Johnson wrote this information wanted letter to the county clerk in Buffalo, NY. Johnson, daughter of Jack and Hannah Hellard, was born in Rowan County, NC. She was sold away from her mother in 1840 and brought to Alabama, and from there to Texas, in 1841.
Mrs. Diana Johnson placed a similar information wanted ad in The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA). See The Christian Recorder, February 17, 1898. She also placed two similar ads in The Southwestern Christian Advocate (New Orleans, LA), on July 15, 1885 and on September 3, 1885.
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