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Mrs. Jane Olbey seeking information about her son Ledyard G. Robbins

The National Era (Washington, DC)

November 17, 1853

INFORMATION WANTED,

OF a young man named LEDYARD G. ROBBINS,
aged 28 years, a Barber, not very dark colored,
with brown hair, five feet six or seven inches high, of
an active temperament, and usually dressed in the
most approved style. He was last heard from at Providence,
R. I., in May last. Those knowing the whereabouts
of said…

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Rev. C. Mays seeking information about his son Collin Rufus Mays

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

April 4, 1878

Information Wanted.

I will be thankful for any information
concerning my son, Collin
Rufus Mays. He left home two
years ago and wrote us regularly
for a year, since that we have not
heard from him. He is 22 years
old, a brown mulatto, about 5 feet
10 inches high, would weigh about
160 pounds. Was near Marshall,
Texas, when last…

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Frances Johnson (formerly Frances Rice) seeking information about her sister Carrie Carr

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

September 13, 1877

I wish information of a sister
named Carrie Carr, from whom I
was separated near the close of the
war, at Jefferson, Texas. My name
was then Frances Rice. I once
heard that my sister was married
to John Jonifiends. The third finger
on her right hand is crippled.
Address Frances Johnson, care of
Rev. S. E. H. Morant, Shreveport,…

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Sarah Mason searching for her mother Clara Smith

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

March 22, 1877

AUSTIN, March 13, '77.
Mr. Editor: I wish to find my
mother. Her name was Clara Smith,
she was sold from me when I was
between six and seven years old.
She was sold to the speculators and
I don't know where. She was a
small dark brown woman and had
two other children. We belonged
to Wm. Smith and lived in Rockcastle,
near a big…

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Callie Pollard searching for her brother George Evans

Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

October 17, 1896

Do You Know Him?

I desire to know the whereabouts of
my brother, George Evans. His mother's
name was Rhodie Evans. He has
a mark on his face that resembles the
No. 10. He is of brown complexion
and left here in 1865 or '66.
Any information concerning him
will be thankfully received by
CALLIE POLLARD,
Farmville, Va.
oc17-1mo.

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Mrs. Lizzie Lightfoot searching for her son Charles Lightfoot

Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

January 2, 1897

Do You Know Him?

Want to know the whereabouts of
my son, Charles Lightfoot. When last
heard of in May he was residing at Norfolk,
Va. He is about 5 feet, 6 inches,
of a dark brown complexion. His
relatives are Lewis, Tazewell, Samuel
Sarah and Eliza Lightfoot. Mother's
name is Lizzie Lightfoot, father's
name is Tazewell…

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Mrs. Celia Bankhead searching for her mother Mary Halingworth

Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

February 27, 1897

Do You Know Her.

I desire to know the whereabouts of
my mother - Mary Halingworth. When
last heard from she was in Paris, Miss
I have not heard from her for many
years. She is of a light-brown com-
plexion. Any information concerning
her whereabouts will be thankfully re-
ceived by her daughter,
Mrs. CELIA BANKHEAD,
Corinne, Utah

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Mrs. William Martin looking for relatives of John S. Capron

Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

January 22, 1898

DO YOU KNOW THEM

A Fortune for the Relatives

SAN FRANCISCO, Cali., Dec 30 '97,
EDITOR The Planet:

Will you insert a
notice in your paper and assist in trying
to find the relatives of John S
Capron, who left Virginia during the
Mexican war with Major [undecipherable].
They came west and were for years
in Eureka Nevada where he…

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Richard Elliott searching for his sons Willie and Champion

The Daily Standard (Raleigh, NC)

May 14, 1868

INFORMATION WANTED
OF MY TWO SONS, WILLIE AND CHAMPION,
who left me in 1864, when Wilson's
parade took place in Virginia. Willie is about
23 years of age, low, chunky and very dark.
Champion is about 19 years of age, spare made,
and of ginger colored complexion. Their
whereabouts is not exactly known, but I am of
opinion they are…

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Eliza Grapes (formerly Eliza Flemming) searching for her sons Morris, Leander, and John Harrison

Clarksville Weekly Chronicle (Clarksville, TN)

May 3, 1867

INFORMATION WANTED.
THE undersigned desires information of
her three sons, Morris, Leander, and
John Harrison. When last heard from they
were with Mr. William Harrison, of
Hopkinsville about eighteen years ago. Any
information concerning them will be thankfully
received by their mother,
ELIZA GRAPES,
(Formerly Eliza Flemming.)…

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James Hall searching for his son Wesley

The Daily Dispatch (Wilmington, NC)

October 25, 1865

Information Wanted.
OF my son WESLEY, 13 years of age, light
complexion, raised in Richmond county, N.
C., by Mrs. Effy Gilchrist, left there about 1st
March with the Federal troops, last heard of
passing through Wilmington about the 1st June 1865.
His Father and Mother can be found at Mr.
Peden's…

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Parker Moore and Sarah Moore searching for Aaron Moore

Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD)

February 29, 1864

INFORMATION WANTED OF AARON
MOORE, colored, of Belair. Harford county,
Md., who was drafted at the last draft, and came to
Baltimore for exemption, he being disabled in the
right leg, since which time nothing has been heard
from him. Any information of his whereabouts
will be thankfully received by PARKER MOORE,
at Calverton,…

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Ann Barnet searching for her son Theodore Barnet

Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD)

August 22, 1864

PERSONAL. - Information wanted of THEODORE
BARNET, a colored boy, aged eleven
years and eight months, who left his home at the
Mansion House, on Thursday morning, 13th inst,
at o'clk Had on when he left dark woolen pants,
a white linen jacket and straw hat bound with black
ribbon. He is about four feet in height, of delicate…

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Eliza (formerly Eliza Long) Henderson searching for her mother Jane Borden and six children

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

December 8, 1881

DEAR EDITOR ---- I wish to in
quire for my mother, Jane Borden,
and six children. Father was
Robert Lacy. I left them on the
Brazos river in Texas in 1853,
near Waco. Bill Long sold me
and one child to George Merritt,
near Shreveport, La. My name
was Eliza Long, but is now Eliza
Henderson. Address me at Rose
Hill, La., care…

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Ben Ford searching for his friend Ben Herbert

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

March 2, 1882

DEAR EDITOR ---- I wish to inquire
of an old friend of mine. His
name is Ben Herbert. He has a
son with us. His son's name is
Joseph Herbert, and he says that
in 1878 he lived in Jackson, Miss.,
but since that time he has removed,
and that he could not learn
where. In 1881 his son heard that
he had went through Vicksburg,…

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Louise Caw searching for her son Mansfield Crutchfield

The Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, OH)

August 20, 1882

INFORMATION wanted of Mansfield Crutchfield
mulatto, about 48 years old: was sold by Oscar
Crutchfield to a slave-trader named Ponder about
1845 at Richmond, Va: was supposed to have been
seen during the war on a Mississippi steamboat.
Any information as to his whereabouts will be
thankfully received by his aged mother. Address
LOUISE…

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Rev C. H. Brown searching for his wife's uncle Charles Bender

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

May 18, 1882

Dear Editor-- I desire to find
my wife's uncle. His name was
Charles Bender, and used to belong
to Mr. Griffin Bender, in Jasper
county Mississippi. His
mother's name was Chanie Bender.
He has a hand burnt off when a
child. He ran away from his owners
one year before the war. The
last heard of him was that he had
gone to…

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Caroline Howard searching for her son Legrand Howard

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

September 8, 1881

DEAR EDITOR : --- I desire to inquire for my son. Thirty years ago, at the age of six years, he was sold away from me at Covington, Ky., to Richard Kay by Jno. N. Howard. His name then was Legrand Howard. His complexion is very fair. I have seen him but once since, the next year after he was sold. Any information concerning him, should this not…

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Mrs. Indianer Hodges searching for her son

The Atlanta Constitution (Atlanta, GA)

November 20, 1900

INFORMATION WANTED of my son,
Willie Henry Hodges, who left Spencer,
N. C., in the month of August, last. I
fear some misfortune has befallen him.
As he left a wife sick, and said would
return in a few days, I can not believe my
son to be so heartless not to have
returned, could he have. Description: Light
brown skin, slightly…

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Elizabeth Allen searching for husband Alexander Allen

The Nashville Daily Union (Nashville, TN)

November 26, 1864

Information Wanted

OF ALEXANDER ALLEN, colored man, about
5 feet, 5 inches high, who left Nashville about
two years since, and is supposed to be in Louisville
at this time. Any information concerning him will
be thankfully received by his wife

ELIZABETH ALLEN,

Nashville, Tenn.

nov24---3t

Louisville Journal copy, send bill to…

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Dr. P. C. Kebble searching for Mrs. or Miss Kate White

Appeal: A National Afro-American Newspaper (St. Paul and Minneapolis, MN)

October 24, 1903

Information is wanted of Miss or Mrs. Kate White, who left Omaha a few years ago and is supposed to be in weighing about 125 pounds. Miss Chicago. She is a bright mulatto. White's parents live at Atchison. Kan Any information will be gladly received by Dr. P. C. Kebble, Pittsburg, Texas.

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J. U. Bishop searching for his wife Rebecca Bishop

The Newberry Weekly Herald (Newberry, SC)

July 12, 1865

Information Wanted.

MY wife, Rebecca Bishop, deserted me and
our three children, last Monday night, the
3d instant. She was accompanied by a mulatto
boy named Jerry (formerly slave of one Bishop.)
Said boy is about 25 years of age, slightly crossed
in one eye. My wife is 36 years old, but looks
much younger. She…

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Louisa Gibbs searching for her son Nat Adams

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

July 13, 1882

MR. EDITOR – I am inquiring
of for my son, Nat Adams or Nat
Boykin. I don’t know which name
he goes by. His mother belongs
to Col. Adams, Madison county,
West Tennessee. His father was
named Clinton Boyton ; he
belonged to Eli Boykin. His oldest
brothor [brother] was named William Adams,
his oldest sister, Lucy Adams.
He has a scar on…

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Martha Taylor searching for her son Charles Taylor

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

August 10, 1882

Charles W. Taylor - his whereabouts
or any information will be
thankfully received by the undersigned.
When last heard from
he was teaching school somewhere
in Southwest Miss. He has been
gone from his parents for five years
Medium hightm [height] dark complexion,
marked by small-pox. Address
Martha Taylor, care of Rev. H.
Wright,…

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Sarah Slater searching for sister Lucy and brother Joe Dennis

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

March 25, 1886

MR. EDITOR ---- I desire to inquire for my brother and sister. My sister was named Lucy; she was sold out of the Allen family to a man by the name of Battle Esters; he sold her to George. C. Kees, who sold her to Tom Bates, and he sold her to Jack Brandstutter and he sold her to the traders. Then the traders took her from Ray county, Missouri. My…

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