A. D. Coleman searching for his brother Anderson Turner and daughter Lucy Turner

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

January 19, 1882

DEAR EDITOR ---- I wish to know
the whereabouts of my people, 1st.
Brother Anderson Turner and his
wife Delilia, children, Henrietta
and John Turner, his mother was
Edith who went to Mark Alexander
by marriage, his wife father
name was Philip and her mother
Sarah. 2d. My daughter Lucy
Turner was sold to James Turner,
her…

A. D. Coleman searching for his brother Anderson Turner and his daughter Lucy Turner

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

January 19, 1882

A. R. Rimawr seeking information about grandparents Randel and Rilda Rankins and extended family

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

February 15, 1900

Information wanted of my grand
father, grandmother, uncle and
aunts. My grandmother name was
Rilda Rankins and grandfather's
name was Randel Rankins, they be
longed to David Rankins, they lived
in Jasper, Tenn., Marion Co.,
when my mother left them, she
had a brother by the name of John
Rankins, now M. C. Wells. I
have been recently…

Alford Woodson searching for his brother Robert Woodson

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

December 9, 1886

MR. EDITOR -- I wish to inquire for my brother; his name is Robert Woodson. He first belonged to William Cunningham, better known as old [undecipherable] Cunningham, Litchfield, Grayson county, Ky. He was then given to his son in law, Fydeler Lucas, at Bowling Green, Ky., and then sold to Robert Burman, in Bowling Green, Ky., and then went to…

B. J. Houston searching for his mother Jane McKinan and his siblings

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

May 20, 1880

DEAR EDITOR—I wish to inquirefor my relations, whom I left in1850, in Attala county, Miss. I leftmother with Nelson McKinan. Myoldest sister's name was Emily. Iwas too young to remember the balance. My youngest sister's name was Emma. I left her with my mother. My mother's name was Jane McKinan. My oldestbrother was named Mark, and the youngest…

Caroline Hogan (formerly Caroline Brown) looking for her father Isaac Jimerson, her mother Peggy Brown, and her siblings

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

July 14, 1881

DEAR EDITOR: I wish to inquire for my people. I was raised in Albermarle county, Virginia. I belonged to Clifton Brown, a Methodist preacher. After one of the daughters married a Mr. Teril my old boss gave me to them. So Teril, by way of debt, sold me to a speculator in Charlottesville, Va. I was sold again and brought to Mississippi, where I…

Caroline Hogan (formerly Caroline Brown) seeking her father Isaac Jamison, mother Peggy Brown, and siblings

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

December 8, 1881

DEAR EDITOR—I was raised in Albermarle county, Virginia, and I belonged to Clifton Brown, a Methodist preacher. He had three sons Taze, Thomas and William. William was the youngest. He had two daughters, Virginia and Susan Brown. Virginia married George Terril. My old boss gave me to his daughter Virginia when she married, and her husband sold me…

Charles Henry Turner searching for his brother Thomas Turner

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

July 31, 1879

DEAR EDITOR—I wish to enquire about my brother, Thomas Turner. He was born in Baltimore, Md., was brought to New Orleans by Wm. Lusby and sold to Judge Cage who gave him (Turner) to his son in law, Harry Hays. Our mother's name is Hannah Turner; father's name Orange Turner. We were three brothers, Albert, Chas. Henry and Louis Turner. We had two…

Clara Foltz searching for the family of her father Mitchel Oliver

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

November 3, 1881

DEAR EDITOR— I wish to inquire for my father's people. He used to belong to Mr. Andy Oliver, and was named Mitchel Oliver. He was sold to Dan Sally just before the war. Mother was Julia Oliver, and she had thirteen children—five boys and eight girls. Mother died during the war, while I was quite young. I was given to my young mistress Jane when she…

Clarissa, [last name unknown] searching for her parents and siblings

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

April 23, 1885

Mr. Editor—I wish to inquire
for my lost friends, father and
mother, sisters and brothers. My
father's name was Zeales Butler;
my mother's name was Mariah
Winkfield; she married Zeales But-
ler, and she fell to Dr. Johnnie
Winkfield, who married Caroline
Gypson. My name was Clarissa; I
fell to a Methodist preacher then
known as Lucius…

Dave Stewart searching for his relatives and his wife's relatives

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

March 1, 1883

MR. EDITOR:--I desire informa-
tion [information] of my relatives, and also of my
wife's relatives. My mother's name
was Susan Dickison. When I last
saw her she went by her husband's
name, as she was set free. The
children were scattered very much.
My sister belonged to Currage
Baker, her name was Jane Baker,
her husband's name was…

Ed Kneeright searching for his grandmother Lucy Walter and her children Rachel, Cherry, and Sam Walter

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

May 17, 1883

MR. EDITOR:--I desire to inquire
for my grandmother and children.
We belonged to Mrs. Peggy Achili.
She lived in South Carolina, Wins-
borough [Winsborough] county; my mother died
there when I was three weeks old.
Mrs. Achilli moved us to Missis-
sippi [Mississippi], and stopped in Yallabusha
county. I was there until I was 12…

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…

Fanny Strong searching for her parents Joe and Sallie and her siblings Sucky, Dollie, Rachel, Joseph, and Green or her former enslaver's family

Times-Dispatch (Richmond, VA)

May 13, 1907

Lost and Found.
WANTED, TO FIND MY RELATIVES
or former owner's family. I was sold
in Richmond, Va., in the days of
slavery. My father was named Joe,
and my mother was named Sallie. I
had three sisters--Sucky was the old-
est [oldest], and one named Dollie, and one
named Rachel; two brothers--one
named Joseph and one named Green.…

George Henry Forbes searching for his father George Henry, mother Henrietta Forbes, and siblings James, Margaret, and Area

Atchison Weekly Champion (Atchison, KS)

September 5, 1885

GEORGE HENRY FORBES, of Wamego,
Pottawatomie county, Kansas, wants to
find his people. His father and mother,
GEORGE HENRY and HENRIETTA FORBES,
were slaves and belonged to JACK BERRY,
and by marriage they fell to JAMES
MONTGOMERY. They had four children.
The oldest a son, JAMES; the second a
daughter, MARGARET; the third a…

Harriet Sherrill (formerly Harriet Clarke) searching for her mother

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

December 6, 1883

MR. EDITOR—I desire to inquire
for my mother, who belonged to
Henry Harper. Her brother was
called Hill. She married Hall. Col
lins [Collins] was my step brother; brother
was Ed. Williams. There were
three girls and I was the oldest—
Violent, Minnie, and myself, Har
riet [Harriet]. I left her when about 12
years old, a half mile…

J. H. Holden (formerly Joseph Waddle) seeking his father Holder Waddle

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

June 23, 1881

DEAR EDITOR-- I wish to inquire for my father. I have not seen or heard from him since 1852. I left him eighteen miles from Shreveport, La. His name was Holder Waddle, and my mother Tener Waddle. I am his oldest son and my name is Joseph Waddle. By marriage I fell to Ann Scoot, who married David Hester. David Hester was killed in Shreveport ;…

James M. Cullins searching for his father Tom Cullins and sister Vina

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

June 3, 1880

J.M. Cullins, of Navasota, Texas, wishes to find his father, Tom Cul-lins [Cullins], and his sister, Vina, who were left in Alabama when mother and family were brought to Texas. Father belonged to Rufus George, near Greensborough, Alabama. My sister's name was Vina and she be-longed [belonged] to Watts, as also did mother and all the children.…

John A. Brown searching for his parents and siblings George, Mary Jane, Ellen Nora, and Peter Brown

Evening Star (Washington, DC)

December 21, 1886

Wants to Find His People.
AN EX-SLAVE IN SEARCH OF HIS PARENTS OR
BROTHERS.
The clerk of the court has received a letter dated
Greenville, S. C., stating: "Many years ago I was
sold from my mother and father. I now wish to
hear from them as I am in possession of property,
and do not know when I am call from this world.
My master's…

Kitty Hanley searching for her children Esther and Sam

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

March 25, 1880

DEAR EDITOR-- I am in search of my children. My name is Kitty Hanley. I belonged to a gentleman by the name of Patten, was separated from my children in Harrison county, Texas, several years before the late war. The oldest a girl named Esther, the other a boy named Sam. In a division of Mr. Patten's estate myself and children fell to Mr. Hanley,…

Lucinda Pillow (formerly Lucinda Hargrave) searching for her siblings George and Fannie Hargrave

The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN)

January 26, 1895

I would like to find my brother and sister,
George Hargrave and Fannie Hargrave. My
name was Lucinda Hardgrave; our mother Allie
Hargrave. Brother, Robert Hargrave, and a
white girl by name of Martha Hargrave were
drowned at Mitchell's Mill and were buried at
Limestone church. My brother and sister be-
longed [belonged] to Bill…

Lucinda Singletery searching for her unnamed mother and several siblings

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

June 1, 1882

MR EDITOR -- I wish to find
where mother, brothers and sisters
are. I left mother in Eastern Texas.
When I last heard of her she
was living with a man that bought
her, named Campbell. Mother had
five children when I left her -- one
boy Joe, four girls. The oldest was
Julia Ann Burns. Maria was given
to a man who married in the…

M. A. E. Tolbert (formerly Martha Ann Elizabeth Brooks) searching for her mother Elizabeth Brooks

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

June 19, 1879

MR. EDITOR--I am seeking the whereabouts of my mother. I left her in St. Mary parish, La., about the year 1860. Her name is Elizabeth Brooks. She had a little boy, William, about two years old when I left. We formerly belonged to Solomon Levi. I nursed awhile for Mrs. Capt. Atkinson. Her husband ran the steamboat T.D. Hiues. After this Rosa Levi,…

Malissa Baker (formerly Malissa Robertson) searching for Bettie and Mary Hicks

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

September 20, 1888

DEAR ECITOR:—I wish to find my grandmother and mother. Mother was Mary Hicks. Grandmother was Bettie Hicks. They used to belong to Jimmie Hicks. I was sold when quite young and given to Jimmie Hick's daughter; whose name was Hannah Newman. Her husband was a Baptist preacher, named Isaac Newman. I left them in Scottcounty, Missouri. My name was then…

Manervia Carway searching for her daughter Millie Dortha (formerly Millie Carway)

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

May 26, 1887

MR. EDITOR—I wish to inquire for daughter, whose name was Millie Carway; she was taken away the time of slavery by my young mistress. Her name was Carrie A. Dortha; her husband's name was George A. Dortha; they went to Texas, what part I don't know. Before she married her name was Carrie Carway, and after she married she took my daughter, she was…