Robert Colaste seeking his uncles and siblings

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

September 8, 1881

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DEAR EDITOR :—I wish to inquire for my brother who before the war lived at Lost river, Hardy county, West Virginia. His name is Charles Stewart and used to belong to Isaac Chrisman. The last I heard from him he was at Jackson, Miss., living with an old woman called Aunt Betsy Chrisman. Any information concerning my brother will be thankfully received by ARRON STEWARD. Xenia, Greene county, Ohio.

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Robert Colaste is seeking his uncles, Wilson and Gordon, and siblings, Mack, Mary, Lizzie, and Matilda, as well as his cousin Pete. Colaste was enslaved by Nathan Bryan and later Sammy Campbell.

Date
September 8, 1881
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Hannah Pfeifer

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"Robert Colaste seeking his uncles and siblings," Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA), September 8, 1881, Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery, accessed April 25, 2024, https://informationwanted.org/items/show/4296

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