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Mary Washington searching for her father David Roater, mother Bettie, and sisters Mary Ann and Margaret

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

July 26, 1877

Our family belonged to Mr.
Moody, of Mecklenburgh Co., Va.
Father was named David Roater
and mother was named Bettie ; I
had two sisters, Mary Ann and
Margaret. We were all sold to a
speculator called Capt. Williamson,
who took us to Selma, Alabama,
where in 1846, we were separated,
father, mother and sister Margaret
being at…

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Mrs. Martha Smith seeking information about her sisters Phillis and Letitia

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

July 26, 1877

I will be most thankful for information
concerning my two sisters,
Phillis and Letitia (called
Tishia). Our mother is named
Kitty, and formerly belonged to
Billy Carter, at Big Springs, Wilson
Co., Tenn. My sisters were
sold to a slave trader named Pat.
Anderson, and we afterwards heard
that he sold Phillis fifteen miles below…

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Henry Thomas searching for his father Tom, mother Phillis, and several siblings

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

June 28, 1877

I was raised by Jesse Yates, at
Mount Sterling, Kentucky. I had
five brothers, John, Richard, Larkin,
Taylor and Martin, and three
sisters, Martha, Lelah and Ellen.
Our father was called Tom and our
mother, Phillis. Most of the family
belonged to Mr. Thomas, and had
that name. Three of us were carried
to Missouri by Jesse Yates,…

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Solomon Dean searching for his sisters Eliza and Frances and several members of his extended family

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

May 17, 1877

My family belonged to Mr. Bennett,
in Charleston, S. C. and we had
his name. I do not remember my
father. My mother's name was
Nancy; she died at Bennett's. I
had a sister Eliza, and another sister
Frances. Bennett sold us just
before the war to a slave dealer
named Anker, and we were separated.
Our grand-parents were Jacob
and…

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Phillip Scott searching for his sister Nancy

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

February 28, 1884

DEAR EDITOR- I wish to inquire
for my sister Nancy. Mother is
Henrietta. I left her at Poindexter's
trade yard. We belonged to
a man named Scott. Address me at
Lockhart, Texas. PHILIP SCOTT.

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Rosean Letcher searching for her son Jerry Able

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

April 26, 1877

I desire information concerning
my son, Jerry Able. We formerly
belonged to Robert Able, Red Mill
City, Kentucky. I was sold to Bill
Matney, a negro trader, about 18
years ago. My name now is Rosean
Letcher. Address me, care of Rev.
A. M. Gregory, Waco, Texas.

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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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Gustus Ann Hamilton searching for her mother Nelly Beacheum, uncles Louis Beachem and Pompey Beachem, and sister Jane Beaches (2nd of 2 ads)

Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

July 25, 1896

Do You Know Them?

I desire to know the whereabouts of
my relatives. I was sold from them
during the war.
I belonged to Sam Beachem, who lived
at than time Richmond, Va. I was
sold to Jimerson, at an age between 11
and 12 years Then I was to Robert
Golikly and Bird Leatherwood, two
Negro traders. They carried me to
Mississippi.…

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Mark Messer searching for his father Americus Valentine and his family

Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

January 30, 1897

Do You Know Them?

I desire to know the whereabouts of
my father's people. He was born in
Currytuck County, N C and was sold
in Richmond at Lumpkins Jail forty
or fifty years ago.
His father's name was Americus
Valentine and my mother's name was
Barbara and they belonged to Brancen
Bell and lived at a place called Bull
Yard.
My…

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Mrs. Rose Caudle (formerly Rose King) searching for her mother Charlotte King and several brothers

Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

August 21, 1897

Do You Know Them?

I would like to find my people. My
mother's name was Charlotte King,
and when I was sold I had five broth-
ers, viz: Alfred, John, Reason, Robert
and Paul King. At the same time
they were sold to Seth Woodruff, a
trader. My mother was sold to Mr
Hunter at Campbell Court House.
this sale was made after the death…

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Mrs. Sarah Bell searching for her sister Julia (also known as Judy) (2nd of 2 ads)

Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)

May 14, 1898

DO YOU KNOW THEM?
New Haven, Conn. May 6, '98
I desire information on the
whereabouts of one Julia, nick named Judy,
daughter of Siddy Stevens and John
(or Tim Stevens), born in New Berne,
N.C. She was sold from that place
about one or two years before the Civil
War. Judy had a sister Sally who was
bought from James C. Stevenson by…

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Robert Braxton looking for his mother Evie Braxton and siblings Thomas, Archie, and Elizabeth Braxton

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

April 10, 1879

DEAR EDITOR: I wish information
of my mother, Elvie Braxton,
brothers Thomas and Archie, and
sister Elizabeth Braxton. Our
father, Harrison Braxton, is dead.
I was sold from King Williams
county, Virginia, in 1856, by Wm.
M. Garrick to Messrs. Robinson &
Smith, who brought me to Alabama;
there I was sold to Edwin A.
Glover and…

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Sarah Oxley looking for her sister Dorcas Richardson

Daily Newbernian (New Bern, NC)

December 4, 1880

Information Wanted.
Ministers of colored churches in Louisiana
and adjoining States are earnestly
requested to read the following to their
respective congregations:
The brothers and sisters (John, Peter,
Sarah and Kate) of Dorcas Richardson,
daughter of the late Moses and Eliza Richardson,
of Craven county, N. C., are…

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Henry Tibbs searching for his mother Hannah

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

December 11, 1879

MR. EDITOR ---- I desire some
information about my mother. The
last time I saw her I was in Alexandria,
Virginia, about the year
1852 or 1853. Her name was Hannah.
She belonged to Lawyer Tibbs
who sold her when I was quite
young to a trader named Bruthing.
Lather Tibbs lived at Leesburg,
Va., when he sold mother to…

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Henry Smith (formerly Henry Watts) seeking his brothers William and Sephus

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

February 26, 1880

DEAR EDITOR --- I desire information
of my brothers. I have heard
from two and two I have not heard
from. William and Sephus belonged
to Tilly Watts, in Lunengburg
county, Virginia, in 1842. I left
them there. Brother Jesse said
Sephus had moved from Virginia,
but he did not know where, and he
had not heard from William for…

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Celia Rhodes looking for her family Jarvis, Moses, George, and Maria Gains

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

January 1, 1880

DEAR EDITOR ---- I wish to inquire
about my people. I left them in a
trader's yard in Alexandria, with a
Mr. Franklin. They were to be
sent to New Orleans. Their names
were Jarvis, Moses, George and
Maria Gains. Any information of
them will be thankfully received.
Address me at Aberdeen, Miss.
CELIA RHODES.

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Silas Thomas searching for his children and Annie Thomas searching for her parents and siblings

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

July 28, 1881

DEAR EDITOR - I wish to find
my children and my wife's people.
There are two sets of my children.
The first, three boy and four girls.
Boys names are Tom, Silas, and Joe
Thomas (Tom and Silas were
twins); girls names, Lucy, Martha,
Nancy, and Caroline Thomas. Their
mother was Mary Fuller. They
belonged to Fuller, Sinclair county,…

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Lucy Clarke searching for her mother Nancy Love

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

March 18, 1880

DEAR EDITOR - Please allow me
to make inquiry for my mother,
Nancy Love. We were separated
about the year 1850, in Mississippi.
I was then but an infant of about
9 months. We belonged to Anderson
Moss. He sold my mother to
Mr. Ned Herndon, a speculator in
slaves. He sold her to Mrs. Hooker,
a widow in Jackson, Miss. It was
then…

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Maria Hentson searching for her son Lue Eller

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

March 24, 1881

DEAR EDITOR - I wish to make
some inquiry through our paper
for my son, Lue Eller, whom I left
in Alexandria, Va., with a man by
the name of James Chattam, who
bought me and my two
children from William Campbell.
Edward died, and then I was sold
to a man by the name of Mellon, a
negro trader, and Chattom kept
my son Lue Eller…

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Adam Sisson (also known as Adam Webb) searching for mother Fannie Webb (2nd of 3 ads)

The Andrew County Republican (Savannah, MO)

November 22, 1872

Searching for His Mother.
The following, from the St. Joe
Herald, we give place in our columns,
in the hope that some of our readers
may be able to give the information
desired:
"Information wanted of my mother,
Fannie Webb, who formerly lived at
or near Union Wharf, on the Rappahannock…

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Adam Sisson (also known as Adam Webb) searching for his mother Fanny Webb (3rd of 3 ads placed)

The Daily State Journal (Richmond, VA)

September 13, 1873

WANTS TO FIND HIS MOTHER.-
Adam Webb, otherwise Adam Sisson, of
the Pacific Hotel, St. Joseph, Buchanan
county, Missouri, wants to find his mother.
He says:
"Information is wanted by me, Adam Sisson,
a mulatto son of George Sisson, white,
regarding the whereabouts of my mother,
Fanny Webb, a bright mulato [mulatto], aged…

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Mrs. Ann Read (formerly Clarissa) searching for her mother Perline, sister Sephrony, and brother Anderson or any family (1st of 2 ads placed)

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

January 19, 1882

DEAR EDITOR ----- I belonged to
John Rowden of St. Charles county
Missouri. I was called Clarissa. I
was sold to Mr. Kerle, a planter
My mother was named Perline. I
was the youngest of mother's first
children. I had a sister named
Sephrony, and a brother called
Anderson. I don't know much
about mother's second children. …

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Caroline Williams searching for her sister Francis Austin

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

February 2, 1882

MR. EDITOR ---- I wish to inquire for my sister. Her name was Francis Austin, and belonged to Mary Austin. A negro trader bought her by the name of Bess about thirty-five years ago. He sold her in Lexington, Mo.; he bought her in the same State. Her mother's name was Clara Austin. There was two more children, brother Amos and myself, Caroline…

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Isabella Joseph searching for her parents Seneca and Rhoda Paterson and several siblings

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

February 2, 1882

TEXAS, BOX 78.

DEAR EDITOR ---- I wish to inquire for my people through your paper. My name is Isabella. I and my brother Jesse were brought from North Carolina by Dr. Mills. We were sold in Madison county, Mississippi. My sisters, Martha and Rosanna, were bought at the same time by a trader named John Ford, and was sold in Louisiana. Our…

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Henry Quay searching for his father Henry Quay, mother Susan and several siblings

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

February 16, 1882

MR EDITOR I want to inquire
for my people whom I left in Colbert
County, Maryland. Father
was Henry Quay, Mother Susan
one brother Jessie Bodley, two
others George and [indecipherable] Quay
three sisters were Diana, Susan
and Jane. Father belonged to
James Knet, Mother to Edward
Isaac. I was sold from there in
1849 to…

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