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Mary Lennecks searching for her daughter Anna Reed and grandson Benjamin Corbin

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

July 15, 1880

DEAR EDITOR—I wish to inquire for my people. I have one daugh-ter [daughter], Anna Reed, and one grand-son [grandson], Benjamin Corbin. I had six children, but they are all dead but Anna. I was sold from my people when I was 24 years old. I have been away from Virginia 35 years. I left my people at Count Reek Bridge, two miles from Fairfield and…

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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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Mary Ranson seeking information about her daughter Rose Jackson

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

August 14, 1869

Information wanted of Rose Jackson,
a daughter of John and Mary Ranson. She
moved from Harper's Ferry to Chambers-
burg in 1863, in the family of Edward
Whiten and left it for Philadelphia about
four years ago. Any information of her
will be thankfully received. Address
MARY RANSON,
…

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Matt Murray searching for his father Abraham Murray and his mother Celia

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

January 5, 1882

DEAR EDITOR ----- I am a regula [regular]
student at the Wiley University
and have not heard from my kin
folks in eleven or twelve years. I
came to Arkansas with my father's
brother, from Alabama in 1870.
We took the train in Columbus,
Georgia. Father's name Abraham
Murray ; my mother Celia, his
wife who, used to belong to…

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Matthew Thompson searching for his brothers, and aunts Fannie and Sallie

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

May 24, 1888

MR. EDITOR— I wish to inquire for my two brothers and two aunts. My father was Mat. Witherspoon, and my mother Jane Witherspoon, and belonged to Wm. Witherspoon. We left one of my annts in Natchez, Miss.; her name was Fannie, and Sallie was sold to a man by the name of Lowzeknow, in Franklin county, Miss. Mother had seven children. In 1864 Calvin…

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Matthew Thompson seeking mother Jane Thompson and two brothers

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

March 22, 1888

MR. EDITOR-- I desire to inquire for my relatives. My father's name was Matthew Thompson, mother's Jane Thompson. My father died in 1867, but mother is still living. I had two brothers, one was Calvin Thompson, the name of the other I do not remember. Gavin entered the war in March, 1862, at Natchez, Miss., and was an officer; the other went to…

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Mike Jones searching for his father Fate Jones

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

November 28, 1889

Dear Editor: I wish to inq[uire] for my father. He left Cla[undechiperable] county, Miss., in 1882. His na[me] was Fate Jones. Address MIKE JONES Clinton, La.

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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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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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Moses Blackville searching for his three brothers Stephen, Joe, and Peter Blackville

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

September 18, 1879

MR. EDITOR—I wish to inquire for my three brothers, Stephen, Joe and Peter Blackville. When last heard from they were on a boat at Alton, Illinois, at the beginning of the war. Our father's name was Thomas Blackville. Stephen left Nashville, Tenn., in 1870. Address me at Martin'sville, Yazoo River, Miss. MOSES BLACKVILLE.

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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. 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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Mrs. Ann Williams searching for her son Daniel Williams

Harrisburg Telegraph (Harrisburg, PA)

July 15, 1868

INFORMATION WANTED. - Information is
wanted of Daniel Williams (colored), who was
sold at Martinsburg, Va., about the time Gen.
Patterson's forces visited that place, during
the early stages of the rebellion. Daniel was
then about thirteen years of age. He subsequently
came north and when last heard from
was at Boston. Any…

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Mrs. Beckey Webster searching for her daughter Sarah Jane Webster

The Black Republican (New Orleans, LA)

May 20, 1865

Information Wanted.
MRS BECKEY WEBSTER wishes to find her
daughter SARAH JANE WEBSTER. One
year ago she was living in Rodney, Mississippi. Her
mother has been informed that she was in New
Orleans a few weeks ago. Any information respect-
ing her, left at this office, will be thankfully received
by her mother.
my13 1t …

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Mrs. Charlotte Rebecca Farrar (formerly Charlotte Rebecca French) seeking her mother Eliza Ann Lancaster

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

December 15, 1881

MR EDITOR: I am the daughter of Eliza Ann Lancaster. She married a Mr. Moses French, so he was my father, and my name is Charlotte Rebecca French. My grandparents on mother's side were named Richard and Jemima Lancaster My uncle is named Richard H Lancaster, and his wife's name was Sarah, and he did live in Alexandria, in Virginia, in the year…

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Mrs. Clara Baship (appears elsewhere as Bashop) looking for her daughter Patience Green (4th of 4 ads)

The Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

August 10, 1895

Do You Know Her?
I wish to find my daughter Patience
Green. I have no trace of her since
she was sold at Richmond, Va., in
1859. She was then 12 years old. I
also desire information regarding the
whereabouts of my son, John William
Harris. He went to Washington after
Lee's Surrender with some servants of
Mr. Batts, who lived in…

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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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Mrs. Fanny Singleton (formerly Fanny Young) searching for her mother Mary Mitchell

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

October 17, 1889

Mr. Editor: I want to find my mother. I left her in 1884, in the month of February. She lived in Davis Bend, Warren or Adams county, Miss. My mother's name when I left her was Mary Mitchell, but she wrote me that she was going to get married, so it may be changed. My name was Fanny Young when I left home, but since that I have married, and my…

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Mrs. Francis Bell searching for her father J. W. Bell and brother Elijah Hall or Bell

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

July 1, 1880

DEAR EDITOR—I wish to inquire for my wife's father and brother. Her brother's name is Elijah Hall, but is called sometimes Elijah Bell. He left here in 1870 and went to Cairo, Ill., to find her father. Her father's name is J. W. Bell. She married but didn't change her name, Francis Bell. Address me at Cumberland Furnace, Tenn. MRS. FRANCIS…

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Mrs. Francis Brown seeking information about her mother Mary Gerant and sisters Celia, Mid, and Jane

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

March 17, 1887

INFORMATION WANTED OF MARY
Gerant, my mother, and Celia, Mid and
Jane, my three sisters. I have not heard
of them since the war, when they were at
Sumterville, S.C. I was a slave under
Franklin Moses, a lawyer. Address, Mrs.
Francis Brown, Mariette, Lancaster Co., Pa

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Mrs. George Carr searching for Jenkins Murphy

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

October 10, 1889

Mr. Editor: I would like much to inquire for my son.left me two years ago last Au I have only heard from him since he left. He is my only about nineteen or twenty year tall and yellow, with straight hair. His name is Jenkins phy. I am weak and want to eyes on him once more bef die. I belong to the M. E. Ch Elder Pearsall is my pastor. him to…

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Mrs. Julia Christian searching for her children Adeline Matthews, John Matthews, and Obediah Wilkins

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

June 27, 1889

Any one knowing the where bouts or anything concerning Adeline and John Matthews, former belonging to Squire Matthews, Gonzales, Tex., and has since sided in Houston, Tex., from [undecipherable] place their mother last heard them. Also Obediah Wilkins who formerly belonged to JqL Harris, of Langston, Ky., will co fer a great favor by writing…

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Mrs. M. Davis seeking information about her sisters Laura Patrick and Mason Louisa Patrick

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

January 19, 1893

INFORMATION WANTED.--
Of my two sisters, Laura Patrick
and Mason Louisa Patrick. I last
saw them at the time of the proc-
lamation of the emancipation of slaves.
We were then living five miles
from Jackson, Miss. Our fathers
name was Willis Patrick, he usual-
ly went by the name of Bob. My
sisters were sent South to Georgia
by their…

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Mrs. Martha A. Giles searching for her father George Whets, uncle John Whets, and grandmother Nancy Whets

The Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

July 20, 1895

Do You Know Them?
10 W. Leigh Street
RICHMOND, VA., April 4, 1895
Mr Editor:
I would like to find the whereabouts
of my father, George Whets,
my uncle, John Whets, and my
grandmother, Nancy Whets. The last I
heard of them my father was in
Galveston, Texas. My uncle was in
Chicago, and kept a bar in that place.
My grandmother lived…

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Mrs. Rebecca Hunter searching for her son Adolph Jackson

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

September 5, 1889

Dear Editor: I wish to inquire for my son, Adolph Jackson. He left here in 1881, and the last I heard of him he was in San Antonio. He is my only son. His sister's name is Sarelda Perry. I am a lone widow, and I am getting old. When he left I was widow Butler, and now I am widow Hunter. I have his daughter, Isabella Jackson. Any information will…

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