W. N. Toliver is searching for their mother, uncles Orns, Jem, Robert, and Jack, and aunts Winnie, Mary, Betsy, and Phillis. The searcher is with their father Valentine Toliver and mother Ellen. W.N. mentions a mother Sophia Johnson and her husband Peter Johnson who moved with them before the war and are dead. Another ad suggests these are Ellen's parents. They were formerly enslaved by James Gilmore and lived between Montgomery, AL and Dallas.
This ad is similar to ones posted by Valentine Toliver, W.N.'s father, and Valentine Taliver, probably a misspelling of the same man's name. The two ads can be found here: https://informationwanted.org/lastseen312/items/show/2715
And here: https://informationwanted.org/lastseen312/items/show/2714
Valentine, W.N.'s father, also published an ad in December of 1886 stating that he found his brothers Stephen and Emanuel with the help of the Southwestern Christian Advocate but is still searching for his other relations. This ad can be found here: https://informationwanted.org/lastseen312/items/show/2140
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