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Caroline Holloway looking for her mother's family

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

May 22, 1884

INFORMATION WANTED OF MY PEOPLE.
They lived near Sparta, Tenn., and be-
longed to the Austin's. My mother's name
was Cloa Austin. She is now dead. My
mother had a brother. Peter or Harry Aus-
tin; she had a sister Violet, and one named
Celia. My grandmother's name was Fan-
nie; they all belonged to the Austins. My
mother was carried from…

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Catherine Strong searching for her unnamed mother's family

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

May 15, 1884

MR. EDITOR-I wish to inquire
for my mother's people, whom she
left in Norfolk, Va. Her mother's
name was Betsy Ridley; her father
Thomas Moseley; sisters, Lizzie,
Georgana; brother, William. She
was sold from Ridley to Ruskin,
and he sold me to a negro trader by
the name of Mr. Hall. I left them
in 1850 or '51, and was…

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Charles C. Wilson searching for his uncle John Wilson or any of the Alexander family

The Appeal (Chicago, IL)

March 21, 1891

JOHN WILSON––-I wish to find my uncle John Wilson or some some of the Alexander family. I last saw them about 1863 or '64 when they were in the employ of Col. A. K. McClure, Chambersburg, Pa., from there they all went West. Address, Charles C. Wilson, Merchantville, N. J.

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Charles Edward Hudson searching for his father Richard Hudson

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

November 14, 1889

Mr. Editor : Please inquire for my people. My name is Edward Hudson. I was born in Russell county, Ala., in 1855, but was raised in Columbus, Ga. My mother, aunt and two uncles, belonged to a family named Hooper, who formerly lived in Crawford, Ala., and removed to Opelika. My father, Richard Hudson, emigrated from Columbus, Ga., to Liberia,…

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Charles Pearson searching for his mother and uncle

Alexandria Gazette (Alexandria, VA)

September 24, 1880

INFORMATION WANTED. - Dr. E.A. Stabler
has received a letter from J.C. Clapp, a colored
preacher of Newton, Catawba county, N.
C. written, he says, at the request of Charles
Pearson, colored, who, at the last term of the
court of that county was convicted of murder
and sentenced to be hanged on the 22d of October,
"to ascertain…

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Clara Oliver searching for her relatives

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

March 4, 1880

MR. EDITOR-- I left my people in Greenville, Va., about 30 years ago. My owner was McMilliam Wright. I was at that time taken away from my mother: her name was Susan Alison. I had a brother Edmond, a sister May and an uncle named Joe Evoy. Address me at New Orleans, La., care Mrs. Gustave Bertoll, 278 Ursuline street. CLARA OLIVER.

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Clerry Ann Bertolotte searching for her parents, Susan and Cain Alison, and her siblings

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

December 29, 1881

MR. EDITOR --- I wish to hear
from my mother or some of my
relations. My name is Clerry Ann
Alison. I was born in Greensville
Virginia. I was sold sold when I
was about sixteen years of age to
William Watkins in Petersburgh.
I and all my family formerly
belonged to Willian Wyatt. My
mother was named Susan Alison
my father…

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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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Cora Anderson searching for the family of her mother Matilda Vanoy

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

April 11, 1889

MR. EDITOR: I wish to inquire through paper for my mother's relatives; she had three sisters and two brothers. Her brother's names were Charles and Milton; her sisters names were Harriet, Hannah and Cerilla Vanoy. My mother's name was Matilda Vanoy; they lived in Missouri and belonged to Polley Vanoy. My grandmother's name was Ellen Vanoy. My…

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D. J. Price looking for his unnamed paternal grandmother and uncles

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

July 14, 1881

DEAR EDITOR: I wish to inquire
for my father's people his mother
and two brothers. One was John
Price, whom he left at Jerusalem,
a little village in Virginia, near
Chesapeake Bay. I am a public
school teacher at Allen and
Clarksville, La. D. J. PRICE.

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D. J. Price searching for his uncles John and Jesse Price, as well as an unnamed uncle

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

January 4, 1883

MR. EDITOR: -- I wish to know
the whereabouts of my Uncles, my
Father's brothers, three in number.
Names - John Price, Jesse Price,
and the other he did not know the
name. My Father's name is Wm.
Price; he left his parents' home
when 12 years of age, by the traders
to New Orleans, and stayed
there six months, when a farmer
by…

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D. J. Price seeking his uncles John and Jesse Price

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

January 4, 1883

MR. EDITOR:—I wish to know the whereabouts of my Uncles, my Father's brothers, three in number. Names—John Price, Jesse Price, and the other he did not know the name. My Father's name is Wm. Price; he left his parents' home when 12 years of age, by the traders to New Orleans, and stayed there six months, when a farmer by the name of A. G. Jordan…

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D. J. Price seeking information about his father, William Price's family

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

May 6, 1886

MR. EDITOR-- Please allow me
space in your consolating paper
once more to inquire for the
whereabouts of my father's relatives,
whom he left in Virginia. He said
he left them when quite young,
about 16 years old I suppose; he
left his people in Richmond, Va.;
was sold to traders and brought
to New Orleans, La., and sold to a
man by the…

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Dan Green searching family members including Lucretia Green and Susan Cox

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

October 9, 1879

DEAR EDITOR -- Please inquire in your next for Lucretia Green, sister Susan Cox, and Maria Braxton; also for uncle Washington Henry Cox. If found please write to me at Galveston, Texas, in care of Rev. P. Douglass. DAN GREEN.

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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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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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E. Spann searching for Peter Irving

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

November 10, 1881

DEAR EDITOR—I wish to inquire for my wife's uncle, Peter Irving. He left Dallas county, Alabama, in 1870. He left his father, mother and three sisters and one brother there. Father's name, Harry Irving, mother's Polly; sisters, the oldest Adline White, the next Chacklet Irving; brother's Wyley Irving. Since that time they moved from Dallas…

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Ed Kneeright searching for his grandmother Lucy Walter and her children Rachel, Cherry, and Sam Walter

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

May 17, 1883

MR. EDITOR:--I desire to inquire
for my grandmother and children.
We belonged to Mrs. Peggy Achili.
She lived in South Carolina, Wins-
borough [Winsborough] county; my mother died
there when I was three weeks old.
Mrs. Achilli moved us to Missis-
sippi [Mississippi], and stopped in Yallabusha
county. I was there until I was 12…

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Elisha Brooks searching for their mother Minnie Ann Molbear and their uncle Sippa Reaves

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

October 7, 1880

DEAR EDITOR— I wish to inquire for my people. My owner and people moved to Mississippi from Chatham Co., N. C. My owner was Jack Reaves, and his wife was Nancy Reaves. His oldest son was named Thomas and others named Brooks and Sam; his daughters were Patchly and Polly Reaves. Uncle Sippa Reaves, his wife and myself belonged to the Reaves family.…

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Eliza Buchanan (formerly Eliza Lawrence) searching for her mother Hannah Baxter, father John Stevens Lawrence, and siblings

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

September 5, 1889

Mr. Editor : Allow me to inquire for my mother and father. My mother's name was Hannah Baxter, and my father's name is John Stevens Lawrence. Mother lived in Madison county, Ky. The last I heard of father he lived in Kentucky, near Silver Creek. His owner was Ned Baxter. My half sisters names were, Ollie Baxter, Fannie Baxter and…

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Eliza Virginia Williams searching for her mother Maria Louisa Williams, father Rowel Williams, siblings, and uncle

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

November 12, 1879

DEAR EDITOR-- I desire information of my mother, father, sister and brother. Mother is named Maria Louisa Williams, father Rowel Williams, sister Mary Jane Williams, brother Robert Williams. Mother was sold to Mr. S. Devils, Sr., myself and Robert was sold by Geo Carper to a negro trader named Samuel Dillard in the little Virginia village of…

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Ella Smith (formerly Eliza Tolds) searching for her mother, siblings, and son Peter

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

December 1, 1881

DEAR EDITOR—I wish to find my friends, whom I left in Virginia. To my best knowledge it was in 1859 or 1860. I belonged to Thomas B. Stewart. My name is Eliza Tolds, my mother [indecipherable] Dogans. I had five sisters, Susan, Lizzie, Elie, Hannah and Milly; three brothers, Shelton, Blackwell and William Brown. I left my baby, Peter, 13 months…

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Elmira Brack searching for family members including mother Silvy and uncle Tom

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

May 4, 1882

MR. EDITOR--I desire to inquire for my people. They left me in Tennessee in 1861. Their names are Silvy, Tom, Ellen, Caroline, Queen and Henderson Buchanan. Silvey is my mother, Tom my uncle, Ellen and Queen my sisters, Henderson my brother and Caroline my aunt. They were sold to Billy Armstrong, and carried to Arkansas, leaving me in Bedford…

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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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Ersia Jurault seeking information on her uncle Moses Marlow (also known as Moses Howard)

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

June 1, 1899

Information wanted of Moses
Marlow or Howard, who belonged
to John Howard in Leflore county,
near Smith Mill, and about nine
miles from Greenwood, Miss. His
mother was Ersia Howard. His
father was Matthew Howard.
His mother had three sisters: Jane
Pierson, Silva House, Clarenda
Miller, and two brothers: Louls
Moore and Robert Moore.…

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