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Thomas Coakes searching for his brother William Coakes

Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

August 29, 1891

An Inquiry.Thomas Coakes is inquiring for his brother, Wm. Coakes, who left Rich-mond [Richmond] in 1867, had served three yrs. in the United States Army and told his mother he had enlisted for three years more and said he was going to write as soon as he got to Texas. He was born in Amelia Co, Va. His owner was Lewis C. Harvey at that time…

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S. G. Hopkins looking for Esau or Esam Matthews

Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

August 22, 1891

Reward.Information wanted as to last known whereabouts of Esau or Esam Matthews colored, who was born in Charlotte Co., Va., about 1843. Was a soldier in Company C. 11 U. S. Colored Artillery (heavy) and was last heard of in Richmond, in 1875. Wanted in the interest of an estate.Address, S.G. HOPKINS,Attorney at Law,Atlantic Building, Washington,…

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Mrs. Ellen Craft finds her mother

National Anti-Slavery Standard (New York, NY)

August 12, 1865

ELLEN CRAFT AND HER MOTHER NEW YORK, July 31, 1865. To the Editor of the Standard: THE following autograph letter from Maj.-Gen. Wilson was elicited by an enquiry in behalf of Ellen Craft, now resident in England, for her mother, one of the redeemed from out of the house of bondage. The good will and courtesy of the General need no commendation…

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Rachel Emanuel searching for her brothers Columbus and Alex Jones

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

August 1, 1889

DEAR EDITOR: I desire to inquire through the SOUTHWESTERN for my brothers. I have two brothers, their names are Columbus and Alex Jones. The last time I heard from them was in 1868; they were both living in Tennessee; Columbus in Franklin, and Alexander in Nashville. The whole family belonged to Gabriel Jones, in Floyd County, Ga. My name is…

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Fanny Brown searching for soldiers who served with Jackson Brown

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

January 2, 1890

Mr. Editor: I want to find some of the soldiers that were at Fort Pillow, with Jackson Brown. His home was in Mississippi, Yallaboosha county, before he went to the army. Any information will be appreciated. Address, FANNY BROWN. 313 Union street, Memphis, Tenn.

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Victoria Moses searching for her parents Moses and Katie Wood

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

April 11, 1889

MR. EDITOR: I wish to inquire through the columns of your paper for my mother and father. Father's name is Moses Woods; mother's name Katie Woods. We were owned by a widow by the name of Adolph Cherefan Rashaund, a little below Alexandria, La. Shortly after the Yankees came down I and two brothers, Gustave and Harry Woods, and a young man…

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E. W. Sanders seeking their siblings William, Henry, James, George, Jack, Jennie, Catherine, Willie, Elijah, and Robert Sanders

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

August 9, 1888

DEAR EDITOR—I wish to find my people, whom I left at Webster and Louisville, Winston county, Miss., at the close of the war. We belonged to Mr. Isaac Sanders. My father was Israel Sanders. Mother was Caroline Sanders. She had fourteen children. William, Henry, James, George, Jack, Jennie, Catherine, Willie, Elijah and Robert Sanders. Father is…

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Mary O. Johnson searching for her father David Nelson

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

December 9, 1880

DEAR EDITOR— I wish to inquire for my father, David Nelson, who left Yazoo county with the Union army about the year 1863 or '64. He wrote to his sister, Mary Eale, at or near Satartia, Yazoo Co., Miss He was at Clarksville, Mo. Since that time we heard that he had removed to the State of Ohio. He left mother, sister Lucy, and myself, Octavia; he…

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Elizabeth James (formerly Elizabeth Torry) searching for her sister Esther Allen

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

August 19, 1880

DEAR EDITOR—I wish to inquire for my sister, Esther Allen. When I left home she had two sons, Nelson and Ned Allen, and a daughter, Mary Ann Allen. My owner was E. C. F. Jeffers, of Claiborne Co., Miss. I had one brother, Ned Adams, who left home during the battle of Port Gibson. Father's name is Moses Hawthorn. My name was Elizabeth Torry, but…

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A. J. Cooper seeking his father Clay and uncle Jacob Finner

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

August 8, 1881

MR. EDITOR—I wish to inquire for my kin folks. My father was Clay and uncle Jacob Finner. Father went to the army in 1860. I heard he was running a restaurant, also that he was dead. Uncle Jacob went away in 1861. I was a boy three years old. We belonged to old Joe Finner; he had two children, a boy and a girl. In 1863 we were sold to Parson…

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Wash. Stewart searching for his brother Abraham Stewart

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

July 28, 1881

DEAR EDITOR—I want to find my brother Abraham Stewart. We belonged to Robert Malloy in Louisiana. He went off with Gen. Banks troops in 1862, and we were brought to Texas, and have not heard from him since. Ten other slaves belonging to the same master went with him. I will pay ten dollars to the finder of my brother. WASH STEWART. Williamsburg,…

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Washington Stewart searching for his brother Abraham Stewart

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

July 28, 1881

DEAR EDITOR— I wish to inquire for my brother Abraham Stewart. He went off with the Yankees in 1863 from Louisiana. He is a son of Ned and Rutha Stewart. We belonged to Robert Malloy in Louisiana and Abraham was the oldest of eight children. He is about forty years old. I heard he went to Missouri. I will pay ten dollars to the finder of him.…

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Isaac Galley searching for his mother Nelly Thomas and siblings Charles, Deliade, and Amelia Galley

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

July 28, 1881

MR. EDITOR—I wish to know the whereabouts of relatives. I have a mother, one brother, and two sisters. Mother's name was Nelly Thomas; brother, Charles Galley; sisters, Deliade and Amelia Galley; they may have changed their names since I left them. I left mother and sister Deliade on the Mason farm, fifteen miles from the city of New Orleans.…

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Ishmael Fikes searching for Matt and John Allen

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

December 20, 1888

MR. EDITOR:—I want to inquire for my brother-in-law, his name is Matt Allen; and John Allen, left with Gen. Sherman's army in February, 1863; the last I heard of them they were in Jackson, Miss. Any information of their whereabouts will be thankfully received. They belonged to Bird Allen before the war. I ask all ministers to read this from their…

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Isaac Hughes Jr. searching for his father Isaac Hughes

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

June 21, 1888

DEAR EDITOR— I wish to inquire for my father. His name is Isaac Hughes. He left Starkville, Miss., in May, 1863; he left with the Federal army and I have not seen him since. The last time I heard from him he was in Memphis, Tenn. I have one brother named Peter Hughes, and my mother is named Jennie Hughes. Any information as to his whereabouts will…

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C. M. Moore seeking their brother-in-law Hart

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

April 26, 1888

MR. EDITOR-- I would like to inquire for my brother-in-law, who left home in 1865 with the Yankees. His name was Hart; his mother's name was Tempy Hart, he had four sisters, Margaret, Mary, Virty and Millie, and three brothers, Riley, Washington and John. Any information will be thankfully received. Address C. M. Moore, Orange, Grove Co., Tex.

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Wiley Smith searching for Mrs. Mariah Henry

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

July 22, 1880

MR. EDITOR--I desire to inquire for Mrs. Maria Henry, at the request of her brother, H. L. Williams, who died June 28. He left her May 6, 1867, and joined the regular army, in which he served three years--till May 6, 1870. That was in Loundsboro, Ala. He leaves a wife and two children. Please address me at Galveston, Texas. WILEY SMITH

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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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Betsy Doods searching for her son Sam Doods

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

April 15, 1880

DEAR EDITOR-- I wish to inquire for my son, Sam Doods. He belonged to Moses Foster, who lived in Copiah Co., Miss. He left home in June, 1862. When last heard from he was in the 58th U.S. Colored Infantry under Col. Preston. Address me at Brookhaven, Miss., in care of Rev. H. May. BETSY DOODS.

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Rev S. Linning searching for his brother Isaac Linning

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

April 22, 1880

DEAR EDITOR—Please allow me to make inquiry for my brother, Isaac Linning. We were separated in Charleston, S. C., in 1866. He joined the United States army, and the last I heard of him he was in Columbus, Texas, and I ask all my brethren in Texas to inquire for him. Address me at Duvall's Bluff, Arkansas. REV. S. LINNING

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George W. Dennis and relatives searching for brothers Andrew and Richard Dennis

The Elevator (San Francisco, CA)

May 30, 1865

Information Wanted,
OF ANDREW DENNIS and RICHARD DENNIS,
generally called Dick. When last heard
from, some six years ago, they resided in Coweeche
County, Georgia.

It is supposed they joined the Union army.

Their mother, brother, George W. Dennis, and
sister, Cecelia, are residing in San Francisco, and
wish information respecting…

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Charles Wright searching for Henry Hall

The Anglo-African (New York, NY)

May 27, 1865

INFORMATION WANTED of Henry Hall of Aberdeen,
Mississippi, at which place he was when last seen one
year ago. Any information in regard to him will be
thankfully received by Charles Wright, Co. D, 5th
Mass. Cav., Point Lookout, Md. 195––3t.

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Joshua Oglesby searching for his son James Oglesby

Louisville Daily Journal (Louisville, KY)

October 7, 1862

INFORMATION WANTED.
JAMES OGLESBY, A FREE COLORED BOY,
about 13 years of age, left his father's residence, on
the corner of Thirteenth and Magazine, in this city,
on Thursday, 2d inst. He is supposed to have followed
one of the divisions of the army. Any information
concerning him will be liberally rewarded if commu-
nicated…

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James Dogan found his first wife and his family

Reading Times and Dispatch (Reading, PA)

July 26, 1871

POTTSTOWN has an Enoch Arden in the
shape of a colored man named James Dogan,
who was a slave prior to the rebellion, and,
escaping into the Union lines, afterwards be-
came [became] a soldier and fought all through the
war. He became separated from his family,
and not hearing from them for several years,
subsequently married again.…

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William White searching for his brother George White (formerly Turner White)

Memphis Daily Appeal (Memphis, TN)

October 20, 1882

—William White, colored, of Lagrange,
Lee county, Ark., writes the APPEAL for
information concerning his brother, George
White, known before the war as Turner
White. He was born in Panola county,
Miss., and formerly belonged to Col. F. M.
White. His mother was living in Memphis
in 1867, when George White went to Mobile
to be…

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