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Bunk Hilliard searching for his wife Annie Sterling

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

October 30, 1884

Mr. Editor - I wish to inquire
for my wife. Her name was Annie;
mine is Buck Sterling. She belonged
to a man in Georgia by the
name of Whit Sterling. She had
a daughter Francis. She left her
in LaGrange, Georgia. Wife was
sold to Mr. Barley, who lived in
Lafourche in war times. The last
I heard of her she was married
again to…

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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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B. J. Houston searching for his two sisters Emily and Emma

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

September 27, 1883

MR. EDITOR--Please correct
some mistakes in B. J. Houston's
lost friends letter for me. The oldest
was Mack and Harry and Ben.
Sisters Emily and Emma. I have
found my brother Ben. We had
not seen each other since we were
little boys, until the 3rd of September
last. When we parted I was
eight years old and he was six; today
I am…

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Clarissa Reed searching for her mother Pearline, stepfather Sam, and siblings

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

September 13, 1883

DEAR EDITOR- I desire to inquire for my people. Mother was Pearline, stepfather was Sam. Mother had two sets of children. There were five of us, and two died before I left home. The oldest, Sophronia, was sold first; there were Fannie, Morgan, Anderson and myself. Parents belonged to John Ronden. The old man and I was sold to a Mr. Currel, and he…

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Harriet Holman (formerly Harriet Switzer) searching for her children

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

March 8, 1883

MR. EDITOR: I wish to inquire for my children, whom I left before the war. There were eight. The boys were Ephraim, Andrew, Milas, Silas, James, Henry and George Washington. My name was Harriet Switzer. I belonged to George Switzer, near Newton, Lincoln county, N.C. Alex Boss, their father, died four years before the war. Ephraim belonged to George…

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Martha Easte searching for her family including mother Martha and uncle Andy Johnson

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

July 22, 1886

MR. EDITOR―I desire to find my people. I left my parents in Mosel, Texas, when quite young, mother's name is Martha, her brother's name was Andy Johnson, my father's name was Chas. Johnson, his wife is named Miranda. My mother once belonged to Judge Adkins. The man that bought me was named Benj. Robinson. They took me to Union county, Arkansas. I…

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Samuel Casby (formerly Samuel Wood) seeking information about his sisters Rhody and Phillis

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

June 3, 1886

MR. EDITOR - I want to inquire for my two sisters; the oldest was Rhody, who belonged to Thomas Wood, who lived in Spartenburg district, South Carolina; she married Ely Dunsley; her last one was named Thomas Smith. My younger sister was Phillis, who also belonged to Thomas Wood. My name was Samuel Wood when I lived there; my mothers name was…

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Willis Wright searching for his mother Mrs. Lucy Kennedy (formerly Lucy Wright)

New National Era (Washington, DC)

June 13, 1872

INFORMATION WANTED
Concerning my mother, Mrs. Lucy Wright, formerly of Charleston, South Carolina; subsequently she went to Mobile, Alabama, and married there. She now goes by the name of Lucy Kennedy. She is the mother of seven children, viz: William, Samuel, James Wesley, Adam, Willis, Sarah, and Mary. Any information concerning my said…

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Juda Ann Williams (formerly Juda Ann Grear) looking for her father Edmond Alexander

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

February 25, 1886

MR. EDITOR ---- I wish to inquire through your paper for my father. I was about 12 years of age when I last saw him; I was coming through Memphis from Holly Springs, Miss., and have not seen him since. His name was Edmond Alexander; his first wife was named Ann; she was my mother; my name is Juda Ann, and at that time was Juda Ann Grear. Since…

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John Bosan looking for his father Abe Bosan

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

January 28, 1886

MR. EDITOR ---- I wise to inquire
for my father; his name was Abe
Bosan; he left me in Shelby county,
Kentucky; he was set free before the
war; he belonged to Thos. Bundon.
He married a lady belonging to
Squire Mitchell, and they sold her
to Nelson Hope, and he moved to
Missouri and my father went with
him; they moved to Lincoln…

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Miss P. L. Foster seeking her father's family including father Joe Foster

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

October 13, 1881

DEAR EDITOR -- I wish to inquire for my father's people. He belonged to the Dewalt family in Newberry district, South Carolina, and was named Joe Foster. He left his home with nine children and a wife. Mother was Lydia and had six daughters and three sons -- Manda, Sarah, Victoria, Emeline, Pitcy, Ellen, Joseph, Paul and Albert. We left here in…

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Charlotte Ann Davis (formerly Charlotte Carlisle) searching for her children

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

March 30, 1882

MR. EDITOR --- I wish to find my children Sarah, Carloss, Easter, Jane, Frank and Margaret. Margaret, the youngest, was three years old when I left her, living with Henry Carloss, in Chickasaw county, I was sold to Columbus Williams, whose brother carried me to Memphis, Tennessee, and sold me to Capt. Sam Bullington. He carried me to near…

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Chaney (Land) Anderson seeking information about their brother George Jenkins

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

February 24, 1881

DEAR EDITOR ---- I wish to inquire
for my brother George. I heard
twice that he was living on Black
water. I heard he was living below
Meridian. His first wife was
named Clara Allen; but he quit
her and married again. His name
was George Jenkins, and he
belonged to Mr. Jenkins. I used to
be Chaney Land, but am now
Chaney…

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Daniel Sherman searching for his former wives Allie Mason, Sarah Berry, and Bitha Fason and their respective children

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

April 22, 1880

DEAR EDITOR ---- Please let me
inquire about my relatives, whom I
left behind when I went to Texas.
I came here with a man by the
name of John Mattix. My first
wife's name was Allie Mason. She
had three children with her. The
name of the oldest was Daniel
Monroe Mason, and the others were
named Jesse and Levinia. I left…

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Naro Gillespie seeking information about his father Charles and several siblings (1st of 3 ads)

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

April 15, 1880

DEAR EDITOR ------ I desire to learn
the whereabouts of my father,
mother, sisters and brothers. My
mother married the second time.
Her first husband was Wm. Price,
by whom she had four children ----
Sarah, Harriet, Mary and William.
I was the first by the latter husband,
named Charles. The others
were Monroe, Charley,…

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Sallie White (formerly Sallie Teague) searching for her sister Harriet Adkins and brother Major Randall

Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

October 30, 1897

Do You Know Them?

I desire to know the where-abouts of
my relatives. My name was formerly
Sallie Teague, the name by which they
knew me. I lived in Richmond until I
was 26 years old. I left there the year
before the war commenced. My former
husband's name was George Teague.
The white people, with whom I was
in Richmond here name…

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Rebecca Mitchell searching for her son John Thomas Bass (also known as John T. Norris)

Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

March 27, 1897

Inquiry Notice

I want to find my son, his name is
John Thomas Bass, but was often call-
ed John T. Norris, because his grand-
ma raised him. His mother was nam-
ed Rebecca Bass, his father Joseph
Bass, his aunt, Elizabeth Norris. He
has two uncles, Edward and Robert
Norris. He went to Chicago, and I
heard he was married and had…

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Henry Adams (formerly Henry Houston) searching for his former wife Malinda and their children Lucy, Rena, Josephine and Henry

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

June 20, 1878

I formerly belonged to a man
named Houston in Newton county,
Georgia, and I was then called Henry
Houston. My wife, Malinda, and
our four children, Lucy, Rena, Josephine
and Henry belonged to Columbus
Henson, who took them from
me and carried them to Texas, to a
place, I heard, somewhere on Cypress
Bayou. I married again
and…

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Charles Harris's widow searching for her husband's family

Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

November 24, 1894

Do You Know Them?
Information is wanted concerning
the following parties: Charles Harris,
the son of Charles Harris, Sr.,
and Louisa Harris. One of the
daughters attended the Hampton N
and A. Institute. She married a
man named Budd, and located in
the West. Charles Harris, Sr., died
and his widow married a man
named Samuel Brown…

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Wm. Oliver Holmes looking for his sister Mary Holmes

Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

September 13, 1890

Do You Know Her.

I desire to know the wherebouts
of my sister. Her maiden name was
Mary Holmes. Her first marriage
name was Mary Brown. I learn she
has marrried the second time. She is
the daughter of Claiborne and Jennie
(or Jane) Holmes, who lived in King
William County, Va. Her father was
owned by Mr. Park Davis.…

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Octavia Ethrington (formerly Octavia West) searching for her brothers Charley West and Willie West

The Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

January 11, 1896

Do You Know Them?
I desire to find my brothers, Charley
West and Willie West. He was
working with Alli White, Surry Co
for a man who kept a saw-mill, (Mr.
Jones) is where Willie West was in '80
and '81.
I received a letter from him, but
mislaid it.
Charley was out here looking for
me in '86, but could not find me.
My last…

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Mrs. R. Woodford searching for her mother Eliza Johnson and brother Squire Johnson

The State Capital (Springfield, IL)

November 19, 1892

Information Wanted.
Mrs. R. Woodford of Louisville,
Ky., is in the city and desires in-
formation concerning her mother,
Eliza Johnson and her brother,
Squire Johnson. They are situated
somewhere in this state. Her
mother has married since she saw
her and now goes by the name of
Crawford. Persons knowing any-
thing of their whereabouts…

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Mrs. Manerva Tanks searching for her mother Mary Allen

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

September 8, 1887

INFORMATION WANTED OF MRS
Manerva Tanks, of Hamburg, Arkan-
sas, of her mother, Mary Allen wife of one
Richard Allen, who lived at Clarks, S.C.
Manerva is her eldest daughter. Any in-
formation of her whereabouts will be ad-
dressed to Mrs. Manerva Tanks, care of
Rev. John Whitesides, Hanburg, Ashley
Co., Arkansas.

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Charles Gatewood searching for his mother Mary Gatewood and his sisters Mary, Mattie, and Amanda

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

February 3, 1887

INFORMATION WANTED OF MY MOTH-
er. Her name was Mary Gatewood ;
lived near Antioch Church, in Rockingham
county, Va., belonged to Dave Ralston.
When all of us were sold a man named
Loftman bought her. She was afterwards
taken to Pocahontas, Tenn. Last heard
from eighteen years ago ; she had married
a man named Allen and was living in…

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Jacob French-Stewart seeking information about his mother Matilda French and several siblings

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

July 1, 1886

INFORMATION WANTED OF ANY OR
all of the following persons by their
brother, Jacob French-Stewart, namely :
Moses French, Fanny French, Nancy French
and Sally French. Those are my whole
sisters and brother. My mother, viz., Ma-
tilda French, had her second husband be-
fore I came away, which was about the
year 1839. Her name was then…

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