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Rev. Geo. A. Payne searching for his family including father Walter and mother Sarah

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

August 10, 1882

DEAR EDITOR: I wish to inquire for my relatives, father, mother, sisters, brother, uncles, and grandmother. We lived in Alabama and belonged to the same owner with the exception of grandmother and uncle. I do not remember the county, but town was Claiborne. Our owner, Samuel Cobbs, was shot by young Thomas Blaise, as he was on the way to the…

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Rev. Moses P. Franklin, Jr. searching for his father's family

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

August 10, 1882

DEAR EDITOR: I wish to inquire for my father's kin people. Grandfather was Thomas Franklin, and he died belonging to Dr. James, of Farquhar county, Virginia, below Warrenton Courthouse. His wife, Rachel, belonged to the same man. His oldest child was Williams; the next was Emperor. Sister Jane married a Mr. Jackson. John, Fanny, Harrison, Thomas,…

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Rev. V. G. Longshre seeking information about his grandfather Allen Dean

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

May 31, 1900

Information wanted of Allen
Dean, who left here some time ago
and settled in Tennessee for a num-
ber of years, then went to Missis-
sippi. His son's name was Tobe
Gilliband. He had several girls.
Tobe, the old man, is my father.
My mother's name is Mariah Gilli
band, and my sister's name is
Mary. Parties named will greatly
oblige by…

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Reverend Grey searching for the family of his mother-in-law Dinah Flowers (formerly Dinah Simon)

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

November 22, 1888

DEAR EDITOR— I want to find the whereabouts of my mother-in-laws relations. Her father's name was Samuel Young, and her mother Nancy Young. When she left them, they had six children, four boys and two girls. The boys were Samuel,* Ben and Stepney, the other one was so young we cannot remember his name. She had one sister named Dorcas. Ben and…

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Reverend H. P. Coulter seeking his family, including his father Henry Couter (formerly Henry Turntine)

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

November 10, 1887

MR. EDITOR-I want to inquire through your valuable columns for my people. My grandfather's name is Billy Shurn, my grandmother Milley Sheppards, formerly belonged to a man by the name of Wm. Shurn, Grandfather's former master. Sheppards was the name of grandmother's master. Their children were Lucinda Sheppards, Sicily Sheppards, Henry Coulter,…

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Rosa Holloway searching for her grandmother Rosetta Thompson and others

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

October 12, 1882

DEAR EDITOR: I desire to find my people whom I have not heard from since I left them. My grandmother in Charleston, S.C., was Rosetta Thompson; mother, Maritana Thompson, is dead. She had but two children, the first is dead, I am the babe. My name, by marriage, is now Rosa Holloway. I desire to inquire around Clinton, Louisiana, for Maria, Jennie,…

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Sallie Evans (formerly Sallie Scott) looking for information about her relatives including father Wm. Watson and brother Davy Crockett

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

September 9, 1886

MR. EDITOR --- I desire to inquire through your paper for my relatives. I left them in or near Richmond, Va. My mother's name was Mattie Booker; she is dead. My father was named Wm. Watson. Mother went by her first owner's name, Booker; also, father went by his owner's name; but at my remembrance mother belonged to a Mr. John Morris, who sold her…

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Silvia Catchings searching for the family of her mother Sallie Qualls

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

August 30, 1888

DEAR EDITOR: I wish to inquire about my mother's people. She was a native of Virginia, living three miles east of Petersburg. Her name was Sallie Qualls. Her father's was Charley Qualls. Her mother mary, and her grandmothers Sarah and Della. Her sister Julia, and brother Charley. The baby was Peter. Her master was John Qualls and his brother…

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Stephen and Judy Calhoun searching for family including Judy's siblings Sarah, Indiana, Silia, Harriett, Estha, Ransom, Mark, Matthews, Squire, and Welcom

Union Springs Herald (Union Springs, AL)

January 7, 1874

NOTICE.
INFORMATION WANTED.--Stephen
Calhoun, and his mother, Judy Calhoun,
who came from Franklin county, N. C., about
25 or 30 years ago, desire information concerning their relatives. viz: Sarah, Indiana. Silia,
Harriett and Estha, sisters of Judy Calhoun,
and Ransom, Mark, Matthews, Squire, and
Welcom, brothers of Judy Calhoun ;…

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Susan Shackelford searching for her family

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

February 22, 1883

DEAR EDITOR:--I desire information of my people, I was my mother's oldest child. Grandmother was Charlotte Cox. My aunts were Patience, Margaret and Rosetta and Julia Cox; aunt Julia was the youngest. We belonged to Wm. Cox in Chambers County, Alabama, and were sold and brought to near Huntsville, Texas, in 1854, by Robert Mayer. I married Samuel…

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Sylva Wair searching for her parents Adam and Peggie Melton

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

June 10, 1880

DEAR EDITOR—I wish to inquire for my mother's relations. She left us in Georgia. Her father was named Adam Melton and her mother Peggie Melton. She had a brother. One sister came to Texas with her; they went back shortly after. They came out with a man by the name of Heard. Her brother was named Wilson Melton, and is now in Galveston. Sister's…

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W. C. Lewis searching for their relatives, including their grandparents Nancy Pratt and Thomas Saunders

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

December 9, 1880

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…

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W. M. Smith searching for his grandmother Hannah Warespoon

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

November 8, 1888

MR. EDITOR: I wish to inquire for my grandmother. My mother left her in Lynchburg; her name is Hannah Warespoon her husband was named Brisker Warespoon; he died five miles of Lynchburg at the Warespoon Place on a little rundel bed, he was a shoemaker. After his death Rebecca was hired to Miss Bettie Green, and they went to Arkansas and left…

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Walter Higgins searching for his father's family

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

August 3, 1882

DEAR EDITOR -- I wish to inquire for my father's people. His father was Draper, mother Eliza; their five children were Rafe, John, Louis, Martha and Rhonda. They belonged to Jim Spermon, Newberry district, South Carolina. The inquires are Walter and Ransom Higgins, children of Harry Spermon. Address me at Masbulaville, Miss. WALTER HIGGINS

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William Henry Young searching for his parents Chrisse and Maderson Young, his brother Frank Young, and grandmother Charity Young

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

January 29, 1880

Information wanted of My mother Chrisse
Young, father, Maderson Young, Grand-
mother, Charity Young, brother, Frank
Young. My mother belonged to a man
named Geo. Lancaster. He lived in Charles
county, Md., near Newport. My father be-
longed to a man named William Penn. My
grandmother also belonged to Geo. Lancas-
ter Any one giving…

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Willis Brooks (formerly Willis McKissick) searching for his father Peter, mother Mattie Sealy, and his brothers Aaron, Austin, and Isom

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

May 31, 1883

MR. EDITOR: - I want to find my people. They left me in Russell county, Ala., about twenty-five years ago. They went to Missis-sippi. They belonged to Robt. McKissick. My father was named Peter and mother Mattie Sealy. Their oldest boy was named Willis; my brothers were name Aaron, Austin and Isom. Our uncle was named Simon; our grandmother Mary.…

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