Eliza Yancy searching for her mother Charlotte

DEAR EDITOR ---- I wish to inquire
for my mother. Her name
was Charlotte. She used to belong
to a man by the name of Tom
Harkins and was sold to a man by
the name of Peacocks in Paris,
Lamar county. There was three
sisters of us, Eliza, Betty, Mary
Mary was the youngest. Sister
Betty was sold with mother. Sister
Mary and I came out here together.
Sister Mary died. Tom
Harkins married Agnes Tanner,
daughter of John Tanner. Address
Eliza Yaney, care Rev. W.
H. Davis, Columbus, Texas, Lock
Box 35.

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