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Lizzie Ragsdale looking for information about her sisters Louisa and Harriet Walton

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

July 15, 1886

INFORMATION WANTED OF MY TWO
sisters, Louisa and Harriet Walton,
daughters of Frank and Mary Walton.
They were born in Rutherford county,
North Carolina, near Rutherfordton, at
Uncle William Johnson's, after whose
death they were sold to one Bill McKes-
son. The last account ever heard of them,
Louisa was at Atlanta, Ga., sister Harriet…

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Louisa J. Jackson Staunton looking for information about Cecelia McBride and her children

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

May 3, 1882

INFORMATION WANTED OF CECELIA
McBride, who was sold before the war
from Rev. James Morrison's estate in Rock-
bridge County, Virginia, to Mr. Cunning-
ham, and was taken to Rodney, Mississippi,
and sold to Mr. Perkins. She took with
her two daughters, Maria and Julia, and a
son, Lee McBride. Address Louisa J.
Jackson Staunton, Augusta…

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Lucinda Renfro seeking her aunts Mary and Martha, and uncles Green, Carrol, and Grundy Stubfield

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

May 19, 1887

I desire to find my mother's people. My mother is named Manda Stubfield; she has three brothers and two sisters; her brothers names are Green, Carrol and Grundy Stubfield; sisters are Mary and Martha. They all belonged to Mr. Woodruf Stubfield, who lived in Sumner county, Tenn. When Mr. Woodruf Stubfield died the proper to was divided; mother and…

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Lucy Bowrell seeking information about her daughters Mary and Matilda Bowrell

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

June 30, 1866

INFORMATION WANTED
Of two girls, named Mary and Matilda Bowrell.
Mary was sold, from Mr. Cane Freeman's estate,
to John G. Paskey, and taken to some part of
the South ; and Matilda was sold to Maj. Russell,
of Williamson Co., Tenn. Their mother, Mrs.
Lucy Bowrell, will be thankful for any informa-
tion concerning them. Address
…

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Lucy Kirby searching for her son Richard (Dick) Kirby

New National Era (Washington, DC)

July 30, 1874

INFORMATION WANTED,
of RICHARD (or Dick) KIRBY, son of Lucy
Kirby, formerly of Hampton, Virginia, now
with General V. D. Groner, Norfolk, Virginia.
This family were sold on a division of the
"Rudd" estate two years before the war.
Dick, when sold, was about ten year's old,
now about twenty-five year's old.
Any information would be…

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M. M. Muldrew searching for their father Butler Muldrew

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

August 16, 1883

MR. EDITOR--I wish to inquire for my father. He belonged to the Muldrews. Old Muldrew died and his widow married a Mr. Hendricks. Father was Butler Muldrew. The last I heard from him he went to war with his young master, then ran away from him, and was then living in Sangamon county, Illinois. From there he moved to Madison county. Mother was…

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Madison Moore searching for her mother Charity Smith

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

May 25, 1882

Mr. Editor: I wish to inquire
for my mother, who was taken from
Davison County, in North Carolina, in
1838. Her name was Charity
Smith. She belonged to Major Geo.
Smith, and he sold her to a trader.
We learned the trader carried her
to Georgia and sold her to a Mr.
Fulwider. Her sister was Sarah
Ann; grandmother was Millie…

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Maria Luvenia Mayberry searching for her mother Hannah

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

July 18, 1889

Mr. Editor: I want to fin[indecipherable] mother, Hannah. She liv[indecipherable] Milton County, Ga. We us[indecipherable] belong to Robert Rodgers[indecipherable] died before the late war an[indecipherable] were sold; I to James Adam[indecipherable] Henry county, Ga., and I le[indecipherable] that mother was sold to[indecipherable] Waters, of…

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Mary Ferguson searching for her parents Silas and Mary Carter

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

August 7, 1879

DEAR EDITOR—I desire to know of my father and mother, Silas and Mary Carter. I was sold from them35 years since, to Rob't. Seward, in Richard, Va. Have never heard from them yet. I went to Texas with Seward, who died, and I was sold to Gen. Armstead, whence I came to Mississippi. Had four brothers and one sister. Sister's name is Margaret Carter,…

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Mary Hill looking for her children Samuel, Thomas H., and Sarah Price

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

September 26, 1868

INFORMATION WANTED
Of Samuel, Thomas H., and Sarah Price the
children of Mary Hill. They were sold from
Maryland in 1859, from the estate of Har-
riet Buchanan. Address their mother,
MARY HILL,
Chambersburg, Pa.

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Mary Jane Jackson (formerly Mary Jane Parks) searching for her parents Henry Young and Melinda and siblings

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

July 8, 1886

MR. EDITOR- I am anxious to learn the whereabouts of my people. We were separated while in Kentucky, near Lexington. I was sold to Fealing Parks, and mother, two brothers and two sisters were sold to Mr. Fulgum, who brought them to Fayetteville, Tenn. Our father was left in Kentucky. His name was Henry Young; he belonged to Window Nancy Higgans.…

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Mary Rakes searching for her mother and her mother's grandchildren Sammy, George, and Betsy

Richmond Daily Dispatch (Richmond, VA)

July 20, 1871

RICHMOND, VA., July 19, 1871.
PERSONAL.—My name is MARY
RAKES. I am here in search of my mother,
as I have heard that she is in the city. She for-
merly [formerly] belonged to Henry Rakes; after his death
to Mr. John Howell, of Patrick county, Va. She
has three grandchildren with her. Their names are
Sammy, George, and Betsy. George is…

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Melvin Bell seeking his sister Lettie Lucinda

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

November 18, 1897

LETTER OF INQUIRY.
I was sold from my mother when
only a girl. My mother had six
children, Patsy Phillis, John, Lettie
and two others who died when I
was young. I am anxious to find
my sister Lettie Lucinda, who be-
longed to a man named Lawrence;
when he died Lettie was given to
his daughter, a Mrs. Keys. Our
mother was Marinda Wade.…

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Mintie Anderson searching for her father Sam Graham, mother Susan Graham, sisters, and brothers

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

October 9, 1879

DEAR EDITOR—I wish to make inquiry for my father, mother, sister and brothers, whom I left in Washington, Md., before the emancipation. My father's name was Sam Graham, mother's Susan Graham, brothers' Jimmy and Moses Graham, and sister's Letbia Ann. She was sold after the death of Col. Platers to Perry Lyles. Her mother's name was Mintie Beans,…

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Morgan and Adeline Cammon searching for Morgan's mother Jennie Bowyer and Adeline's sister Maria Terrel

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

November 20, 1879

DEAR EDITOR-- I wish to obtain
some knowledge of the whereabouts
of my relations. Mother's name is
Jennie Bowyer. I left her in Fairfield
District, S.C. She used to
belong to Mike Bowyer. Brother's
name was Fred Barker. He was
willed to Wm. Barker, who carried
him to Georgia. Sister Maria Barker
went with him. Sister Lucy
was…

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Moses Morris (formerly Moses Sapp) looking for father Nelson Morse (also known as Nelson Mayoland) and mother Peggie

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

February 10, 1881

INFORMATION WANTED OF MY PEO-
ple. My name is Moses Morris. I be-
longed to a man by the name of Madison
Sapp. We moved to Texas in 1860 or '61.
My father's name was Nelson Morse or Nel-
son Mayoland. My mother's name was
Peggie. There were several brothers and
sisters Mary, Lizzie, Ann, Kitty and Martha.
We were separated at the death of…

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Mrs. Ann Hampton searching for her mother Nellie Beecham

The Twice-a-Week Independent (Coffeyville, KS)

March 20, 1896

Information Wanted.

A small fortune is in store for Nellie
Beecham, colored, who lived during
the war near Richmond Va., and
whose daughter Augusta Ann was
sold when about 12 years old to Bert
Leatherwood and Robert Golikely
slave speculators of Richmond, on
the death of her master, Sam Beecham,
by his brother Ike, in 62, 63, or…

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Mrs. Annie Washington searching for Kitty Carpenter

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

November 10, 1881

DEAR EDITOR—I wish to inquire for my sister who was sold between twenty-five or thirty years ago. Her mistress name was Kitty Carpenter, but some called her Catheine Carpenter. After the death of Mrs. Betsy Bowie, she was sold to a family out on Baltimore road by the name of Judge Dorsey, and since then I heard she came to New Orleans to his son…

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Mrs. Jane Hall (formerly Jennie Fisher) seeking information about her mother Sallie Fisher and several siblings

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

October 11, 1877

Our family formerly belonged to
W. H. Cunningham in Virginia. My
father, who died when I was quite
young, was Emanuel Fisher. I wish
information concerning my mother,
Sallie Fisher, and my brothers and
sisters, named Jacob, Kenison,
Pompey, Emanuel, George and
Sarah; I was then Jennie Fisher.
On the death of our owner in about…

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Mrs. Julian Clark (Julia A. Clark) searching for her brothers Reubin and William Gibbins

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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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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Mrs. Pink S. Wilkinson searching for her sisters Clara and Lucy and their children

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

July 5, 1877

My sisters and myself were
brought to Texas from Georgia by
Abram Hill in 1849. When he
died next year we were separated.
Sisters Clara and her two children,
Randall and Laura, were sold to
Mr. Michael, who sent them to
Waco. Sister Lucy, and her three
children, Viney, Eliza, and Warren,
were sold to Mr. Pierson at Rusk,
My name…

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Mrs. Rose Caudle (formerly Rose King) searching for her mother Charlotte King and several brothers

Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

August 21, 1897

Do You Know Them?

I would like to find my people. My
mother's name was Charlotte King,
and when I was sold I had five broth-
ers, viz: Alfred, John, Reason, Robert
and Paul King. At the same time
they were sold to Seth Woodruff, a
trader. My mother was sold to Mr
Hunter at Campbell Court House.
this sale was made after the death…

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Mrs. Sallie Warner (formerly Sallie Caloway) searching for her siblings William, Washington, Jerry, and others

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

August 26, 1880

DEAR EDITOR—I am the young-est [youngest] child of our family, and wasborn in Franklin county, Virginia.My first owner's name was JamesCaloway, of Franklin. I was soldwhen quite a girl. My name isSally Caloway and mother's wasJudy Caloway. Mother died whenI was about five years old. I am atwin child, the boy died. I leftthree brothers, William,…

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P. M. Carmichael searching for their aunt Bettie and uncle Daniel Carmichael

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

June 21, 1877

Our family name was Carmichael.
My mother's name was Celia. It is
for a brother and sister of her that
I wish to enquire. They lived some
years ago in South Carolina, Marion
District. Bettie was willed by
Carmichael to his daughter named
Hugens. Daniel Carmichael was
brought to Texas, and the last I
heard of him, belonged to a…

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