Anthony Peterson (formerly Anthony Gaile) searching for his mother and sisters

MR. EDITOR-- Please inquire for my people in your paper. In slavery time I lived at Thibodeaux, La., and my mother's name was Hanah Gaile, and my younger sister was named Elizabeth Gaile and they were sold by William Gaile to a man named John Baptiste; he live northeast of Baton Rouge, and my other sister was named Eliza Gaile; she was sold to a Methodist preacher named Ferguson, lived in Thibodeaux, La., and my name was Anthony Gaile. I got crippled by a horse before I came to Texas. I was brought to Texas by a man named Gaile. Anybody knowing of any such person please address Anthony Peterson Montgomery, Texas.

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