Yanka looking for brother Joe and mother Caroline

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

October 19, 1899

Information wanted of my broth-
er and mother, whose names were
Joe and Caroline. We belonged to
Tom Harvey, about fifteen miles
Charlotte Court House, Va. My
father's name was Cupid, he died
before I left there. I was given to
my young mistress, Polly, who
married a Thoruton, but I was af-
terwards seized and sold for debt.
My name is…

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Worden Scott searching for his father

Memphis Daily Appeal (Memphis, TN)

July 11, 1878

Worden Scott, colored, of Mount Pleasant,
Iowa, desires to learn the whereabouts of his
father, John Scott, who is somewhere in Ar-
kansas, possibly not far from Memphis, Ten-
nessee. He was sold seventeen years ago by
Major Benjamin W. Shacklet, of Etna, Scot-
land county, Missouri, to one Biggs, of Mem-
phis, Tennessee. He is of a…

Woman reunited with her first husband after more than 50-year separation

Abilene Weekly Reflector (Abilene, KS)

January 8, 1891

A SLAVE'S ROMANCE. Reunited at Eighty with the Husband of Her Youth. A colored woman, bent nearly double with eighty years and a heavy bundle, was seen to board the Cincinnati Mail line packet yesterday afternoon, says the Louisville (Ky.) Post. Approaching the clerk of the boat she slowly untied a knot in the corner of her red bandana…

Wm. Winchester searching for his friend

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

June 14, 1883

MR. EDITOR:--I wish to inquire
for my friend, before the war, Alex-
ander Spencer. Address me at
Harden, care of Rev. J. J. Barr,
Sharon, Tenn.
WM. WINCHESTER.

Wm. Wilson searching for his mother Lizzie Ross

The Nashville Globe (Nashville, TN)

April 19, 1918

MR. WILL WILSON OF SOUTH
PITTSBURGH, TENN., WANTS TO
FIND HIS MOTHER MRS. LIZZIE
ROSS.
I am the older son of my mother,
Lizzie Ross, known at Jacksonville,
Ala., Jackson County, on the Wyley
Cotton farm as Lizzie Jack. She
left or was taken from me when I
was a little boy and now I am a man
50 odd years of age. I had a…

Wm. Watson searching for his mother, three sisters, and brother

The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

October 30, 1884

MR. EDITOR--I desire to find my
mother, three sisters and brother.
I left all in Alabama on Widow
Malone's farm, on the wire road.
Mother was Maria Watson, brother
Henry Watson and sisters Lottie,
Hester and Mary Watson. I last
saw them seven years ago. Ad-
dress me at Fairfield, Texas.
WM. WATSON.

Wm. Walton searching for his mother Eliza White and siblings

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

August 31, 1882

MR. EDITOR: Three bothers, one sister, and mother were sold from me twenty-six years ago, and I have never heard from them since. They were sold by John White, from his trader's yard in New Orleans. All were raised in De Soto county, Miss. Mother was Eliza Walton, the children were Oliver Walton, yellow, with one eye out. Sinthia, Henry, and…

Wm. Simpson searching for his family

Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)

September 21, 1882

DEAR EDITOR: I wish to inquire
for my mother, three sisters, and
one brother, the names of whom
are as follows: My mother's name
when last I heard from her was
Betsey Clark; my brother's name
was Adolphus Clark; my three
sisters names were Adeline Clark,
Serella Clark, and the third one is
the daughter which she had after
we…

Wm. S. Johnson searching for his brother Nicodemus Johnson

The Appeal (Chicago, IL)

June 4, 1892

NICODEMUS JOHNSON. — Would like to know the whereabouts of my brother Nicodemus Johnson a native of Philadelphia, Pa. When last heard from was in New York. Address Wm. S, Johnson 331 Dryades street, New Orleans, La. 5-28-92.