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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

Wheeling 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. The…

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Lucinda Pillow (formerly Hargrave)

The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN)

January 26, 1895

I would like to find my brother and sister,
George Hargrave and Fannie Hargrave. My
name was Lucinda Hardgrave; our mother Allie
Hargrave. Brother, Robert Hargrave, and a
white girl by name of Martha Hargrave were
drowned at Mitchell's Mill and were buried at
Limestone church. My brother and sister belonged
to Bill Hargrave, and I…

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Mary Hughes seeking the whereabouts of her sister Susan Adlet White

The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN)

January 5, 1895

I would like to know the whereabouts of my
sister. Her name is Susan Adlet White. The
last time I saw her was at the fair in Florence,
Boone, County, Ky., in 1877. She was living
with a white family by the name of Sanders,
who lived between Walton and Union, Boone,
County, Ky. I was living with Mr. Arthur D
McFell's family, also…

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Mrs. Christine Whetstone Holt searching for her siblings Missouri, Margaret, Lettie, and Jack Whetstone

The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN)

April 22, 1893

I would like to know the whereabouts of my
brothers and sisters. They are Missouri Whet-
stone [Whetstone], Margaret Whetstone, Lettie Whetstone,
Jack Whetstone, Harriet Whetstone, Athe
Whetstone, and George had a cousin by the
name of Anna Means. We were all born in
Spartanburgh, South Carolina, and all belonged
to Dave Whetstone. …

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Ann Washington (formerly Ann Stubb) seeking her relatives including her mother Lucy Stubb

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 Jennie…

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Jno. Coppage seeking information about his brother Mitchell Gray

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

March 3, 1884

MR. EDITOR––Please allow me
to inquire for my brother. The last
time I saw him was in Coweta
Ga., in 1866; he belonged to a man
named Ben. Gray; has a mother
named Winnie Gray; her husband
was named Edmond Bridges; her
children were Sidna, Mitchell, Nicy,
Dimon, Duck, Billie and Edda.
Mitchell went off, it was said, with
a Capt.…

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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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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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Benton Lettle and Dick Holmes 2-26-1885.tif

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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