sold by William Gaile to a man named John Baptiste; he live northeast of Baton Rouge, and my other sister was named Eliza Gaile; she was sold to a…
MR. EDITOR-- I wish to inquire for my relatives. My father's name was Belgia Roser, mother's Betsy Roser, my brother's name were: John, Burrel and Henry Roser, my sister Florence Roser. They all belonged to J. B. Neclests. I was sold to a Negro trader in Louisiana, my mother was sold five years before I was. I heard that she was in Mississippi.…
INFORMATION WANTED.
Araminta Turner (formerly Clements),
from Mobile, Ala., is desirous of learning
the whereabouts of her husband, Alexander
Turner, known also as Alexander Thorpe.
Before the war he was taken to Texas by
his owner, Col. Thorpe. Since that time
she has not seen him. Her owner took
her to Winchester, Tennessee. Should…
Wants to Find Her People.
A negress named Arena Ross, of Cross
Plains, Tenn., has written Detective Tom-
linson [Tomlinson], asking for some information re-
garding [regarding] lost relatives. She wrote as fol-
lows [follows]:
Cross Plains, Tenn.,
January 1, 1906.
"Dear Sir,—I wish you to inquire of my
family and would be glad if you…
INFORMATION WANTED OF MY SIS-
ters, whose names were Elizabeth, Catha-
rine and Agnes Massey. They were all
from Clarks County Va., and belonged to a
man by the name of Dr. William McGuire.
Our mother's name was Susan Massey. My
three sisters were sold South at different
times before the war to traders. Any in-
formation concerning…
Information Wanted.
Of Edmonia Bogle, who formerly
belonged to John Scruggs, in McMinn
co., Tenn., and who was taken to
Texas some years ago. Her brother
wished to hear from her. Informa-
tion may be sent to Loudon, Tenn.,
or the Tennessean, box 1150,
Nashville, Tenn.
ARMISTEAD BOGLE,
MR. EDITOR-- I wish to inquire
for my three sisters, Hannie, Betsy
and Emma White. Our parents
were named John and Susan White;
we all belonged to John Campbell,
who lived near Haynesville, Law-
rence [Lawrence] country, Alabama. My oldest
sister was in Mobile, where she had
gone with her young mistress, who
had married a Mr.…
DEAR EDITOR--I wish to in-
quire [inquire] for my relatives. Father
was Origa Jackson, mother Martha
Borden. She died just before the
close of the war, and belonged to
Freeman Hughes, within 15 miles
of Selumon, Ala. I left father in
Marion, Ala., in 1866, when quite
a boy, and went to Bryan to my
grandmother. In 1867 my former…
MR. EDITOR -- I wish to inquire as to the whereabouts of my brother Frank Francis. Three of us, brothers, Gus, Thomas and Frank, were brought here by a trader named Gen. George Dorris. I was sold to Wm. Desheil; Thomas was sold on Red River above Shreveport; I left Frank with the trader at Shreveport and have not heard from him since. Our mother's…
MR. EDITOR: I wish to inquire for my friend Julien Herynes, she is living near by me now; her father's name is Stephen Day he belonged to Ambrose Day, her mother's name is Emmely, she belonged to Bedford Rolling. All of them were living in Kentucky, in Bedford county, in 1843. Her two oldest sisters was sold to a speculator. She was sold after…
DEAR EDITOR-- I wish to make some inquiry about my uncle, John Pinkard. I left him in Bradley Co., Arkansas, in 1865, on the Saline river. Mother's name was Betsey Pinkard. She belonged to Tom Pinkard, was brought to Texas in 1863 and died in 1864. Address me at Groesbeck, Limestone Co., Texas. B. F. PINKARD.
I desire information of my only
brother, named Edmond, or of any
of his family. He belonged to a
Mrs. Fox, ten miles from Panola,
Mississippi, and the last time I saw
him was at that place in 1854. Our
father was Benjamin Morris, and
our mother was Fanny. Address
B. F. Williams, East Barnard, Gaston
county, Texas.
DEAR EDITOR—I wish to inquirefor my relations, whom I left in1850, in Attala county, Miss. I leftmother with Nelson McKinan. Myoldest sister's name was Emily. Iwas too young to remember the balance. My youngest sister's name was Emma. I left her with my mother. My mother's name was Jane McKinan. My oldestbrother was named Mark, and the youngest…
MR. EDITOR--Please correct
some mistakes in B. J. Houston's
lost friends letter for me. The oldest
was Mack and Harry and Ben.
Sisters Emily and Emma. I have
found my brother Ben. We had
not seen each other since we were
little boys, until the 3rd of September
last. When we parted I was
eight years old and he was six; today
I am…
DEAR EDITOR—I wish to inquire for my aunt, Delia Stover. She belonged to Capt. Stover about 29 years ago, as near as I can remember. She has a brother named Jack Powe, who used to go by the name of Jack Stover. Just before Capt. Stover's death he made a will, and my aunt and father were separated. Aunt fell to Bob Gordon's wife and was carried to…
