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J. Clark is searching for their brother Anthony

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

March 13, 1884

Mr. Editor-I wish to inquiae [inquire]
for my brother who was sold to
Rafe Phillips, of Macon, Ga., in
1857 or 1858, who brought him to
Mobile, Ala. I heard that he was
sold to the owner of a line of
steamboats from Mobile to New Or-
leans, but did not learn the man's
name. My brother's name was
Anthony; we belonged to a man by
the name…

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Ann Washington (formerly Ann Stubb) searching for her family members

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

January 10, 1884

To the churches in Louisiana: A
letter to be read in the churches
inquiring for a woman name Susan
Sprigs, mother named Fanny Willis
from Richard, in Gloucester county
Va., Richard Cook in Gloucester
county. My father was Susan
Spriggs, uncle John Stubbs, Ann
Stubbs father, to inquire for my
cousins, Edward and Mary Smith.
Aunt…

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Nannie Depew is searching for her son Johnny Brown

The Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

October 27, 2017

Information Wanted.

I would like to find my son, Johnny
Brown who some times lives in
Danville, Va. then again in Richmond.
Age 16. I ask that the
ministers will please ask the people
to assist me in finding him.

MRS. NANNIE DEPEW,
517 Waverly St.
Brooklyn, N. Y.

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Mason Hopson (formerly Mason Jones) searching for his mother Lucy and brothers Joseph and David Jones

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

April 24, 1884

MR. EDITOR.--I desire to in-
quire for my mother and brothers.
My mother's name was Lucy, my
brothers were Joseph and David
Jones. and belonged to Thomas
Davis, Greenville county, Va. My
name was Mason Jones, now it is
Mason Hopson. I hope the preach-
ers will assist me. Address me at
Arneckeville, DeWitt co., Texas.
SOLOMON…

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Riley Smith searching for their mother brother and three sisters

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

July 31, 1884

MR. EDITOR--I wish to inquire
for my people that I left in Mar-
shall county, Miss.--my mother,
brother and three sisters. I have
not seen or heard from them since
the war. My mother was Lucinda,
father Willis, but he died when I
was a small boy. My brother's
name was John, my sisters Dorcas,
Mary Ann and Hannah, who was
the…

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Rachael Williams searching for her father Lewes Emperor Williams

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

July 23, 1885

MR. EDITOR-I wish to inquire
for my father; his name is Lewes
Emperor Williams; his last owner's
name was Wm. Evans; he lived in
Goliad at the time he left. His
wife is named Eliza Williams and
she had three children when he left,
step-daughters of his, whose names
were Maria Skip, Sarah Skip and
Lucy Skip, and an owner daughter…

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George Drummond searching for his mother Aggie Drummond, brother Toney, and sister Lucinda

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

May 2, 1884

MR. EDITOR—I wish to inquire
for my people. My mother was
named Aggie Drummond; she had
three children; their names were
Lucinda, George and Toney. My
name is George. My former mis-
tress [mistress] says my mother was carried
to Montecello about 51 years ago.
Please read this in the churches
and day schools. Address me at…

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G. M. Bradford searching for Wyatt Bradford

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

October 15, 1885

MR. EDITOR: I wish to inquire
for Wyatt Bradtord; would also re-
quest that the pastor of Vicksburg
circuit read this to his congrega
tion, and if he can be found ad-
dress Melivna Cooper or G. M.
Bradford, Heidelberg, Jasper coun
ty, Miss.

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Milfred Hanton searching for his brother Ellis Buck

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

March 5, 1885

MR. EDITOR––I wish to inquire
for my brother, whose name is
Ellis Buck. He used to belong to
Mr. John Buck, and we lived on
Sunflower river. My mother's name
was Maria, and my father's name
was Peter Hanton; he was sold by
his young master before the war.
There were nine children of us.
My brothers were named Ellis,
Milfred…

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Dock Terrell searching for his son Sandford Terrell

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

May 21, 1885

MR. EDITOR--I wish to inquire
for my son, Sandford Terrell. The
last time I heard from him was in
1883, at which time he was in New
Orleans, and I was in Arkansas,
but now I am in Mississippi, ten
miles west of Grenada. Any information
of his whereabouts will be
thankfully received. Ministers
will please read this from their…

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Delia Owen searching for her son Alfred Davis

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

June 18, 1885

Will pastors inquire among their
congregations for a young man
named Alfred Davis, who belonged
to a Mr. Boyd Smith. He was
taken from home by a gambler, and
was put in the sale yard. Mr. Jas.
Wilson bought him, and took him
to Louisiana. His mother was
named Delia Owen, and had a sis-
ter named Ann Owen. His mother
married a man…

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Clarissa, [last name unknown] searching for her parents and siblings

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

April 23, 1885

Mr. Editor—I wish to inquire
for my lost friends, father and
mother, sisters and brothers. My
father's name was Zeales Butler;
my mother's name was Mariah
Winkfield; she married Zeales But-
ler, and she fell to Dr. Johnnie
Winkfield, who married Caroline
Gypson. My name was Clarissa; I
fell to a Methodist preacher then
known as Lucius…

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Caroline Bonner (formerly Caroline Coventon) searching for her two sons Jim Johnson and Henry Holada

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

June 19, 1884

MR. EDITOR--Please allow me
to inquire for my two sons. The
last time I saw them was in Gaines
ville [Gainesville], Hall county, Ga.; their names
are Jim Johnson and Henry Holada;
they were small when I left them.
Their mother's name at that time
was Caroline Coventon, but is now
Caroline Bonner; their sister, Ma-
lissa [Malissa]…

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Bettie Moore searching for her sisters Anna Liza Brown and Cornelius, and brother Walter Bell

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

October 8, 1885

MR. EDITOR —I wish to inquire
for my people. My father's name
was Norvel Bell; he had two wives,
his first wife was named Maria
Bishop; he had one daughter by
her, whose name is Anna Liza
Brown. His second wife's name
was Kate Houston; he had two
daughters and one son by this
wife. The name of the son is
Walter Bell; the names…

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John Holmes searching for his stepfather Benton, mother Lettie, and brother Dick Holmes

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

February 26, 1884

I wish to inquire for my people
who lived east of Vicksburg, Miss.,
about the second or third year of
the war. I was then six or seven
years of age, and was taken from
home by some Southern soldiers
who brought me to Texas, and I
was sold three times. When I was
taken the soldier drew a gun on my
step-father and made him put me…

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Bennett Forrest searching for his mother Sally Forrest (formerly Sally Brown and Sally Johnson) and extended family

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

September 18, 1884

MR. EDITOR—I wish to inquire
for my relatives. My mother left
all in Kentucky. Her father and
mother were Bennett and Delilah
Johnson; her brothers Rollin,
Elisha Bullett, Westley and Bob
Johnson; and also Smith Bullett,
by father; her aunts were Betty and
Sally; she left in Cloverport, Ky.
They all belonged to Zeke Fisher,…

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Anna Wair searching for her father Jim Wair

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

July 15, 1885

I detire to inquire through your
valuable paper for my father. I
left him in Marion, Perry county,
Alabama, in 1869. I have not heard
from him since. His name was
Jim Wair, and mother's Anakia
Wair. She died the second year
after we came out here. Sister
Celia is with me. There are only
two girls of us, and we want to
find our…

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Amanda Adams searching for her father, John Williams, and sister Jane

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

November 25, 1885

MR. EDITOR: I wish to inquire
for my father and sister. I left
them 30 odd years ago in Pike
county, Miss. My father was named
John Williams; sister Jane when I
left her; I have learned since that
she was sold to one Wells. The last
time I heard from them they
were in Pike county, Miss., this
was in 1881. I hope all the…

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Alfred Yancey (formerly Alfred Venable) searching for his seven brothers and one sister

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

July 8, 1885

I have seven brothers and one
sister. I left them in Granville
county, North Carolina in 1839. We
all belonged to a lawyer named
Abraham Venable. Mother was
named Pinkey and father Joshua.
My brothers were Monroe, Addison,
William, Dock, Alexander and
David Russell, and sister was
named Julia Smiley; she was named
after a…

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Eliza Pemberton searching for her mother and siblings

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

October 18, 1883

MR. EDITOR – I wish to inquire
for my relatives – my mother, two
sisters and three brothers. My
father’s name was Henry, who died
in Maryland. My mother’s name
was Mollie, my sisters’ names were
Ellen and Winney. Ellen is the
oldest; my brothers’ names were
Warner, Lloyd and Burrell. We
all belonged to Mary Stewart, who
married…

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Bennet Forest searching for his parents' relatives

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

August 2, 1883

MR. EDITOR––I desire to inquire
for my relatives. My mother left
all her relatives in Kentukcy. Her
father and mother were Bennet and
Deliley Johnson; her brothers were
Rolling, Elisha, Westley and Bob
Johnson, and also a brother named
Smith Bolett, by father; her aunts
were Betty and Sally; she left them
all in Cloverport, Ky.…

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Bennett H. Forrest searching for information about his mother Sallie Brown (now Sarah Forest)

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

December 16, 1886

MR. EDITOR -- I desire to inquire for my relatives. My mother left her son in Elizabethtown, Ky.; his name is Henry Clay Brown. My mother at that time belonged to Thomas Brown, brother of Elisha Brown. This was before peace was declared. Her name was Sallie Brown, but now Sarah Forest. My guardians were George and Sallie Hunter; they left…

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S. B. Bland seeking information about his wife Martha Wright's people

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

October 14, 1886

MR. EDITOR--I want to find my
wife's people. She came to this
country by the name of Martha
Wright, and her brother, Green
Wright, came with her. My wife
and brother Green and her sister
Malishia Ann Gisush were sold at
Liberty for a debt and were taken
to Richmond, Va., where they were
sold, it was in Bedford county, and
when…

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Rev. J. N. Oden searching for relatives

Southwestern Christian Advocate

October, 7, 1886

MR. EDITOR ---- I wish to inquire for my relatives, whom I have not heard from since 1857. My mother's name was Eliza Oden, who belonged to a man named George Higgins, who lived in Anne Arundel county, Md. My father's name was William Oden, who belonged to a man named Hall; he also lived in Anne Arundel county, near Millersville postoffice. …

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Mary Matilda Vaughn searching for her father and aunt

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

May 31, 1883

TO THE PASTORS IN CHARGE OF
THE DIFFERENT CHURCHES IN
NEW ORLEANS:--I wish to make
some inquiries in your churches for
my father. His name is Wiley
Vaughan, and was a drayman. My
mother was sold from him and
brought to Texas. There are three
of us children - I being the young-
est [youngest]. My mother is Mathilda
Vaughan; my…

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