Harriet Carter searching for Violet Shelvy

Memphis Daily Appeal (Memphis, TN)

December 26, 1873

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INFORMATION wanted of the whereabouts
of Violet Shelvy; she formerly belonged to
David Bledsoe, DeSoto county, Mississippi
HARRIET CARTER, No. 35 Halsey st., New-
ark [Newark], N.J. de25

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Harriet Carter searching for Violet Shelvy. Shelvy was formerly enslaved by David Bledsoe in DeSoto County, Mississippi.

Date
December 26, 1873
Searcher Location

Newark, NJ

Searchee Location

DeSoto County, MS

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Jesse Nasta

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"Harriet Carter searching for Violet Shelvy ," Memphis Daily Appeal (Memphis, TN), December 26, 1873, Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery, accessed October 21, 2026, https://informationwanted.org/items/show/3322

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