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The St. Louis Republican (St. Louis, MO)

July 14, 1876

MRS. JULIAN CLARK WISHES TO FIND THE
whereabouts of her brothers, Reubin and William
Gibbins: there was four children, Reubin,
Julian, William and America: they were raised in
Hopkins county, Tennessee, by a man named John
Gibbins; the last heard of them John Gibbins had
died and set them free, and Reubin went to Centralia,
Illinois. Any…

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Memphis Evening Post (Memphis, TN)

October 5, 1868

Information Wanted.

Charles Scott (colored), from Humboldt, who
reached the city Saturday, wishes information of
his wife, Melinda Scott, and his daughter, Nancy
Scott, who came to the city on the 7th of August
last. He can be found at this office, No. 14
Union street, this evening, from five to six
o’clock, or from eight to ten…

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Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD)

June 25, 1867

INFORMATION WANTED OF LEAH MERRILL,
colored, aged about 23 years, who arrived in Baltimore,
May 2d, from Newtown, Md. MARY BOSTON,
206 South Charles street.

j24-2t*

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Liberator (Boston, MA)

March 2, 1849

INFORMATION WANTED. William Volantine, now named William Robinson, who was once a slave in Baltimore, and now living in New Bedford, wishes to know where his brother is, who was a slave in the same place, but came from Baltimore about three years since to Philadelphia. His name was Joshua Volantine, but he received the name of Daniel Cromwell. The…

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Liberator (Boston, MA)

June 8, 1849

INFORMATION WANTED.

Quindy Relf, husband of Harriet Relf, is informed
that his family, consisting of wife and five children,
formerly belonging to Henry Fry, of Moorefield,
Henry Co., Va., are living near Martinsburg, Knox
Co., Ohio.

The family were liberated by their claimant, the
husband liberated himself by running away. He has…

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Montgomery Advertiser (Montgomery, AL)

February 23, 1900

Governor Johnston has received a
letter from a colored woman who is
pursuing an industrious search for her
old father. He is somewhere in Alabama
and his daughter has not seen
nor heard of him for over a score of
years.

Katie Hubbard, the woman in question,
writes that he left Jasper County
in Mississippi in 1867. At that time…

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Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA)

March 22, 1908

FOUND HER AGED MOTHER

Reunion After Separation During
Slavery Days

Special to The Inquirer.

ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., March 21.—
Mrs. Louisa Fry, an aged colored woman
of Pleasantville, has just found her mother,
whom she has not seen since the slaves
on a plantation near Charlottesburg, Va.,
were liberated at the close of the Civil…

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New National Era (Washington, DC)

September 29, 1870

Henry Green, Sr., of Charleston, S. C., re-
quests information concerning his son, William
Green. who left Beaufort, S. C. for New York,
in 1865. with a United States army officer.
When last heard from, in 1868, was in New
York city with Capt. Young, then chief of De-
tective Police. Any information may be for-
warded to the Cashier of…

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Evening Star (Washington, DC)

May 16, 1865

WANTED - Information of LUCY GLEED,
(colored ) from the widow Carter's. Oakland,
near Leesburg, Va. Information will be thank-
fully received by her mother at Daniel Russ'
house, on O street, near North Capitol street.
my 16-2t*

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Evening Star (Washington, DC)

May 15, 1865

PERSONAL.
WILL HENRY JOHNSON, colored, please ad-
vertise in the Evening Star his place of resi-
dence, (supposed to be in Richmond,) so his wife
can find him. [Richmond papers please copy.]
my 15-3t*

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Evening Star (Washington, DC)

October 14, 1864

PERSONAL.
INFORMATION WANTED of LUCRETIA T. A.
BONNER, colored, by her husband Dr. Bonner,
colored, just from City Point, Va; when last heard
from she was at Mason's Island, which place she
left on the 26th of September. Any information
concerning her will be thankfully received by her
husband if left at the Star office. 1t*

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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…

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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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New National Era (Washington, DC)

March 14, 1872

INFORMATION WANTED,
Concerning Lewis Everick, his wife Eliza, and
their children, Mandy Creasey, Hannah, Julia,
Rachel, five daughters; and Vincent and Hilliard,
two sons; all owned and named after their
last master and mistress, Wm. Young and wife
Mandy. In 1864, when Emancipation was proclaimed,
they then lived three quarters of a…

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The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

January 28, 1886

MR. EDITOR ---- I wise to inquire
for my father; his name was Abe
Bosan; he left me in Shelby county,
Kentucky; he was set free before the
war; he belonged to Thos. Bundon.
He married a lady belonging to
Squire Mitchell, and they sold her
to Nelson Hope, and he moved to
Missouri and my father went with
him; they moved to Lincoln…

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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…

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Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

May 14, 1898

DO YOU KNOW THEM?
New Haven, Conn. May 6, '98
I desire information on the the
whereabouts of one Julia, nick named Judy,
daughter of Siddy Stevens and John
(or Tim Stevens), born in New Berne,
N.C. She was sold from that place
about one or two years before the Civil
War. Judy had a sister Sally who was
bought from James C.…

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The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

April 10, 1884

INFORMATION WANTED OF MY BROTH
ers and sister, Reuben Gibbons, William
Gibbons and America Jane Godsey. The
last I heard of my brother, Reuben he was
set free and went away before the war
My brother William went over in Illinois,
near Centralia. My sister left Hawkins
county, Tenn., with a man named Steve
Godsey. Any information will be…

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The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

March 23, 1882

INFORMATION WANTED OF MY FATH-
er. He was a free man some time be
fore the war. He lived in Little Rock, Ark
About the year 1858, he left Little Rock and
went to Ohio. His wife Harriet was owned
by a man by the name of Henderson who
lived on Big Creek, Lawrence county, Ark
The names of her children by him, were
Emaline, who belonged to Wm.…

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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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