S. C. Young searching for their mother Menty Young

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

March 23, 1882

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MR. EDITOR ---- I desire to inquire for my mother Menty Young. She was sold from us in Camden to a man named Huffman. When Steele's army came through she went away with them, but was captured at Mark's Mills fight brought back and sold. She left two sons and one daughter. The sons are Albert and Isaac, the daughter Phillis. She was carried to Texas. Address me at Hope, Arkansas. S. C. YOUNG.

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S. C. Young searching for their mother Menty Young who was enslaved by a man named Huffman, left with the Union Army, was captured and then sold.

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Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

Date

March 23, 1882

Searcher Location

Hope, Arkansas

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TX (Texas)

Camden, AR

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Margaret Strolle

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"S. C. Young searching for their mother Menty Young," Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA), March 23, 1882, Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery, accessed September 8, 2024, https://informationwanted.org/items/show/1525