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Bennet H. Forrest seeking his uncles and aunt

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

September 8, 1887

MR. EDITOR—I desire to inquire for my relatives that were at Stanley's Creek, Gaston county, North Carolina as follows: Uncles Moses, Orange, Jerry and Wart Forrest, and an aunt named Margaret Forrest. Their father and mother were Samuel and Lucy Forrest. Ministers please look in Directory for those names and read inquiry from your pulpits. Any…

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Jack Coley seeking Gabe and Dolph Coley

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

August 11, 1887

MR EDITOR-- I wish to inquire for Gabe Coley and Dolph Coley. Mr. Dolph Coley was my maaster. Both of them lived near Osmulgee river. The name of the town they lived in was Hawkinsville. Gabe Coley lived on one side of the river and Dolph on the other. My father's name was Alfred Coley, mother's name was Mary, I had several other relatives, but…

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H. B. Moore searching for his mother, father, and siblings

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

August 4, 1887

MR. EDITOR— Please allow me space in your valuable paper to inquire for my people which I left in Mississippi about the years 1849 or 1850, whose owners were the Gardner family. My father and mother was Phillip and Lucy Gardner; brothers were Anderson, Aaron, Harvy and Phillip; sisters were Ann, Amanda, Delia and Easter. We all belonged to a man…

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Daniel Sanders searching for his two brothers William and Izard Sanders

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

July 21, 1887

MR. EDITOR-- Please allow me in your valuable columns a space to make some inquiries about my two brothers, the sons of Rayft Izard Sanders and of Rosa Sanders. The name of my two brothers are William and Izard Sanders. I left Izard in Charleston, S. C , when I was sold here in 1853, and William my oldest brother was sold somewhere in South…

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Peter Wilson searching for his brother James Wilson

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

July 14, 1887

MR. EDITOR-- Please allow me space in your paper to inquire for my brother James Wilson. He was born in Arkansas, near Arkadelphis. His father's name was James, mother Fannie Wilson. He left Arkansas in 1845 for Texas, and from there to California with a man by the name of John Wilson, his master. His fellow servant, who went with him, was killed…

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S. L. Griffitts searching for his oldest sister Hetty and youngest brother George Washington Griffitts

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

July 7, 1887

MR. EDITOR--I wish to inquire for my oldest sister and my youngest brother. Sister was named Hetty, father was Solomon McGhee and belonged to old John McGhee; mother was named June, though everybody called her Aunt Jenny; she and six children belonged to old John Black; after Mr. Black died my mother and her children were divided out among his…

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E. G. Gater seeking their son Emmanuel Gater

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

May 26, 1887

MR EDITOR—I wish to inquire through your paper for my son Emmanuel Gater; his age is 19 years old; he was born July 31, 1867; he was working at Elliott Station, Miss., last Summer on Mr. Fragor's place; the last time I saw him was last September; he left there some time in last October and I heard that he went to Memphis, Tenn., then I heard that…

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Lucy Moore searching for her brothers Isaac and Sam Moore

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

March 17, 1887

MR. EDITOR--I wish to inquire for my brothers. Their names are Isaac Moore, the oldest; brother Sam Moore, brother Henry Moore the youngest. My husband is named Moore. Please read this to the congregation in hope of hearing that one of my brothers may be a preacher. Our mother's name was Nancy Short Moore. We all belonged to General Moore, and…

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William Ambrose (formerly Ambrose Brackens) searching for his family

New Orleans Tribune (New Orleans, LA)

August 30, 1865

Circular of Inquiry. TO ALL FRIENDS OF HUMANITY. Chicago, May 18, 1865 Mr. WM. AMBROSE, of the firm of Ambrose & Jackson, Restaurant keepers. 91 Clark street, Chicago, Ill., wishes most earnestly to find the family of his mother, brothers and sisters, and will state the following particulars in his own words: "I was known in Kentucky by…

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Rev S. Linning searching for his brother Isaac Linning

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

April 22, 1880

DEAR EDITOR—Please allow me to make inquiry for my brother, Isaac Linning. We were separated in Charleston, S. C., in 1866. He joined the United States army, and the last I heard of him he was in Columbus, Texas, and I ask all my brethren in Texas to inquire for him. Address me at Duvall's Bluff, Arkansas. REV. S. LINNING

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Mandy White (formerly Mandy Vension Burt) searching for her sister and brother

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

March 10, 1887

MR EDITOR-- I wish to inquire for my sister and brother. My mother had 3 children, her name was Auldy Burt, sister Claricy Burt, brother William Burt. My name was at that time Mandy Vension Burt. I am now Mandy White. Mother used to belong to John Burt. I left them all in Poinsett county, Ark. Sister Claricy had 2 children, Susan and Joseph. Our…

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Louisa Edwards (formerly Louisa Brady) searching for her brother John Brady

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

January 20, 1887

MR. EDITOR— I wish to inquire for my brother John Brady who I have not heard from in twenty one years, and left New Orleans to go to Memphis, Tennessee. His owner's name was Dr. A. B. Dadd. They lived in Jackson county, Texas. He was a member of the Baptist Church and was baptized by Rev. Joseph Hayne. His sister at that time was Louisa Brady,…

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Lewis Wright searching for his wife and children

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

November 27, 1879

MR. EDITOR-- I wish to inquire for my wife and children. Wife's name was Nancy. She used to belong to Matison Gunn, in Chicka-Co., Miss., and he sold her to R. D. Dick Price in 1862, and he sold her and children on Flint Creek, in Ga. I had by my wife five children, John, Reuben and Matt. I ask all the preachers to read this in their churches,…

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Caroline Rodes (formerly Annie Ferrill) searching for father Joseph, mother Milly, sisters Maria and Julia, and brother Anthony

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

December 4, 1879

MR. EDITOR— I desire to inquire through your valuable paper about my relations. I was bred and born in Virginia, but am unable to name the county, for I was so young that I don't recollect it; but I remember I lived twelve miles from a town called Danville. My master was James Ferrill, and my mistress was Martha Ferrill. I was sold to his…

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Jane Stokes searching for her mother Mrs. Harriet Cooley and her children

The Elevator (San Francisco, CA)

June 25, 1869

INFORMATION WANTED.

By Mrs. Jane Stokes of New Orleans,
La., of her mother, Mrs. Harriet
Cooley and children, named Mary,
Georgiana, Rebecca, Virginia, Rowley,
James and John; also of Martha
Loomis and her children. Mary and
Frank.

The above parties came to San Francisco
several years ago, and their relatives
in New Orleans…

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Mrs. Anna Mollie Wright reunited with her daughter Mrs. Anna Freeman after 29 years

The Wheeling Daily Intelligencer (Wheeling, WV)

April 11, 1892

AFTER TWENTY-NINE YEARS
A Mother and Daughter are Reunited.
The Daughter a Clarksburg Woman who
Was Sold During Slavery Days.
Special Dispatch to the Intelligencer.
FINDLAY, O., April 10.-A remarkable
reunion of mother and daughter who
had been cruelly torn from each other
at the slave block in 1863 has just taken
place in this city.…

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