Henry Clay searching for his mother Mathilda Gill

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

June 28, 1883

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MR. EDITOR: ---- I wish to find out if possible the whereabouts of my mother Mathilda Gill. We were separated in 1843, in Wake connty, North Carolina, when I was about one year old. We belonged to Col. Waddia,, (who was my father). He sold us to Israel Gill. My mother being high tempered, Gill sold her from me to a preacher Rev. Purefil, who carried her to Roseville, where he kept a hotel. When Israel Gill bought mother from Col. Waddia, we lived near Raleigh, N. C., then Gill wandered with me to Texas. Address me at San Felipe, Austin county, Texas, care of Mr. C. H. Graves.

HENRY CLAY.

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Henry Clay searching for his mother, Mathilda Gill. A second version of the ad ran on August 2, 1883.

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Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

Date

June 28, 1883

Searcher Location

San Felipe, TX

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Wake County, NC

Roseville, NC

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Margaret Strolle

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"Henry Clay searching for his mother Mathilda Gill," Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) , June 28, 1883, Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery, accessed September 9, 2024, https://informationwanted.org/items/show/2100