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    • Aunt(s) identifies the person being looked for as a parent's sibling or describes someone included in a family history as such.

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Julia Cooper searching for her aunt Georgiana and uncles Matthew and Washington

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

May 2, 1889

MR. EDITOR: I desire to learn something of my relatives; my grandmother's name was Julia; she belonged to a man by the name of Bob Lust; she had four children to my knowledge: two daughters and two sons--Ellen, Georgiana, Mat and Wash. My mother was the oldest daughter; she died August 17, 1888. We came to Louisiana the first year after the war…

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Mary Jane Sharp searching for her father's family

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

May 24, 1888

MR. EDITOR—I wish to find my father's people, whom he left in Georgia. His mother was named Jane; I cannot recall the names of his sisters and brothers. I have heard him speak of Josephine, Julia and Mary, and brothers Henry and Boney. Father's name was John, and some of his people lived in Macon, Ga.; he had one sister in Dalton, Ga., whom he…

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Cornelius Waiters seeking his father's sister Cornelia Ashby

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

May 17, 1888

I wish to inquire for my father's sister, Cornelia Ashby. When father left them she had three children, named Jeannette, Henrietta and Bentley. We have not heard from them since 1854. Father left and came west with Red Morris, and she stayed with Edwards. Any information concerning her will be gladly received. Address Cornelius Waiters, care of…

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Mary S. Montague (formerly Mary Susan Davis) searching for her aunt Nancy Davis

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

December 12, 1889

DEAR EDITOR: I wish to inquire for my aunt. Her name was Nancy Davis whom I left at Hanibal, Missouri, about thirty-five or thirty-six years ago or more. I was brought to Middle, Tenn.,, by a speculator whose name was Frank Witherspoon. I used to belong to James Davis, who married a lady by the name of Ellen Tisdale. I went by the name of Mary…

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Hannah Rembert (formerly Hannah Sinclair) seeking her mother's relatives, including Nicholls Walters and Henry B. Walters

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

April 5, 1888

MR. EDITOR -- Permit me to inquire for my mother's people. My mother died when I was a few months old. She had a brother named Nicholls Walters; who has a son named Henry B. Walters. They lived in Jefferson county, Miss., five miles from Fayette; they moved from there to Greenville, Miss. I heard they had left there. Mother had a sister named…

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Samson Gatson searching for his father Rev. Hamon Gatson, brother Anthony Gatson, and aunt Silvia Walter

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

December 13, 1888

MR. EDITOR. I wish to inquire for my father, brother and aunt. We all belonged to Mr. Charles Carity, who lived in South Carolina, on King street, No. 114. My father's name is Rev. Hamon Gatson; brother's name is Anthony Gatson; aunts name is Silvia Walter; she belonged to Mr. Walter, who lived on Ratlis street, South Carolina. The last time I…

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Elmira Kirkwood searching for her mother Jane Harris

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

November 8, 1888

DEAR EDITOR: I want to find my mother. Her name was Jane Harris. She was given to Adaline Colier and taken to Tennessee. My uncles were Peter Harris and Starling Harris. My aunt was Matilda Harris. I left them in Alabama twenty-eight years ago. I want to hear too of old man Bill Steward, of whom I have not heard since the second year after the…

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B. H. Forrest seeking his family including his four uncles

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

January 19, 1888

MR. EDITOR — I desire to inquire for my relations. My father Hardy Forrest, now deceased, left his relations at Stanley, Gaston county, N.C. His father and mother were Samuel and Lucy Forrest; brothers, Moses, Orange, Jerry and Wort Forrest, and a sister named Margaret Forrest. My guardians were George and Sally Hunter. They left New Orleans for…

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William Woods searching for his family including his two brothers

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

January 5, 1888

MR. EDITOR––I am desirous of finding out my people I left them in Alhermarle county, Virginia, near Charlottsville, twelve miles. I left in 1840 my brothers Richard and Jack. My name is William. Brother Richard was the oldest. My father's name was John Woods; he belonged to Dr. John Woods; his father, John Woods, was a farmer in about nine miles…

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Lucinda Renfro seeking her aunts Mary and Martha, and uncles Green, Carrol, and Grundy Stubfield

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

May 19, 1887

I desire to find my mother's people. My mother is named Manda Stubfield; she has three brothers and two sisters; her brothers names are Green, Carrol and Grundy Stubfield; sisters are Mary and Martha. They all belonged to Mr. Woodruf Stubfield, who lived in Sumner county, Tenn. When Mr. Woodruf Stubfield died the proper to was divided; mother and…

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A. R. Kimble seeking their aunts Dorcus, Lucinda, and Vinetty Eubanks and uncle William Eubanks

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

January 27, 1887

I wish to inquire for my mother's three sisters and one brother, who lived in Amite county, Mississippi, whose names are Dorcus, Lucinda, Vinetty and William Eubanks. The used to belong to Wm. Lowery near Liberty, Miss. My mother was sold in Louisiana at the age of about 10 years, with her sister Pation Eubanks, who was older than her, and is now…

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Reverend H. P. Coulter seeking his family, including his father Henry Couter (formerly Henry Turntine)

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

November 10, 1887

MR. EDITOR-I want to inquire through your valuable columns for my people. My grandfather's name is Billy Shurn, my grandmother Milley Sheppards, formerly belonged to a man by the name of Wm. Shurn, Grandfather's former master. Sheppards was the name of grandmother's master. Their children were Lucinda Sheppards, Sicily Sheppards, Henry Coulter,…

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Bennet H. Forrest seeking his uncles and aunt

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

September 8, 1887

MR. EDITOR—I desire to inquire for my relatives that were at Stanley's Creek, Gaston county, North Carolina as follows: Uncles Moses, Orange, Jerry and Wart Forrest, and an aunt named Margaret Forrest. Their father and mother were Samuel and Lucy Forrest. Ministers please look in Directory for those names and read inquiry from your pulpits. Any…

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K. Ford seeking their aunt Rose Jones, uncle Antrim, and cousin Dicy Jones

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

September 1, 1887

Mr. Editor -- I desire to find my kindred. Dicy Jones was my cousin, Rose Jones my aunt, and Antrim was my uncle. They all belong to Dr. Jones, and were sold in Natchez, Miss. Address K Ford, Washington, La.

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B. T. Brown seeking their aunt Diana Haynes

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA

July 28, 1887

MR. EDITOR-- I wish to inquire through the SOUTHWESTERN for an aunt of mine; named Diana Haynes. She belonged to Wm. Haynes before the rebellion of 1860. Just before the expiration of the war he was forced to Selma, Ala , where she remained until I lost trail of her. Her complexion is of a light brown skin, a medium sized woman. Her husbands name…

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J. H. Turnley searching for his father Gibson Turnley, uncle Hampton, and aunts Rebecca and Martha

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

July 21, 1887

MR. EDITOR--I desire to inquire for my father, uncle and two aunts, whom I have not seen since I was a small child. They belonged to Mr. Temple Turnley on the Waterloo road, ten miles southwest of Florence, Ala. My grandmother raised 5 children, 1 boy and 4 girls. My mother was the oldest, I lived with her until death. My uncle Hampton, aunt…

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James Beaver searching for his mother's father Stephen Thomas, mother Priscilla Thomas, and her siblings

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

June 24, 1880

MR. EDITOR—I desire to inquire for my mother's kindred. Her father's name was Stephen Thomas; mother's, Priscilla Thomas; brother's Robert, Stephen, James, Henry, and Andrew Jackson; sister's, Virginia, Martha, Matilda and Louisa. Virginia was drowned in James river. Martha belonged to Albert Thomas, of Culpepper county, Va. Matilda and Louisa…

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Susan Wilson searching for her relatives, including Henry Payne and her aunt Judy Payne

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

June 16, 1880

DEAR EDITOR—I wish to inquire for my relatives. My mother was sold from Carthage, Tenn., about the breaking out of the war, to Larkin Payne, of Chattanooga. In the early part of the war I left my aunt Judy Payne and Henry Payne at Carthage, and went to live in Ohio. Address me care of Mr. Cunningham, corner of Rampart and Julia streets, New…

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Robert F. Sturdivant (formerly Robert Freer) searching for his aunt Henrietta Eaton

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

April 8, 1880

MR. EDITOR-- I wish to inquire for my aunt. Her name was Henrietta Eaton when she came from Granville county, North Carolina, and her husband was David Eaton. He belonged to John Eaton in North Carolina, and her baby at that time was a boy named Granderson, but other children were born afterward, and she has not seen me since she left North…

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Mrs. Virginia Coaston searching for her mother Hannah McClure and family including her brother, aunts, and uncle

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

January 6, 1887

MR. EDITOR-- I desire to find my people; I left them in Pendleton county, West Va., when I was 12 years old. I belonged to Mr. John McClure and was sold to Mr. McDobbs with my uncle, James Gilmore. About the same time my mother was sold to a man in the South, but whereabout I don't know. Her name was Hannah McClure. I heard that my brother Aaron…

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Mary James seeking her aunts Mary and Martha Lee and her uncle Brewston Lee

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

December 16, 1886

MR EDITOR-- I desire to find out the whereabouts of my uncle and and two aunt. My uncle's name is Brewston Lee. He formerly belonged to the family of Lees in Amite county, Mississippi. My aunts names were Mary and Martha Lee, belonging to the same family. Any information of them would be gladly received. Please address Rev. B. Bolden,…

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L. S. Deckard (formerly Martha Booman) searching for her family, including father Jarrett Booman and mother Leanah Booman

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

November 13, 1879

DEAR EDITOR—I desire to make inquiry for my people through the SOUTHWESTERN. I left them in Jefferson Co., Virginia. Father's name was Jarreth Booman. He belonged to a widow woman, who lived on the public road from Charleston to Shepherd's Town. Mother's name was Leanah Booman. She belonged to Bill Clevan, and was sold and left five children,…

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Arthur Thomas searching for his aunt Delcie Graves, her husband Frederick Graves, and his uncle James Washington

Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

October 10, 1908

Do You Know Them?
I am very anxious to locate some
of my people, Delcie Graves, my aunt
and Frederick Graves,, her husband,
and my mother's brother, James
Washington. Frederick Graves and
James Washington were soldiers in
the war of 1863. My mother Geor-
gianna [Georgianna] and the others mentioned a-
bove [above] belonged to Mr. Tom…

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Myrtle Royal Virginia Lester is searching for her grandparents

Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

March 2, 1901

Wants to Know.
Little six year old Myrtle Royal Vir-
ginia [Virginia] Lester wants to learn where to
find her grand parents who are sup-
posed [supposed] to reside in or near Richmond,
Va. Her father's name was Lee Royal
Lester. He had two brothers named
Jack and John Lester and 3 sisters,
Mollie, Mattie and Lizzer Lester.
Little…

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J. C. Tracy searching for their aunt Mrs. Prior Randolph and Mrs. Sarah Jefferson

Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

November 18, 1905

Wants to Find Them.
I would like to know the where-
abouts [whereabouts] of Mrs. Sarah Jefferson. When
last heard of she was living on St.
James St. or near 6th Mt. Zion Bapt
Church. Mr. Jefferson, her husband
was employed at the R. and D. R.R.
depot handling trunks. My aunt
Mrs. Prior Randolph resided at 605
W. Leigh St. Any…

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