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J. T. Henry seeking information about his uncle Andy Halebrooks
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
October 28, 1886
MR. EDITOR--I wish to inquire
the whereabouts of my uncle, Andy Halebrooks. He used to belong to
a man by the name of Mayberry;
he had a brother named Anderson
who was my father; also two other
brothers, George and William, and
two sisters, Mary and Martha, be-
longing [belonging] to James Wardlaw, all
living in Walker county, Ga.,…
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M. M. Muldrew searching for their father Butler Muldrew
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
August 16, 1883
MR. EDITOR--I wish to inquire for my father. He belonged to the Muldrews. Old Muldrew died and his widow married a Mr. Hendricks. Father was Butler Muldrew. The last I heard from him he went to war with his young master, then ran away from him, and was then living in Sangamon county, Illinois. From there he moved to Madison county. Mother was…
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Mrs. Sarah Bell searching for her husband Stephen Crab or Phoenix
The Appeal (Chicago, IL)
June 4, 1892
STEPHEN CRAB-I wish to find my husband, Stephen Crab or Phoenix. He belonged to Jerry Crab in Platte Co., Mo. He ran away 3 or 4 years before the war I used to belong to William Clay. Address, Mrs. Sarah Bell, Weston, Mo. 8-26 92
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Levy Done searching for his mother Kissy Done, brother Joseph Done, and an unnamed uncle
The Colored Tennessean (Nashville, TN)
August 12, 1865
Information Wanted.
OF KISSY DONE, WHO LIVED AT COR-
inth. Miss., in 1862, but I learned she left
there in the fall of the same year for Memphis.
She is my mother, and I would be glad to hear
from her. I have a brother named Joseph Done,
and I also have an uncle somewhere in that
country. Any information respecting their…
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Lucindy Millsap searching for her two brothers London and Anderson Bass
The State Capital (Springfield, IL)
July 18, 1891
Lucindy Millsap, a colored wo-
man near Conyers, Ga. wishes in-
formation of her two brothers,
London and Anderson Bass, who
ran away with Gen. Sherman's
army in 1864. London Bass was
totally blind and was led off to At-
lanta, Ga., during the seige of that
place, by his brother Anderson,
making the remarkable trip
through the…
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Agnes Collins searching for her three sisters Nannie, Patience, and Julian
The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
May 29, 1884
MR. EDITOR-I desire to inquire
for my relatives that I left in
Franklin, Tenn., during the war.
Three sisters, Nannie, Patience and
Julian, who belonged to Mr. Ellis,
of Franklin. My sister Nannie's
husband used to belong to a Mr.
Ployd; she had four children when
I left Franklin for Louisiana, Sarah,
Mag, Eliza and Mary. When I…
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G. W. Hayman searching for his uncle Philip Morton
Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)
August 7, 1884
MR. EDITOR––I wish to inquire
for my uncle through your paper.
His name is Philip Morton. He
was born in Georgia, on Beaver
Dam Creek, in Green county. He
belonged to Robert Rea. He lived
there until he was five years old,
after which he came to Alabama.
When eighteen years old, he was
brought to Arkansas by Thomas
Oliver. The…
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Burrill Mundy searching for his family
The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)
December 2, 1865
INFORMATION WANTED
Of my father, Richard Mundy, my mother Jennie Lewis, my sisters Lucy and Sallie, and brothers Arthur and Temple Mundy.
My sister Lucy was married to James Nelson, a servant of Dr. Gauffney. My sister Sallie was married to Cupid Washington.
When I last saw them they were living in King Williams Co., Va , at Mundy's…
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Rev. J. Preston Watson reunited with friend Thomas Gannon
Charlevoix County Herald (East Jordan, MI)
December 27, 1918
NEGRO FINDS MAN HE
SERVED IN WAR
Search of Nearly Fifty Years Ends
Successfully for Old Negro.
Pueblo, Col.––A revival of old mem-
ories [memories], harking back to the ante-bellum
days, when he as a boy was sold many
times on the auction block as a chat-
tel [chattel], and finally at the age of 17, learn-
ed [learned] of the war to…
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John Dryden seeking Mary Ross
The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN)
January 5, 1895
Wanted.––The address of Agnes Ross, broth-
er [brother] of Mary Ross, a colored woman generally
known as "Lame Mary," who before 1863 was a
slave of David Castleman of Lexington, Ky.
She left Lexington suddenly about 1864 or 1865
and never returned. When last heard of
through her letters to her mother she was in or
near Belmont, Pa.…
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Unnamed woman searching for her sister Caroline Campbell
New National Era (Washington, DC)
July 6, 1871
INFORMATION WANTED.
In 1863 Caroline Campbell, then the slave of
one Dr. Hughes, of Montgomery Co., Maryland,
ran away from her master and came to Wash-
ington [Washington]. Since that time nothing has been heard
from her. If living, she can obtain information
of her sister by calling at 229 New Jersey ave-
nue [avenue], southeast,…
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Bill Dudley searching for his father Austin Dudley
Daily Selma Messenger (Selma, AL)
April 14, 1867
Information Wanted!
About the 2nd of April 1865, (the time of the
occupation of Selma by the Federal raiders under
command of Gen. Wilson,) my father, a
colored man, named AUSTIN DUDLEY, upon the
evacuation of the city by the raiders, left with
them. Since that time nothing has been heard
from him by his friends and relatives here.…
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John Milton Anderson searching for his relatives including his father Dick Anderson (formerly Dick Gillam)
The Huntsville Journal (Huntsville, AL)
April 20, 1900
Wanted Information of my Folks.
I want to find my people. We
came from South Carolina to Green
county, Ala., about 5 years before
the war. My mother was Milly Gil-
lam [Gillam], and she died in South Carolina.
My father's name was Dick Gillam,
afterwards Dick Anderson. He
married again and his second wife
was named Fanny. I am the…
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Austin Marshall searching for his wife Mrs. Elizabeth Marshall and her two children Granson and Jeannette
Leavenworth Daily Conservative (Leavenworth, KS)
March 5, 1863
INFORMATION WANTED.
OF MRS. ELIZABETH MARSHALL (mulatto) from the
Creek Nation. She is about eighteen years old;
has two children--the oldest, a boy named Granson, wil
be three years old next June; the youngest a girl nurs-
ing [nursing] babe, named Jeannette. They made their escape
from Maysville, it is understood, about ten days after…
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Henry Wilson reunited with his sister after 39 years
The Jacksonville Daily Journal (Jacksonville, IL)
November 4, 1903
FINDS SISTER AFTER YEARS.
To meet a sister after a separation of thirty-nine years is the recent experience of Henry Wilson, the colored butler who has been at the executive mansion through the administrations of Governors Ogles-by, Altgeld, Tanner and Yates. Wilson was born a slave in Missouri in 1855 and was held with his mother for more than…
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Henry Tolliver finds his father Alfred Tolliver
Iowa State Bystander (Des Moines, IA)
August 7, 1903
EDITORIALS.
REMARKABLE COINCIDENCE
Henry Tolliver, a leading citi-
zen [citizen], living at 1413 Fremont street
is about to start on a trip to
Leavenworth, Kans., to visit his
aged father, whom he has not
seen since he was sold on the
slave block over a half century
ago, at the age of 9 years. The
father is a man of remarkable age…
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Ann Wells searching for her daughter Maria Adeline
The Florida Peninsular (Tampa, FL)
February 8, 1868
Information Wanted,
Of Maria Adeline, (colored) formerly a slave
of Dr. Lively and was taken from Tampa
during the war by some colored people and
carried to Key West. When last heard from
she was in Apalachicola, Fla. Any information
regarding her will be gladly received by
her mother,
ANN WELLS.
Tampa, Nov.
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Emanuel Pope searching for his siblings Polly Pope, Milly Kane, Adeline Jane Pope, Joe Pope, and Larkin Pope
The Washington Bee (Washington, DC)
January 4, 1890
LOST.
Emanuel Pope, formerly of Azoo
county, Miss., wants to know the
whereabouts of his sisters, Polly
Pope, two married sisters, Milly
Kane, Adeline Jane Pope, broth-
ers [brothers] Joe and Larkin Pope. He left
them July 4th, '63, after the fall
of Vicksburg Miss. They belong
ed [belonged] to Nanie Denmond. If known
please…
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William Robinson (formerly William Volantine) searching for his brother Daniel Cromwell (formerly Joshua Volantine)
Liberator (Boston, MA)
March 2, 1849
INFORMATION WANTED. William Volantine, now
named William Robinson, who was once a slave in
Baltimore, and now living in New Bedford, wishes to
know where his brother is, who was a slave in the
same place, but came from Baltimore about three
years since to Philadelphia. His name was Joshua
Volantine, but he received the name of Daniel…
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Mr. Harrison Reed searching for his mother Mary Wilson/Mary Hogan
Arkansas Weekly Mansion (Little Rock, AR)
February 16, 1884
INQUIRY.
Wanted to know the where-
abouts [whereabouts] of my mother who used to
belong to the one Mr. Wilson who
lived at Fort Scott, Kansas, she
went by the name of Mary Wil-
son [Wilson] or Mary Hogan. Her chil-
drens [childrens] names were Jack, Thomas,
Bob, Susan, Ben, Emma, and
Anna. Inquire for a woman that
has the child by…
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Sisters, Julia Lyon and Emeline Skipwarth, reunited after 40 years
The Daily Inter Ocean (Chicago, IL)
November 20, 1885
AFTER MANY YEARS.
AFFECTING MEETING OF TWO SISTERS.
Special Telegram to the Inter Ocean.
BATTLE CREEK, Mich., Nov. 19.--Forty
years ago Julia and Emeline, two sisters,
were slaves upon the plantation of a master
by the name of Hall, in Kentucky. Emeline
left her sister one night, and with a party of
fugitives crossed the Ohio…
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Vina Johnson reunited with her husband George Perry after 43 years
The Highland Weekly News (Hillsboro, OH)
August 14, 1873
Wedding After Forty Years of
Separation.
Our town is all agog this morning
over the wedding that is to be cele-
brated [celebrated] in a day or two between Aunt
Vina Johnson, an old colored lady of
our place, and a former husband,
from whom she has been separated
for forty years. Forty-three years
ago Aunt Vina was the slave of a Mr.…
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Mrs. Amy Frenchy (formerly Amy Morris and Amy Baxter) found her mother Feraby
The Black Hills Daily Times (Deadwood, Dakota Territory)
May 4, 1884
AFTER MANY DAYS,
A Former Slave Hears from
Her Old Home.
A Separation of Thirty Years
Having Elapsed.
A Scrap of History.
Years before the war of the rebellion,
Wm. Eli Baxter, a lawyer and planter,
lived in Hancock county, Georgia, not
far from the town of Sparta. He own-
ed [owned] 150 slaves, among the number, Fer-
aby [Feraby],…
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Charles Owens searching for his brother Harry Bowen
Ottumwa Courier (Ottumwa, IA)
January 14, 1869
Information Wanted.
A colored man commonly called
Harry Bowen, escaped from his mas-
ter [master], Jerry Wayland, near St. Fran-
cisville [St. Francisville] Mo., about New Years night
1859.
It is supposed that he went to
Chicago, and from there to Canada,
but has not been heard from since
his escape, notwithstanding the
three…
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Isaac Moore searching for his father Abraham and mother Tomer
The Elevator (San Francisco, CA)
December 29,1871
INFORMATION WANTED.
By Isaac Moore of his parents and relatives.
He was born in Clay County, Missouri, about
12 miles north-east of a small town called
Liberty. His father's name was Abraham,
he belonged to a man named Joel Moore. His
mother's name was Tomer, she first belonged
to a man named Mike Wellton,
who sold her to Dave…
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