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S. G. Marks searching for his father's brother Mathew Perry

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

October 21, 1880

DEAR EDITOR- I wish to inquire for my father’s brother. Father’s name was Marks Perry and his brother was Mathew Perry. He belonged to Presley Perry during the war, and he carried him to Mis-sissippi [Mississippi] from the line of Texas and Louisiana. His mother’s name was Silvy, father’s Simon. They belonged [belonged] to Dr. Havard. Please…

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Sylva Wair searching for her parents Adam and Peggie Melton

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

June 10, 1880

DEAR EDITOR—I wish to inquire for my mother's relations. She left us in Georgia. Her father was named Adam Melton and her mother Peggie Melton. She had a brother. One sister came to Texas with her; they went back shortly after. They came out with a man by the name of Heard. Her brother was named Wilson Melton, and is now in Galveston. Sister's…

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W. H. Jackson searching for his uncle Jonah Hartley

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

August 7, 1879

DEAR EDITOR—I am seeking the whereabouts of my Uncle Jonah Hartly. Mr. Edwin A. Glover bought him from his first owner, Capt. Hartly, and brought him to Texas. Uncle being very sickly, and unable to work, he sent him back to Alabama, Marengo Co., about one year before emancipation. He left his wife here. Her name is Mary Ann. My mother, Jonah's…

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J. McMichael searching for his father James McMichael, seven uncles, and aunt Winnie

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

July 8, 1879

DEAR EDITOR—I desire information of my father, seven uncles and one aunt named Winnie. My father's name was James McMichael My uncles' names: Henry, Charles, Joshua, Frank, Bob, and Caleb. They all belonged to young George McMichael, in St. Helena parish, La. My mother, Bettie Hughes, belonged to Charles Hughes. They were taken away from St.…

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Fannie Whitfield searching for Peter Whitfield

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

July 18, 1889

DEAR EDITOR: I wish to [undecipherable] through your paper for [undecipherable] Peter Whitfield, who left [undecipherable] 1882 and went to Jackson, [undecipherable] My name is Fannie Whitne [undecipherable] my husband is Joe Wh [undecipherable] Any information from him a [undecipherable] care Rev. S. D. Hudson, Abe [undecipherable] Miss.

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Rebecca Lord searching for her siblings Madison, James Alvest, Eliza Elizabeth, and Ellen Mahoney Lord

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

July 24, 1879

DEAR EDITOR—I wish to inquire about some of my lost relatives. I have two brothers and two sisters. My brothers are named Madison Lord and James Alvest Lord. When last heard from they were living in Bayou Sara, La. My oldest sister. Eliza Elizabeth Lord, when last heard from was somewhere in Alabama. My other sister, Ellen Mahoney Lord, when last…

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Alfred Jurard searching for his uncle Lewis Jurard

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

August 7, 1879

DEAR EDITOR—I wish to inquire for my uncle. His name is Lewis Jurard. He left here about nine years ago, to go to Galveston, Texas, to find his father. The last time I heard from him he was in Shreveport, La. Any information will be gladly received. Address me at Huntsville, Montgomery Co., Miss. ALFRED JURARD.

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Lucy Webb searching for her uncle Geo Mayes

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

July 1, 1880

MR. EDITOR— I wish to make another inquiry for my uncle, Geo Mayes. I have received a postal card from him once since you published him, and I have written five letters to him, and have not received a word from him since. I used to belong to Scoote Mayes. When we parted from each other he was living in Columbus, Tenn. His postal said to address him…

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Mrs. Dr. C. T. Howard (formerly Anna Maria White) searching for her grandmother Palmer, aunts, and uncles

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

August 26, 1880

MR EDITOR— I wish to inquire for my grandmother, aunt and uncle. Grandmother's owner was Dr. Palmer, of Sumpter county, Alabama. Her name was Palmer. She had seven daughters and two sons the last I heard of her, namely: Maria, who belonged to Dr. Palmer; Gracy Devan, Dorcas Ridel, Manda Brackton, Zelpher Truthgill, Hannah Truthgill, Philis Watkins.…

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Louise William Sneed searching for parents Sarah Calebed Raliele and Colebed Raliele

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

September 20, 1888

MR. EDITOR—I want to inquire for my relatives whom I left in Hancock Town, Va., in 1862. Mother was Sarah Calebed Reliele; father was Colebed Reliele; two aunts, one named Hannah Sneed, and the other Emma Sneed; two uncles, Peter and Thompson Sneed. I left a sister there too, by the name of Mary Suzan: She was working for a family by the name of…

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Bennet H. Forrest seeking his grandparents Bennet and Delila Johnson

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

January 9, 1883

MR. EDITOR :—I desire to inquire for my mother's relatives, whom she left in Cloverport, Ky. Her father's and mother's names were Bennet and Delila Johnson; brothers, Rolling, Elisha, Wesley and Bob Johnson. She also had a brother named Smith Bonlette. Her name at that time was Sarah Johnson, but it is now Sarah Forrest. Her aunts were Bettie…

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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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Bennet H. Forrest seeking the family of his mother Sarah Forrest (formerly Sally Johnson and Sally Brown)

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

August 17, 1882

MR. EDITOR: I desire to inquire for my mother's relatives whom she left in Cloverport, Ky. Her father's name was Bennet, and mother's Deliley Johnson. Brothers, Rolling, Elisha, Westley, and Bob. Johnson; and her name was at that time Sally Johnson. My mother also had a brother named Smith Boulette by father. Her son's name was Henry Clay Brown. …

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Caesar Ferguson searching for his uncle Benjamin and aunt Phillis

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

September 2, 1880

MR. EDITOR— I desire to inquire for my relatives whom I left in Clarkville, Red River Co., Texas— my uncle Benjamin and aunt Phillis. They had eight children, seven daughters and one son, viz: Overton, Mary, Sallie Ann, Martha, Francis, Dianna, Clarice, and Rachel. They all belonged to Mark Cordall and I to Robert Seward. After Mr. Seward's death I…

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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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Mary Haynes searching for her relatives, including her mother Matilda and sister Bettie

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

November 18, 1880

MR. EDITOR—I wish to inquire for my relatives, whom I left in Virginia about 25 years ago. My mother's name was Matilda; she lived near Withtown, and belonged to a Mr. Percifield. I was sold with a younger sister—Bettie. My name was Mary, and I was nine years old when sold to a trader named Walker, who carried us to North Carolina. Bettie was…

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Bennet H. Forrest searching for Smith Boulet, Elisha Boulet, and Bob Johnson

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

November 1, 1888

MR. EDITOR—I desire to inquire for my mother's brother that she left in Cloverport, Ky. Their names are Smith Boulet and Elisha Boulet and Bob Johnson. Her boother Bob Johnson left there and went to Missouri. Any information from any one concerning them will be gladly received. Address BENNET H. FORREST, Chestnut near Bordeaux streets, New…

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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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Giles West searching for the children of his grandmother Amelia West

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

September 20, 1888

MR. EDITOR: I wish to inquire for my grandmother's children. Her name was Amelia West, my grandfather's name was Allen West. They had four children; Parthenia West, Peyton West, Riley Strong and Eliza Ann Strong. We all used to live in Troop county, Ga. Eliza Ann Strong and Riley Strong were carried from Georgia to Henderson, Texas, before the…

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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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Jack McReynolds searching for his uncle Bill Orterson

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

October 28, 1880

DEAR EDITOR—I wish to inquire for my uncle, Bill Orterson. Dicy McReynolds was my mother's name. My father was Jack McReynolds. Bill Orterson is my mother's brother. I never saw him, though I heard that he purchased his liberty before the war. A son of uncle Bill's was in Jefferson, Texas, since the war, in search of his father's brother, Dicy…

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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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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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Mrs. Charlotte Rebecca Farrar (formerly Charlotte Rebecca French) seeking her mother Eliza Ann Lancaster

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

December 15, 1881

MR EDITOR: I am the daughter of Eliza Ann Lancaster. She married a Mr. Moses French, so he was my father, and my name is Charlotte Rebecca French. My grandparents on mother's side were named Richard and Jemima Lancaster My uncle is named Richard H Lancaster, and his wife's name was Sarah, and he did live in Alexandria, in Virginia, in the year…

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J. W. Mabry searching for their aunts and uncles on behalf of their grandmother Mary Carson

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

October 3, 1889

Mr. Editor: I wish to inquire for my people. I have never seen them, but for the sake of my old grandmother, who wishes so much to hear from her children, I publish this. My grandmother's name is Mary Carson. Her oldest son was named Simon Moore. Her four daughters were, Matilda Garson, Charity Hill, Irene Dillard, and Mollie Carson. Last heard of…

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