Mrs. Sue Jones seeking people formerly enslaved by David Roach

March 16, 1900

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Information Wanted.
Any white person or ex-slave that lived
on the plantation of the late David Roach
on Wolf Lake, Yazoo county, during the
war, will confer a favor by sending their
names and post-office address to either the
Herald Office, Yazoo City, or to
MRS. SUE JONES,
mh2-4t Thayer, Missouri.

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Jones searching for anyone who lived or was formerly enslaved on the plantation of David Roach during the Civil War. This as was possibly an attempt to gather testimony for a Civil War widow's pension.

The 1900 U.S. census indicates that Sue Jones, living in Thayer, Missouri, was white and a widow, born in Mississippi in 1850.

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Newspaper

Yazoo City Herald (Yazoo City, MS)

Date

March 16, 1900

Searcher Location

Thayer, MO

Searchee Location

Yazoo City, MS

Contributor

Jesse Nasta

Citation

"Mrs. Sue Jones seeking people formerly enslaved by David Roach," Yazoo City Herald (Yazoo City, MS), March 16, 1900, Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery, accessed July 27, 2024, https://informationwanted.org/items/show/3329