Pauline Harper (formerly Pauline Mack) looking for her father Henry Mack, mother America Mack and her brothers and sisters

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

May 20, 1880

DEAR EDITOR-- I wish to inquire for my father, mother, brothers and sisters. Father's name is Henry Mack. He belonged to Albert Shout. Mother's name is America Mack. She belonged to Boom Rally, in Woodford county, Ky. When I was brought to Texas I left a sister, Maria Mack, and three brothers -- Asbury, Martin and Bradford Mack. When I came to…

Patsey Walker (formerly Patsey Burks) searching for her daughters Julian and Jane Burks

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

January 5, 1882

DEAR DDITOR [EDITOR] ---- I want to enquire
for my two girls I left in 1848,
Julian Burks and Jane Burks.
Julian is the oldest and Jane the
next. Julian was left in Tolberton,
Georgia, with a man named Monroe
Sanford and Jane was left in
Mississippi with Col. Burks, her
owner, and he went to Montgomery
in Alabama, and there…

Pastor L. M. Hagood seeking the family of church member

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

December 8, 1877

MR. EDITOR— I herewith send a notice hunting for the kin people of a member of my church here. He was born near Lebanon Tenn., and lived on a farm not far from Lebanon. He thinks his mother's name was Caroline and that he had a twin brother. When three years of age he was sold to pay a debt. He was put in jail at the above named place. When he was…

P. S. Golden searching for his wife's mother

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

October 23, 1879

DEAR EDITOR—I wish to get some information concerning my wife's mother. Her name was Malvinny. She once belonged to Press Grove. My wife had four sisters and one brother — Dollie, Mary, Eliza, Martha, Elmira and Edward. My wife was left with her grand-mother, whose name is Mary Jackson. Her husband's name is Andrew Jackson. My wife's mother went…

P. M. Carmichael searching for their aunt Bettie and uncle Daniel Carmichael

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

June 21, 1877

Our family name was Carmichael.
My mother's name was Celia. It is
for a brother and sister of her that
I wish to enquire. They lived some
years ago in South Carolina, Marion
District. Bettie was willed by
Carmichael to his daughter named
Hugens. Daniel Carmichael was
brought to Texas, and the last I
heard of him, belonged to a…

Orrin R. Clark searching for his father Dick Buford and brother Jerry Clark (formerly Jerry Norman)

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

February 19, 1880

MR. EDITOR - - - I beg leave to
make inquiry for my brother, father,
and my wife's brothers and sisters.
My father's name is David
Clark. He belonged to Dick Buford.
He left here about five years
ago, and went to Tennessee, where
my brother lived. Brother is Jerry
Clark. He did go by the name of
Jerry Norman. He has never…

Oliver Bradford searching for his brother William Green Bradford

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

July 26, 1888

MR. EDITOR-- I wish to inquire for my brother. He left his people at Claiborne, Jasper County, Miss. His name is William Green Bradford. His father, when a slave, belonged to Bob Bradford. Mother belonged to Mailon Morgan. Her first son's name was George Morgan, and all her other children belonged to our father, whose name was Anderson Bradford.…

Nicy Brooks (formerly Nicy Hamilton) seeking her sister

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

March 17, 1887

MR. EDITOR—I desire to inquire for my lost sister; her name was Aggie Hamilton, who was carried to Texas about thirty years ago by James Hamilton; his wife's name was Emma Hamilton. There were five children of us, Nicy, Ned, Tomey, Moses and Aggie, she is older than I, and she had one child by a man named Freeman, but afterward changed to…

Nestor Medlock searching for his siblings Abbie, Robert, Granberry, and Jarmon

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

June 23, 1881

MR. EDITOR -- I wish to inquire for my sister and brothers. Sister was Abbie, brothers Robert, Granberry and Jarmon; grandfather was David Medlock, and grandmother Betsey Medlock. Her daughters were Rachel, Martha, Nancy, Nelly, Betsey, Bessie; sons were David, John, Nathan, Willis, Isaiah and John. Address NESTOR MEDLOCK. Cedar Creek, Texas.

Nellie Harbold looking for her children Lydia, Miley A., and Samuel Tirley

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

June 26, 1873

INFORMATION WANTED of my daughter
Lydia Tirley who was taken from Lex-
ington, Ky., and nineteen years ago and
placed in the yard of Forrest the Trader,
who sold her to a man be the name of
Dick Fily, somewhere in Tennessee. Also,
my daughter Miley A. Tirley, sold from
the same yard, known as Forrest's Traders
Yard, in Memphis, Tenn.,…

Nellie B. Butler (formerly Nellie B. Davenport) searching for her sister Diana Davenport

The Weekly Clarion (Jackson, MS)

May 26, 1875

INFORMATION WANTED!
THIS is to certify that I, NELLIE B. DAVEN-
PORT [DAVENPORT] left Vicksburg about 18 years ago,
and left my sister Diana Davenport, then about
fifty-five years, at Vicksburg. She belonged
to Richard Davenport, as also myself. She
had two girls, one named Mary, and the other
Flora. I left Mary at a farm in Clinton
county,…

Ned Boyd (formerly Ned Sutton) and Lucy Boyd (formerly Lucy Peters) searching for their daughter Martha Peters, children and extended family

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

March 8, 1883

MR. EDITOR: We wish to inquire for our children and people. Ned Sutton and Lucy Peters, mother of Martha Peters, belonged to Polly Peters, in York district, S.C. Manda and Peters went off at the same time, with Brown Duncan. Jesse Greer was Manda's father, and her mother, Liberty Peters, belonged to Widow Polly Peters. Emeline Peters, a cousin of…

Nathan Bentley (or Bently) seeking his brother Daniel Bently

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

March 22, 1883

INFORMATION WANTED OF MY
brother, Daniel Bently. He was sold
long before the war and belonged to a man
by the name of Hampton Ridley. Jacob
Bentley, his father, belonged to James Star-
riet Ridley, and his wife, Emily Bently
lived on James Starriat Ridley place.
She was a free woman. Address,
NATHAN BENTLEY,
…

Nat Shelton looking for his daughter Rosa Shelton

Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

December 8, 1894

Their Whereabouts.
Want to know the whereabouts of my
daughter, Rosa Shelton. Was born at
Little Creek above Goochland C. H. Va.
The place was owned by Tom Deane.
Her mother, Harriet Shelton died before
the war of grief of her husband Nat Shelton,
having been sold away from her. I
was owned by Dr. Morris near Goochland
C. H. Any…

Naro Gillespie seeking information about his father Charles and several siblings (1st of 3 ads)

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

April 15, 1880

DEAR EDITOR ------ I desire to learn
the whereabouts of my father,
mother, sisters and brothers. My
mother married the second time.
Her first husband was Wm. Price,
by whom she had four children ----
Sarah, Harriet, Mary and William.
I was the first by the latter husband,
named Charles. The others
were Monroe, Charley,…

Nannie Riddick looking for her brother Bolding Riddick

Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

December 22, 1894

Do You Know Them?
I desire to find my brother. He was
sold away before the war to Nashville,
Tenn. He was last heard from in
Franklin, Tenn. His name is Bolding
Riddick. His mother's name was Harriet
Riddick, his father Starkley Riddick.
His brothers were named Abraham and
Alfred. I was not born when he was
sold, hence he does not…

Mrs. Sarah Bell searching for her sister Julia (also known as Judy) (2nd of 2 ads)

Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

May 14, 1898

DO YOU KNOW THEM?
New Haven, Conn. May 6, '98
I desire information on the
whereabouts of one Julia, nick named Judy,
daughter of Siddy Stevens and John
(or Tim Stevens), born in New Berne,
N.C. She was sold from that place
about one or two years before the Civil
War. Judy had a sister Sally who was
bought from James C. Stevenson by…

Mrs. Sallie Warner (formerly Sallie Caloway) searching for her siblings William, Washington, Jerry, and others

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

August 26, 1880

DEAR EDITOR—I am the young-est [youngest] child of our family, and wasborn in Franklin county, Virginia.My first owner's name was JamesCaloway, of Franklin. I was soldwhen quite a girl. My name isSally Caloway and mother's wasJudy Caloway. Mother died whenI was about five years old. I am atwin child, the boy died. I leftthree brothers, William,…

Mrs. Rose Caudle (formerly Rose King) searching for her mother Charlotte King and several brothers

Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

August 21, 1897

Do You Know Them?

I would like to find my people. My
mother's name was Charlotte King,
and when I was sold I had five broth-
ers, viz: Alfred, John, Reason, Robert
and Paul King. At the same time
they were sold to Seth Woodruff, a
trader. My mother was sold to Mr
Hunter at Campbell Court House.
this sale was made after the death…

Mrs. Pumelo M. Carmichael seeking her sisters Celia and Phillis

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

April 12, 1888

Mrs. Polly Elliott (also known as Polly Lann) seeking information about her father James Williams, mother Mary Williams, and sisters Jane and Susan

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

April 16, 1896

Information Wanted of my father,
James Williams; of my mother,
Mary Williams, and my sisters,
Jane and Susan. We went by the
name of Lann, after our owners. I
left them when about 12 years old;
they were then in Charlottsville,
Va., and was brought to Texas in
1863 by Mr. Lann, who settled in
"Red Top," Grimes county. Any…

Mrs. Milla Dawsey (formerly Milla Bond) searching for her son and her brothers

The Boston Daily Globe (Boston, MA)

April 10, 1898

LAST SAW SON WHEN HE WAS SOLD.
Aged Negro of East Boston Advertising
for News of Brothers and Son, Who
Were Sold Before the War.
In one of the weekly papers devoted
to the interests of the colored people,
and published widely throughout the
country as a religious paper, recently
appeared a peculiar advertisement, which
reads…

Mrs. McDora Dungee looking for her father Allen Bradford

Iowa State Bystander (Des Moines, IA)

October 26, 1894

INFORMATION WANTED
DES MOINES, IOWA, Oct. 22, 1894.--
EDITOR BYSTANDER: I want to enquire
for my father, Allen Bradford. The
last time I heard of him was in 1863.
He was a barber on a boat running
from Montgomery, Ala., to Mobile. He
had four daughters who belonged to a
family named Bibb. The names of his
daughters were: Kate,…

Mrs. Mary McClain looking for information about her sister Amanda McClain

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

January 23, 1902

Information wanted of my sis
ter, Amanda McClain, daughter of
Eliza and Ruben Thomason. She
was born in Lincoln county, Tenn.
I was separated from her in Gib-
son county, Tenn., to go to Law-
rence, Tenn., with white people to
whom we belonged. Amanda
went as a nurse in 1860. There
are eight children of us, and our
parents are dead.…

Mrs. Mary Heading (formerly Mary Booey) searching for her siblings Lancet and Simon Johnson and several extended family

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

April 9, 1874

Information Wanted.

Information wanted of the following
relatives and friends, by Mrs. Mary Head-
ing, formerly Mary Booey, the widow of
John Booey. I wish to learn the where-
abouts of my brothers, Lancet and Simon
Johnson, who belonged to Mrs. Jane Ma-
gridder, whose grandson, Dr. Hughes lived
in Montgomery County, Md. We lived…