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Mrs. Mary Jane Randolph searching for her mother Mary Ann McMullen, father Rich, and siblings

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

June 28, 1888

MR. EDITOR—My father's name was Rich, but was called Bob. He was a free colored man. My mother's name was Mary Ann McMailen. There were seven children of us: Mary Jane, General, Louisa, Millie, Andrew, Lucinda and Sammie. I think we were separated from mother and father at Alexandria, La., bought by a man named Dempsey, who was killed shortly…

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Mattie Stevenson seeking their uncle Casey Allen, sister Susan Woodfolk, and mother Jenny Millington

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

June 21, 1888

MR. EDITOR—I would like to inquire for my people whom I left in Georgia. My uncle whom I left in Fort Valley was Casey Allen, one sister named Susan Woodfolk, her husband's name was Robert Woodfolk. Sister and brother lived in or near Fort Valley. Mother was Jenny Millington, my step-father Wallis Millington. He was pastor of some church near…

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Jennie Crawford (formerly Jane Jones) seeking her relatives, including her parents Joe and Phoebe Jones

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

June 21, 1888

MR. EDITOR--I desire to inquire for my relatives. I was born in Virginia, Hanover county, and belonged to Mary Randall Thornton. Her brother, Luschea Price, raised me. When I was thirteen years old I was sold by Ben Pollard to Mr. Lampkin in Richmond, Va. Lampkin was a Negro trader and he sold me to Mr. Hill, who brought me to Charleston, S.C.…

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E. Johnson seeking their relatives, including their uncle Andrew Mitchell and his wife Nipey

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

June 14, 1888

DEAR EDITOR—I wish to inquire through your paper for my relations. They left my father, mother and myself in Salisbury County, North Carolina, with Mr. Anchor. Father name is Sam Mitchell, mother's Charlotte Mitchell, two sisters Hanah and Ann Mitchell; also an uncle named Andrew Mitchell and wife named Nipey. Mr. Anchor bought us from Joseph…

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Aimy Finner seeking her father Henry Clay Finner and uncle Jacob Finner

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

July 7, 1881

DEAR EITTOR- I wish to inquire for my kin folks, father and uncle. My father is Henry Clay Finner, and uncle Jacob Finner. I was sold to Parson Cooper near Hickory Benton, Co, Miss. Four of us was sold, Susan, Margaret. John and Ann. Mother was Aimy Finner before she was sold, afterward we went by the name of Cooper. We were sold in 1858. Address…

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Rhoda Davis seeking her uncles Ephriam Phagens and Charles Merrill, and her brother Frank Merrill

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

April 25, 1889

DEAR EDITOR: I want to find my people whom I left in Alabama and have not heard from in ten years. I left an uncle named Ephriam Phagens. His wife was Hoppee Merrill. They were at Greenville, Ala., the last I heard of them. My brother was Frank Merrill, my uncle was Charles Merrill. Any information will be thankfully received. Address RHODA…

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Julia Cooper searching for her aunt Georgiana and uncles Matthew and Washington

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

May 2, 1889

MR. EDITOR: I desire to learn something of my relatives; my grandmother's name was Julia; she belonged to a man by the name of Bob Lust; she had four children to my knowledge: two daughters and two sons--Ellen, Georgiana, Mat and Wash. My mother was the oldest daughter; she died August 17, 1888. We came to Louisiana the first year after the war…

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Mary Jane Sharp searching for her father's family

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

May 24, 1888

MR. EDITOR—I wish to find my father's people, whom he left in Georgia. His mother was named Jane; I cannot recall the names of his sisters and brothers. I have heard him speak of Josephine, Julia and Mary, and brothers Henry and Boney. Father's name was John, and some of his people lived in Macon, Ga.; he had one sister in Dalton, Ga., whom he…

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Moses Erven searching for Martha Dickson or Martha Johnson, John Erven, and Caleb Erven

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

December 5, 1889

DEAR EDITOR: I wish to inquire through your paper for my relatives. For Martha Dickson or Martha Johnson who belonged to John Erven. He lived in Casville county, North Carolina. I have a brother named after my master, John Erven. I left him in the Blue Ridge Mountains, McDow county, on the Western Extension Railroad. I have an uncle named Caleb…

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Delmore McAdory seeking his parents Jacob and Ellen Getwood

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

December 26, 1889

Dear Editor: I wish to inquire for my relatives. My father was named Jacob Getwood, and my mother was named Ellen Getwood. I was sold to a man by the name of Addison, and he sold me to a Negro trader, who brought me to Mississippi two years before the war. My father and mother formerly belonged to the widow Hener. I left father in Richmond, Va.…

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Hannah Rembert (formerly Hannah Sinclair) seeking her mother's relatives, including Nicholls Walters and Henry B. Walters

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

April 5, 1888

MR. EDITOR -- Permit me to inquire for my mother's people. My mother died when I was a few months old. She had a brother named Nicholls Walters; who has a son named Henry B. Walters. They lived in Jefferson county, Miss., five miles from Fayette; they moved from there to Greenville, Miss. I heard they had left there. Mother had a sister named…

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Elmira Kirkwood searching for her mother Jane Harris

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

November 8, 1888

DEAR EDITOR: I want to find my mother. Her name was Jane Harris. She was given to Adaline Colier and taken to Tennessee. My uncles were Peter Harris and Starling Harris. My aunt was Matilda Harris. I left them in Alabama twenty-eight years ago. I want to hear too of old man Bill Steward, of whom I have not heard since the second year after the…

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Stephen Coleman Walker seeking his uncle

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

March 22, 1888

MR.EDITOR—I desire to inquire for my uncles, Watson Coleman, Bob Coleman and Spencer Coleman. They belonged to Dr. Brown, in Gonzales; at that time they went by the name of Brown. Watson was killed after the war, Bob went to Mexico; Spencer Coleman is my father, and is living in Columbus, Texas., and is about fifty-five years old. Uncle Bob, I…

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Stephen Coleman seeking his uncle Bob Coleman

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

January 19, 1888

MR. EDITOR-- Please allow me to inquire for my uncle. There were three brothers: Watson Coleman, Bob Coleman and Spencer Coleman. Watson got killed just after the war and uncle Bob went to Mexico in time of war or just before. Spencer Coleman is living at Columbus, Texas; he is my father. The last time I heard from uncle Bob he was in Mexico,…

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B. H. Forrest seeking his family including his four uncles

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

January 19, 1888

MR. EDITOR — I desire to inquire for my relations. My father Hardy Forrest, now deceased, left his relations at Stanley, Gaston county, N.C. His father and mother were Samuel and Lucy Forrest; brothers, Moses, Orange, Jerry and Wort Forrest, and a sister named Margaret Forrest. My guardians were George and Sally Hunter. They left New Orleans for…

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William Woods searching for his family including his two brothers

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

January 5, 1888

MR. EDITOR––I am desirous of finding out my people I left them in Alhermarle county, Virginia, near Charlottsville, twelve miles. I left in 1840 my brothers Richard and Jack. My name is William. Brother Richard was the oldest. My father's name was John Woods; he belonged to Dr. John Woods; his father, John Woods, was a farmer in about nine miles…

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Lucinda Renfro seeking her aunts Mary and Martha, and uncles Green, Carrol, and Grundy Stubfield

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

May 19, 1887

I desire to find my mother's people. My mother is named Manda Stubfield; she has three brothers and two sisters; her brothers names are Green, Carrol and Grundy Stubfield; sisters are Mary and Martha. They all belonged to Mr. Woodruf Stubfield, who lived in Sumner county, Tenn. When Mr. Woodruf Stubfield died the proper to was divided; mother and…

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Reverend Braxton Bolden searching for his half brothers and uncle

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

February 10, 1887

MR. EDITOR-- I saw in the SOUTHWESTERN CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE of Dec. 23, in the Texas Conference the name of S. M. Bolden. I have half brothers and an uncle in Texas somewhere and would be very glad to find them. They were sold before the war. I came out here since the war, about 15 years ago, from Virginia. My father's name is Isham Bolden; he used…

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A. R. Kimble seeking their aunts Dorcus, Lucinda, and Vinetty Eubanks and uncle William Eubanks

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

January 27, 1887

I wish to inquire for my mother's three sisters and one brother, who lived in Amite county, Mississippi, whose names are Dorcus, Lucinda, Vinetty and William Eubanks. The used to belong to Wm. Lowery near Liberty, Miss. My mother was sold in Louisiana at the age of about 10 years, with her sister Pation Eubanks, who was older than her, and is now…

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Reverend H. P. Coulter seeking his family, including his father Henry Couter (formerly Henry Turntine)

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

November 10, 1887

MR. EDITOR-I want to inquire through your valuable columns for my people. My grandfather's name is Billy Shurn, my grandmother Milley Sheppards, formerly belonged to a man by the name of Wm. Shurn, Grandfather's former master. Sheppards was the name of grandmother's master. Their children were Lucinda Sheppards, Sicily Sheppards, Henry Coulter,…

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F. G. Silliman seeking his uncle Charles Rhodes

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

September 29, 1887

MR. Editor - I wish to inquire for my uncle, Charles Rhodes, who belonged to Josiah Rhodes in Greenville, Ala. His wife Aggie died there, and the last time I heard from him he was in Pensacola, Fla. He has several sisters, one was Sophie and the other Dinah, and Dinah is my mother. All belonged to Jacob Werall. My uncle kept a grocery in…

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Collier Mitchell seeking their relatives including their mother and father

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

September 15, 1887

MR. EDITOR-I wish a letter in the SOUTHWESTERN inquiring for my relatives. Father and mother were named Sam and Charlotte Mitchell; two sisters, Hannah and Ann Mitchell; and uncles named Sam Small, Adam Small and Ned Small, and also an uncle named Nator Wright who had three sons named Junius, Job and Gabriel Wright. Sam Small is the father of…

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Bennet H. Forrest seeking his uncles and aunt

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

September 8, 1887

MR. EDITOR—I desire to inquire for my relatives that were at Stanley's Creek, Gaston county, North Carolina as follows: Uncles Moses, Orange, Jerry and Wart Forrest, and an aunt named Margaret Forrest. Their father and mother were Samuel and Lucy Forrest. Ministers please look in Directory for those names and read inquiry from your pulpits. Any…

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K. Ford seeking their aunt Rose Jones, uncle Antrim, and cousin Dicy Jones

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

September 1, 1887

Mr. Editor -- I desire to find my kindred. Dicy Jones was my cousin, Rose Jones my aunt, and Antrim was my uncle. They all belong to Dr. Jones, and were sold in Natchez, Miss. Address K Ford, Washington, La.

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Green Bolden (formerly Green Williams) seeking his father Malcom Williams

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

August 11, 1887

MR EDITOR-- I wish to inquire through your paper for my father; his name was Malcom Williams. I was sold from him when I was 13 years old by Hirms Williams from Gwinnett county, Ga., where I was born. I was run off by my old time master and sold in Alabama. My mother died while I was in Alabama; her name was Perliner Willims. Also my two uncles,…

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