Malinda Hairston searching for her mother Patsy Hairstorn

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

June 13, 1889

Share Information About This Ad

DEAR EDITOR: I desire to inquire for my people. My mother was named Patsy Hairstorn, and belonged to Jubal Hairston, and was sold at Franklin Courthouse, Henry Co., Virginia. She had two sons, Fulton and Sparror Hairston. I belonged to Col. Sam Hairston who lived in Lowndes Co., near Crawfords, Miss. The last time I heard of my people they were in Alabama. My name is Malinda Hairston. Address H. H. Williams. Greenville, Miss.

This Ad Mapped

Geolocation

More About This Ad

Description

Malinda Hairston searching for her mother, Patsy Hairstorn, and her brothers, Fulton and Sparror Hairston. Patsy was sold by her former enslaver and separated from Malinda.

Subject

To the Editor

Date
June 13, 1889
Searcher Location

Greenville, MS

Contributor

Lena Lannutti

Citation
"Malinda Hairston searching for her mother Patsy Hairstorn," Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA), June 13, 1889, Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery, accessed October 16, 2024, https://informationwanted.org/items/show/4463

Explore Related Ads

These links will take you to ads with the same subject(s), from the same place(s), or published in the same newspaper.

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) Greenville, MS AL (Alabama) Henry County, VA Crawford, MS To the Editor

Tags

Tags add missing context to the ads. Click the tag(s) below to explore ads with similar themes.

, , ,

Share Information About This Ad


Deprecated: strtoupper(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/judygies/informationwanted.org/application/libraries/Zend/Form/Element/Captcha.php on line 231

Deprecated: strtoupper(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/judygies/informationwanted.org/application/libraries/Zend/Form/Element/Captcha.php on line 231

Allowed tags: <p>, <a>, <em>, <strong>, <ul>, <ol>, <li>