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Dock Thatcher searching for his mother Mary Thatcher and siblings

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

January 4, 1883

MR. EDITOR - I desire to hear
from my people whom I left in war
time. Mother was Mary Thatcher.
She had four boys and four girls;
John was the eldest boy, then
Mark, Richmond and myself, Dock
Thatcher. The girls were Martha,
Eliza, Matilda and Peggy. I left
them in Limestone county,
Alabama. Address, care of Rev. E.
D. Spencer,…

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Drusilla Walters (formerly Drusilla Brown) searching for several siblings including brothers Henry Brown and Forbes Brown

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

May 25, 1882

MR. EDITOR : I wish to inquire for my brothers and sisters. Henry, Forbes, Billy, and James Brown belonged to Robert Brown. Sister Mary belonged to Willett Brown; Sister Harriet, to David Brown, the same man I belonged to. Sister Jane Chatman was sold to John Chatman, and he carried her to Alabama. Mother was Hannah Brown. I went by the name of…

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E. H. Lampkins searching for his former wife Mrs. Bennie Jacko (formerly Mrs. Bennie Lampkins)

The Nashville Globe (Nashville, TN)

June 27, 1913

LETTER OF INQUIRY.
22 Nevada street, San Antonio, Tex.,
June 9, 1913.
Nashville Globe, Nashville, Tenn.:
I am sending this inquiring letter
to you in quest of Mrs. Bennie Jacko
or Mrs. Bennie Lampkins. She was
once married to me, but the last
time she married a man by the name
of Jacko; her mother's name was Mrs.
Charlotte Johnson, who…

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Ed Kneeright searching for his grandmother Lucy Walter and her children Rachel, Cherry, and Sam Walter

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

May 17, 1883

MR. EDITOR:--I desire to inquire
for my grandmother and children.
We belonged to Mrs. Peggy Achili.
She lived in South Carolina, Wins-
borough [Winsborough] county; my mother died
there when I was three weeks old.
Mrs. Achilli moved us to Missis-
sippi [Mississippi], and stopped in Yallabusha
county. I was there until I was 12…

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Ed. Bolden searching for his family including his mother Emily and father Edmond Bolden

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

September 18, 1884

MR. EDITOR--I wish to find my
people. I came from Tennessee
when I was only 12 years old, and
I saw my people once since the
break up. Mother was Emily and
father Edmond Bolden. Grand-
mother [Grandmother] was Ann Bolden, brother
Lee Bolden; my sister was named
Bolden. Address me, care of Rev.
Green Bragner, Hubbard City,…

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Eda Lowe (formerly Eda Ratlaft) seeking information about her mother Phoebe Ratlaft

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

September 28, 1893

IMFORMATION WANTED--Of
my mother. Her name is or was
Phoebe Ratlaft. She was in the
South during the war. She be-
longed to one Louis Helterlirant,
a Cherokee Indian, on or near
Grand River. Indian Territory. I
was an infant when she was run
South, and am her first child.
I heard from her once when she
was in Topeka, Kan., and…

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Edie Wicher searching for her daughter Maria Francis Wicher and also Amy Wicher

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

August 28, 1869

Information wanted of my daughter,
Maria Francis Wicher ; she was owned by
the widow Polly Wicher, who lived near
the Red Sulphur Springs, between Centre-
ville and Peterstown, Monroe county, Va.
Any one knowing of the whereabouts of
said person, or that of Amy Wicher, will
confer a great favor by writing me in care
of Rev. W. H. Hunter,…

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Edmund Collie searching for his brother William Collie, sister Millie, and nephew Bailey

Natchez Weekly Democrat (Natchez, MS)

July 29, 1885

Information Wanted.
Edmund Collie, of Nashville, Tenn.,
is desirous of hearing from his brother,
William Collie, and his sister, Millie;
also the latter's son, Bailey, and a col-
ored [colored] preacher named Prince Buckner, of
the White Hall Baptist church. Edmund
and William Collie at one time lived on
the Scotland plantation of Mr.…

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Edward Laggan seeking information about his daughter Sarah Laggan

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

April 2, 1870

NOTICE.
Edward Laggan, (generally called Ned
Laggan), wishes to know the whereabouts
of his daughter, Sarah Laggan, who did
belong to the Allston family, and lived in
South Carolina, on Pee Dee, Georgetown
county. When last heard from was in
Brooklyn, New York. Her mother's name
when she left here, was Betsey Rainey. A
letter in care of…

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Edward Taylor searching for his brothers Reverda, Noble, and William, and sister Charlotte Taylor

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

September 17, 1885

MR. EDITOR––I wish to inquire
for my brother and sister; my
father's name was Moses Taylor;
my mother's name was Eliza Taylor.
We were born in Prince George
county, Maryland. Father and
mother left us these––four boys
and one girl––and went off I don't
know where. My brothers' names
are Reverda Taylor, Noble Taylor
and William…

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Elijah Uerill seeking his wife Melisia Uerill, children James, Elija, Martha, and Alice Uerill, and stepdaughter Anna White

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

September 8, 1887

MR. EDITOR - I wish to inquire for my relatives through your paper, whom I left nine miles from Liberty Court House, State of Missouri. I left there in 1860. My wife was named Melisia Uerill. My sons names are James and Elija Uerill; daughters name are Martha and Alice Uerill; one step-daughter named Anna White. I used to belong to a man by the…

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Eliza Bell (formerly Eliza Crawford) searching for her mother, father, brothers, and sisters

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

June 5, 1884

MR. EDITOR-- I wish to inquire
for my mother, father, brothers and
sisters. Mother was Katy Brad-
ford [Bradford], sisters Juan and Suetary, a
half-sister was Caroline White, and
she was sold to Bill Collee in Ala-
bama [Alabama]. I left them in Tolbert county,
Brothers were Louis, Armstead,
Aaron, Benjamin, Emile Crawford,
Harry…

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Eliza Mosby seeking information about her sisters Lucy Mosby, Millie Lafayette, and Fannie Lafayette

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

October 4, 1877

I desire information of my sisters,
Lucy Mosby, Millie Lafayette, and
Fannie Lafayette. I left them
about fourteen years ago in the
family of Mosby in Richmond,
Virginia. Address Eliza Mosby,
Natchitoches, Louisiana, care Rev.
Reese Thompson.

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Eliza Riley searching for her daughter Rina Jane Hinton

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

January 27, 1867

INFORMATION WANTED.

Information wanted by Eliza Riley, of her
daughter Rina Jane Hinton. She left Marion
County, Missouri, in 1864. Her husband,
Thomas Hinton, lived in Philadelphia, previously
to his wife's going to him. The man that owned
him was named William Logan. He lived in
Philadelphia. Any information of her will…

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Eliza Yancy searching for her mother Charlotte

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

March 2, 1882

DEAR EDITOR ---- I wish to inquire
for my mother. Her name
was Charlotte. She used to belong
to a man by the name of Tom
Harkins and was sold to a man by
the name of Peacocks in Paris,
Lamar county. There was three
sisters of us, Eliza, Betty, Mary
Mary was the youngest. Sister
Betty was sold with mother. Sister
Mary and…

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Elizabeth Lewis (formerly Ruth Maria E. Grey) searching for her brothers William Alexander, John Scott and William Grey

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

August 13, 1870

INFORMATION WANTED,

Of the whereabouts of my brothers, Wil-
liam Alexander, who was the former slave of
Mr. Thomas G. Mason & Co. tobacco mer-
chants of Rollingville, St. Charles Co., Mo.;
and also of my brothers John Scott and
Warren Grey, who were the former slaves
of Mr. H. Grey, a member of the firm of the
above named place. The name…

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Ella Smith (formerly Eliza Tolds) searching for her mother, siblings, and son Peter

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

December 1, 1881

DEAR EDITOR—I wish to find my friends, whom I left in Virginia. To my best knowledge it was in 1859 or 1860. I belonged to Thomas B. Stewart. My name is Eliza Tolds, my mother [indecipherable] Dogans. I had five sisters, Susan, Lizzie, Elie, Hannah and Milly; three brothers, Shelton, Blackwell and William Brown. I left my baby, Peter, 13 months…

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Ellen Douglass searching for her brother George Irvin

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

February 14, 1889

MR. EDITOR: I wish to find the whereabouts of my brother. He formerly belonged to one Bob Irvin in Dresden, Tenn., near Hickman. Was sold to a speculator by the name of Vanhook Our mother and myself belonged. to one Rufus H. Scott. Her husband's name was Ben. Lee. Rufus Scott sold out and moved to Gainesville, Tex. This was about four or five…

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Ellen Gibson (formerly Ellen Woods) searching for her mother Jane Banks

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

March 1, 1883

MR. EDITOR:--I desire to inquire for my mother. Her name was Jane Banks. I was sold from my mother in Tennessee in 1861, the year the war started. My name was Ellen Woods then. My name is now Ellen Gibson, the man that sold me was named Archie Cocks, and I also had a brother by the name of William Banks. Address me at Shreveport, La., in care of…

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Ellen Jackson (formerly Ellen Grant) searching for her mother Maria Grant, and siblings Ann, Charlotte Grant, George, Charley, and John Henry

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

February 19, 1880

DEAR EDITOR-- I want to know where my mother, two sisters and three brothers are. I was brought out to Texas by a trader, Walter Campbell. My owner was Samuel Ward, who lived on the Liberty Road, Baltimore county, Maryland. Mother's name was Maria Grant, oldest sister Ann and the youngest one Charlotte Grant. My sister, Amanda Grant, died when…

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Ellen Tate (formerly Ellen Tranton) seeking information about her mother Sueky Tranton and siblings

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

June 17, 1886

MR. EDITOR - I am anxious to learn the whereabouts of my mother; her name was Sueky Tranton, and used to belong to the widow tranton in South Alabama. She lived at the Cross Roads, near Bridgeville, Alabama. She fell to Mrs. Mary Umphrey. My mother's husband was named Bob Tranton. Mother had six children. One, Francis Tranton, went to Jim Tranton;…

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Ellen Williams looking for her son Daniel Williams and her sister Mary Mahorney

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

February 3, 1887

INFORMATION WANTED OF MY SON,
Daniel Williams. He was born and
raised in Prince George county, Md. His
mother's name was Ellen Williams, father's
Daniel Williams, his brother's Isaac Wil-
liams ; his oldest sister, Catherine Williams.
Also of my sister, Mary Mahorney, who was
sold from Prince George county, Md., by
Geo. Colbert about 15 or…

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Elvira Claton searching for her parents Peter and Jane Saphran and several siblings

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

June 15, 1893

INFORMATION WANTED.--
Of my people. My father's name,
Peter Saphran; my mother's name,
Jane Saphran; my sisters' names,
Maria, Harriet and Sallie Saphran;
brothers' names, Albert and Paris
Saphran. They were all sold at
Memphis, Tenn., and I was taken
to St Louis and sold to a trader
who lived in Texas I also had
a baby whose name was…

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Elvira Morehead seeking siblings

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

June 16, 1881

DEAR EDITOR.—I wish to inquire for my three brothers and two sisters. My brothers' names are Duvey, Albert, and William Coleman. Sisters are Julia Ann, and Letitia Coleman. We used to belong to Mr. Thomas Gordon Coleman, in Virginia. Brother William, in 1875 was in Mecklenburg county, Va. Address me at Benton, Miss, care of Rev J. C. Clemens.…

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Elvira Strued searching for her son Henry Mason

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

January 20, 1881

DEAR EDITOR ---- I wish to inquire
for my son. I left him in Montgomery,
Ala., in 1865 with my
owner, William Belfort. His name
is Henry Mason and my name is
Elvira Strued, and the last time I
heard of him he was in Kansas.
His father's name was Edward
Strued.... Please address me at Benton,
Miss., in care of Rev. J. O.…

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