Robert Johnson searching for his son George Henry Johnson who left Concordia Parish, Louisiana, in 1872.
"A Most Remarkable Character," St. Louis Palladium, June 13, 1903: This article profiles the searcher who placed this information wanted ad, Robert Johnson. He was born enslaved in 1815. Now sells the St. Louis Palladium (an African American newspaper) in St. Louis. See also the St. Louis Palladium, July 11, 1903. Articles states that Johnson was born in Adams County, Mississippi, on December 17, 1815. See also the St. Louis Palladium, December 12, 1903 (article about Robert Johnson's 88th birthday, etc.) For Johnson's obituary, see the St. Louis Palladium, March 26, 1904.
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