Frank Gilmore searching for his brother Charles Gilmore

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

August 11, 1881

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DEAR EDITOR: I wish to inquire for my brother, Charles Gilmore He left Burleson county, Texas, in 1867 or 1868, and went to Arkansas with Creed Motley and Bradford The last I heard from him, he was in Chicot county. He was married and I heard that he was living fifteen miles above Grand Lake. Our mother was Maria; brothers, Rufe, Irvin, Button, and Augustus; and sisters Jennie and Zillia. We al belonged to Thomas Evans. The postoffice of Brother Charles Gilmore was Barnard, Ark. Addres me at Anderson, Texas. FRANK GILMORE.

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Frank Gilmore is searching for his brother, Charles Gilmore. The brothers were formerly enslaved by Thomas Evans. Charles left Texas for Arkansas between 1867 and 1868. The men's mother was Maria, and they had siblings Rufe, Irvin, Button, Augustus, Jennie, and Zillia.

Date
August 11, 1881
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Anderson, TX

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Hannah Pfeifer

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"Frank Gilmore searching for his brother Charles Gilmore," Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA), August 11, 1881, Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery, accessed April 23, 2024, https://informationwanted.org/items/show/4235

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