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Colored Troopsuncle(s)Underground Railroadunnamed person searchingveteranwhite fatherwhite newspaperwidow Katie Bailey searching for her mother Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) October 27, 1881 John William Sheppard searching for his mother Millie Sheppard (formerly Millie Chivers) and her relatives Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) September 19, 1889 Martha Carroll looking for her siblings and her parents Delphy and Andrew Buckner Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) October 20, 1881 Joseph Gooden searching for his uncle Allen Rogers Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) October 20, 1881 John Robins seeking his mother Reherther Francher Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) October 20, 1881 Silvia Catchings searching for the family of her mother Sallie Qualls Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) August 30, 1888 Brantley Harold looking for his mother Margaret Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) October 20, 1881 Betty Ann Davis seeking her siblings Phoebe and Hampton Davis Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) October 13, 1881 Noah Foltz (formerly Noah Connor) seeking his mother Peggy Connor and siblings Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) October 6, 1881 Henrietta Rivers seeking the family of her husband William Rivers Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) October 6, 1881 Millie Oliver searching for her siblings Tom Oliver and Matilda Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) September 29, 1881 T. Blake looking for their parents and siblings Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) September 22, 1881 Henry Ferguson searching for his siblings, including his brothers Lewis, Samuel, David, and Warren Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) August 22, 1889 Louisa Keyton (formerly Louisa Harris) searching for her father Thomas Harris and brother Freeman Harris Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) November 14, 1889 Ellen Douglass searching for her brother George Irvin Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) February 14, 1889 Avant Silvy searching for Julien Herynes Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) February 14, 1889 Cole Brown searching for his brother Henry Gillum Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) January 30, 1890 Mildred Slaughter searching for her brother Robert Brodnay Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) January 23, 1890 James Madison searching for his uncle James Madison and his aunts Permieler and Rose Ewps Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) April 11, 1889 Cora Anderson searching for the family of her mother Matilda Vanoy Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) April 11, 1889 Ann West (formerly Rose Ann) searching for her mother Dinah Tuck Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) March 14, 1889 Charlotte Butler searching for her husband Thomas Butler Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) February 28, 1889 Adam Coleman searching for his siblings Violet, Mariah, Dennis, Neare Coleman and Charles Thompson Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) February 28, 1889 Hannah Johnson searching for her parents Susan and Paul Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) February 21, 1889 J. E. Bruce seeking Eugene Clifford and Adam Pinkwood Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) September 22, 1881 of 49
