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Jackson Cumberland searching for his wife Jenny and children Albert and Martha

Harrisburg Telegraph (Harrisburg, PA)

May 23, 1867

INFORMATION WANTED. - Jackson Cumberland
(colored), desires information of the
whereabouts of his family, a wife, named
Jenny and two children, one a boy, named
Albert, age about 11 years, the other a girl,
named Martha, age about 6 years. The
father was in the Union army as hostler at
the time of Milroy's retreat, at which time…

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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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James Calloway searching for his son Jemmy Calloway

Alexandria Gazette (Alexandria, VA)

August 29, 1866

INFORMATION WANTED OF JEMMY
CALLOWAY, (colored) who left the farm
of Mr. John T. Davis, in Appomattox county,
Va., after the fall of Richmond. When last
heard from he was in Harrisonburg, Pa., boarding
with a Mrs. E. Roberts. Any information
concerning him will be thankfully received by
his father, James Calloway, at Alexandria, Va.…

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James Fenner seeking his son Walker Fenner

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

July 14, 1887

MR. EDITOR-- I desire to make inquiry for my son Walker Fenner. He ran away from home the 6th of March, 1886. He is a mulatto, about 15 years of age, is short and very heavy set. I would thank any one to inform me of his whereabouts. My name is James Fenner, Meridian, Miss. Send letter in care of Doc. Kirkling.

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James M. Ferguson seeking information about his father Allen Clark

The National Tribune (Washington, DC)

May 6, 1909

Information regarding Allen Clark, a
colored soldier, once a slave of Wm.
Clark, Orange County, Va., who was
killed in the civil war. He ran off from
slavery, and joined the Union army.
His son is anxious to learn his regiment
and all particulars possible. -- James M.
Ferguson, 655 Adams St., Steubenville,
Ohio.

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Jas. Bell looking for his mother Isabella, sister Sallie, aunt Parthenia, and grandmother Minna

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

November 19, 1870

Of my mother Isabella, my sister
Sallie, and of my aunt Parthenia,
and of my grandmother, named Min-
na. I left them in Georgia about
thirty years ago. They belonged to
a man named Joe Marshall; my
mother belonged to a man named
Wm. Bell. They lived near Green
Brier Meeting House - Any informa-
tion address, Jas. Bell, Helena, Ark.

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John A. Murry searching for his father Alfred Murry

Provincial Freeman and Weekly Advertiser (Windsor/Toronto/Chatham, Canada West)

March 1, 1856

Information Wanted.
JOHN A. MURRY takes this method of ascer-
taining the whereabouts of his Father, Alfred
Murry, who lived with Colonel Hollensworth of
Hagerstown, Maryland, U. S., in the year 1835.
and came to Canada, where he is yet living,
Any person having a knowledge of the locality of
Mr. Murry, will confer a great favor by…

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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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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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Jones Blackwell searching for his father Thomas Blakewell and uncles

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

September 20, 1888

MR. EDITOR:—I wish to inquire for my people. Father's name was Thomas Blakewell. My uncle's name was Stephen Blackwell. Joe Blackwell and Peter Blackwell left Nashville to go to Illinois. They all left me in Nashville, Tenn., about 1861. Any information will be thankfully received. Address Jones Blackwell, Roseneath, Miss., Yazoo Co.

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Julia Smith (formerly Julia Gordey) searching for her son George G. Gordey

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

October 8, 1891

INFORMATION WANTED.--of Geo.
G. Gordey of Laurel, Sussex Co., Dela-
ware, who belonged to a man named Hobbs
He (Gordey) went from Laurel to Agusta.
Ga., from Agusta Ga., to Canada, return-
ing to Mississppi, since which time his
mother, Julia Gordey, now Julia Smith,
and his sister Ruth Ann Little, have not
heard of him. Any information…

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Lazarus Holland looking his parents James and Kenna Holland and several siblings

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

June 6, 1895

INFORMATION WANTED. -
Of my relatives. I was born in
Nansemon County, Virginia, about
three miles from Carsville, on a
plantation owned by Henry
Holland. My father and mother
belonged to him, and their names
were James and Kenna, I had five
sisters and three brothers. Brothers'
names were Lamb, Jonah and
Nathan. Sisters' names…

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Lee Dear (formerly Gabriel Dear) searching for his mother Nancy Dear, brothers Jack and Benjamin Dear, and sister Sinthia Dear

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

June 9, 1881

DEAR EDITOR—I wish to inquire for my kin people. My mother is Nancy Dear. My father is dead. His name was Gabriel Dear. My oldest sister, before she married, was Matilda Dear, and after marriage, was Matilda Duffields. Brother Duffields got killed before the war by a grey mule, and my sister is dead and left one girl named Laura Duffields. She was…

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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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Lizzie Collins seeking information about her aunt Laura Collins

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

December 14, 1893

INFORMATION WANTED of
Laura Collins of Leesburg Co., Va.
She was owned by James Thomas.
She ran away during the war. Her
mother's name was Ann Collins.
She belonged to Dr. Edwards of
Leesburg Co. I heard she was in
Canada, Ont. She is married but I
don't know her marriage name is.
Any information of her whereabouts
will be thankfully…

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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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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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Mary Jane Douglass searching for her son Godfrey and relatives

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

August 8, 1889

Dear editor: I am inquiring for some of my folks, especially my son. I lived in Page county, Va., and had two sisters and one brother, Angeline, Frances and Richard Pollatt. I left them in 1853. My father went to Pennsylvania when I was small. His name was Henry Pollatt. My mother was named Octavia. I am the mother of ten children I left my son…

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Matilda Jones seeks the whereabouts of husband Richard Jones and sons John and Thomas

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

September 22, 1866

INFORMATION WANTED.
Information wanted of the whereabouts of my
husband, Richard Jones, and my two sons, John
and Thomas. We were separated in the woods,
near a place called Alleywhite, in November,
1862. I was carried back to Suffolk by the
Union troops I have heard nothing from them
since.
We were owned by Birvin Jones, of…

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Mr. Ambrose reunited with his family

National Anti-Slavery Standard (New York, NY)

October 12, 1865

A FAMILY REUNION. HOW AN ESCAPED SLAVE BECAME WEALTHY AND DISCOVERED HIS RELATIVES. A Chicago paper tells the story of the return to the South of an escaped slave, who had amassed wealth in the North, and recently started on a journey to discover his relatives, whom he found in Louisiana. The story is as follows: "A few years ago, a runaway…

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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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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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Mrs. Dulcina Hall seeking information about her father Isaac Tolson

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

February 9, 1888

INFORMATION WANTED OF ONE ISAAC
Tolson. He left Howard county, Mo., many
years ago. The last heard of him he was in
Canada. He had a daughter named Dulcina.
If any one can give any information of his
whereabouts they will please inform his daugh-
er, Mrs. Dulcina Hall, at Clinton, Henry county,
Mo.

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Mrs. Esther Stokes searching for her son Commodore Nelson Perry Sidwell Stokes

Highland Weekly News (Hillsboro, OH)

April 18, 1867

Mrs. Esther Stokes, (colored,) living in Ripley, wants information of her son, Commodore Nelson Perry Sidwell Stokes, who ran away from Maysville, Ky., thirteen years ago.

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Mrs. G. W. Staples searching for her brother Martin

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

January 16, 1890

Dear Editor: Over twenty years ago my mother got burned and died. She had bought property in the neighborhood of the Poydras Market, in New Orleans. This property was bought in the year 1860, or '61. I had one brother named Martin. He went off after my mother died, and I have not seen him since. I was left with one Mrs. Huterson or a name of that…

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