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    • Changed name appears in ads in which the person placing the ad suspects that the person they are searching for changed his/her name after emancipation or following a marriage. It also refers to instances in which the person placing the ad has changed their name after emancipation or marriage. Formerly enslaved people changed their names to distance themselves from their enslavers.

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Ann Chew (formerly Ann Smith) searching for her brothers George Reedus, William, Albert, and John

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

March 15, 1883

DEAR EDITOR. I desire to inquire for my brothers. George Reedus is the oldest; then came William, Albert and John. Mistress was Rachel Reedus. I was given to her granddaughter, Nancy Smith. My name was then Ann Smith. My mother, Mary Reedus, died before I left Mississippi. I had a stepfather, Benj. Ives. I left two uncles, Joe and Henderson Redus.…

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Ann Eliza Marbly searching for relatives

People's Advocate (Washington, DC)

June 7, 1879

Information Wanted.
Ann Eliza, daughter of Dollie and Jack Hicks sold from Richmond, Va., when nine years old, desires to know the whereabouts of her relatives, if any are living. She now lives NASHVILLE, TENN. and her marraige name is MARBLY. Address, Care Bethel A. M. E. Chapel, NASHVILLE, Tenn.

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Ann McNeare (formerly Ann Crawford) searching for her mother and sister Viney

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

January 17, 1889

MR. EDITOR:--I wish to inquire for my mother. She first belonged to Parson Crawford, and he sold her to a man by name of Kwemp. When my mother belonged to Mr. Crawford she lived in Clark County, MIss., near Enterprise. She had two daughters; one named Viney, the other one Ann. The last time I saw her she came back to see us at Parson Crawford, in…

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Ann Murphy (formerly Martha Ann Greene) searching for her siblings John Richards, Somerset Greene, and Lucy Belmo

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

September 20, 1888

MR. EDITOR:—I wish to inquire for my brothers and sister, I left in Virginia near Cumberland Court House. My brother's were named John Richards and Somerset Green. My sister's name was Lucy Belmo. We all belonged to a lawyer Matthews near Cumberland Court House. He had three sons. William, Thomas and George Matthews, and two daughters, Kate and…

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Ann Peary looking for her son Alex Long

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

April 6, 1872

Information Wanted.

INFORMATION wanted of my son Alex.
Long. At his birth I lived in Lexington.
Holmes Co. Miss., and did at that time belong
to Mr. Peary who lived in said City and
Co. I belonging to him went by the name
Ann Peary. The boy left here with Major
Lyons for Indianapolis, Ind., in the year
1865.

His age is about sixteen…

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Ann Sloan (formerly Ann Colter) searching for her daughter Barbary Ann

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

March 10, 1881

INFORMATION WANTED OF MY
daughter, Barbary Ann. I heard of
her last in Louisville, Ky. Her father's
name was Tom Colter, her mother's name
was Ann Colter, but now Ann Sloan. Ad-
dress, ANN SLOAN,
Reed's Landing, Ark.

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Ann Waddell (formerly Ann Bell) seeking her mother Lydia Bell and sisters Rosetta and Helen Bell

The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN)

June 11, 1892

I would like to inquire for my relatives
separated from me in slave times. My mother and
her three daughters were taken from Warrenton
county, Georgia, and carried to Grenada,
Miss., in 1860. My mother's name was Lydia
Bell, and my sisters' names were Rosetta Bell
and Helen Bell, and my name was Ann Bell.
We belonged to widow…

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Ann Washington (formerly Ann Stubb) searching for her family members

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

January 10, 1884

To the churches in Louisiana: A
letter to be read in the churches
inquiring for a woman name Susan
Sprigs, mother named Fanny Willis
from Richard, in Gloucester county
Va., Richard Cook in Gloucester
county. My father was Susan
Spriggs, uncle John Stubbs, Ann
Stubbs father, to inquire for my
cousins, Edward and Mary Smith.
Aunt…

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Ann Washington (formerly Ann Stubb) seeking her relatives including her mother Lucy Stubb

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

January 10, 1884

To the churches in Louisiana: A
letter to be read in the churches
inquiring for a woman name Susan
Sprigs, mother named Fanny Willis
from Richard, in Gloucester county
Va., Richard Cook in Gloucester
county. My father was Susan
Spriggs, uncle John Stubbs, Ann
Stubbs father, to inquire for my
cousins, Edward and Mary Smith.
Aunt Jennie…

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Ann Washington (formerly Ann Stubbs) seeking information about her cousin Susan Sprigs

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

January 10, 1884

To the churches in Louisiana: A letter to be read in the churches inquiring for a woman name Susan Sprigs, mother named Fanny Willis from Richard, in Gloucester county Va., Richard Cook in Gloucester county. My father was Susan Spriggs, uncle John Stubbs, Ann Stubbs father, to inquire for my cousins, Edward and Mary Smith. Aunt Jennie Lewis…

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Ann West (formerly Rose Ann) searching for her mother Dinah Tuck

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

March 14, 1889

MR. EDITOR: I want to inquire for my mother Dinah Tuck. She was sold by a Mr. Tuck to a Mr. Storebul who brought her children there, one Delia Francis and the other Mealley. I was the oldest child; they called me Rose Ann in Virginia. Since I came to Mississippi they call me Ann. Address Ann West, Columbus, Miss.

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Ann Williams (formerly Mary Glover) searching for her mother Ellen Modley

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

April 26, 1883

MR. EDITOR:--I desire to inquire for my mother. Her name is Ellen Modley. I left her in Harrison county, Texas, living with a man by the name of Bill Peternay; I left her the year the war broke out and went to Alabama, Green co., with Williamson Glover. I have not seen any children since three weeks before surrender; they were Tom and Scott, they…

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Ann Wright (formerly Ann Carter) seeking information about her father Thomas Carter

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

September 7, 1893

INFORMATION WANTED OF
my father, Thomas Carter, who
left Louisburg, W. Va., about the
fourth year of the war, 1864. He
belonged to Ben Thompson at
Kanawha, W. Va. I am his daught-
er, Ann Wright. My name was
Ann Carter. Address
Rev. John T. Schofield,
Box 105 Bedford, Va.

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Anna Brown seeking information about her brothers Henry, William and John Brundridge, as well as her sister Lucinda Towls (1st of 2 ads)

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

March 12, 1896

INFORMATION WANTED. --
Of my brothers Henry, John and
William Brundridge. They
were taken from Huntsville, Ala
bama, in the year 1842 or 1843
and went somewhere near Memphis,
Tenn. Their mother's name was
Phoebe Mitchell. I also had a sister
by the name of Lucinda Towls
who was taken from Huntsville
about fifty years ago by a man…

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Anna Quinn (formerly Anna King) searching for her parents Louis and Elizabeth Taylor

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

June 27, 1889

MR. EDITOR: I wish to inquire for my dear mother and father whom I left in Virginia when [undecipherable] was sold at ten years old. M[undecipherable] name at that time was Roe Burte[undecipherable] Anna King George Thomas. M[undecipherable] father's name was Louis Taylo[undecipherable] and mother was Elizabeth Taylor. My brothers were Robert…

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Annetta Goodwin searching for her father Thomas Jones and several siblings

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

February 1, 1883

DEAR EDITOR :- I wish to see if
my relatives can be found. My
father and mother were named
Thomas and Clarisey Jones. My
mother is dead; my father belonged to
John Ebert; but they were sold to
Mr. Walker. He set them free and
they went to Tennessee and left me
in Vicksburg, Miss., with John
Ebert. I had three brothers that
I…

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Annie Blackly (formerly Annie Patton) searching for her parents Samuel and Eliza Page and grandfather Abraham Bell

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

October 19, 1882

MR. EDITOR: Looking on your paper as the only hope that I have of my whereabouts ever being found out, I wish to say that I was brought from Lexington, Missouri, to Jackson, Miss., by a Dr. Patton, in the year 1861, and I left in Missouri, my mother, father, grandmother and grand-father. Mother was Eliza and father Samuel, both called by the name…

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Annie Strange (formerly Siphinam Gonshaw) searching for her siblings Anthony Gonshaw, Daniel Gonshaw, Dolphus Gonshaw, and Catherine Jones

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

August 15, 1889

Mr. Editor: I want to find, if possible, where my three brothers and one sister are living. Names: Anthony, Daniel, Gonshaw, Dolphus, and Catherine Jones. I have not seen them since the war. All of them went by the names of their owners, the two Gonshaws, and lived in Vicksburg, Miss. My other brother and sister lived in Brandon, Miss. Our…

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Anthony Fleming looking for information about his sister Rosanna

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

January 28, 1871

Information Wanted.

Information wanted of my sister
Rosanna. We parted in Richmond,
Va. thirty-five years ago. Learned
that she was carried to Alabama by
a man named Templeman. She is
now about 58 years old. My name
then was Anthony Terrill. Also, in-
formation wanted of Harriet Chap-
man, mother of Sidney Oliver. When
last heard…

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Anthony Flewellen searching for his daughter Mary Elizabeth Catherine

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

May 21, 1885

MR. EDITOR––I wish to inquire
for my daughter; her name is Mary
Elizabeth Catherine. I left her in
Upson county, Georgia, 7 miles
east of Thomaston, and two miles
from the Upson camp grounds,
Her mother’s name was Ellen Hol-
away [Holaway]; she had a baby, when I left,
about three weeks old, but Mary
Elizabeth Catharine was one…

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Anthony Peterson (formerly Anthony Gaile) searching for his mother and sisters

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

February 10, 1887

MR. EDITOR-- Please inquire for my people in your paper. In slavery time I lived at Thibodeaux, La., and my mother's name was Hanah Gaile, and my younger sister was named Elizabeth Gaile and they were sold by William Gaile to a man named John Baptiste; he live northeast of Baton Rouge, and my other sister was named Eliza Gaile; she was sold to a…

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Anthony Powell (formerly Anthony Martin) searching for his mother Febby Martin and brother Charles Martin (1st of 2 ads placed)

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

May 28, 1885

MR. EDITOR--I wish to inquire
for my mother and brother. Their
names are Febby and Charles Mar-
tin [Martin]. My mother's husband belonged
to Wm. Beard. My brother and a
sister by the name of Millie Martin
were sold at Wood's Gate, to the
travelers. I left then in Person
county, North Carolina. I then
went by the name of Anthony Mar-
tin…

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Anty. Powell searching for his father Abraham Beard, mother, sister Millie Crawford, and brother Charles Martin (2nd of 2 ads placed)

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

November 20, 1884

MR. EDITOR-I wish to inquire
for my father Abraham Beard.
My mother, also belong to Mr.
Ruffin Beard, and a sister by the
name of Millie Crawford. I had a
brother by the name of Charles
Martin. My sister Millie was sold
at a sale in Woodville, North Car-
olina. I then went by the name of
Anty Martin, but I now go by the
name of…

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Araminta Turner looking for her husband Alexander Turner (also known as Alexander Thorpe)

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

June 12, 1869

INFORMATION WANTED.
Araminta Turner (formerly Clements),
from Mobile, Ala., is desirous of learning
the whereabouts of her husband, Alexander
Turner, known also as Alexander Thorpe.
Before the war he was taken to Texas by
his owner, Col. Thorpe. Since that time
she has not seen him. Her owner took
her to Winchester, Tennessee. Should…

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Arie Anna Green (formerly Arie Anna Massey) seeking information about her sisters Elizabeth, Catharine, and Agnes Massey

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

August 25, 1887

INFORMATION WANTED OF MY SIS-
ters, whose names were Elizabeth, Catha-
rine and Agnes Massey. They were all
from Clarks County Va., and belonged to a
man by the name of Dr. William McGuire.
Our mother's name was Susan Massey. My
three sisters were sold South at different
times before the war to traders. Any in-
formation concerning…

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