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Mrs. Mary Jane Randolph searching for her mother Mary Ann McMullen, father Rich, and siblings
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
June 28, 1888
MR. EDITOR—My father's name was Rich, but was called Bob. He was a free colored man. My mother's name was Mary Ann McMailen. There were seven children of us: Mary Jane, General, Louisa, Millie, Andrew, Lucinda and Sammie. I think we were separated from mother and father at Alexandria, La., bought by a man named Dempsey, who was killed shortly…
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Jack McReynolds searching for his uncle Bill Orterson
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
October 28, 1880
DEAR EDITOR—I wish to inquire for my uncle, Bill Orterson. Dicy McReynolds was my mother's name. My father was Jack McReynolds. Bill Orterson is my mother's brother. I never saw him, though I heard that he purchased his liberty before the war. A son of uncle Bill's was in Jefferson, Texas, since the war, in search of his father's brother, Dicy…
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Mary Friday (formerly Mary Jane Stockly) searching for her mother Millie Stockly
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
September 6, 1888
DEAR EDITOR: Please allow me to inquire for my relatives. My mother was Miilie Stockly; father, Joshua Stockly; my father was a free man but my mother was a slave. My brothers were Gillie, Isaac, Neddie, William, Frank and Juby my sisters were Tilda, Collin, Hannah, Milkie, Ann, Mollie and Martha, my first owner was named Jim Dennis. I was sold…
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Letitia E. Rodgers searching for her brother Arthur Zacheriah Tolaver
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
September 16, 1880
MR. EDITOR— I desire to inquire for my brother. He belonged to one Shars (I do not know his first name), of Wytheville, Va. Brother's name is Arthur Zacheriah Tolaver. Mother's name was Millie. She belonged to John Woort at the time brother was sold to Bob Sanders, a negro trader, who took him to New Orleans. Brother worked and bought himself. He…
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James W. White searching for his mother and siblings, including his sister Betty Posqually
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
July 22, 1880
MR. EDITOR— I wish to inquire for my folks. I left mother in Aberdeen, Miss., when I was quite a boy. Father's name was Bob White, commonly called Free Bob. He died the first year of the war and left a girl, Jane White, my sister, with mother. Bob White, my brother, belonged to Bob Ellis, who lived about nine miles from Columbus, Miss., and was a…
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London Morris searching for his mother Ann, father Fanshon Cox, and siblings
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
June 12, 1879
DEAR EDITOR—I want some information about my people. Mother's name was Ann, fathers Fanshon Cox, and they belonged to Dr. Morris, Caroline Co., Virginia. My sister Caroline was one year and a half younger than I am; another, Lucy Grimes, married a free man. I had a brother, Randall Morris; Jeff belonged to Hector Davis and came to Louisiana in…
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Henry Tolbert searching for Robert George Gross
The Pacific Appeal (San Francisco, CA)
September 6, 1862
Information Wanted! FROM ROBERT GEORGE GROSS. If this should come under the notice of any person who is acquainted with the whereabouts of the abovenamed person, they will confer a favor by giving the information, by letter or otherwise, directed to Henry Tolbert, care of the PACIFIC APPEAL. He was last heard from in 1857, as being at Michigan…
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Harriet Bedford searching for her mother Easter Hall and father Henry Hall
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
October 25, 1888
DEAR EDITOR—I wish to inquire for my people. My mother's name was Easter Hall. Father's was Henry Hall. I had three brothers William, Emanuel and Oliver Hall Bro. William and Sister Charlotte were sold before I-was, but don't know to whom. Mother was set free at the death of her old mistress. She had one daughter after she was free. I left her in…
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George P. Riley searching for John Frances
The Pacific Appeal (San Francisco, CA)
June 24, 1865
Information Wanted. NEW WESTMINISTER, British Columbia, May 13th, 1865 INFORMATION WANTED OF JOHN FRANCES, of Boston, Mass., who came to California in 1854. Any information concerning the above-named person will be thankfully received. Please direct to GEO. P. RILEY, my20-1m New Westminister, B. C.
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Mr. Ambrose reunited with his family
National Anti-Slavery Standard (New York, NY)
October 12, 1865
A FAMILY REUNION. HOW AN ESCAPED SLAVE BECAME WEALTHY AND DISCOVERED HIS RELATIVES. A Chicago paper tells the story of the return to the South of an escaped slave, who had amassed wealth in the North, and recently started on a journey to discover his relatives, whom he found in Louisiana. The story is as follows: "A few years ago, a runaway…
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Gye Smith searching for his children
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
June 17, 1880
DEAR EDITOR - I wish to inquire for my children whom I left in Madison county, Alabama. It has been 20 years since I came away from there with Felix Smith, when the estate was divided. My wife, Letty, and myself fell to Felix Smith. We brought our youngest child, July Florence, with us and left behind four boys and four girls. The boys' names…
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Diana Livingston searching for her son Henry Livingston
The Pacific Appeal (San Francisco, CA)
May 1, 1875
Information Wanted SYRACUSE, N. Y., Apr. 12th. Mr. Editor: SIR--There is an aged lady in this city by the name of Diana Livingston, who is anxious to learn of the whereabouts of her only son, by the name of Henry Livingston. She heard that he was keeping a saloon in California, and she wanted to know the best method to pursue, and I advised her…
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Rev. J. Sella Martin reuniting with unnamed sister, niece, and nephew
National Anti-Slavery Standard (New York, NY)
September 13, 1862
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