Keyword Year How to Search Advanced Search Showing 25 ads Tags: probate Sort by: Title Refine search Source Select...Alexandria Gazette (Alexandria, VA)Las Vegas Weekly Optic and Stock Grower (East Las Vegas, NM)New Orleans Republican (New Orleans, LA)Peninsula Enterprise (Accomack Courthouse, VA)Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA)Public Ledger (Philadelphia, PA)Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA)Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA)St. Louis Palladium (St. Louis, MO)The Broad Ax (Chicago, IL)The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN)The Huntsville Journal (Huntsville, AL)The Kansas City Sun (Kansas City, MO)The New York Herald (New York, NY) Tags probateantebellum adattorneyaunt(s)changed namechild(ren)Civil Wardeceasedenslaver looking for former slaveescapedestateestate divisionfamily historyfemale enslaverforced migrationformer enslaverfoundfree people of colorheir(s)inheritancemanumittedmaster diedmigration (north)migration (post-emancipation)ministerministers please readmissing person(s)parent(s)passingphysical descriptionpropertyReconstructionresistancerewardrunawayself-emancipationsibling(s)slave tradeU. S. ArmyU. S. Colored Troopsveteranwhite newspaper S. G. Hopkins looking for Esau or Esam Matthews Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA) August 22, 1891 B. Powe searching for their aunt Delia Stover Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) July 15, 1880 Carroll Robinson searching for their father George Robinson and their siblings Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA) July 15, 1880 Stanley P. Mitchell searching for James H. Rogers (also known as James Washington) St. Louis Palladium (St. Louis, MO) April 13, 1907 Attorney J. Thomas Hewin searching for Emma Thompson and Ida Thompson Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA) November 24, 1917 F. M. J. Mashaw searching for Rev. J. H. Braby The Huntsville Journal (Huntsville, AL) August 17, 1905 Executors of estate found Robert Busby, "ex-slave," and gave him an inheritance The Broad Ax (Chicago, IL) October 9, 1897 Jefferson Anderson searching for Thomas Anderson Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA) October 22, 1904 B. T. Gunter searching for heirs of Lydia Ann Young Peninsula Enterprise (Accomack Courthouse, VA) May 9, 1903 Sam'l. B. Stafford searching for Mark Ashmore (formerly Mark Shuff) Public Ledger (Philadelphia, PA) March 7, 1850 Clarence A. Jones, attorney, searching for Austin R. Roulhac The Kansas City Sun (Kansas City, MO) June 27, 1914 A. C. Dibol searching for Mariah's children New Orleans Republican (New Orleans, LA) June 9, 1868 A. B. Campbell searching for heirs of Robert Anderson and Jane Anderson Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA) October 21, 1905 John Dryden seeking Mary Ross The Freeman (Indianapolis, IN) January 5, 1895 Seeking heirs of Dolly Mack Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA) June 7, 1902 Wm. H. Howard, attorney, searching for York Johnson Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA) April 13, 1907 J. C. Roberston, attorney, searching for heirs of Henry Washington Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA) October 5, 1907 Washington, D. C. attorneys searching for Wm. Beeks in regards to an inheritance Las Vegas Weekly Optic and Stock Grower (East Las Vegas, NM) September 30, 1899 John Thomas searching for Nancy Hazzard and Robert Hazzard, children and heirs of George Hazzard (1st of 2 ads placed) Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA) February 27, 1868 Martha Hudgins searching for her son Frederick Hudgins Alexandria Gazette (Alexandria, VA) February 12, 1890 F. H. Porterfield searching for heirs of Samuel Burton Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA) March 24, 1900 Thomas Hickison searching for family of Charlie Wilson, deceased Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA) October 16, 1897 S. Harvey Thomas searching for Nancy Hazzard and Robert Hazzard or their heirs (2nd of 2 ads placed) The New York Herald (New York, NY) September 30, 1879 Mrs. William Martin looking for relatives of John S. Capron Richmond Planet (Richmond, VA) January 22, 1898 Mrs. Mary Dowden searching for Miss Rebecca Dowden The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA) December 26, 1863