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…

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…

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…

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…

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.

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…

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…

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…

Geo. Gardener searching for his father Jacob Gardener

Appeal: A National Afro-American Newspaper (St. Paul and Minneapolis, MN)

May 23, 1891

JACOB GARDENER—Geo. Gardener desires infor-
mation [information] in regard to his father Jacob Gardener who
was a slave belonging to Thomas G. Gardener,
Trimble Co., Ky., was freed in 1S46, went to Han
over [Hanover], Ind., near Madison, where he worked for Dr.
Hayes, He carried with him his wife and one
daughter named Martha Elizabeth…

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],…

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…

Emony Wardell searching for Jane Sawarar

The Langston City Herald

May 8, 1897

Rev. J. Sella Martin reuniting with unnamed sister, niece, and nephew

National Anti-Slavery Standard (New York, NY)

September 13, 1862

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.