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Kigy Ann Brown searching for her father William Brown and brothers Geerge and Henry Clay Brown
The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)
August 25, 1881
INFORMATION WANTED OF MY
father, William Brown, and my two
brothers, Geerge and Henry Clay Brown,
who I left in Louisville, Ky., some thirty
odd years ago. My father was a free man
and kept barber shop down at the ferry
landing. My brother Henry then belonged
to John D. Baker. I was sold from them
when a girl about thirteen years old…
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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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Lettice Lamb searching for information about her sons Jordon Lamb, Antony Lamb, Thomas H. Lamb
Liberator (Boston, MA)
July 23, 1836
INFORMATION WANTED.
INFORMATION is wanted by Lettice Lamb,
and Peggy Williams, her daughter, now resid-
ing [residing] in Norwich City, of Jordon Lamb, aged about
46, if now living,—of Antony Lamb, aged about
39, and of Thomas H. Lamb, aged about 37—
sons of Lettice Lamb—all colored people.
When last heard from, in 1821, they were in…
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Lloyd Shorter searching for his sister Marcelia Shorter
The Louisiana Democrat (Alexandria, LA)
July 27, 1870
INFORMATION WANTED.
OF Marcelia, Shorter, colored, formerly
of Washington County, Maryland.
When last heard from was in New Orleans,
Marcelia is aged between 40 and 45, bright
mulatto, and kept furnished rooms some
twelve years ago in New Orleans. She
will hear of a brother by addressing
LLOYD SHORTER,
July 13th, 1870, 3-t. …
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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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Margaretta Ann Simpson looking for her father and mother William and Mary Ann Simpson
The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)
July 6, 1872
Information Wanted.
INFORMATION wanted of my father and
mother, William and Mary Ann Simpson.
When last heard from they were living in
New York City. I was brought into New
Jersey by a Mr. Wright about seventeen
years ago. My father worked in Mr. James
Tarrent's Drug Store on the corner of Green
and Warren Streets.
I am living with…
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Maria Adair searching for her parents, brother, and son
The Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, OH)
August 21, 1880
INFORMATION wanted of the whereabouts of
Chas. Hazard (colored), his wife, Rachel Ann
Hazard, and his son, Wm. Henry Hazard; Charles
Hazard was a free man; his wife was owned by John
Ridgely, of Hampton County, Maryland, and some
thirty years ago was sold to Tom Cockey; also of
my son, Wm. Henry Levi. Please address any information
to…
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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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Monsieur A. Y. Malleforte searching for George W. Francis
New York Herald (New York, NY)
June 29, 1853
PERSONAL.
INFORMATION WANTED—OF GEORGE W. FRAN-
CIS [FRANCIS], a colored man, by profession a barber and hair-
dresser, and aged about thirty three years. He lived in New
Orleans in 1840 and travelled with Mr. Amos Rank, in Mis-
sissippi [Mississippi], Missouri, Alabama, and Tennessee, in 1837, '8, and
'9. His father was named Thomas…
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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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Mrs. Amy Frenchy (formerly Amy Morris and Amy Baxter) found her mother Feraby
The Black Hills Daily Times (Deadwood, Dakota Territory)
May 4, 1884
AFTER MANY DAYS,
A Former Slave Hears from
Her Old Home.
A Separation of Thirty Years
Having Elapsed.
A Scrap of History.
Years before the war of the rebellion,
Wm. Eli Baxter, a lawyer and planter,
lived in Hancock county, Georgia, not
far from the town of Sparta. He own-
ed [owned] 150 slaves, among the number, Fer-
aby [Feraby],…
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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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Nathan Bentley (or Bently) seeking his brother Daniel Bently
The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)
March 22, 1883
INFORMATION WANTED OF MY
brother, Daniel Bently. He was sold
long before the war and belonged to a man
by the name of Hampton Ridley. Jacob
Bentley, his father, belonged to James Star-
riet Ridley, and his wife, Emily Bently
lived on James Starriat Ridley place.
She was a free woman. Address,
NATHAN BENTLEY,
…
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P. Stephen Burton searching for George Sparrow
The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
August 12, 1886
MR. EDITOR--I desire to find George Sparrow, born in Norfolk, Virginia. He was living there in 1848, but I heard that since he went to Boston, Mass. His father was a slave, but his mother was free. There were three brothers Cornelius, John, and George. Address me, P. Stephen Burton, at No. 100 South Franklin street, New Orleans, La.
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Perry Wilmer searching for brothers Joe and Sam and sister Maria
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
May 24, 1877
I wish to enquire concerning my
brothers, Joe and Sam and my sister
Maria. Joe belonged to a Mr. Peacock.
The others of us belonged to
John B. Bostic, who brought us from
Baltimore to Houston, Texas, where
I was sold first to John Shackleford
and then to Mr. Craft. Our father
was Perry Wilmer, a free man, and
our mother was…
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Priscilla Stark (formerly Priscilla Baylor) searching for her kidnapped son.
Alexandria Gazette (Alexandria, VA)
August 10, 1864
KIDNAPPED--$20 REWARD--My son,
WILLIAM HENRY BAYLOR, was
kidnapped from the Market House, in Alexan-
dria, on Tuesday morning, the 26th of July.
He is aged about 14 years, is about 5 feet high
and stout; very dark complexion, full mouth
with very short white teeth, and when taken off
had a full suit of hair. He had a scar on his…
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Rachel Baynan searching for her son George Roberts
Public Ledger (Philadelphia, PA)
August 31, 1849
INFORMATION WANTED.--A Colored Boy,
named GEORGE ROBERTS, is missing from his
home since Tuesday afternoon. His mother fears he
is kidnapped. He is about 15 years old; had gray cassinet
pants and a cotton cap, and no jacket. Any information
of him will be gratefully received by his
mother, RACHEL BAYNAN,
No. 36 Budd's…
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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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Rev. R. T. Queen searching for information of his sister Margaret Annie Queen
The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)
July 3, 1890
INFORMATION WANTED--Of my
sister Margaret Annie Queen. Her moth
er's name is Annie Queen. She left Anne
Arundel Co a free girl, about the year
1862 or 1863 to a company a white fam
ily to Providence, R. I., and has not been
heard from since. Any information of
her will be very gladly received by her
brother, Rev. R T. Queen, 23 Bladen…
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Richard Gray seeking information about Moses Lumly and Polly Noel
The Colored Tennessean (Nashville, TN)
July 18, 1866
Information Wanted.
Of Moses Lumly, who was raised
near Oxford, N.C., by Dr. John
Hicks, and sold to Wm. Lumly of
Rome, Ga., at which place he was liv-
ing when Sherman's army reached
there in the Spring of 1864. Also, of
Polly Noel, who lived in Vicksburg,
Miss., up to the time the law was
passed in that State prohibiting…
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Robert D. Holmes searching for Jane Wilson
The New York Herald (New York, NY)
February 10, 1865
INFORMATION WANTED--OF JANE WILSON, OF
Morrisania, Westchester county, who is supposed to
have gone to Philadelphia. She has a dark brown complexion,
about five feet five or six inches in height, decayed
teeth, one tooth gone in front upper jaw, dressed in black,
and had a boy fourteen years of age, about same complexion,
with a mark…
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Robert Phillips searching for Mrs. Sidney Jackson
Provincial Freeman and Weekly Advertiser (Windsor/Toronto/Chatham, Canada West)
December 23, 1854
Imformation Wanted
OF MRS. SIDNEY JACKSON, who left the
State of Pennsylvania, about the time that the
Fugitive Slave Law was passed, and who came
to Canada, leaving some property in the above-named
State. If she will call on or communicate
by letter with Robert Phillips, Centre St.,
Toronto, she will hear news of much…
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S. Young searching for her father Jackson Jennings and sister Victoria Wright
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
February 28, 1884
DEAR EDITOR- I wish to hear
of my friends. Father was Jackson
Jennings, and he was set free
before the war by his owners, and
went to Alabama. Sister was a
girl about ten years old, and left
with her young master, Frank
Sloat. When he died her father
left her with her grandmother,
Fanny Sloat. Her name is now
Victoria Wright. …
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Sam'l. B. Stafford searching for Mark Ashmore (formerly Mark Shuff)
Public Ledger (Philadelphia, PA)
March 7, 1850
INFORMATION WANTED—Of a free Colored
MAN, named MARK ASHMORE; supposed to be
about 35 years of age. He lived when a boy, with
Nathaniel Shuff, Inkeeper, Trenton, N.J., and passed
by the name of Mark Shuff. His mother, by her will,
bequeathed to Mark two houses and lots. A liberal
reward will be paid for information that will lead to
his…
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Sarah Jackson searching for her husband Jacob Jackson
Provincial Freeman and Weekly Advertiser (Windsor/Toronto/Chatham, Canada West)
November 18, 1854
Information Wanted.
INFORMATION is wanted of the whereabouts
of JACOB JACKSON, a colored
man, who left Philadelphia about nine weeks
ago, intending to go to to Canada, in search of
his brother RICHARD. It is supposed that he
visited Toronto.
Any information concerning him will be thankfully
received by his wife.
SARAH JACKSON,
35 …
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